Jibran Khokhar
@drjkhokhar.bsky.social
Associate Professor, CRC in Translational Neuropsychopharmacology Western University Open-Source Behavioural Tools
Committed to knowing better and doing better!
Committed to knowing better and doing better!
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Jibran Khokhar
@drjkhokhar.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Cannabis and the Developing Brain: Vaping, Edibles and Genetics | Jibran Khokhar
YouTube video by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
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Happy to share my talk for the @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social Brain Canada The Amazing Brain 2024 event titled: Cannabis and the Developing Brain: Vaping, Edibles and Genetics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxb...
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I like to think about brain areas as well behaved (b/c they do what you tell them too, like V1) vs naughty (b/c 🤷, like PFC).
I'm delighted to learn that midbrain dopamine neurons are well behaved machines that convert objective value into subjective value.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm delighted to learn that midbrain dopamine neurons are well behaved machines that convert objective value into subjective value.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Full dopamine coding of basic economic subjective value: Utility and weighted probability
Behavioral choices of uncertain rewards suggest that agents construct subjective reward value by combining the basic value components of utility and w…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 20, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I like to think about brain areas as well behaved (b/c they do what you tell them too, like V1) vs naughty (b/c 🤷, like PFC).
I'm delighted to learn that midbrain dopamine neurons are well behaved machines that convert objective value into subjective value.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm delighted to learn that midbrain dopamine neurons are well behaved machines that convert objective value into subjective value.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reposted by Jibran Khokhar
A amazing new story by @cate-cholamine.bsky.social led by @forrestdrogers.bsky.social on the environmental modulation of paternal behavior in African striped mice, with a newly discovered molecular player of parental control, Agouti! Terrific study, congrats to all authors!...
I am so proud to share @forrestdrogers.bsky.social’s postdoctoral magnum opus, now out in @nature.com! Forrest discovered a novel role for Agouti in the MPOA of the hypothalamus to integrate socio-environmental information to flexibly tune paternal behavior
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thread! 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thread! 👇🏻
February 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A amazing new story by @cate-cholamine.bsky.social led by @forrestdrogers.bsky.social on the environmental modulation of paternal behavior in African striped mice, with a newly discovered molecular player of parental control, Agouti! Terrific study, congrats to all authors!...
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New study sheds light on the psychological burden of having a massive social media audience
New study sheds light on the psychological burden of having a massive social media audience
Independent creators often struggle with “audience entanglement” after achieving success, a new study in Administrative Science Quarterly reports. Researchers found that managing the psychological weight of a large fanbase is critical for avoiding burnout and sustaining a creative career.
www.psypost.org
February 20, 2026 at 11:18 AM
New study sheds light on the psychological burden of having a massive social media audience
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🌟Announcing the next cohort of the DPN Editor’s New Investigator Waiver Award recipients🌟
Dr. Nicole Zürcher, @nicolerzurcher.bsky.social
Dr. Jennifer Goldschmied, @jengoldschmiedphd.bsky.social
Dr. Sarah Sperry, @drsarahsperry.bsky.social
Congratulations! We're proud to support your work👏
Dr. Nicole Zürcher, @nicolerzurcher.bsky.social
Dr. Jennifer Goldschmied, @jengoldschmiedphd.bsky.social
Dr. Sarah Sperry, @drsarahsperry.bsky.social
Congratulations! We're proud to support your work👏
February 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
🌟Announcing the next cohort of the DPN Editor’s New Investigator Waiver Award recipients🌟
Dr. Nicole Zürcher, @nicolerzurcher.bsky.social
Dr. Jennifer Goldschmied, @jengoldschmiedphd.bsky.social
Dr. Sarah Sperry, @drsarahsperry.bsky.social
Congratulations! We're proud to support your work👏
Dr. Nicole Zürcher, @nicolerzurcher.bsky.social
Dr. Jennifer Goldschmied, @jengoldschmiedphd.bsky.social
Dr. Sarah Sperry, @drsarahsperry.bsky.social
Congratulations! We're proud to support your work👏
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New postdoctoral opportunity @lieberinstitute.bsky.social working w/ @tsawada1.bsky.social and our Molecular Neurogenetics team using human induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine mechanisms by which impaired placental function impacts brain development
February 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
New postdoctoral opportunity @lieberinstitute.bsky.social working w/ @tsawada1.bsky.social and our Molecular Neurogenetics team using human induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine mechanisms by which impaired placental function impacts brain development
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“NIH” put out a memo about how they are making a “concerted effort” to support Early Stage Investigators (ESI). In the data presented, there is a decrease in funding rates from 26.1% in ‘24 to 18.9% in ‘25. Median age of ESIs stayed flat at 40.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
NIH Support for Early Stage Investigators in FYs 2024 and 2025 | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
February 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“NIH” put out a memo about how they are making a “concerted effort” to support Early Stage Investigators (ESI). In the data presented, there is a decrease in funding rates from 26.1% in ‘24 to 18.9% in ‘25. Median age of ESIs stayed flat at 40.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Governments everywhere are realizing they can gut funding to higher education and the base won’t bat an eye.
