Ally Nowlan
@anowlan.bsky.social
Teaching Assistant Professor in Psychology & Neuroscience @ UNC
Postdoc in McElligott Lab @ UNC
PhD w Shea Lab @ CSHL
DEI & mental health advocate
Views and opinions are my own
Postdoc in McElligott Lab @ UNC
PhD w Shea Lab @ CSHL
DEI & mental health advocate
Views and opinions are my own
🚨 UNC Psych & Neuro is hiring TWO Teaching Assistant Professors (one Psych, one Neuro) starting July 2026!
If you love creating engaging classroom experiences and mentoring undergrads, please consider applying or sharing widely. Check it out + apply by Jan 14
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
If you love creating engaging classroom experiences and mentoring undergrads, please consider applying or sharing widely. Check it out + apply by Jan 14
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Teaching Assistant Professor
Teach three courses per semester for a total of six courses each academic year, along with service/administrative responsibilities.
unc.peopleadmin.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🚨 UNC Psych & Neuro is hiring TWO Teaching Assistant Professors (one Psych, one Neuro) starting July 2026!
If you love creating engaging classroom experiences and mentoring undergrads, please consider applying or sharing widely. Check it out + apply by Jan 14
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
If you love creating engaging classroom experiences and mentoring undergrads, please consider applying or sharing widely. Check it out + apply by Jan 14
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Haunted not by ghosts 👻, but by the thought of someone taking credit for your work 😱🧬🔬
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Haunted not by ghosts 👻, but by the thought of someone taking credit for your work 😱🧬🔬
Reposted by Ally Nowlan
Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews
Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
Friendly reminder to myself and all my other people pleasers out there, you can’t fill other people’s cups if yours is empty 😅
April 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Friendly reminder to myself and all my other people pleasers out there, you can’t fill other people’s cups if yours is empty 😅
Why do I still get nervous on exam day when I am the one administering the exam?! Can my stress/anxiety systems just not right now? We are overstimulated enough!
February 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Why do I still get nervous on exam day when I am the one administering the exam?! Can my stress/anxiety systems just not right now? We are overstimulated enough!
Reposted by Ally Nowlan
Reposted by Ally Nowlan
I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological.
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February 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological.
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The face of a hobbit who threw up his breakfast at 6 am and is wondering where his second breakfast is.
December 11, 2024 at 1:29 PM
The face of a hobbit who threw up his breakfast at 6 am and is wondering where his second breakfast is.
I'm thrilled to see this work published! Thanks to @neuroshea.bsky.social for putting me on this project and the many lab members and colleagues who ended up contributing in one way or another to get this over this finish line. 🙏
The latest paper from the Shea Lab is out today online. Here @anowlan.bsky.social shows that responses to sound in the auditory cortex merge with olfactory information via the basal amygdala. This is likely an important pathway for maternal behavior www.cell.com/current-biol...
Multisensory integration of social signals by a pathway from the basal amygdala to the auditory cortex in maternal mice
Nowlan et al. identify a neural pathway that enables the integration of sounds and
odors as female mice engage in maternal care. They report that projection neurons
from the amygdala to the auditory c...
www.cell.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:30 AM
I'm thrilled to see this work published! Thanks to @neuroshea.bsky.social for putting me on this project and the many lab members and colleagues who ended up contributing in one way or another to get this over this finish line. 🙏
Reposted by Ally Nowlan
So proud to share our first paper examining the role of #xylazine in the drug supply! This work is the definition of a team effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Xylazine is an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and exhibits sex-specific responses to naloxone adm...
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
September 9, 2023 at 8:26 PM
So proud to share our first paper examining the role of #xylazine in the drug supply! This work is the definition of a team effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...