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🚨✨🧠🐭📰🚨 Interested in how defined neural populations of the insular cortex encode both emotional valence and anxiety-related behaviors ? Check out our work answering this exact question !! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congrats to our superstar PhD student Kade Huckstep The Florey for winning the University of Melbourne 3 minute thesis talking about their work on co-morbid PTSD and AUD 🎉🥳🎉

The Addiction Neuro Lab at The Florey is recruiting Masters and/or PhD students. If your interested in using cutting edge neuro-techniques to understand addiction check out our projects - florey.edu.au/research-group…. DM or email me ([email protected]) for info Please RT!

Great to see Robyn Brown featured in NHMRC's top 10! 🙌

New study from the lab looking at sex differences in alcohol consumption. We identify a novel role for ghrelin signalling in the midbrain. Check out the preprint 👇👇 William Giardino Robyn Brown Roberta Anversa Felicia Reed The Florey

Robyn Brown, from the University of Melbourne, works at the challenging intersection of addiction, obesity and eating disorders. Read more about Dr Brown’s fascinating research in the 15th Edition of #NHMRC10oftheBest: ow.ly/VNle50R78UW

Can weight loss drugs like Ozempic (semaglutide) also be used to treat alcohol addiction? The Florey's Dr Leigh Walker and Dr Roberta Anversa explore the rise, impact and potential consequences. Read here: florey.edu.au/news/2024/04/c… The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand #semaglutides

Orphan peptide and G protein‐coupled receptor signalling in alcohol use disorder - Anversa - 2024 - British Journal of Pharmacology doi.org/10.1111/bph.16…

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Is it true that women are more likely to 'stress-eat'? Dr Roberta Anversa from The Florey has co-authored a research article about a brain pathway that drives emotional eating, and why it affects women disproportionately. 🚺 Read here: florey.edu.au/news/2024/07/w… #neuroscience

Applications for ACAN 2025 are now open! The course will be at UNSW in Sydney Jan-Feb 2025. See the program and world class faculty for the course at ans.org.au/acan/program . If you're a student or an ECR, you won't want to miss out on this opportunity! Help us spread the word

Had a wonderful evening discussing clinical translation at the Students of Brain Research (SOBR) networking dinner, great perspectives from pre-clinical, clinical and industry experts Roberta Anversa Prof. Chris Langmead Vicki Anne Anderson, Big thank you to the event organisers!

📸 Today, our Addiction Neuroscience Group is attending the 2024 World Congress on Alcohol and Addictions at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. We're ready for some great discussions with the world's experts in this space: isbra2024.com ISBRA Communications #TheFlorey

Florey researchers found that a father's gut health plays a role in offspring physiology and behaviour – indicating that the nutrition and health of men pre-fatherhood could impact future health of their children: florey.edu.au/news/2024/09/p… #TheFlorey Anthony Hannan Carol Gubert

Thanks to the organising committee for a great meeting ISBRA Communications #isbra2024 #APSAAR

Congratulations to Prof Andrew Lawrence, Florey Deputy Director and Head of our Addiction Neuroscience Group, for his new role as President of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA Communications)! 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4dnQMX8 #TheFlorey #ISBRA

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we spoke with Associate Professor Jess Nithianantharajah (A/Prof Jess Nithianantharajah 🧠👩🏾‍🔬 🇱🇰🇦🇺) on the role of neuroscience in building our understandin and creating a more inclusive world for people with mental health conditions. Read our interview ➡️ florey.edu.au/news/2024/10/w…

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This seriously was such a great day. Thank you International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and Journal of Neurochemistry for supporting young scientists and letting us have this week together!

Our next symposium "New targets for alcohol use disorder treatment" chaired by Leigh Walker is underway! First up, Erin Campbell discusses targeting the serotonin 2C receptor in alcohol craving #BPA2024