Summer isn’t quite over yet, but projects are wrapping up and students are heading back to their home institutions. Today I’ll highlight Sarah Ufearo who was a rockstar running a lot of behavior this summer with Edith Hernandez. Please come back next summer!!

Join us for the third #AstrocyteCafe on Friday Aug 26! We look forward to some pretty amazing talks by Todd B Nentwig, PhD and Scofield Laboratory 😍 DM us if you haven't subscribed to our mailing list and want to join! OpenAcademics on Friday, Aug 26!

TBT to commemorate the first rotation of the ‘22-‘23 academic year. So proud of Kelsey Person learning to work with a new model system this summer.

Thanks for the invitation! I’m looking forward to my visit.

Great way to start the year! Thanks to my coauthors and everyone that helped this project come to fruition! Brian Sweis ManE Keelia Silvis, MPH 🩷💛💙 A. David Redish (RedishLab) UMN Medical Discovery Team on Addiction #MnDRIVE nature.com/articles/s4200…

Check this one out if you’re into cool science and fun places to live:

Delighted and inspired to see my good friend and colleague ⁦Coti Garcia Keller⁩ in the NIDA newsletter in my inbox this afternoon! nida.nih.gov/research/resea…

Looks like we’ve got an article for journal club 👀

SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ for the annual NIDA-NIAAA Society for Neuroscience (SfN) virtual Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research, Nov. 7-8, 2023. Register online to join the presentations & discussions of current topics in neuroscience & addiction research: loom.ly/raI88mg #NIDA NIAAA News

It was fun to work with Angela Renee Ozburn again- even if just on something small!

Come work with us!

So proud of Edith Hernandez for this accomplishment! Keep an eye out for the exciting results to come from this project.

Now might me a good time to mention that I’m going to be in need of a postdoc to help pull this all off!

Are you presenting at #ACNP2023? The ACNP Diversity & Inclusion Committee wants to highlight posters that have diversity in their scientific content. See below for more details on how to nominate yourself and please share widely⬇️

Looking forward to #ACNP2023 Mark your calendar! Join us to support these networking initiatives 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣⚫️🟤 Monday, 12/04 (7-8pm) DEI Reception TM The Terrace Tuesday, 12/05 (7-8pm) BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Hispanic/Latin America Intersectional Social TM The Terrace ACNP

Great work led by postdoc Random for our first publication of 2024!

Candidates from historically excluded groups are highly encouraged to apply! ACNP defines historically excluded groups as Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, and LGBTQIA2S+. #ACNP2024

Attend the Symposium on Pain and Alcohol! Join us to learn about cutting-edge research on pain and alcohol use. 📆 Saturday, June 22 🔗 More info & register at: bit.ly/3wnweOQ. UMN Dept. of Anesthesiology | UMN Medical Discovery Team on Addiction | #Alcohol | #UMN

Travel award deadline approaching ⏳. Abstracts due February 21, 2025.