6/ Huge congrats to 1st author @Meghan_Cum & the whole team for bringing these critical insights to light! 🙌 This work wouldn’t be possible without the contributions of so many talented researchers. Excited to see where this research takes us next!

4/ 🛠 To dig deeper, we used machine learning (@talmo.bsky.social SLEAP 🧠🤖) to track reward competition behavior. It revealed hidden differences like CD1 mice pressing against the reward port more than C57. These subtle behaviors could shape how we understand social competition.

3/🚩 Why does this matter? We found that for CD1 mice, winning the tube test (a classic dominance assay) didn’t align with being dominant in other ways—unlike in C57 mice, where all tests aligned. It’s a reminder that the test you choose can really shape your results!

1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all!
Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵
Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9