Nikki Zabik, PhD
@neurozabik.bsky.social
Research Asst Prof studying alcohol, (endo)cannabinoids, + anxiety | NIAAA F32 + LRP Awardee | #SoberScientist | cats, coffee, and disco house | opinions + typos my own
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Twelfth book of 2025 was another emotional one, this beautiful poetry collection about loving dogs and the life of dogs 🥹 As such, I accompany this post with photos of our Bear 🫶
Book 12 of ? in 2025: Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (and I hit my goal of reading at least 12 books this year!)
Book 12 of ? in 2025: Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (and I hit my goal of reading at least 12 books this year!)
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Twelfth book of 2025 was another emotional one, this beautiful poetry collection about loving dogs and the life of dogs 🥹 As such, I accompany this post with photos of our Bear 🫶
Book 12 of ? in 2025: Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (and I hit my goal of reading at least 12 books this year!)
Book 12 of ? in 2025: Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (and I hit my goal of reading at least 12 books this year!)
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Researchers from UNMC, Boys Town, and Creighton partnered with Nebraska Cures to talk with Nebraska State Senators Arch and von Gillern about the power of the Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Health Research Fund to help us recruit and retain the best and brightest researchers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Researchers from UNMC, Boys Town, and Creighton partnered with Nebraska Cures to talk with Nebraska State Senators Arch and von Gillern about the power of the Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Health Research Fund to help us recruit and retain the best and brightest researchers.
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drone shots look like shit. so does 4k/120hz video. a shaky, brief helicopter shot in an old movie or tv show still looks cool. the human brain does not like the crispness or smoothness of computers and robots. my guess is that we evolved this instinct during the Computer War of 25,000 BCE
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
drone shots look like shit. so does 4k/120hz video. a shaky, brief helicopter shot in an old movie or tv show still looks cool. the human brain does not like the crispness or smoothness of computers and robots. my guess is that we evolved this instinct during the Computer War of 25,000 BCE
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Oh to be a spiky little guy snuffling around in the mossy ground
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Oh to be a spiky little guy snuffling around in the mossy ground
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While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
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🎉 Congratulations to our Social Media Editor, Dr. Leah Mayo, on being named to Avenue Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40!
Her research on stress, cannabinoids, psychedelics, and mental health continues to make an impact - in and beyond the lab.
🔗 www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under...
Her research on stress, cannabinoids, psychedelics, and mental health continues to make an impact - in and beyond the lab.
🔗 www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under...
Leah Mayo | Top 40 Under 40 2025 - Avenue Calgary
Leah Mayo’s groundbreaking work developing therapeutic applications of psychedelics and cannabis-related drugs as the first research chair in psychedelics in Canada is advancing mental health care.
www.avenuecalgary.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our Social Media Editor, Dr. Leah Mayo, on being named to Avenue Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40!
Her research on stress, cannabinoids, psychedelics, and mental health continues to make an impact - in and beyond the lab.
🔗 www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under...
Her research on stress, cannabinoids, psychedelics, and mental health continues to make an impact - in and beyond the lab.
🔗 www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under...
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So proud of our team @ruvvyresiliencelab.bsky.social presenting at @isdp.org last night! Luis is applying to graduate programs in clinical psychology this cycle and shared his thesis work last night. Miracle will be applying to grad school next year and talked about our brain imaging study!
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
So proud of our team @ruvvyresiliencelab.bsky.social presenting at @isdp.org last night! Luis is applying to graduate programs in clinical psychology this cycle and shared his thesis work last night. Miracle will be applying to grad school next year and talked about our brain imaging study!
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Know someone who advocates for, implements, or excels at the application of ethical practices in alcohol-related research? Nominate them or yourself for RSA’s Animal Research & Ethics Committee (AREC) Annual Award. #AREC #AnimalResearchSavesLives
🔗 researchsocietyonalcohol.org/annual-award...
🔗 researchsocietyonalcohol.org/annual-award...
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Know someone who advocates for, implements, or excels at the application of ethical practices in alcohol-related research? Nominate them or yourself for RSA’s Animal Research & Ethics Committee (AREC) Annual Award. #AREC #AnimalResearchSavesLives
🔗 researchsocietyonalcohol.org/annual-award...
🔗 researchsocietyonalcohol.org/annual-award...
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After a much needed social media hiatus, I’m back to share experiences from and and promote events at @isdp.org this week in San Diego! Looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and making new connections as well. If you’re at the meeting, please feel free to come say hi!
a man standing in front of a wall with the words " does anyone want to be my friend "
ALT: a man standing in front of a wall with the words " does anyone want to be my friend "
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November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
After a much needed social media hiatus, I’m back to share experiences from and and promote events at @isdp.org this week in San Diego! Looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and making new connections as well. If you’re at the meeting, please feel free to come say hi!
