🧵: David Pagliaccio Ran Barzilay et al show that non-social screen time, weekday use, addictive social media use, keeping accounts secret from parents, & cyberbullying were linked to worse mental health scores while having a private account was linked to better mental health scores

🆕 paper from David Pagliaccio, Ran Barzilay and colleagues:
'Probing the digital exposome: associations of social media use patterns with youth mental health'
nature.com/articles/s4427…

‼️NIMH has updated its policy for Special Council Review (SCR) of applications from exceptionally well-funded PIs (>$2mil total costs). NIMH will no longer exempt multi-PI applications - any app with one or more well-funded PIs will receive SCR by Council
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

iPhone photography is not a skill of mine, but these moments were truly unforgettable 💕
#TotalEclipseOfTheHeart2024

New paper! 'Will the promise of translational neuropsychopharmacology research ever deliver? The lion’s roar; the kitten’s purr'

McGinty William Stoops Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD et al. discuss gaps & strategies for translating basic & clinical results into treatments
nature.com/articles/s4427…

💡Did you know that you can apply for an #NIHLRP award at any stage of your research career? Check out the updated career path graphic bit.ly/3R3Dh7w 💻📊🔍 #AcademicChatter #phdchat #ecrchat

Join the NASEM Health #MentalHealthForum , April 29-30, for a workshop discussing essential health care services related to anxiety and mood disorders in women across the life course. Register to attend in person or virtually: ow.ly/b25K50Qzosw#Wo… #HealthEquity

ICYMI: Did you know that there is a 13-month period which an investigator can submit the A1 resubmission application to retain ESI status? (THREAD🧵⬇️) #AcademicChatter #NIH

The Tritsch Lab is looking to hire adventurous postdocs to study (1) how neuromodulators like dopamine and acetylcholine interact to promote learning and action, and (2) how the basal ganglia control the vigor of skilled movements in Parkinson's disease. DM me if interested!

New investigators! If your research is in the areas of digital psychiatry & neuroscience, apply for this award to have your article processing fees waived when you publish in ACNP's new open access journal, NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Applications open for the 2024 BRAINS (Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience) cohort!

Due: Apr 18, 2024

BRAINS is an NINDS-funded, national program dedicated to advancing diversity and inclusion in neuroscience.

brains.uw.edu

Need support? Want to volunteer as a mentor?

Find ESP resources at nationalblackpostdoc.com/resources and get in contact with National Black Postdoctoral Association (NBPA) using the links in the flyer below.

Check out Neuropsychopharmacology's latest 'Meet the Authors' interview! Dr. Briana Chen 陳 家 瑩 and Dr. Hayley Thorpe talk with Dr. Cellas Hayes Cellas A Hayes, PhD and Dr. Frankie Heyward Frankie D Heyward, Ph.D. about the creation of the National Black Postdoctoral Association (NBPA) Association's Emergency Support Program.

youtube.com/watch?v=0y5opl…

Sofiya Hupalo One of the many reasons Jared & I & others have been working on this translational biosignal: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35132440/

Pressure grows to ditch controversial forced swim test in rodent studies of depression -science.org/content/articl…
I disagree that sucrose preference is a measure of 'enjoyment of life', but this further argues for rigorously vetted alternative tests of domains of mental function

🚨Check out the newest NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience article from Allison Foilb, PhD & colleagues in the Carlezon Lab SPARED Center at McLean Hospital McLean Hospital:
Differential effects of the stress peptides PACAP and CRF on sleep architecture and other translationally-relevant endpoints in mice
nature.com/articles/s4427…

If your research focuses on neuronal co-transmission and/or neurotransmitter switching, a reminder that National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIDAnews, & NIAAA News are encouraging applications proposing to investigate the fundamental mechanisms and functions of co-transmission:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

Super neat work now out from the Spitzer lab demonstrating that stress-induced fear generalization changes the neurotransmitter profile of dorsal raphe serotonin neurons, which shift from releasing 5HT+glutamate to 5HT+GABA.
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Thanks to Barry F. Waterhouse and Dan Chandler for hosting an excellent visit at Rowan Behavioral Neuroscience. Great to see what you’ve created at Rowan. Dan Manvich M. Gunes Kutlu.

A fun week full of amazing science and nature ⛰️🏝️