David Slattery
daslattery.bsky.social
David Slattery
@daslattery.bsky.social
Prof of Translational Psychiatry, Goethe University, Frankfurt
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First own post on bsky: We are hiring two PhD students!
Come work with @aetoleary.bsky.social & I Frankfurt. We are looking for two motivated students to assess the aetiology of aggression & impulsivity using behavioural and molecular approaches. For full details see attached image and www.trr379.de
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Pls share AMAZING opportunities! Studying Depression? its biology? UCI’s new Depression Res Ctr is hiring 1) Preclinical Models: systems mechanisms of vulnerability, resilience 2) Child Adolescent, Adult Depression 3) Biomed Engineer Deep Phenotype, Intervention recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09510 508, 507
Open-Rank Faculty Cluster Hire in Depression Research
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
March 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Thanks @daslattery.bsky.social for hosting me, and thanks for the traditional dinner with interesting discussions @aetoleary.bsky.social @ffreudenberg.bsky.social and Pei-Ling Tsai
March 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Great to have spent a couple of days back in Regensburg for the first time since 2018 for the excellent PhD defence of Dr Alice Sanson. Congrats to her and her proud supervisor Oliver Bosch @olibosch.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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👋Hello BlueSky!🧠
👇Below is a thread on Open Neuroscience and how to contribute to our website:
🔬Know a #openscience #neuroscience project?
✍️Please list it on open-neuroscience.com -> forms.office.com/e/5QtUtMc3hw
🔍We will do a brief spam check and upload it to the website!
1/n
https://open-neuroscience.com/en/
open-neuroscience.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Registration & Abstract Submission is open for the 2025 "Engram and Ensembles in Learning and Memory" meeting, at Trinity College Dublin in May.

Abstract deadline February 14.

#EngramsandEnsembles2025

Preliminary Agenda at event website:
event.fourwaves.com/engramsensem...
November 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Long story about the nucleus accumbens in short:
- Infusion of CRF, UCN3 or oxytocin antagonist in the shell impaired maternal aggression
- Oxytocin release increased during maternal aggression
👇🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pup defence in lactating rats: The underlying neuropeptide signalling and their interactions in the nucleus accumbens shell
Maternal aggression is a core feature of rodent maternal behaviour to defend their offspring from potential threats and is modulated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and oxytocin (OXT) systems ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 30, 2024 at 10:35 AM
First own post on bsky: We are hiring two PhD students!
Come work with @aetoleary.bsky.social & I Frankfurt. We are looking for two motivated students to assess the aetiology of aggression & impulsivity using behavioural and molecular approaches. For full details see attached image and www.trr379.de
November 22, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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The IBNS program in Tromsø June 2025 is coming together, and it’s looking amazing! 🎉 We’ve got some fantastic symposia lined up—curious to see what’s planned? Check it out here: www.ibnsconnect.org/2025-symposia 🧠✨ #IBNS2025 #Neuroscience
November 20, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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A new review article from our lab:
Chioino A, Sandi C. The Emerging Role of Brain Mitochondria in Fear and Anxiety. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2024
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Emerging Role of Brain Mitochondria in Fear and Anxiety
The functional complexity of brain circuits underlies the broad spectrum of behaviors, cognitive functions, and their associated disorders. Mitochondria, traditionally known for their role in cellular...
link.springer.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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OPEN RANK #FACULTY #POSITION in #Pharmacology & #Neuroscience with expertise in #behavioral pharmacology/neuroscience of relevance to substance use disorders. Review of applications will start immediately. Target start date is Fall 2025. Come join us!

Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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If you feel like we missed you (or anyone else) in this *Behavioral and Preclinical Neuroscience* starter pack, please comment below 👇👇 #animalbehaviorl #preclinicalresearch #neuroscience
go.bsky.app/7cNykut
November 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Brain Structure and Function

Rodent maze studies: from following simple rules to complex map learning
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rodent maze studies: from following simple rules to complex map learning - Brain Structure and Function
More than 100 years since the first maze designed for rodent research, researchers now have the choice of a variety of mazes that come in many different shapes and sizes. Still old designs get modifie...
link.springer.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM