Kenneth Amaya, PhD
@kenam15.bsky.social
Diné & Chicano. Postdoctoral Fellow in the Maguire Lab at Tufts University. NIH-NIMH DSPAN K00. Arizona sports sufferer.
Seeing the recent breadcrumbs about NIH has this postdoc pretty sad about K99 chances
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Seeing the recent breadcrumbs about NIH has this postdoc pretty sad about K99 chances
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The Gowrishankar lab will be opening its doors @neuro_MUSC on Dec 1, 2025! We will be hiring at all levels. I will also be at @SfNtweets presenting my lab's vision on Wednesday, Nov 19, 8AM-12PM at poster board GG7. If you're interested, please reach out!
www.raajgowrishankarlab.org
www.raajgowrishankarlab.org
Gowrishankar Lab
www.raajgowrishankarlab.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Gowrishankar lab will be opening its doors @neuro_MUSC on Dec 1, 2025! We will be hiring at all levels. I will also be at @SfNtweets presenting my lab's vision on Wednesday, Nov 19, 8AM-12PM at poster board GG7. If you're interested, please reach out!
www.raajgowrishankarlab.org
www.raajgowrishankarlab.org
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Folks at SfN come see the first Fraser Lab poster ever at FF6 on Tuesday Nov 18, 8am. Serena Miller has oodles of data to share on a new direction for us. Also, that day happens to be my birthday so you have to come say hi or else
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Folks at SfN come see the first Fraser Lab poster ever at FF6 on Tuesday Nov 18, 8am. Serena Miller has oodles of data to share on a new direction for us. Also, that day happens to be my birthday so you have to come say hi or else
Stares in Suns fan
Whoever wins the #worldseries tonight is going to make a legion of fans for life
The psychology of fans &identification with teams is fascinating
Like goslings, boys imprint on the team that wins when they are young. A championship leads them to identify with a team for life, especially boys 8-12
The psychology of fans &identification with teams is fascinating
Like goslings, boys imprint on the team that wins when they are young. A championship leads them to identify with a team for life, especially boys 8-12
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Stares in Suns fan
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The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
As a postdoc in funding limbo I’d love it if the NIH director would walk the walk wrt trainee funding
Apparently, he believes that going on to a career in pharma or biotech as "leaving science".
Also, he may not understand that many NIH fellowship recipients may want to find jobs in academia and be well qualified but may not be successful in today hypercompetitive environment.
More to come
12/12
Also, he may not understand that many NIH fellowship recipients may want to find jobs in academia and be well qualified but may not be successful in today hypercompetitive environment.
More to come
12/12
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
As a postdoc in funding limbo I’d love it if the NIH director would walk the walk wrt trainee funding
The 14th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium & Shucart Lecture is this week (Thursday, October 16th), featuring an outstanding lineup of speakers related to the theme of "Neural Mechanisms of Emotional Processing: From Synapses to Circuits":
October 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The 14th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium & Shucart Lecture is this week (Thursday, October 16th), featuring an outstanding lineup of speakers related to the theme of "Neural Mechanisms of Emotional Processing: From Synapses to Circuits":
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
My response to a reviewer that said I’ve been a postdoc for too long
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
My response to a reviewer that said I’ve been a postdoc for too long
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Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
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September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
Being a scientist during this regime
August 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Being a scientist during this regime
The Friday news dumps of all news dumps. Emphasis on dump 💩
August 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Friday news dumps of all news dumps. Emphasis on dump 💩
Can’t wait! Huge thanks to ACNP and congrats to all the other awardees!
August 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Can’t wait! Huge thanks to ACNP and congrats to all the other awardees!
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I’m excited to share my latest paper, in which we used latent state modeling to reveal how fentanyl shapes decision-making dynamics in rats.
Here’s a summary of what we found (thread).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here’s a summary of what we found (thread).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Modeling hidden cognitive states reveals acute and chronic effects of fentanyl on decision-making
The cognitive mechanisms underlying behavior are often dynamic, shifting gradually or abruptly over time scales spanning years, to weeks, to minutes. Whether drug-induced changes in learning and decis...
www.biorxiv.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m excited to share my latest paper, in which we used latent state modeling to reveal how fentanyl shapes decision-making dynamics in rats.
Here’s a summary of what we found (thread).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here’s a summary of what we found (thread).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15:
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15:
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
Time to call congresspeople
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Time to call congresspeople
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The ACNP Global Scholarship Application link is OPEN! The ACNP 64th Annual Meeting is January 12-15, 2026, in Nassau, Bahamas. The deadline to apply is August 15, 2025, at 5:00pm Central. Don’t miss out! #ACNP2026 Click here for more info: tinyurl.com/j8a9zybu
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The ACNP Global Scholarship Application link is OPEN! The ACNP 64th Annual Meeting is January 12-15, 2026, in Nassau, Bahamas. The deadline to apply is August 15, 2025, at 5:00pm Central. Don’t miss out! #ACNP2026 Click here for more info: tinyurl.com/j8a9zybu
Amygdala GRC fed my soul in a time of doom and gloom. Ready to keep climbing knowing that there’s such a fantastic community with me.
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Amygdala GRC fed my soul in a time of doom and gloom. Ready to keep climbing knowing that there’s such a fantastic community with me.
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Someone at the power hour brought up peak science twitter. I miss that too. Towards building/maintaining the GRC-Amygdala community, here is a starter pack with attendees. Please add folks who are attending!!
go.bsky.app/13BbBW9
go.bsky.app/13BbBW9
July 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Someone at the power hour brought up peak science twitter. I miss that too. Towards building/maintaining the GRC-Amygdala community, here is a starter pack with attendees. Please add folks who are attending!!
go.bsky.app/13BbBW9
go.bsky.app/13BbBW9
Headed to Amygdala GRC excited to hear about everyone’s science and to share what I’ve been doing recently! Can’t shake the feeling that I’m like a cellist on a specific ocean liner in 1912 though…
July 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Headed to Amygdala GRC excited to hear about everyone’s science and to share what I’ve been doing recently! Can’t shake the feeling that I’m like a cellist on a specific ocean liner in 1912 though…
Absolutely thrilled to have been selected as an @acnporg.bsky.social Travel Awardee! Can’t wait for the Bahamas!
July 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Absolutely thrilled to have been selected as an @acnporg.bsky.social Travel Awardee! Can’t wait for the Bahamas!
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First first-author manuscript out as a preprint! Look at our cool new effort & delay cost task. 🐀💕 🧠
Beautiful collab across both of my labs @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social and Wikenheiser lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Beautiful collab across both of my labs @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social and Wikenheiser lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
First first-author manuscript out as a preprint! Look at our cool new effort & delay cost task. 🐀💕 🧠
Beautiful collab across both of my labs @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social and Wikenheiser lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Beautiful collab across both of my labs @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social and Wikenheiser lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away