Lizzie Manning
@drlizziemanning.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and greyhound mum in Newcastle 🇦🇺🦘
Studying neural basis of inflexible behaviour in OCD and other psychiatric disorders 🔬🧠
Passionate about EDI, First Nations justice and climate action
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/lizzie-manning
Studying neural basis of inflexible behaviour in OCD and other psychiatric disorders 🔬🧠
Passionate about EDI, First Nations justice and climate action
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/lizzie-manning
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Identifying the neural pathways that link drug cues to relapse is critical to improving substance use disorder treatments.
New work from my lab found that #CBD reduces cue-driven heroin seeking in rats, related to changes in gene expression 🧠👇
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
New work from my lab found that #CBD reduces cue-driven heroin seeking in rats, related to changes in gene expression 🧠👇
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Identifying the neural pathways that link drug cues to relapse is critical to improving substance use disorder treatments.
New work from my lab found that #CBD reduces cue-driven heroin seeking in rats, related to changes in gene expression 🧠👇
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
New work from my lab found that #CBD reduces cue-driven heroin seeking in rats, related to changes in gene expression 🧠👇
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
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🤓 So grateful to learn from powerhouses like Erin and @huda-akil.bsky.social during our Stories of WiN panel. We spoke about defining your legacy in science & beyond and a clear theme emerged: do science & lead according to your values.
Listen here: www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
Listen here: www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
🤓 So grateful to learn from powerhouses like Erin and @huda-akil.bsky.social during our Stories of WiN panel. We spoke about defining your legacy in science & beyond and a clear theme emerged: do science & lead according to your values.
Listen here: www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
Listen here: www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
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With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
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The Diehl Lab is hiring a full-time Research Asst to be filled asap! We study neural circuits of fear & avoidance during social interactions in rats & are seeking a motivated team player. For more info & to apply -->
careers.k-state.edu/jobs/researc...
careers.k-state.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant - Manhattan, Kansas, United States
About This Role
The Psychological Sciences Department is seeking a Full-Time Research Assistant, to help with research for Dr. Maria Diehl. The lab research assistant will help with experimental proje...
careers.k-state.edu
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The Diehl Lab is hiring a full-time Research Asst to be filled asap! We study neural circuits of fear & avoidance during social interactions in rats & are seeking a motivated team player. For more info & to apply -->
careers.k-state.edu/jobs/researc...
careers.k-state.edu/jobs/researc...
***2026***
I'm going to try post a weekly picture of my dog to make this online world a little brighter
For anyone who doesn't know her, please let me introduce my 9 year old greyhound Poppy
Fun fact: greyhounds *universally* love these giant caterpillar toys (pictured) called a "cuddlepillar"
I'm going to try post a weekly picture of my dog to make this online world a little brighter
For anyone who doesn't know her, please let me introduce my 9 year old greyhound Poppy
Fun fact: greyhounds *universally* love these giant caterpillar toys (pictured) called a "cuddlepillar"
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
***2026***
I'm going to try post a weekly picture of my dog to make this online world a little brighter
For anyone who doesn't know her, please let me introduce my 9 year old greyhound Poppy
Fun fact: greyhounds *universally* love these giant caterpillar toys (pictured) called a "cuddlepillar"
I'm going to try post a weekly picture of my dog to make this online world a little brighter
For anyone who doesn't know her, please let me introduce my 9 year old greyhound Poppy
Fun fact: greyhounds *universally* love these giant caterpillar toys (pictured) called a "cuddlepillar"
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Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Happy New Year folks!! Start the year off with a submission into Black In Neuro’s first ever special issue. 18 days until the deadline, keep an eye out for the release 📝 ✨
@binmanhattan.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
@binmanhattan.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
Oxford Open Neuroscience is committed to celebrating diversity, and showcasing the breadth and impact of Black neuroscientists worldwide.
In partnership with 'Black in Neuro', our special issue "Picture a Black In Neuro Scientist" is now open for your submissions: oxford.ly/4hflzsw
In partnership with 'Black in Neuro', our special issue "Picture a Black In Neuro Scientist" is now open for your submissions: oxford.ly/4hflzsw
January 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Happy New Year folks!! Start the year off with a submission into Black In Neuro’s first ever special issue. 18 days until the deadline, keep an eye out for the release 📝 ✨
@binmanhattan.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
@binmanhattan.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
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🧠 Why it matters 🧠
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
New paper drop! 🧠💊 Our new paper out in Molecular Psychiatry shows that the serotonin 1B receptor is important for the neural and antidepressant/anxiolytic behavioral responses to psilocybin in mice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice
www.nature.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🧠 Why it matters 🧠
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
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A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers.
buff.ly/K7CGFLV
buff.ly/K7CGFLV
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers.
buff.ly/K7CGFLV
buff.ly/K7CGFLV
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We are thrilled to share that @IBROorg will support @acancourse.bsky.social again in 2026!
The next Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) will be in May.
Sign up for updates here: ans.org.au/acan/
#training #neuroscience #IBROSupportedSchool #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBRO
The next Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) will be in May.
Sign up for updates here: ans.org.au/acan/
#training #neuroscience #IBROSupportedSchool #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBRO
December 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We are thrilled to share that @IBROorg will support @acancourse.bsky.social again in 2026!
The next Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) will be in May.
Sign up for updates here: ans.org.au/acan/
#training #neuroscience #IBROSupportedSchool #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBRO
The next Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) will be in May.
Sign up for updates here: ans.org.au/acan/
#training #neuroscience #IBROSupportedSchool #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBRO
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“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊
Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab.
I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab.
I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊
Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab.
I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab.
I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
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See you in Geneva! We have such an incredible line up of speakers this year!
#optoDBS2026 – registration now open at www.optodbs.ch
As last time, we are expanding scope way beyond just DBS and optogenetics – for instance including TMS and LIFU applications this year!
#optoDBS2026 – registration now open at www.optodbs.ch
As last time, we are expanding scope way beyond just DBS and optogenetics – for instance including TMS and LIFU applications this year!
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
See you in Geneva! We have such an incredible line up of speakers this year!
#optoDBS2026 – registration now open at www.optodbs.ch
As last time, we are expanding scope way beyond just DBS and optogenetics – for instance including TMS and LIFU applications this year!
#optoDBS2026 – registration now open at www.optodbs.ch
As last time, we are expanding scope way beyond just DBS and optogenetics – for instance including TMS and LIFU applications this year!
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Come and join our team! We are looking for a Research Officer to help with recruitment and assessment on a large-scale human brain imaging study:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Job Search
careers.pageuppeople.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Come and join our team! We are looking for a Research Officer to help with recruitment and assessment on a large-scale human brain imaging study:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Great opportunity for students who recently completed their undergraduate degree with an interest in behavioural neuroscience, binge eating and eating disorders.
📣 Exciting news - the lab is growing! I'm hiring a Research Assistant to join the lab to work on translational research examining neural mechanisms underlying binge eating and eating disorders! If you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass along! 🐀🧠 careers.upmc.com/job/22707636...
Research Assistant, UPMC
Apply for Research Assistant at UPMC
careers.upmc.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Great opportunity for students who recently completed their undergraduate degree with an interest in behavioural neuroscience, binge eating and eating disorders.
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📣 Exciting news - the lab is growing! I'm hiring a Research Assistant to join the lab to work on translational research examining neural mechanisms underlying binge eating and eating disorders! If you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass along! 🐀🧠 careers.upmc.com/job/22707636...
Research Assistant, UPMC
Apply for Research Assistant at UPMC
careers.upmc.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
📣 Exciting news - the lab is growing! I'm hiring a Research Assistant to join the lab to work on translational research examining neural mechanisms underlying binge eating and eating disorders! If you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass along! 🐀🧠 careers.upmc.com/job/22707636...
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Excited to share our new GLP-1 receptor agonist study! Chronic semaglutide potentiates motivation for small food rewards and associated cues, but reduces intake when food is freely available—surprising twist! #GLP-1, #behavior #neuroscience #pharmacology 1/
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Chronic semaglutide treatment enhances the incentive motivational value of a small food reward and associated cue in male and female rats
Rationale: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, such as semaglutide, are increasingly utilized in clinical practice due to their efficacy in promoting sustained weight loss following chr...
www.biorxiv.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Excited to share our new GLP-1 receptor agonist study! Chronic semaglutide potentiates motivation for small food rewards and associated cues, but reduces intake when food is freely available—surprising twist! #GLP-1, #behavior #neuroscience #pharmacology 1/
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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A high #fat #diet increases risk taking and suppresses escape neurons
in🐁🐁🐁
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/current-biol...
in🐁🐁🐁
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/current-biol...
High-fat food reinforces risk taking by suppressing defensive neurons
This study by de Araujo Salgado and Krashes reveals how high-fat diets suppress defensive
neural circuits, driving riskier foraging in the presence of predation. The findings
highlight how high-fat fo...
www.cell.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A high #fat #diet increases risk taking and suppresses escape neurons
in🐁🐁🐁
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/current-biol...
in🐁🐁🐁
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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In other exciting news, @mattgeramita.bsky.social’s @natneuro.nature.com + Eric Yttri paper exploring the neural circuits underlying hesitation just dropped today! 🧠🎤
To summarize the findings, please see my musical abstract (with apologies to Peter Frampton 🎶)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
To summarize the findings, please see my musical abstract (with apologies to Peter Frampton 🎶)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In other exciting news, @mattgeramita.bsky.social’s @natneuro.nature.com + Eric Yttri paper exploring the neural circuits underlying hesitation just dropped today! 🧠🎤
To summarize the findings, please see my musical abstract (with apologies to Peter Frampton 🎶)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
To summarize the findings, please see my musical abstract (with apologies to Peter Frampton 🎶)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
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Excited to share my postdoc work with @yttrilab.bsky.social and @ahmarilab.bsky.social where we show that the striatal indirect pathway mediates hesitation in mice (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
And I'm honored to have @ahmarilab.bsky.social introduce the findings with a musical abstract!
And I'm honored to have @ahmarilab.bsky.social introduce the findings with a musical abstract!
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Excited to share my postdoc work with @yttrilab.bsky.social and @ahmarilab.bsky.social where we show that the striatal indirect pathway mediates hesitation in mice (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
And I'm honored to have @ahmarilab.bsky.social introduce the findings with a musical abstract!
And I'm honored to have @ahmarilab.bsky.social introduce the findings with a musical abstract!
Coming up in 1 hour at #ANS2025 and online
@ausneurosoc.bsky.social and @network-alba.bsky.social panel on making meaningful change to enhance equity diversity and inclusion at our institutions!
@ausneurosoc.bsky.social and @network-alba.bsky.social panel on making meaningful change to enhance equity diversity and inclusion at our institutions!
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Coming up in 1 hour at #ANS2025 and online
@ausneurosoc.bsky.social and @network-alba.bsky.social panel on making meaningful change to enhance equity diversity and inclusion at our institutions!
@ausneurosoc.bsky.social and @network-alba.bsky.social panel on making meaningful change to enhance equity diversity and inclusion at our institutions!
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Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
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Activists have blocked another two coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protests, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to three.
Thousands of people have gathered at Rising Tide’s annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. It began on Thursday and will continue until Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
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MASSIVE day ahead!‼️We launch our flotilla disrupting the world's biggest coal port and our two days of FREE climate concert kick off too – midday to 10pm today. Join us‼️👇🏽
risingtide.org.au/pb2025
risingtide.org.au/pb2025
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
MASSIVE day ahead!‼️We launch our flotilla disrupting the world's biggest coal port and our two days of FREE climate concert kick off too – midday to 10pm today. Join us‼️👇🏽
risingtide.org.au/pb2025
risingtide.org.au/pb2025
I'll be there this weekend ✊
3,000+ registered. 7,000+ expected this weekend.
The NSW government has declared a marine exclusion zone, but the People's Blockade is going ahead.
The NSW government has declared a marine exclusion zone, but the People's Blockade is going ahead.
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I'll be there this weekend ✊
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3,000+ registered. 7,000+ expected this weekend.
The NSW government has declared a marine exclusion zone, but the People's Blockade is going ahead.
The NSW government has declared a marine exclusion zone, but the People's Blockade is going ahead.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
3,000+ registered. 7,000+ expected this weekend.
The NSW government has declared a marine exclusion zone, but the People's Blockade is going ahead.
The NSW government has declared a marine exclusion zone, but the People's Blockade is going ahead.