"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors." One mentor isn’t enough. On #NationalMentoringDay, read this #ScienceWorkingLife essay from 2021 to learn how Erika Moore built

the clocks on the oven and the microwave this morning:

We are still looking for interested candidates! Please share and contact me for more info: [email protected]

Dr. Robert M. Califf NIH U.S. FDA 👀👀👀

THE LA GALAXY ARE 2024 MLS CUP CHAMPIONS 🏆

Congratulations to LA Galaxy for winning the MLS Cup for a record sixth time and remaining undefeated at home this season!

Passed Bidwell mansion everyday on my way to lab, can’t believe it’s gone 🥺

Mark September 23-26 in your calendars for the best & most comprehensive translational social neuroscience 🤩👏🤩

I knew that poster from 2008 would come in handy eventually

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on a NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist & a bioinformatician. Please RT! More info 👇

NIH funding today.

.Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Endowed Professor Dr. Monique Smith (@MoeNeuro) was profiled in @storiesofWIN recently regarding unexpected discoveries, modeling empathy in mice, and the impact of mentorship. Listen now 👂: storiesofwin.org/profiles/2025/…

This is truly devastating. University of California orders hiring freeze, cuts in response to Trump threats latimes.com/california/sto…

You're Invited! 🗓️ On Mon. 3/31 @ 7 p.m. Digital Gym CINEMA, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Endowed Professor @MoeNeuro is leading a post- film screening discussion + Q&A on The Science of Caring: The Psychology of Empathy Between Animals and Humans. Buy tix➡️ digitalgym.org/movies/science…

This month, Stories of Women in Neuroscience features Department of Neurobiology Assistant Professor Monique Smith, holder of a Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Professorship: bit.ly/41I5hCv storiesofWiN

A previously overlooked dopamine-producing brain circuit drives hedonic eating, or eating for pleasure, according to a new Science study in mice. scim.ag/3DWzi8D

Stronger together 🐘 Elephants have the unique ability to feel sounds through their feet and formed an "alert circle" during the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Southern California this morning. This behavior is a natural response to perceived threats to protect the herd.

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. Lately, I’ve focused on

If you're keeping track of the long list of things this admin's done that flies in the face of MAHA, censoring and ultimately losing the top intramural nutrition scientist studying food processing and health is definitely towards the top.

New in Science Magazine! 🎉 Thrilled to share my PhD project, we introduce a new optogenetic approach to study the developing brain - revealing how oxytocin shapes infant behavior. Thanks to my collaborators, Ofer Yizhar 💔 & my family❤️ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Here’s the story🧵