Leigh Walker
@drlcwalker.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at Florey Institute/ Uni Melbourne
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Time to get working on your symposium proposals!
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
We are excited to invite all behavioral neuroscientists to the 35th Annual IBNS Meeting at Cape Town, South Africa June 23-27, 2026!
Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings
Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Time to get working on your symposium proposals!
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
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Stoked to share our new paper examining why people differ so much in avoiding harm www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Causal inference and cognitive-behavioral integration deficits drive stable variation in human punishment sensitivity - Communications Psychology
Using a gamified punishment task, this study identifies specific learning and decision-making deficits that drive robust, consequential differences in choice within an international, general populatio...
www.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Stoked to share our new paper examining why people differ so much in avoiding harm www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Leigh Walker
Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system.
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn
Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system.
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
Reposted by Leigh Walker
Mark your calendars @ibnsconnect.bsky.social early career seminar series is relaunching
Sheida Shadani is presenting April 16 Australia time (April 15 USA time).
Sheida Shadani is presenting April 16 Australia time (April 15 USA time).
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Mark your calendars @ibnsconnect.bsky.social early career seminar series is relaunching
Sheida Shadani is presenting April 16 Australia time (April 15 USA time).
Sheida Shadani is presenting April 16 Australia time (April 15 USA time).
Check out our new paper lead by superstars Amy Pearl and Xavier Maddern in @naturecomms.bsky.social . We show a sex specific role for ghrelin signalling in the Edinger Westphal nucleus driving binge drinking. Thanks to all those involved www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Midbrain ghrelin receptor signalling regulates binge drinking in a sex specific manner - Nature Communications
Binge drinking is a rising issue in women, yet the underlying neurobiology remains underexplored. Here authors show the Edinger-Westphal (EWcp) peptidergic neurons as a critical regulator of binge dri...
www.nature.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Check out our new paper lead by superstars Amy Pearl and Xavier Maddern in @naturecomms.bsky.social . We show a sex specific role for ghrelin signalling in the Edinger Westphal nucleus driving binge drinking. Thanks to all those involved www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great talks by Nathan Holmes and @karlyt.bsky.social to kick off week 3 of ACAN advanced neuroscience school today!
February 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Great talks by Nathan Holmes and @karlyt.bsky.social to kick off week 3 of ACAN advanced neuroscience school today!
Reposted by Leigh Walker
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
orwh.od.nih.gov
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...