Faculty associations, faculty and staff unions, student and lobby groups need to coordinate and respond in meaningful ways if we want this trend to stop.
Faculty associations, faculty and staff unions, student and lobby groups need to coordinate and respond in meaningful ways if we want this trend to stop.
Catastrophic higher education news in New Brunswick: the Liberal government of my MLA @susanholtnb.bsky.social is potentially going to cut 10% of the budget for universities—$50M across 4 schools when much *more* funding is needed, not less.
The impact would be devastating.
Please share, NBers.
The impact would be devastating.
Please share, NBers.
February 20, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Governments everywhere are realizing they can gut funding to higher education and the base won’t bat an eye.
Faculty associations, faculty and staff unions, student and lobby groups need to coordinate and respond in meaningful ways if we want this trend to stop.
Faculty associations, faculty and staff unions, student and lobby groups need to coordinate and respond in meaningful ways if we want this trend to stop.
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A simple voluntary action reduces high-fat diet intake and obesity in mice
This is a very elegant multi-continental study 👏
www.cell.com/current-biol...
This is a very elegant multi-continental study 👏
www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
A simple voluntary action reduces high-fat diet intake and obesity in mice
This is a very elegant multi-continental study 👏
www.cell.com/current-biol...
This is a very elegant multi-continental study 👏
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Hands up everyone who is eagerly awaiting the Hill-Huberman second volume. 🙋🏾♂️
Assault bike in an inactive sauna: ✔️
Cold plunge in jeans: ✔️
Drinking a large glass of whole milk in a hot tub: ✔️
This is basically my fitness routine as well, so I'm very glad to see that someone finally put this all together in one compelling video edit that is not in any way cringe or bizarre.
Cold plunge in jeans: ✔️
Drinking a large glass of whole milk in a hot tub: ✔️
This is basically my fitness routine as well, so I'm very glad to see that someone finally put this all together in one compelling video edit that is not in any way cringe or bizarre.
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.
February 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hands up everyone who is eagerly awaiting the Hill-Huberman second volume. 🙋🏾♂️
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Came across this on LinkedIn -which seemingly has quite a lot of science now. Happy to answer any ?'s
February 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Came across this on LinkedIn -which seemingly has quite a lot of science now. Happy to answer any ?'s
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I can highly recommend the NIH Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience Award Program (nice backronym for OSNAP)! Need to be 2 years before/after PhD, due March 23. Great opportunity to visit and present at NIH and meet some amazing colleagues.
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res...
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res...
February 19, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I can highly recommend the NIH Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience Award Program (nice backronym for OSNAP)! Need to be 2 years before/after PhD, due March 23. Great opportunity to visit and present at NIH and meet some amazing colleagues.
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res...
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res...
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Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations.
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...
Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology
Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty. The program focuses on early-career scholars who would benefit from interactions ...
psych.princeton.edu
February 18, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations.
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...
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Grad school is hard enough without a supremacist government kidnapping you for weeks & then trying to deport you for months. A heroic accomplishment!
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
February 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Grad school is hard enough without a supremacist government kidnapping you for weeks & then trying to deport you for months. A heroic accomplishment!
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
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🇨🇦 #AcademicChatter
I get the need for 2FA on #researchnet & #ccv but the short timeout duration is annoying…
Either allow the sys to recognize trusted computers or lengthen inactive time.
Waiting to repeatedly login is unnecessarily time consuming.
I get the need for 2FA on #researchnet & #ccv but the short timeout duration is annoying…
Either allow the sys to recognize trusted computers or lengthen inactive time.
Waiting to repeatedly login is unnecessarily time consuming.
February 19, 2026 at 7:54 PM
🇨🇦 #AcademicChatter
I get the need for 2FA on #researchnet & #ccv but the short timeout duration is annoying…
Either allow the sys to recognize trusted computers or lengthen inactive time.
Waiting to repeatedly login is unnecessarily time consuming.
I get the need for 2FA on #researchnet & #ccv but the short timeout duration is annoying…
Either allow the sys to recognize trusted computers or lengthen inactive time.
