Nicole Ferrara
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nicoleferrara.bsky.social
Nicole Ferrara
@nicoleferrara.bsky.social
I like coffee, and I like neuroscience most times

Assistant professor at Rosalind Franklin University connecting neural circuit maturation with fear+social behaviors. Ferraralab.com
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Time to get working on your symposium proposals!

📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
We are excited to invite all behavioral neuroscientists to the 35th Annual IBNS Meeting at Cape Town, South Africa June 23-27, 2026!

Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025

More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Had a blast writing this insight article with @sydneytrask.bsky.social covering original research from the @michaeldrew.bsky.social lab on the stress-specific recruitment of a brain region that drives fear behaviors!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Behavioral Neuroscience: The consequences of stress on the brain and fear
A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Nicole Ferrara
I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Really excited to be able to work with @kurtfraser.bsky.social and @the-fadoktor.bsky.social! Can’t wait to start our experiments on how social behaviors are guided by positive and negative experiences in distinct settings and regulated by the developing hippocampus
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM