Happy to announce that Michelle (who is Twitter-less) and I were both promoted to Full Professor. Thanks to MSU College of Natural Science, MSU Department of Physiology, and MSU Neuroscience for all the support!

It’s official. I’m now a real scientist. Thanks to all of you that have helped along the way.

Morishita lab Friedman Brain Institute has two posters #sfn2024 O21 & O22 on cognitive control & PFC-V1 circuit on Monday AM (tomorrow). Stop by and say Hi to our postdoc Tadaaki Nishioka (source of error) and MD PhD student Sam Allen (autism model). I will be there,too! #Sfn24

#SfN24 Come check out the stunning work by MD/PhD student Samantha Brown on cholinergic interneuron function in diabetes and work from @TaelorMatos on axonal transcriptome in fear learning. Both posters this afternoon. Friedman Brain Institute

My first #SfN2024 left me inspired by stellar work from the world’s best! And Friedman Brain Institute was well-represented #FBIatSFN24 💪 Here’s to our collective, neuroplastic #BrainPower ! 🧠 Jessica Ables MD/PhD Laboratory Scott Russo Grad School at Icahn Mount Sinai

Excited to share that our work is now out Communications Biology. Fun collaboration between the Brian Sweis and Jessica Ables MD/PhD Laboratory labs🧠 🐭 nature.com/articles/s4200… SinaiMSTP Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Friedman Brain Institute

A lovely highlight of Scott Russo and his Brain & Body Research Center by BBRFoundation. The work establishes the robust bidirectional connections between the brain and peripheral organs and their role in many diseases including stress-related disorders. Friedman Brain Institute

🚨Hiring Alert: Postdoctoral Opportunity!🚨 My lab is looking for a passionate postdoc to join our research in systems neuroscience CU Boulder Psychology and Neuroscience IBG. See details below. Please share! sites.google.com/view/molaslab #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunity #SystemsNeuroscience

Using a pea-sized node in the brain to potentially treat drug addiction - News rockefeller.edu/news/37594-usi…

Huge congrats to my mentor and friend ⁦Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD⁩ for being elected to the national academy of science. His work on stress and addiction has been transformational! nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-…

Please join us in celebrating Dr. Towfique Raj on his promotion to Professor w/ Tenure in the Nash Family Dept of Neuroscience & Dept of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, along w/ secondary's in Depts of AI & Human Health, Immunology & Immunotherapy & Neurology. CONGRATULATIONS!💯👏

What does a 40% NIH budget cut mean for funding chances (now ~15%)? You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success” ❌ NOPE!!! 1-3% because 80% of the budget is for existing grants New science? Starved Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢 #FundingScienceSavesLives

Check out our latest work on diabetes and reward system.

Last few days! #Dopamine2026 symposia submissions close on Monday June 23rd. Submit now dopaminesociety.org/abstract-submi…

Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behavior biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_neursci

Congratulations Natasha! So proud of you and looking so beautiful.

I'm thrilled to share our new study out in Nature Medicine! We show that a blood test can estimate how aged or youthful one’s organs are and that these organ ages predict future disease and lifespan. Final paper from my PhD in the Tony Wyss-Coray lab. 🧵1/12 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congrats to Brian Sweis, M.D., Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! Welcome!! 👋

A pancreas–hippocampus feedback mechanism regulates circadian changes in depression-related behaviors nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations to these amazing scientists!