Sometimes the best part about lab meetings is making your own announcements...
Happy 10th birthday to my kitty cat, Chef! 🐈🖤
Happy 10th birthday to my kitty cat, Chef! 🐈🖤
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sometimes the best part about lab meetings is making your own announcements...
Happy 10th birthday to my kitty cat, Chef! 🐈🖤
Happy 10th birthday to my kitty cat, Chef! 🐈🖤
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Your periodic reminder that people blithely saying things like 'Shop around!' to minimise price rises almost always relies on women spending large amounts of unpaid time having to go to 6 different places just for groceries. I could list others - so many money-savers are just 'women's free time'
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Your periodic reminder that people blithely saying things like 'Shop around!' to minimise price rises almost always relies on women spending large amounts of unpaid time having to go to 6 different places just for groceries. I could list others - so many money-savers are just 'women's free time'
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We are proud to announce ACNP's NPP Journal award winners! Dhvani D. Mehta, B.Sc. (NEATOR Award), John H. Krystal, M.D. (NEAR Award), and Max E. Joffe, Ph.D. @mejoffe (NEECA Award) @npp-journal.bsky.social, #ACNP2026
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are proud to announce ACNP's NPP Journal award winners! Dhvani D. Mehta, B.Sc. (NEATOR Award), John H. Krystal, M.D. (NEAR Award), and Max E. Joffe, Ph.D. @mejoffe (NEECA Award) @npp-journal.bsky.social, #ACNP2026
At what point do I stop thinking that every paper published after 2015 is recent? Despite being almost a decade old?
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At what point do I stop thinking that every paper published after 2015 is recent? Despite being almost a decade old?
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No Kings except
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
No Kings except
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from the spooky tutorial series: how to draw pumpkin cat 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
from the spooky tutorial series: how to draw pumpkin cat 🎃
Just FYI I thought I was in the reviewer line up...but absolutely wasn't! Double check and become a vital part of #ACER !
📓Want to be a Part of the #ACER Journal Flow?
👉 Sign up to be a Reviewer and be a Vital Part of #ACER
Link: rsa.joynforms.com/splash/?m=fo...
👉 Sign up to be a Reviewer and be a Vital Part of #ACER
Link: rsa.joynforms.com/splash/?m=fo...
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just FYI I thought I was in the reviewer line up...but absolutely wasn't! Double check and become a vital part of #ACER !
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We got this. But it is going to take a lot of coffee.
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We got this. But it is going to take a lot of coffee.
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Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
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@lcornelas.bsky.social crushing her talk at the 25th National Science Network on Drug Abuse conference at @universityofmiami.bsky.social! Incredible and important work on #GABA, #endocannabinoids, traumatic #stress, and #alcohol use in animal models.
#NSNDA2025 #addictionscience #trauma @unm.edu
#NSNDA2025 #addictionscience #trauma @unm.edu
October 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
@lcornelas.bsky.social crushing her talk at the 25th National Science Network on Drug Abuse conference at @universityofmiami.bsky.social! Incredible and important work on #GABA, #endocannabinoids, traumatic #stress, and #alcohol use in animal models.
#NSNDA2025 #addictionscience #trauma @unm.edu
#NSNDA2025 #addictionscience #trauma @unm.edu
do we really have to update app logos all of the time? the new microsoft suite logos are so meaningless looking.....i think companies should only be allowed to update logos once per century.
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
do we really have to update app logos all of the time? the new microsoft suite logos are so meaningless looking.....i think companies should only be allowed to update logos once per century.
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Edited by Jennifer Urbano Blackford and Mohammed R. Milad
— a must-read for anyone studying or treating anxiety.
#Neuroscience #AnxietyResearch #FearCircuits #CBT #TMS #BehavioralScience
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
— a must-read for anyone studying or treating anxiety.
#Neuroscience #AnxietyResearch #FearCircuits #CBT #TMS #BehavioralScience
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
New Discoveries in the Brain Sciences of Fear and Anxiety - From Basic to Clinical Neuroscience
This book focuses on the latest discoveries in the brain sciences of fear and anxiety - from basic to clinical neuroscience.
link.springer.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Edited by Jennifer Urbano Blackford and Mohammed R. Milad
— a must-read for anyone studying or treating anxiety.
#Neuroscience #AnxietyResearch #FearCircuits #CBT #TMS #BehavioralScience
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
— a must-read for anyone studying or treating anxiety.
#Neuroscience #AnxietyResearch #FearCircuits #CBT #TMS #BehavioralScience
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Official job ad is up! careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
October 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Official job ad is up! careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
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Prevalence, predictors, correlates, and dynamic changes in the NIAAA-defined ‘recovery’ definition doi.org/10.1111/acer...
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Prevalence, predictors, correlates, and dynamic changes in the NIAAA-defined ‘recovery’ definition doi.org/10.1111/acer...