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@debho.bsky.social
she/her | 🇸🇬 | #neurodivergent neuroscientist | animal behavior nerd | psych PhD candidate at Emory University 🦅 | M.S. umich ’22 🐿 | B.S. umich ’21 〽️
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Our latest findings on social behavior circuits is out: how does the brain responds to social isolation? Terrific work by @dingliu.bsky.social et al. uncovering a circuit with similar neural architecture as physiological needs (hunger, thirst, sleep..). Detailed thread soon.
rdcu.be/ebo63
A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis
Nature - New data on brain-wide circuits centred around two interconnected hypothalamic neuron populations provide significant mechanistic insights into the emergence of social need during social...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
this is Frank. he lives at the Amphibian Foundation. I think we’re friends now. #SICB2025
January 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence

"When people work together, they can achieve great things. But if they can’t talk, they’re not necessarily smarter than ants"

Original paper
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

News
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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A fun thing nobody tells you about a career in science is how much of your life will be spent waiting for mice to have sex
November 26, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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I know I'm not the first person to say it, but it really is crazy that cats have fish breath, lick themselves, then smell good. I know they're secreting good smells but the math does not add up despite knowing that.
November 14, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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my hopes for gen z taking over the academic process is that it will be matched for harshness, but at least more efficient
February 7, 2024 at 2:01 PM
and that’s a wrap on #SfN23!! it was an intense, sometimes overwhelming, but overall really great experience getting to learn about so much cool neuroscience research and meeting the masterminds behind it 🧠

PS. thank you to everyone who stopped by my poster, your interest in my work means a ton!!
November 15, 2023 at 10:21 PM
how do spiny mice behave when they're left to interact with a large group of novel conspecifics, and how do their brains influence their behavior? come visit my poster during the Social Behaviors poster session on Monday morning at #sfn23 to find out!! :) #neuroskyence #PhDSky
November 9, 2023 at 8:54 PM
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"Sorry I struggle to keep up with messages, I have ADHD" - Clinical, passé. Invites unwanted questions

"The curse I carry permits contact only when stars align" - Mysterious, exciting. Demands the most be made of your time
October 16, 2023 at 4:26 PM
platform paper ✅ (and step 1 of 3 of quals done)!! it’s been the craziest month and a half writing it but i’m glad i did it 🎉 #PhDSky
October 13, 2023 at 4:56 PM
having a photoshoot with a spiny mouse - expectations vs reality
(i think the second photo is a pretty accurate representation of my general state, tbh) @aubreymkelly.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PhDSky
October 11, 2023 at 9:03 PM
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@brandonfricker.bsky.social’s latest spiny mouse paper, featuring some group interaction data from @debho.bsky.social, out now in Scientific Reports!
excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species - Scient...
Scientific Reports - Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species
doi.org
October 11, 2023 at 12:20 PM
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excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species - Scient...
Scientific Reports - Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species
doi.org
October 10, 2023 at 8:01 PM
#neuroskyence
excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species - Scient...
Scientific Reports - Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species
doi.org
October 10, 2023 at 8:04 PM
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thank you to @debho.bsky.social for their work on the group interactions and as always to @aubreymkelly.bsky.social for their help and support!
#neuroskyence
October 10, 2023 at 8:03 PM
the fact that it’s #FatBearWeek is the only thing getting me through to the end of this week
October 5, 2023 at 5:42 PM
apparently it’s adhd awareness month. i am indeed very aware of my adhd. an adhd unawareness month would be useful for me though.
October 4, 2023 at 2:12 AM
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When I mention "my PI" and people want to know what's going on in my life that I needed to hire a private investigator
What’s an acronym that always throws you off when used outside of work context? E.g., LBD

Ligand-binding domain? Oh, little black dress 😅

🧪
September 30, 2023 at 5:02 PM
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Yes I know them, we went to Twitter together.
September 21, 2023 at 1:27 PM
today i learned (the hard way) about the impossible task called attempting to write through the day-after NyQuil fog. anyway Aubrey if you see this i am sorry in advance for the amount of incoherence you’re gonna see in my paper tomorrow #PhDSky
September 29, 2023 at 4:41 AM
@cdelawalla.bsky.social is also the (very awesome) unofficial social coordinator of our cohort !! #HiSciSky
My ~official~ intro on Blue Sky:

Hi. I’m a 2nd year clinical psych PhD student at Emory, working with Rohan Palmer. Before this I completed a MA in clinical psych and MS in quant psych from Ball State. I study the intersection of personality and genetics involved in harmful alcohol use.
September 28, 2023 at 6:10 PM
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September 25, 2023 at 11:31 AM
a year ago today, i started my first project here and as i write the manuscript for it now, it’s pretty crazy looking back at how much i’ve learned over the past year 🥹 #PhDSky #neuroskyence
September 21, 2023 at 10:56 PM
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i love running code that takes 5-10 minutes to run because its not enough time to do something else so i can play fun little games on my phone or something for a bit #PhDsky
September 20, 2023 at 10:07 AM
also, shameless plug here but @brandonfricker.bsky.social and @veneziaroshko.bsky.social are my super hella cool labmates who put up with my chaos every day 😬 #neuroskyence
realized i never introduced myself here sooooo…
#HiSciSky!! i’m a second year PhD student at Emory. i study the neural correlates of social behavior and group dynamics in African spiny mice and i’m a nerd for pretty much anything animal behavior!! #neuroscience #neuroscience #PhDSky
September 19, 2023 at 11:01 PM