SerafineLab
@serafinelab.bsky.social
Serafine Behavioral Pharmacology Lab 👩🏻🔬🐀at the University of Texas at El Paso • Account managed by Dr. Serafine (she/her) • Associate Professor • Latina in STEM • http://www.serafinelab.com/
Application review begins soon for this tenure track position in my department! Come be my colleague at the psychology department in UT El Paso! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs
The Psychology Department at University of Texas at El Paso is hiring a tenure track assistant professor! Come be our colleague and experience over 300 sunny days a year! Application review starts October 24: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Application review begins soon for this tenure track position in my department! Come be my colleague at the psychology department in UT El Paso! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs
Know someone seeking an administrative position in higher education? The UTEP Graduate School is seeking applicants for an assistant dean position! Use the QR code below to search for job posting 14283 to learn more! #higheredjobs #assistantdean #graduateschool #utep
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Know someone seeking an administrative position in higher education? The UTEP Graduate School is seeking applicants for an assistant dean position! Use the QR code below to search for job posting 14283 to learn more! #higheredjobs #assistantdean #graduateschool #utep
My Department is hiring! Apply by October 24 for this tenure track position! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Psychology Department at University of Texas at El Paso is hiring a tenure track assistant professor! Come be our colleague and experience over 300 sunny days a year! Application review starts October 24: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs
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October 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My Department is hiring! Apply by October 24 for this tenure track position! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Deadline is Monday! Apply for
This new policy fellowship from @cpddorg.bsky.social ! Excellent for any early career addiction researcher looking for policy experience! ⬇️
This new policy fellowship from @cpddorg.bsky.social ! Excellent for any early career addiction researcher looking for policy experience! ⬇️
🚨 Last Call! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Animals in Research Policy Fellowship — applications close soon!
This is your opportunity to:
✅ Deepen your expertise
✅ Connect with leading researchers
🕒 Deadline is fast approaching — apply now before it’s too late!
cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Animals in Research Policy Fellowship — applications close soon!
This is your opportunity to:
✅ Deepen your expertise
✅ Connect with leading researchers
🕒 Deadline is fast approaching — apply now before it’s too late!
cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Deadline is Monday! Apply for
This new policy fellowship from @cpddorg.bsky.social ! Excellent for any early career addiction researcher looking for policy experience! ⬇️
This new policy fellowship from @cpddorg.bsky.social ! Excellent for any early career addiction researcher looking for policy experience! ⬇️
Deadline has been extended to October 6 for this NEW policy fellowship through the College on Problems of Drug Dependence @cpddorg.bsky.social and Americans for Medical Progress. GREAT opportunity for early career addiction researchers who are interested in science policy and advocacy! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Mentorship, Experience, and Training at the Intersection of Science, Policy, and Advocacy. Apply now for our Animals in Research Policy Fellowship.
👉 Learn more & apply: cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
👉 Learn more & apply: cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Deadline has been extended to October 6 for this NEW policy fellowship through the College on Problems of Drug Dependence @cpddorg.bsky.social and Americans for Medical Progress. GREAT opportunity for early career addiction researchers who are interested in science policy and advocacy! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
There is still time to apply for this fellowship opportunity from the College on Problems of Drug Dependance & Americans for Medical Progress! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @cpddorg.bsky.social
Mentorship, Experience, and Training at the Intersection of Science, Policy, and Advocacy. Apply now for our Animals in Research Policy Fellowship.
👉 Learn more & apply: cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
👉 Learn more & apply: cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There is still time to apply for this fellowship opportunity from the College on Problems of Drug Dependance & Americans for Medical Progress! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @cpddorg.bsky.social
The Psychology Department at University of Texas at El Paso is hiring a tenure track assistant professor! Come be our colleague and experience over 300 sunny days a year! Application review starts October 24: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs
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September 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Psychology Department at University of Texas at El Paso is hiring a tenure track assistant professor! Come be our colleague and experience over 300 sunny days a year! Application review starts October 24: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs
Incredibly excited for this fellowship to launch! If you’re an early career addiction researcher who is interested in advocacy, public policy and science communication, consider applying this year for the inaugural CPDD/AMP Animals in Research Public Policy Fellowship! ⬇️ @cpddorg.bsky.social
Mentorship, Experience, and Training at the Intersection of Science, Policy, and Advocacy. Apply now for our Animals in Research Policy Fellowship.
👉 Learn more & apply: cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
👉 Learn more & apply: cpdd.org/cpdd-amp-ani...
September 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Incredibly excited for this fellowship to launch! If you’re an early career addiction researcher who is interested in advocacy, public policy and science communication, consider applying this year for the inaugural CPDD/AMP Animals in Research Public Policy Fellowship! ⬇️ @cpddorg.bsky.social
If you’re at #CPDD2025 I hope to see you tomorrow! I’ll be at the animals in research committee forum and I’m giving a talk on our recent work with morphine and high fat diets later in the day too! For more information: cpdd.societyconference.com/v2/
June 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If you’re at #CPDD2025 I hope to see you tomorrow! I’ll be at the animals in research committee forum and I’m giving a talk on our recent work with morphine and high fat diets later in the day too! For more information: cpdd.societyconference.com/v2/
Happy to share another new paper from our lab, published in the European Journal of Pharmacology! Congrats to first author (and newly minted PhD) Dr. Nina Beltran, co-authors Leslie and Gabriella, and collaborator Dr. Minervini. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40348326/ @ninabeltran.bsky.social
Eating a high fat/high carbohydrate diet enhances morphine tolerance, while eating a ketogenic diet mitigates morphine withdrawal in male rats - PubMed
Obesity is associated with greater prescription rates of pain-relieving drugs (i.e., opioids). However, it is not known if opioid sensitivity is altered by diet, in particular with regard to fat and c...
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May 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happy to share another new paper from our lab, published in the European Journal of Pharmacology! Congrats to first author (and newly minted PhD) Dr. Nina Beltran, co-authors Leslie and Gabriella, and collaborator Dr. Minervini. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40348326/ @ninabeltran.bsky.social
Excited to share this new publication in Behavioural Pharmacology! Check it out via the link below. Congratulations to first author Dr. Nina Beltran, and the whole team including our collaborator Dr. Vanessa Minervini! journals.lww.com/behaviouralp... @ninabeltran.bsky.social
The effects of high fat diet consumption on... : Behavioural Pharmacology
iet exacerbates opioid-induced constipation, male and female Sprague–Dawley rats (n = 8/diet/sex) were fed either a low fat (standard) diet, a high fat/high carbohydrate diet, or a ketogenic diet. Rat...
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May 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Excited to share this new publication in Behavioural Pharmacology! Check it out via the link below. Congratulations to first author Dr. Nina Beltran, and the whole team including our collaborator Dr. Vanessa Minervini! journals.lww.com/behaviouralp... @ninabeltran.bsky.social
Really excited to be a part of this session and attend my first @ssibsociety.bsky.social this summer! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #SSIB2025
What "Food Systems" Can Teach Us About Drug Use and Addiction
hear the latest from:
Sue Grigson · @drbhenderson.bsky.social · @serafinelab.bsky.social
🗓️ July 28–Aug 1 · 📍Oxford
👉 Register: www.ssib.org/2025/registr...
#SSIB2025
hear the latest from:
Sue Grigson · @drbhenderson.bsky.social · @serafinelab.bsky.social
🗓️ July 28–Aug 1 · 📍Oxford
👉 Register: www.ssib.org/2025/registr...
#SSIB2025
April 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Really excited to be a part of this session and attend my first @ssibsociety.bsky.social this summer! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #SSIB2025
Early giving for #RaiseYourPick Giving Day opened today! Help support our graduate students at The University of Texas at El Paso by donating today! Every gift counts, and contributions are accepted through 8pm MDT tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23. Donate here: givingday.utep.edu/amb/crites
Raise Your Pick Giving Day 2025
Raise your pick for the areas you are most passionate about at UTEP! Change lives and transform generations. Every gift counts!
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April 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Early giving for #RaiseYourPick Giving Day opened today! Help support our graduate students at The University of Texas at El Paso by donating today! Every gift counts, and contributions are accepted through 8pm MDT tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23. Donate here: givingday.utep.edu/amb/crites
Come say hi to us at poster session 1 at ASPET! Happening now!
April 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Come say hi to us at poster session 1 at ASPET! Happening now!
Happening this evening at ASPET! Stop by and meet the trainees from our lab! ⬇️
Our lab has two posters this week at the ASPET annual meeting! Stop by during poster session 1 to meet the talented graduate students I get to work with and hear about our research! Let’s network! @ninabeltran.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Happening this evening at ASPET! Stop by and meet the trainees from our lab! ⬇️
Our lab has two posters this week at the ASPET annual meeting! Stop by during poster session 1 to meet the talented graduate students I get to work with and hear about our research! Let’s network! @ninabeltran.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Our lab has two posters this week at the ASPET annual meeting! Stop by during poster session 1 to meet the talented graduate students I get to work with and hear about our research! Let’s network! @ninabeltran.bsky.social
Congratulations to the Serafine lab trainees on your great presentations at BBC this past weekend! You represented UTEP well! (Photo taken at the zoo after the conference, left to right: Gabriela Naime, Leslie Sullivan, Nina Beltran and Angelica Romero). #utepneuroscience @ninabeltran.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Congratulations to the Serafine lab trainees on your great presentations at BBC this past weekend! You represented UTEP well! (Photo taken at the zoo after the conference, left to right: Gabriela Naime, Leslie Sullivan, Nina Beltran and Angelica Romero). #utepneuroscience @ninabeltran.bsky.social
At the Behavior, Biology, & Chemistry: Translational Research in Addiction meeting this weekend? Stop by posters 12, 71 and 92 to meet trainees from our lab and hear all about their research!
March 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
At the Behavior, Biology, & Chemistry: Translational Research in Addiction meeting this weekend? Stop by posters 12, 71 and 92 to meet trainees from our lab and hear all about their research!
Know a high school student who loves science? Check out this awesome science communication program called Curious Science Writers: curioussciencewriters.org/summer-progr...
February 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Know a high school student who loves science? Check out this awesome science communication program called Curious Science Writers: curioussciencewriters.org/summer-progr...
Considering graduate school but not sure where to begin? The UTEP Grad School is hosting a virtual info session this week!
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Considering graduate school but not sure where to begin? The UTEP Grad School is hosting a virtual info session this week!
Super excited to attend @ssibsociety.bsky.social this summer! Who else is going? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
📢 SSIB 2025 Annual Meeting
📍 Oxford, UK | 🗓 July 28–Aug 1
🌟 5 Days of Science, Networking, & Fun!
Keynotes: Sadaf Farooqi, John Glendinning, Marion Hetherington, Daniel Lettle, & many more!
🗓 Abstracts due: March 14
💡 Early Reg: June 18
🔗 ssib.org/2025/
#SSIB #IngestiveBehavior
📍 Oxford, UK | 🗓 July 28–Aug 1
🌟 5 Days of Science, Networking, & Fun!
Keynotes: Sadaf Farooqi, John Glendinning, Marion Hetherington, Daniel Lettle, & many more!
🗓 Abstracts due: March 14
💡 Early Reg: June 18
🔗 ssib.org/2025/
#SSIB #IngestiveBehavior
January 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Super excited to attend @ssibsociety.bsky.social this summer! Who else is going? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Applications are due next month for our paid undergraduate summer research training program in neuroscience at UTEP! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Applications now open for NIDA-funded summer neuroscience training program SMARTMIND at UTEP! Please share this flyer with interested undergrads: this is a paid summer research opportunity to work alongside faculty & grad students in sunny El Paso! #utepneuroscience www.utep.edu/couri/smartm...
January 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Applications are due next month for our paid undergraduate summer research training program in neuroscience at UTEP! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Applications for summer neuroscience research at ☀️ UCLA are due Jan 22. We have a great track record of alums going onto PhDs #neuroscience bri.ucla.edu/undergraduat...
January 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Applications for summer neuroscience research at ☀️ UCLA are due Jan 22. We have a great track record of alums going onto PhDs #neuroscience bri.ucla.edu/undergraduat...
Please share our summer undergraduate research training program with any undergraduate student you know who’s looking for a PAID summer neuroscience research opportunity! Deadline Feb 14! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Applications now open for NIDA-funded summer neuroscience training program SMARTMIND at UTEP! Please share this flyer with interested undergrads: this is a paid summer research opportunity to work alongside faculty & grad students in sunny El Paso! #utepneuroscience www.utep.edu/couri/smartm...
January 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Please share our summer undergraduate research training program with any undergraduate student you know who’s looking for a PAID summer neuroscience research opportunity! Deadline Feb 14! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Reposted by SerafineLab
Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors!
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
January 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors!
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience