Amy Wolff
@amywolff.bsky.social
Kiwi, Neuroscientist, Beach enthusiast, Highly caffeinated
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Staff Scientist @dopaminelab.bsky.social
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Staff Scientist @dopaminelab.bsky.social
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Federally funded DEI training programs and funding sources are disappearing. Meet seven neuroscientists who are filling these gaps.
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/we-still-...
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/we-still-...
Neuroscience advocacy groups on navigating DEI funding cuts
Minority trainees are losing pillars of support, but grassroots organizations are stepping in to continue championing these early-career researchers.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Federally funded DEI training programs and funding sources are disappearing. Meet seven neuroscientists who are filling these gaps.
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/we-still-...
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/we-still-...
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The perfect pair. 🤩
(Credit goes to two students in my neurobiology lab class!)
(Credit goes to two students in my neurobiology lab class!)
May 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The perfect pair. 🤩
(Credit goes to two students in my neurobiology lab class!)
(Credit goes to two students in my neurobiology lab class!)
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PLEASE SHARE 💜 With uncertainty in federal research funding & hiring, we are offering *FREE* resume/CV reviews for early-career scientists in the US who have rescinded job offers or who risk layoffs.
If you feel this support would benefit you, submit resume/CV here: forms.gle/CCbbu2X5GJwH...
If you feel this support would benefit you, submit resume/CV here: forms.gle/CCbbu2X5GJwH...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
PLEASE SHARE 💜 With uncertainty in federal research funding & hiring, we are offering *FREE* resume/CV reviews for early-career scientists in the US who have rescinded job offers or who risk layoffs.
If you feel this support would benefit you, submit resume/CV here: forms.gle/CCbbu2X5GJwH...
If you feel this support would benefit you, submit resume/CV here: forms.gle/CCbbu2X5GJwH...
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New paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social with the inestimable @kurtfraser.bsky.social and @janaklab.bsky.social. We think this work illuminates an important way the brain dynamically orchestrates motivation, and look forward to testing new hypotheses this inspires in disease models.
Contextual cues facilitate dynamic value encoding in the mesolimbic dopamine system
Fraser et al. demonstrate that contexts engage a model-based process that allows for
rapid revaluation of reward-paired cues. They find that dopamine neuron activity is
necessary for contexts to updat...
www.cell.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social with the inestimable @kurtfraser.bsky.social and @janaklab.bsky.social. We think this work illuminates an important way the brain dynamically orchestrates motivation, and look forward to testing new hypotheses this inspires in disease models.
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December 31, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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December 31, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:24 AM
the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
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Wolf pack love. 🐺
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December 26, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Wolf pack love. 🐺
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Happy holidays! A festive Pavlova🇳🇿 🌊☀️
December 25, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Happy holidays! A festive Pavlova🇳🇿 🌊☀️
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Stoked to have this project now accepted for publication in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Stay tuned for the final version soon.
Contexts facilitate dynamic value encoding in the mesolimbic dopamine system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.05.565687v1
Contexts facilitate dynamic value encoding in the mesolimbic dopamine system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.05.565687v1
Adaptive behavior in a dynamic environment often requires rapid revaluation of stimuli that deviates
www.biorxiv.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Stoked to have this project now accepted for publication in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Stay tuned for the final version soon.
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To celebrate the closing of my first year as a PI, I present the drastically miss-sized things I have ordered next to what I was trying to order, a thread.
#sciencesky #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Up first...Rosie the wrench. Silver lining torque is amazing and we now have a lab mascot.
#sciencesky #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Up first...Rosie the wrench. Silver lining torque is amazing and we now have a lab mascot.
December 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM
To celebrate the closing of my first year as a PI, I present the drastically miss-sized things I have ordered next to what I was trying to order, a thread.
#sciencesky #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Up first...Rosie the wrench. Silver lining torque is amazing and we now have a lab mascot.
#sciencesky #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Up first...Rosie the wrench. Silver lining torque is amazing and we now have a lab mascot.
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Hey Fred - wrote a tutorial:
medium.com/@m.b.wall/ho...
medium.com/@m.b.wall/ho...
How to make super-fancy brain network plots: A tutorial with Gephi
This paper by Petri et al. from 2014 contains one of the most famous images in psychedelic science:
medium.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Hey Fred - wrote a tutorial:
medium.com/@m.b.wall/ho...
medium.com/@m.b.wall/ho...
Check out what cool stuff @margestelzner.bsky.social has been up to in the Saunders lab!
So excited to share my first project on VTA GABA neurons!
Sad to miss #ACNP2024 but check out our new studies by the amazing @margestelzner.bsky.social - comparing dopamine vs GABA neurons in the VTA in different forms of learning - our results support an overall re-evaluation of midbrain representation of valence and appetitive motivation (thread)
December 8, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Check out what cool stuff @margestelzner.bsky.social has been up to in the Saunders lab!
Beautiful brains! 💜
Two more weeks for holiday shopping. I put together a lil gift guide of my fave things under $50. www.laurabundesen.com/2024-giftguide
December 2, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Beautiful brains! 💜
Get your dopamine hot topic fix here!
This past year I have been curating a collection of brief reviews on hot topics in dopamine research, along with Dr. Camilla Bellone. A chunk of the papers are now out - more will drop over the next 2-3 months! Papers listed here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences | Dopamine | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Welcome to the Special Issue on Dopamine, Edited by Benjamin Saunders and Camilla Bellone
The Special Issue is in progress at the moment, with more papers being added on a regular basis.
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Get your dopamine hot topic fix here!
Very cool to offer an interactive virtual option for attending!
Are you interested in how we might use #neuroscience understanding to improve the lives of people living with #mentalhealth conditions? Join us in sunny Nice (or less sunny online) to hear more www.ecnp.eu/research-inn...
How do I attend?
All scientists, industry leaders, patient representatives and regulators interested in exploring new areas of emerging science and map out critical research horizons for CNS treatments are invited to ...
www.ecnp.eu
November 28, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Very cool to offer an interactive virtual option for attending!
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Are you interested in how we might use #neuroscience understanding to improve the lives of people living with #mentalhealth conditions? Join us in sunny Nice (or less sunny online) to hear more www.ecnp.eu/research-inn...
How do I attend?
All scientists, industry leaders, patient representatives and regulators interested in exploring new areas of emerging science and map out critical research horizons for CNS treatments are invited to ...
www.ecnp.eu
November 28, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Are you interested in how we might use #neuroscience understanding to improve the lives of people living with #mentalhealth conditions? Join us in sunny Nice (or less sunny online) to hear more www.ecnp.eu/research-inn...
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Very cool new @thetransmitter.bsky.social format which features input from many different scientists on a topic; here the choice to keep raw and/or processed data
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
To keep or not to keep: Neurophysiology’s data dilemma
An exponential growth in data size presents neuroscientists with a significant challenge: Should we be keeping all raw data or focusing on processed datasets? I asked experimentalists and theorists…
www.thetransmitter.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Very cool new @thetransmitter.bsky.social format which features input from many different scientists on a topic; here the choice to keep raw and/or processed data
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
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Just made a quick starter pack for those who create #neuroart and #brainart! Anyone who enjoys their art - please follow & share! 😊 And if I missed anyone, please post!
🧠🎨
go.bsky.app/PusdEwN
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go.bsky.app/PusdEwN
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Just made a quick starter pack for those who create #neuroart and #brainart! Anyone who enjoys their art - please follow & share! 😊 And if I missed anyone, please post!
🧠🎨
go.bsky.app/PusdEwN
🧠🎨
go.bsky.app/PusdEwN
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We’re still trying to find all of our #BlackInNeuro fam here 👀
Let @blackinneuro.bsky.social know if you want to be added to this starter pack & use the BIN hashtag on your posts so we can amplify you 🤗❤️
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
Let @blackinneuro.bsky.social know if you want to be added to this starter pack & use the BIN hashtag on your posts so we can amplify you 🤗❤️
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
November 24, 2024 at 4:22 PM
We’re still trying to find all of our #BlackInNeuro fam here 👀
Let @blackinneuro.bsky.social know if you want to be added to this starter pack & use the BIN hashtag on your posts so we can amplify you 🤗❤️
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
Let @blackinneuro.bsky.social know if you want to be added to this starter pack & use the BIN hashtag on your posts so we can amplify you 🤗❤️
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe