Dr. Ana Pocivavsek
@dranap.bsky.social
Dr. Ana Pocivavsek ~ associate professor @ University of South Carolina School of Medicine ~ interested in 😴sleep + 🧠 mental health + 💭cognition + 👶🤰neurodevelopment & aging + 👩🍼maternal health
www.pocivavsek-lab.com
www.pocivavsek-lab.com
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Parental kynurenine 3-monooxygenase genotype in mice directs sex-specific behavioral outcomes in offspring - Biology of Sex Differences
Background Disruptions in brain development can impact behavioral traits and increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disord...
bsd.biomedcentral.com
📣 ✨New Paper Alert✨ 📣 Parental kynurenine 3-monooxygenase genotype in mice directs sex-specific behavioral outcomes in offspring published in @ossdcomm.bsky.social Biology of #SexDifferences 🐀😴 🧠 #sleep #mitochondria #cognition #breastmilk bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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@deffinger.bsky.social and @melissaherman.bsky.social argue that, though many human psychedelic clinical trials are underway, preclinical studies remain our best bet to answer fundamental questions about the neurobiology of psychedelics.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
Why we need basic science to better understand the neurobiology of psychedelics
Despite the many psychedelics clinical trials underway, there is still much we don’t know about how these drugs work. Preclinical studies represent our best viable avenue to answer these lingering…
www.thetransmitter.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@deffinger.bsky.social and @melissaherman.bsky.social argue that, though many human psychedelic clinical trials are underway, preclinical studies remain our best bet to answer fundamental questions about the neurobiology of psychedelics.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
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So excited for this piece by me and @deffinger.bsky.social to be out! It was inspired by science and discussion from many venues from @sfn.org to #GRCPsychedelics 🧠
@deffinger.bsky.social and @melissaherman.bsky.social argue that, though many human psychedelic clinical trials are underway, preclinical studies remain our best bet to answer fundamental questions about the neurobiology of psychedelics.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
Why we need basic science to better understand the neurobiology of psychedelics
Despite the many psychedelics clinical trials underway, there is still much we don’t know about how these drugs work. Preclinical studies represent our best viable avenue to answer these lingering…
www.thetransmitter.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So excited for this piece by me and @deffinger.bsky.social to be out! It was inspired by science and discussion from many venues from @sfn.org to #GRCPsychedelics 🧠
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My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
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September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
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EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…
www.thexylom.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
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Our department is hiring!
Tenure-track, OPEN RANK, social psychologist.
Looking for someone loves undergrad teaching but also has or wants to build a serious research program.
Good space, startup, caring department.
?s re: department/school/location? DM me.
#psychscisky
#socialpsyc
#psychjobs
Tenure-track, OPEN RANK, social psychologist.
Looking for someone loves undergrad teaching but also has or wants to build a serious research program.
Good space, startup, caring department.
?s re: department/school/location? DM me.
#psychscisky
#socialpsyc
#psychjobs
Tenure-Track Position in Social Psychology
Welcome to Furman University's Career Site! IMPORTANT: Load all documents in the My Experience area under Resume/CV. This may include your resume/C.V., cover letter, unofficial transcript, teaching ph...
furman.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our department is hiring!
Tenure-track, OPEN RANK, social psychologist.
Looking for someone loves undergrad teaching but also has or wants to build a serious research program.
Good space, startup, caring department.
?s re: department/school/location? DM me.
#psychscisky
#socialpsyc
#psychjobs
Tenure-track, OPEN RANK, social psychologist.
Looking for someone loves undergrad teaching but also has or wants to build a serious research program.
Good space, startup, caring department.
?s re: department/school/location? DM me.
#psychscisky
#socialpsyc
#psychjobs
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The tips one commonly reads to get better sleep—eight hours a night, avoiding naps, cool rooms—are abundant. They’re also as insipid as they sound, @jennifersenior.bsky.social writes.
From The Atlantic’s August issue, what Americans get so wrong about sleep:
From The Atlantic’s August issue, what Americans get so wrong about sleep:
American Insomnia
Tossing and turning through our national sleep crisis
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The tips one commonly reads to get better sleep—eight hours a night, avoiding naps, cool rooms—are abundant. They’re also as insipid as they sound, @jennifersenior.bsky.social writes.
From The Atlantic’s August issue, what Americans get so wrong about sleep:
From The Atlantic’s August issue, what Americans get so wrong about sleep:
🌟 New paper alert 🌟 Collaboration with computer science 💻colleagues using #DeepLearningModel to classify #sleep stages #NREMsleep #REMsleep #wake in single channel EEG recordings from rats 🐀
Published in @dpn-journal.bsky.social @acnporg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Published in @dpn-journal.bsky.social @acnporg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A deep learning software tool for automated sleep staging in rats via single channel EEG - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Our study presents a new deep learning model for automatically analyzing sleep patterns in rats using EEG data. This model was trained on one dataset and tested on two others, showing it can adapt to ...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🌟 New paper alert 🌟 Collaboration with computer science 💻colleagues using #DeepLearningModel to classify #sleep stages #NREMsleep #REMsleep #wake in single channel EEG recordings from rats 🐀
Published in @dpn-journal.bsky.social @acnporg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Published in @dpn-journal.bsky.social @acnporg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
📣 📣 New publication alert 📣 📣 Long-lasting impairments (behavior, electrophysiology) in mice 🐭 that received prenatal exposure to elevated #kynurenine! International 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 collaboration made possible by support from NIMH P50 Conte Center! #schizophrenia
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Functional Impairments in Learning and Signal Propagation Following Prenatal Kynurenine Treatment in Mice
The levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA), a metabolite of the kynurenine pathway (KP) of tryptophan degradation, are elevated in the brain of persons with schizophrenia (SZ) and may be linked to cognitive...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
📣 📣 New publication alert 📣 📣 Long-lasting impairments (behavior, electrophysiology) in mice 🐭 that received prenatal exposure to elevated #kynurenine! International 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 collaboration made possible by support from NIMH P50 Conte Center! #schizophrenia
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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So excited for the INAUGURAL #GRCPsychedelics !! Can't wait to see everyone and hear some great science 🧠🧠
Can’t believe #GRCPsychedelics is happening in two weeks!
We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting.
w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social
We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting.
w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
So excited for the INAUGURAL #GRCPsychedelics !! Can't wait to see everyone and hear some great science 🧠🧠
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GenAI and the psychology of work
Opinion by Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, & Carey Morewedge
tinyurl.com/uzj7pnup
Opinion by Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, & Carey Morewedge
tinyurl.com/uzj7pnup
June 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
GenAI and the psychology of work
Opinion by Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, & Carey Morewedge
tinyurl.com/uzj7pnup
Opinion by Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, & Carey Morewedge
tinyurl.com/uzj7pnup
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📣 #PNIRS2025 Full Program is now available!
🔗 lnkd.in/eXckMeSY
Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩
Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉
Please repost 🙏🏼
#PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
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Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩
Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉
Please repost 🙏🏼
#PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📣 #PNIRS2025 Full Program is now available!
🔗 lnkd.in/eXckMeSY
Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩
Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉
Please repost 🙏🏼
#PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
🔗 lnkd.in/eXckMeSY
Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩
Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉
Please repost 🙏🏼
#PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
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Come join us at @westernuresearch.bsky.social as a Canada Excellence Research Chair! DM me with questions/interest about theme 2! Be a part of a strong and well-equipped (e.g., imaging, behaviour) neuroscience community! uwo.ca/research/cer... @westernuwin.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social
Canada Excellence Research Chair Positions
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
uwo.ca
May 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Come join us at @westernuresearch.bsky.social as a Canada Excellence Research Chair! DM me with questions/interest about theme 2! Be a part of a strong and well-equipped (e.g., imaging, behaviour) neuroscience community! uwo.ca/research/cer... @westernuwin.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social
🌟🧠 University of South Carolina School of Medicine seeks open rank tenure/tenure-track faculty ppn.med.sc.edu
🌟🧠 Are you conducting research in neuroscience across the lifespan using clinical, neuropsychological, genetic, and/or brain imaging approaches? APPLY HERE:
uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/178...
🌟🧠 Are you conducting research in neuroscience across the lifespan using clinical, neuropsychological, genetic, and/or brain imaging approaches? APPLY HERE:
uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/178...
Assistant Professor
uscjobs.sc.edu
April 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🌟🧠 University of South Carolina School of Medicine seeks open rank tenure/tenure-track faculty ppn.med.sc.edu
🌟🧠 Are you conducting research in neuroscience across the lifespan using clinical, neuropsychological, genetic, and/or brain imaging approaches? APPLY HERE:
uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/178...
🌟🧠 Are you conducting research in neuroscience across the lifespan using clinical, neuropsychological, genetic, and/or brain imaging approaches? APPLY HERE:
uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/178...
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Excited to announce an official scientific statement from the @americanheart.bsky.social!
"Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health"
Special thanks to @m-pst-ongephd.bsky.social
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
"Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health"
Special thanks to @m-pst-ongephd.bsky.social
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
April 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Excited to announce an official scientific statement from the @americanheart.bsky.social!
"Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health"
Special thanks to @m-pst-ongephd.bsky.social
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
"Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health"
Special thanks to @m-pst-ongephd.bsky.social
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
April 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
📣 ✨New Paper Alert✨ 📣 Parental kynurenine 3-monooxygenase genotype in mice directs sex-specific behavioral outcomes in offspring published in @ossdcomm.bsky.social Biology of #SexDifferences 🐀😴 🧠 #sleep #mitochondria #cognition #breastmilk bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Parental kynurenine 3-monooxygenase genotype in mice directs sex-specific behavioral outcomes in offspring - Biology of Sex Differences
Background Disruptions in brain development can impact behavioral traits and increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disord...
bsd.biomedcentral.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📣 ✨New Paper Alert✨ 📣 Parental kynurenine 3-monooxygenase genotype in mice directs sex-specific behavioral outcomes in offspring published in @ossdcomm.bsky.social Biology of #SexDifferences 🐀😴 🧠 #sleep #mitochondria #cognition #breastmilk bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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ACNP Travel Award Applications open TODAY for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. Deadline to Submit is May 8, 2025, at 5:00 pm Central. acnp.org/annual-meet... #ACNP2026 #travelawards
March 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ACNP Travel Award Applications open TODAY for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. Deadline to Submit is May 8, 2025, at 5:00 pm Central. acnp.org/annual-meet... #ACNP2026 #travelawards
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Incredible experience participating in this Resilience workshop @nationalacademies.org. Inspired and committed to this important research
March 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Incredible experience participating in this Resilience workshop @nationalacademies.org. Inspired and committed to this important research
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ACNP Travel Award Submissions open on Thursday, March 31, 2025. For more information, visit https://t.co/zSCC9OJZ51 #ACNP2026 #travelawards
March 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ACNP Travel Award Submissions open on Thursday, March 31, 2025. For more information, visit https://t.co/zSCC9OJZ51 #ACNP2026 #travelawards
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Reposted by Dr. Ana Pocivavsek
A great podcast accompanying the Tradeoffs story I posted yesterday...Worth the 20ish minutes but be prepared to be enraged...
tradeoffs.org/2025/03/13/c...
tradeoffs.org/2025/03/13/c...
The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
A candid conversation between a professor and a Ph.D. candidate about potential NIH funding cuts and their impact on the future of medical research.
tradeoffs.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A great podcast accompanying the Tradeoffs story I posted yesterday...Worth the 20ish minutes but be prepared to be enraged...
tradeoffs.org/2025/03/13/c...
tradeoffs.org/2025/03/13/c...
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My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an 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 and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
March 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an 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 and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
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Happy International Women’s Day
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March 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy International Women’s Day
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UNC-CH is searching for a new Chair of Psychiatry.
Please share.
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Chair - Department of Psychiatry - Chapel Hill, North Carolina job with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 863298
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an accomplished and visionary leader..
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March 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
UNC-CH is searching for a new Chair of Psychiatry.
Please share.
www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/863298/c...
Please share.
www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/863298/c...