Pickleball could never

Filled with pride and inspiration to see Carli Poisson 🧠 defend her dissertation yesterday. Carli’s impact on me and this team is immeasurable. So thankful to play a part in your journey Carli, congratulations!!

The trajectory of the past 3 weeks is WILD

Has anybody said “Minnesota Vice” yet re Walz can I claim that one

This race was great on its own but immediately following the pre race build up with clips of the Norway guy trash talking everyone and then he doesn’t even make the podium, absolute cinema

We are so back

The way that I yelled watching this live

🚨 New preprint from Lerner Lab 🚨 Gabriela Carolina Lopez (Gaby) et al looked at how "rewarding" and "aversive" dopamine signals in the NAc evolve during negative reinforcement learning, with some fascinating results!

It’s finally September✨ Which means in a few short weeks, I’ll be hosting these brilliant #BlackInNeuro Scientists for the first #BlackExcellenceInNeuroScience symposium 🎉 This two-day in-person event is a labor of love 💗 Thrilled to see it come to fruition 😍 University of Minnesota Neuroscience 🧠

Interested in a neuroscience PhD? It’s that time of year again - join us for virtual open house events on Sept 24th and Oct 29th. Learn about the program and meet students and faculty! Register here: tinyurl.com/UMNbrain 🧠

🚨The UCLA Psychology Department is hiring!!! 🚨 The UCLA Psych department is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Computational and Behavioral Neuroscience. More info here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09740) Applications are open now through October 31 🎃

Registration is NOW OPEN! Join us for MnSAN on October 28th hosted by the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction. Currently accepting poster submissions and travel award applications. Register today to save your seat! Check out our website to learn more: z.umn.edu/MnSAN2024

Thanks Cell for selecting me as one of "50 Scientists that Inspire" for your 50 year anniversary issue. I enjoyed this interview where I spoke about my thoughts on innovation in science, our biggest findings, and my hope for the future of science.

Vet check up for two babies with different coping strategies

Excited to see the first articles online from the forthcoming special issue that camilla and I are editing. Watch this space for a bunch of hot topics in dopamine reviews over the next few months sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

Our first grad school open house session is in two weeks! Register here tinyurl.com/UMNbrain

Hello from Edinburgh