Lizzie Manning
@drlizziemanning.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and greyhound mum in Newcastle 🇦🇺🦘
Studying neural basis of inflexible behaviour in OCD and other psychiatric disorders 🔬🧠
Passionate about EDI, First Nations justice and climate action
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/lizzie-manning
Studying neural basis of inflexible behaviour in OCD and other psychiatric disorders 🔬🧠
Passionate about EDI, First Nations justice and climate action
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/lizzie-manning
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Congratulations Max E. Joffe, Ph.D. for being awarded the NEECA Award for the top paper from an early-career researcher, from their own independent lab, published in print in NPP during 2024 tinyurl.com/yfha88u9!
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations Max E. Joffe, Ph.D. for being awarded the NEECA Award for the top paper from an early-career researcher, from their own independent lab, published in print in NPP during 2024 tinyurl.com/yfha88u9!
The @ausneurosoc.bsky.social equity, diversity and inclusion committee are excited to host this panel which will be streamed live by @network-alba.bsky.social , to share approaches that we're taking in our region to build sustainable EDI programs
www.alba.network/declarationw...
www.alba.network/declarationw...
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The @ausneurosoc.bsky.social equity, diversity and inclusion committee are excited to host this panel which will be streamed live by @network-alba.bsky.social , to share approaches that we're taking in our region to build sustainable EDI programs
www.alba.network/declarationw...
www.alba.network/declarationw...
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If you’re into AFTER-PARTY- Please join us at Stan and Jared’s Karaoke Dance Party after 9 pm at Flicks (1017 University Ave, San Diego - See pics below for directions etc) Come celebrate our "retirement" and have one great bash to close the meeting out!
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you’re into AFTER-PARTY- Please join us at Stan and Jared’s Karaoke Dance Party after 9 pm at Flicks (1017 University Ave, San Diego - See pics below for directions etc) Come celebrate our "retirement" and have one great bash to close the meeting out!
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@sfn.org and neuro peeps! For 10+ years, you have honored us w/your attending our Psychopharmacology Social. #SfN2025 will be the last time I and @jaredwyoung.bsky.social will host this event (Tues, Nov 18, 7-9 pm, Marriott Marquis-Grand Ballroom Salon 5). Drink, groove and mingle one last time-AND-
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@sfn.org and neuro peeps! For 10+ years, you have honored us w/your attending our Psychopharmacology Social. #SfN2025 will be the last time I and @jaredwyoung.bsky.social will host this event (Tues, Nov 18, 7-9 pm, Marriott Marquis-Grand Ballroom Salon 5). Drink, groove and mingle one last time-AND-
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Excited to have my piece on perimenopause published @thetransmitter.bsky.social
"Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain"
We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
"Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain"
We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
Perimenopause: An understudied transition for the brain
We know little about the mechanisms underlying well-known perimenopause symptoms in the brain. More research—in animals and humans—is essential.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Excited to have my piece on perimenopause published @thetransmitter.bsky.social
"Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain"
We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
"Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain"
We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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What an exciting program for GRC Frontal Cortex in 2026! www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What an exciting program for GRC Frontal Cortex in 2026! www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
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🚨 We won! Charges dismissed for the first People’s Blockade defendants! ⚖️
A major win for the climate movement and protest rights in NSW. And against Minns’ anti-protest laws.
Blockade 2025: Nov 27 – Dec 2 🌊
Sign to stop the coal ships:
🔗 risingtide.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_coal_ships
A major win for the climate movement and protest rights in NSW. And against Minns’ anti-protest laws.
Blockade 2025: Nov 27 – Dec 2 🌊
Sign to stop the coal ships:
🔗 risingtide.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_coal_ships
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🚨 We won! Charges dismissed for the first People’s Blockade defendants! ⚖️
A major win for the climate movement and protest rights in NSW. And against Minns’ anti-protest laws.
Blockade 2025: Nov 27 – Dec 2 🌊
Sign to stop the coal ships:
🔗 risingtide.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_coal_ships
A major win for the climate movement and protest rights in NSW. And against Minns’ anti-protest laws.
Blockade 2025: Nov 27 – Dec 2 🌊
Sign to stop the coal ships:
🔗 risingtide.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_coal_ships
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🚨 In Newcastle today, Rising Tide painted “TAX ME” on a coal ship named Climate Justice, calling for a 78% fossil fuel profits tax to fund a just transition for workers + communities. Australia’s biggest polluters pay less tax than nurses.
#RisingTide #ClimateJustice
#RisingTide #ClimateJustice
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🚨 In Newcastle today, Rising Tide painted “TAX ME” on a coal ship named Climate Justice, calling for a 78% fossil fuel profits tax to fund a just transition for workers + communities. Australia’s biggest polluters pay less tax than nurses.
#RisingTide #ClimateJustice
#RisingTide #ClimateJustice
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Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Suzanne Haber was just elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Her work on the organization of the cortex and basal ganglia has had a huge impact. Please take the opportunity to congratulate her the next time you see her. www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/u...
University of Rochester Neurobiologist Suzanne Haber Elected to National Academy of Medicine
An internationally recognized scientist, her work has transformed our understanding of the brain networks that play a central role in many mental health disorders, including obsessive compulsive disor...
www.urmc.rochester.edu
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Suzanne Haber was just elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Her work on the organization of the cortex and basal ganglia has had a huge impact. Please take the opportunity to congratulate her the next time you see her. www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/u...
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Chronic consumption of a sweet solution containing nicotine increases effort-based motivation for food
This motivational shift is due, at least partly, to a disruption of habenular top-down control over cholinergic inputs to midbrain dopamine neurons
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This motivational shift is due, at least partly, to a disruption of habenular top-down control over cholinergic inputs to midbrain dopamine neurons
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Chronic consumption of a sweet solution containing nicotine increases effort-based motivation for food
This motivational shift is due, at least partly, to a disruption of habenular top-down control over cholinergic inputs to midbrain dopamine neurons
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This motivational shift is due, at least partly, to a disruption of habenular top-down control over cholinergic inputs to midbrain dopamine neurons
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My quote of the day
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My quote of the day
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
10 days to go before the deadline ... Who's working on a symposium proposal for IBNS in Cape Town?
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
October 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
10 days to go before the deadline ... Who's working on a symposium proposal for IBNS in Cape Town?
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Kyle Walsh does not appear to have any substantial administrative experience.
However, (according to two sources), his main qualification is that he was buddies with JD Vance at Yale.
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However, (according to two sources), his main qualification is that he was buddies with JD Vance at Yale.
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a woman says it 's completely inappropriate in front of a netflix logo
ALT: a woman says it 's completely inappropriate in front of a netflix logo
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Kyle Walsh does not appear to have any substantial administrative experience.
However, (according to two sources), his main qualification is that he was buddies with JD Vance at Yale.
3/3
However, (according to two sources), his main qualification is that he was buddies with JD Vance at Yale.
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Don't miss this if you are going to #SfN2025 and interested in cross-species psychedelic neuroscience research
Looking forward to hearing the talks and the discussions, and excited about presenting some of the lab's unpublished data and how we are thinking about future research
Looking forward to hearing the talks and the discussions, and excited about presenting some of the lab's unpublished data and how we are thinking about future research
Excited to speak in San Diego on Nov 14 at this SfN Sattelite!
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Don't miss this if you are going to #SfN2025 and interested in cross-species psychedelic neuroscience research
Looking forward to hearing the talks and the discussions, and excited about presenting some of the lab's unpublished data and how we are thinking about future research
Looking forward to hearing the talks and the discussions, and excited about presenting some of the lab's unpublished data and how we are thinking about future research
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Excited to speak in San Diego on Nov 14 at this SfN Sattelite!
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Excited to speak in San Diego on Nov 14 at this SfN Sattelite!
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
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Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
northwestern.zoom.us
October 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
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Time to huddle up with your colleagues and get your symposia together! Submissions due 10/28 #IBNSSouthAfrica info: www.ibnsconnect.org/ibns-annual-...
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Time to huddle up with your colleagues and get your symposia together! Submissions due 10/28 #IBNSSouthAfrica info: www.ibnsconnect.org/ibns-annual-...
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We are busy preparing the IBNS 35th annual conference and want you and your colleagues to join us! Symposia proposals due Oct 28th. www.ibnsconnect.org/ibns-annual-... #IBNSSouthAfrica
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are busy preparing the IBNS 35th annual conference and want you and your colleagues to join us! Symposia proposals due Oct 28th. www.ibnsconnect.org/ibns-annual-... #IBNSSouthAfrica
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Are you a trainee and interested in travel grants to #IBNSSouthAfrica? Prereview applications are now being accepted until Nov 7th! more info www.ibnsconnect.org/travel-awards
October 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Are you a trainee and interested in travel grants to #IBNSSouthAfrica? Prereview applications are now being accepted until Nov 7th! more info www.ibnsconnect.org/travel-awards
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We're looking forward to #SOBP2026!
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're looking forward to #SOBP2026!
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.