Joyce Besheer
@jbesheer.bsky.social
Behavioral neuroscientist | Professor @ UNC-CH | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies | Psychiatry
Stress, addiction, treatment targets
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Stress, addiction, treatment targets
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Congrats on an amazing thesis defense Dr. Bluitt!! Loved seeing everyone from @jbesheer.bsky.social lab.
May 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Congrats on an amazing thesis defense Dr. Bluitt!! Loved seeing everyone from @jbesheer.bsky.social lab.
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Great explanatory piece on why NIH research is an important investment into the health and lives of Americans. Thanks, Nick! elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great explanatory piece on why NIH research is an important investment into the health and lives of Americans. Thanks, Nick! elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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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...
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..
www.nejmcareercenter.org
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...
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Nicotine is experienced with many reward — social interaction, work breaks, alcohol, sweet vape flavors, etc.
Do these nicotine-reward pairings make nicotine more likely to be taken?
Check out my team’s work addressing this question. Spoiler alert-yes it does!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do these nicotine-reward pairings make nicotine more likely to be taken?
Check out my team’s work addressing this question. Spoiler alert-yes it does!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pavlovian conditioning with the internal stimulus effects of intravenous nicotine heightens later nicotine taking with variation by dose and sex - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Pavlovian conditioning with the internal stimulus effects of intravenous nicotine heightens later nicotine taking with variation by dose and sex
www.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nicotine is experienced with many reward — social interaction, work breaks, alcohol, sweet vape flavors, etc.
Do these nicotine-reward pairings make nicotine more likely to be taken?
Check out my team’s work addressing this question. Spoiler alert-yes it does!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do these nicotine-reward pairings make nicotine more likely to be taken?
Check out my team’s work addressing this question. Spoiler alert-yes it does!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence
Another week that felt like a year. At this rate I’m going to be 100 by March. 🙄
an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer
ALT: an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer
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February 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Another week that felt like a year. At this rate I’m going to be 100 by March. 🙄
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Exciting work from our center (Christian Hendershot has since moved to USC)
Nine weeks of once weekly semaglutide studied in a RCT reduces alcohol intake in individuals with moderate alcohol use disorder @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effects of subcutaneous semaglutide on alcohol consumption in adults with alcohol use disorder.
jamanetwork.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Exciting work from our center (Christian Hendershot has since moved to USC)
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Very cool step towards understanding how xylazine contributes to the experience of fentanyl!
We’ve been hearing for years that xylazine changes the feel, so it’s exciting to see this bearing out.
We’ve been hearing for years that xylazine changes the feel, so it’s exciting to see this bearing out.
Super happy to share this amazing work spearheaded by @jbesheer.bsky.social and Brooke Bender, AKA some of the best collaborators to have! Here's a brief thread on the findings 1/n
Xylazine potentiates the interoceptive effects of fentanyl in male and female rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.07.637099v1
February 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Very cool step towards understanding how xylazine contributes to the experience of fentanyl!
We’ve been hearing for years that xylazine changes the feel, so it’s exciting to see this bearing out.
We’ve been hearing for years that xylazine changes the feel, so it’s exciting to see this bearing out.
Awesome thread about our recent preprint. So happy to be doing this important work with the amazing @nanopharmnc.bsky.social! Congrats to Brooke Bender, Joe Carew and @madiganbedard.bsky.social🎉. This is a huge team effort.
Super happy to share this amazing work spearheaded by @jbesheer.bsky.social and Brooke Bender, AKA some of the best collaborators to have! Here's a brief thread on the findings 1/n
Xylazine potentiates the interoceptive effects of fentanyl in male and female rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.07.637099v1
February 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Awesome thread about our recent preprint. So happy to be doing this important work with the amazing @nanopharmnc.bsky.social! Congrats to Brooke Bender, Joe Carew and @madiganbedard.bsky.social🎉. This is a huge team effort.
After this week of weeks had to start the weekend with some nature time. ☀️
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
After this week of weeks had to start the weekend with some nature time. ☀️
This week has felt like a year. Goose says happy Friday.
February 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This week has felt like a year. Goose says happy Friday.
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My lab is actively recruiting PhD Applicants interested in Behavioral Neuroscience. Applicants will apply to our brand new doctoral program in Applied Psychology at North Carolina A&T State Univeristh.
MORE INFO: email me!!
APPLY HERE
www.ncat.edu/chhs/departm....
MORE INFO: email me!!
APPLY HERE
www.ncat.edu/chhs/departm....
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, Ph.D.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My lab is actively recruiting PhD Applicants interested in Behavioral Neuroscience. Applicants will apply to our brand new doctoral program in Applied Psychology at North Carolina A&T State Univeristh.
MORE INFO: email me!!
APPLY HERE
www.ncat.edu/chhs/departm....
MORE INFO: email me!!
APPLY HERE
www.ncat.edu/chhs/departm....
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I am hiring for a postdoctoral fellow at UNC Chapel Hill in Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP). The successful candidate will work on my NIH funded program of research on suicide risk among preteens. Please share. Deadline 1/31! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/290...
Post-Doc Research Associate
The selected candidate will engage in a combination of clinical research activities aligned with a NIMH funded R01 within the Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP). Clinical...
unc.peopleadmin.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am hiring for a postdoctoral fellow at UNC Chapel Hill in Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP). The successful candidate will work on my NIH funded program of research on suicide risk among preteens. Please share. Deadline 1/31! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/290...
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39779373/
woot @lisataxier.bsky.social first Kash Lab first author paper is out. Congrats to her and the team!
woot @lisataxier.bsky.social first Kash Lab first author paper is out. Congrats to her and the team!
Retrieval of an ethanol-conditioned taste aversion promotes GABAergic plasticity in the anterior insular cortex - PubMed
Blunted sensitivity to ethanol's aversive effects can increase motivation to consume ethanol; yet, the neurobiological circuits responsible for encoding these aversive properties are not fully underst...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39779373/
woot @lisataxier.bsky.social first Kash Lab first author paper is out. Congrats to her and the team!
woot @lisataxier.bsky.social first Kash Lab first author paper is out. Congrats to her and the team!
Goose is loving the warm weather and the trails (me too)! He’s getting so big. 😍
December 30, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Goose is loving the warm weather and the trails (me too)! He’s getting so big. 😍
It’s lab holiday sweater time! Happy holidays from the Besheer Lab!
December 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
It’s lab holiday sweater time! Happy holidays from the Besheer Lab!
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Sharing this again because I've heard the term "alcoholic" more at #acnp2024 than probably in the totality of all other substance use conferences I've attended throughout my career. Not trying to call anyone out, just need ppl to reflect on language use since this does real harm to people with SUDs
Drug use researchers (esp. those in neuro/pharmacology) - please stop using the word "abuse" (e.g., drug abuse) and other stigmatizing terms
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does it matter how we refer to individuals with substance-related conditions? A randomized study of two commonly used terms
Stigma is a frequently cited barrier to help-seeking for many with substance-related conditions. Common ways of describing individuals with such probl…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Sharing this again because I've heard the term "alcoholic" more at #acnp2024 than probably in the totality of all other substance use conferences I've attended throughout my career. Not trying to call anyone out, just need ppl to reflect on language use since this does real harm to people with SUDs
Love seeing this!!
ACNP Besheerio reunion 🤗 @jbesheer.bsky.social @ryane-tyler.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Love seeing this!!
Someone has already knocked the tree down and shattered lots of ornaments. 🙄
December 7, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Someone has already knocked the tree down and shattered lots of ornaments. 🙄
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Wonderful article written by @skylarhodgins.bsky.social about “STEM-creeks” at MUSC - I’m happy to be part of this team support #STEM outreach efforts
@meghanflanigan.bsky.social
gradstudies.musc.edu/about/blog/2...
@meghanflanigan.bsky.social
gradstudies.musc.edu/about/blog/2...
SYNAPSE: An Emerging “STEM-Creek” at MUSC
Re-envisioning the path to STEM through MUSC neuroscience outreach.
gradstudies.musc.edu
December 2, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Wonderful article written by @skylarhodgins.bsky.social about “STEM-creeks” at MUSC - I’m happy to be part of this team support #STEM outreach efforts
@meghanflanigan.bsky.social
gradstudies.musc.edu/about/blog/2...
@meghanflanigan.bsky.social
gradstudies.musc.edu/about/blog/2...
Goose had another fun hike today and I wore him out - finally!
November 23, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Goose had another fun hike today and I wore him out - finally!
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Exciting UNC Job News: We’re seeking up to four researchers for tenure-track assistant professor positions to build a new cross-disciplinary team that will advance substance use disorder (SUD) treatment from the bench to the bedside.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Exciting UNC Job News: We’re seeking up to four researchers for tenure-track assistant professor positions to build a new cross-disciplinary team that will advance substance use disorder (SUD) treatment from the bench to the bedside.
Join #UNCResearch as part of our Catalyst Faculty Research Cluster Program. We’re seeking up to four researchers for tenure-track assistant professor positions to build a team that will advance substance use disorder treatment.
Apply here by December 15: go.unc.edu/Rt9b7
Apply here by December 15: go.unc.edu/Rt9b7
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Join #UNCResearch as part of our Catalyst Faculty Research Cluster Program. We’re seeking up to four researchers for tenure-track assistant professor positions to build a team that will advance substance use disorder treatment.
Apply here by December 15: go.unc.edu/Rt9b7
Apply here by December 15: go.unc.edu/Rt9b7
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Reposted by Joyce Besheer
Hi everyone 👋. I am a neuroimmunologist working on microglia, brain-body crosstalk in neurodevelopment, and biological embedding of health disparities. bilbolab.com
Bilbo Lab
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November 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Hi everyone 👋. I am a neuroimmunologist working on microglia, brain-body crosstalk in neurodevelopment, and biological embedding of health disparities. bilbolab.com