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Catherine Dulac
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Identifying the neural basis of innate social behaviors using molecular and genetic tools @Harvard @HHMINEWS
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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · 17d
I am thrilled to share our latest work led by @zurisullivan.bsky.social in collaboration with @moffittlab.bsky.social ! We find that the brain encodes distinct, pathogen-specific sickness states across behavior, physiology, neural activity, and gene expression 1/6

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Harvard College Senior Fajr Khan Named 2025 Pakistan Rhodes Scholar #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Harvard College Senior Fajr Khan Named 2025 Pakistan Rhodes Scholar - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard College senior Fajr Khan, a neuroscience concentrator whose work spans maternal mental health, child psychology, and the biological foundations of psychiatric illness, has been selected as a [...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Want to track the dynamics of estrogen in the brain across long periods of time? New paper as part of very fun collab with team UCLA Ed Van Veen and Steph Correa! We use a specialized optical reporter and show that this is possible and actually very easy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Nancy Kleckner, the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Charles E. Helmstetter Prize Lifetime Achievement Award (PDF) in recognition of her groundbreaking research ...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6

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Cell Type-Specific Hormonal Signaling Configures Hypothalamic Circuits for Parenting
Parenting behavior emerges from hormonally sensitive circuits, but how distinct circuit components are affected by, and contribute to, sex and state dependent changes in infant caregiving remains uncl...
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December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators #research 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Long before flowers painted the planet in brilliant colors, some of Earth’s earliest plants were glowing—not with pigment, but with heat. A new study from the lab of […]
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December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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A Hot Plant’s Mysterious Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It
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December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I am thrilled to share our latest work led by @zurisullivan.bsky.social in collaboration with @moffittlab.bsky.social ! We find that the brain encodes distinct, pathogen-specific sickness states across behavior, physiology, neural activity, and gene expression 1/6

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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harvardmcb.bsky.social
MCB Scientists Help Reveal Structure of Cancer-Linked DNA Damage in Science Study 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #research
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MCB Scientists Help Reveal Structure of Cancer-Linked DNA Damage in Science Study - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
A long-standing mystery in microbiome research—how a gut-bacterial toxin physically damages human DNA—has finally been solved through a close collaboration led in part by researchers in the Victoria [...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Spotlight: Ashley Johnson Brings a Student-Centered Vision and a Scientist’s Heart to MCB 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Spotlight: Ashley Johnson Brings a Student-Centered Vision and a Scientist’s Heart to MCB - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
When Ashley Johnson stepped into the role of Interim Program Administrator for the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB) concentrations this past May, […]
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Congratulations to my wonderful colleague Nao Uchida @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social now Jeff C. Tarr Professor! 👏🤩🧠🎉
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Great story by @carlzimmer.com in @nytimes.com that nicely conveys the excitement for the emerging field of interoception. @dulaclab.bsky.social and others are featured, including my tattoo 😳!

Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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neurovenki.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the young stars recognized, but a special shout out to my new colleague, the amazing @sueyeonchung.bsky.social!
thetransmitter.bsky.social The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Nov 24
In @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025, we recognize 25 early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community-building in neuroscience.

#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience

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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Rising junior and senior undergrads: this is a terrific opportunity for a 9 weeks summer internship as a Cech Fellow in an HHMI lab: deadline for applications is December 22!
hhmi-science.bsky.social HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · Nov 18
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)

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Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464
The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Dear friends, colleagues, Harvard community and beyond: this is the season to help individuals and families in need, and the needs this year are very high! Please repost and contribute to this effort with 🥫or 💰 donations 🙏 🙏🙏
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November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB postdoctoral fellow Rebecka Sepela has been selected as one of the 2025 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science (FWIS) Fellows, a prestigious honor recognizing early-career scientists whose […]
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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An remarkable new undergraduate course conceived and taught by our amazing colleague and Dean of Science Jeff Lichtman: "Genuinely Hard Problems" I wish I was an undergrad again!... 🤣🧪🧬🧠
@harvardmcb.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu

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No one knows the answer, and that’s the point — Harvard Gazette
“Genuinely Hard Problems” pilots novel approach to scientific education.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The very improbable story of a Hercule Poirot fan in Paris 🤣
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Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heist
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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En français!.... magnifique 👏😜
ardemp.bskyverified.social Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Nov 1
I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I wrote some reflections this afternoon about how the discovery of the double helix changed the course of science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qPS3y6
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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This week, we published in @science.org an article outlining the current ethical and societal implications of research involving human neural #organoids and #assembloids, their transplantation, and highlighted potential next steps.
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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neurovenki.bsky.social
Asymmetric fall foliage. (Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA).
Trees lining a road, the ones on the left have largely shed their leaves and the ones on the right still bear their beautiful fall foliage.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Researchers from the Brain Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) will release an extraordinary series of 16 manuscripts in Nature on November 5.. This collection, made possible by large […]
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍

Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵

#studyBRAIN #BICAN
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM