Hi Friends! Giving it one more try and running for American Psychological Association Board of Directors again to be a strong voice for psychological science. More details to come, but I'd so appreciate your #1 vote when ballots are released on August 1.

So happy it’s #BINW24. I’m Shawn Bates, an Assistant Professor Chico State. I’m happy to be here and see all the representation. We study vulnerability to drug abuse in adolescents. I teach Bio Psych & Psychopharm mostly. I’m a new (6 months in) dad too! #BlackInNeuroRollCall

Synaptogyrin-3 Prevents Cocaine Addiction and Dopamine Deficits biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Such an honor to present my work on the peripheral immune system in OUD at #GRSAddiction! Thank you so much to the co-chairs Katherine Savell and Brianna George, PhD for organizing and Kiraly Lab for his mentorship!

It's finally out, on Joe's last day in the lab before heading off to postdoc! We asked whether a putative "social" brain area does anything unique with social cues when they're not used for any social reasoning. Turns out it does! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Today is #internationaloverdoseawarenessday so we wanted to re-share these resources for those who are seeking help, or for those who want training on naloxone administration. serafinelab.com/substance-use-… . We recommend following Be Well Texas, Texas Harm Reduction Alliance, End Overdose too!

New lab paper alert! Work by Kelsey Lucerne, PhD and colleagues finds the cytokine CSF2 is increased by cocaine in a microbiome dependent manner. Increased CSF2 signaling leads to decreased cocaine preference and altered transcriptional response to cocaine. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39098439/

Some sparkling cider to celebrate Jonathon being our first successful qualifying exam from Kiraly Lab South!! Congrats, J! Jonathon Sens

Two lab qualifying exams in two weeks! A huge congrats to Marta Koperska on passing with flying colors. Gratulacje! Marta Koperska Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Thrilled to announce my appointment as Co-Director of the Wake Forest Center for Addiction Research. I am excited to work with this world class group of scientists and clinicians to advance understanding and treatment of substance use disorders.

The Shaham & Hope labs at the SfN meeting: If you are interested in behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of drug self-administration, choice, relapse and social behavior, please visit our posters during the meeting

#sfn2024 is gearing up to be another great meeting with great science! I may be biased, but I’m most excited to share my work looking at a subset of T cells that drive opioid taking behaviors! Please stop by my poster Monday 1-5PM at N37 if interested or to say hi!

Also come say hi to the other Kiraly Lab members presenting! Exciting work being done by amazing people!

As is often the case Jonathon Sens beat me to the punch, but please do check them out! Some great work from some great young scientists. And several first time Society for Neuroscience (SfN) attendees!

Successful ✅ first SfN. 🤓Had so much fun learning, listening, presenting and spending time with the best lab mates! Jonathon Sens Becca Hofford, Ph.D. Dannis Cazarez Kiraly Lab Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Wake Forest Center for Addiction Research annual retreat was another success! Great talks and presentations throughout. Thanks to all who made it happen!

And a special thanks to the poster reviewers. Received a lot of great insights to our work on peripheral immune dysfunction in OUD!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the Wake Forest Center for Addiction Research (CFAR) Poster Competition held during this year’s retreat. Thanks to all who shared their incredible research! Your hard work and dedication continue to advance the field of addiction science.

Brief disruption of the microbiome has age-dependent effects on morphine reward and gene expression in the medial prefrontal cortex ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

To start, we asked Aya Osman, PhD, "Where do you think we need to focus our attention as a scientific community in terms of diversity and inclusion?" Follow the link to hear our 2021 interview with Dr. Osman: storiesofwin.org/profiles/2021/…