Waiting to repeatedly login is unnecessarily time consuming.
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Introducing AlphaFast 🚀. AF3 is transformative but too slow for large-scale protein design. My students Ben and Jeonghyeon made it 10-100x faster using GPU-accelerated sequence search.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Code: github.com/RomeroLab/al...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Code: github.com/RomeroLab/al...
February 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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A half-century old question may have its final answer. Using high-resolution #Mini2P microscopes, we find no evidence of local topography in #PlaceCells. Place fields of neighbouring cells are no more similar than those of randomly selected cells. 🧠🗺️ Out now in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Place cells in CA1 lack topographical organization of firing locations | PNAS
Topography is a well-described and well-known concept for cortical organization in
primary sensory and motor cortices of mammalian brains. Similar ...
www.pnas.org
February 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A half-century old question may have its final answer. Using high-resolution #Mini2P microscopes, we find no evidence of local topography in #PlaceCells. Place fields of neighbouring cells are no more similar than those of randomly selected cells. 🧠🗺️ Out now in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Are you curious about the relationship between pain and alcohol use? Register now for our next #PRF webinar on 10 March from #PRF, featuring @zalephd.bsky.social, Dr. Lucía Hipólito-Cubedo, and Dr. Thomas Kash bit.ly/4rQzqdb
February 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Are you curious about the relationship between pain and alcohol use? Register now for our next #PRF webinar on 10 March from #PRF, featuring @zalephd.bsky.social, Dr. Lucía Hipólito-Cubedo, and Dr. Thomas Kash bit.ly/4rQzqdb
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What?!
A half-century old question may have its final answer. Using high-resolution #Mini2P microscopes, we find no evidence of local topography in #PlaceCells. Place fields of neighbouring cells are no more similar than those of randomly selected cells. 🧠🗺️ Out now in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Place cells in CA1 lack topographical organization of firing locations | PNAS
Topography is a well-described and well-known concept for cortical organization in
primary sensory and motor cortices of mammalian brains. Similar ...
www.pnas.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
What?!
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📣 That’s a wrap on our Careers Beyond Academia: Clinical Research session!
Huge thanks to Sonam Dubey and Ben Wang for sharing their career journeys and insights 🩺✨
🎥 Missed it? Watch the full recording on SCN’s YouTube channel: youtu.be/XyD_VEDm8Mw @medicinebydesign.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Sonam Dubey and Ben Wang for sharing their career journeys and insights 🩺✨
🎥 Missed it? Watch the full recording on SCN’s YouTube channel: youtu.be/XyD_VEDm8Mw @medicinebydesign.bsky.social
Careers Beyond Academia, Clinical Research, February 18, 2026
YouTube video by Stem Cell Network - Réseau de cellules souches
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February 19, 2026 at 1:56 PM
📣 That’s a wrap on our Careers Beyond Academia: Clinical Research session!
Huge thanks to Sonam Dubey and Ben Wang for sharing their career journeys and insights 🩺✨
🎥 Missed it? Watch the full recording on SCN’s YouTube channel: youtu.be/XyD_VEDm8Mw @medicinebydesign.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Sonam Dubey and Ben Wang for sharing their career journeys and insights 🩺✨
🎥 Missed it? Watch the full recording on SCN’s YouTube channel: youtu.be/XyD_VEDm8Mw @medicinebydesign.bsky.social
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Nicola was a wonderful colleague: passionate, collaborative, kind and a great supporter of early career researchers. She joined King’s in 2004, and with KCMHR established herself as an international authority in military health.
February 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Nicola was a wonderful colleague: passionate, collaborative, kind and a great supporter of early career researchers. She joined King’s in 2004, and with KCMHR established herself as an international authority in military health.
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We are deeply saddened to share that Professor Nicola Fear CBE, Director of King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) and Professor of Military Epidemiology at King's College London, died earlier this week.
February 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
We are deeply saddened to share that Professor Nicola Fear CBE, Director of King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) and Professor of Military Epidemiology at King's College London, died earlier this week.
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We built an app to help you plan your research, guide every step, and make your science more rigorous in the process.
Join our live webinar on March 11 @ 12 pm ET to learn more!
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February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We built an app to help you plan your research, guide every step, and make your science more rigorous in the process.
Join our live webinar on March 11 @ 12 pm ET to learn more!
RSVP today @ bit.ly/3ZpQbzp
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@gunnarblohm.bsky.social
@jordan.matelsky.com
Join our live webinar on March 11 @ 12 pm ET to learn more!
RSVP today @ bit.ly/3ZpQbzp
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@gunnarblohm.bsky.social
@jordan.matelsky.com