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Catherine Dulac
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Identifying the neural basis of innate social behaviors using molecular and genetic tools @Harvard @HHMINEWS
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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · Oct 21
I am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience
Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab
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Rising junior and senior undergrads: this is a terrific opportunity for a 9 weeks summer internship as a Cech Fellow in an HHMI lab: deadline for applications is December 22!
hhmi.org HHMI @hhmi.org · 3d
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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turrigiano.bsky.social
Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)

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Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464
The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
dulaclab.bsky.social
Dear friends, colleagues, Harvard community and beyond: this is the season to help individuals and families in need, and the needs this year are very high! Please repost and contribute to this effort with 🥫or 💰 donations 🙏 🙏🙏
@harvardmcb.bsky.social @harvard.edu @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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@nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social
Rebecka Sepela Receives L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB postdoctoral fellow Rebecka Sepela has been selected as one of the 2025 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science (FWIS) Fellows, a prestigious honor recognizing early-career scientists whose […]
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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An remarkable new undergraduate course conceived and taught by our amazing colleague and Dean of Science Jeff Lichtman: "Genuinely Hard Problems" I wish I was an undergrad again!... 🤣🧪🧬🧠
@harvardmcb.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu

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No one knows the answer, and that’s the point — Harvard Gazette
“Genuinely Hard Problems” pilots novel approach to scientific education.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The very improbable story of a Hercule Poirot fan in Paris 🤣
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heist
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
dulaclab.bsky.social
En français!.... magnifique 👏😜
ardemp.bskyverified.social Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 20d
I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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carlzimmer.com
I wrote some reflections this afternoon about how the discovery of the double helix changed the course of science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qPS3y6
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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sergiuppasca.bsky.social
This week, we published in @science.org an article outlining the current ethical and societal implications of research involving human neural #organoids and #assembloids, their transplantation, and highlighted potential next steps.
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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neurovenki.bsky.social
Asymmetric fall foliage. (Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA).
Trees lining a road, the ones on the left have largely shed their leaves and the ones on the right still bear their beautiful fall foliage.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @nature.com @harriskaplan.bsky.social
MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Researchers from the Brain Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) will release an extraordinary series of 16 manuscripts in Nature on November 5.. This collection, made possible by large […]
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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alleninstitute.org
More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍

Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵

#studyBRAIN #BICAN
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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harvardmcb.bsky.social
Community Building with Intercultural Communication Workshop #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @harvard.edu
Community Building with Intercultural Communication Workshop - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
MCB’s Assistant Director of Human Resources and Community Task Force (CTF) administrator, Julia Fannon, invites all members of the MCB community to take part in the upcoming “Community […]
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November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A New Colorful Method for Nanoscale Imaging Harnesses Electron-induced Light #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @sohaibar.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social
A New Colorful Method for Nanoscale Imaging Harnesses Electron-induced Light - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Making molecules light up at the nanoscale is key to understanding how biomolecules are organized within cells and how their interactions shape cellular function. While luminescent protein tags […]
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November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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senguptalab.bsky.social
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
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October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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harvardmcb.bsky.social
Interested in a Summer in Japan? Learn More at the Reischauer Institute Information Session on November 5🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social
Interested in a Summer in Japan? Learn More at the Reischauer Institute Information Session on November 5 - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
As students start planning for the summer ahead, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) invites Harvard undergraduate students to an upcoming information session on two […]
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October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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currentbiology.bsky.social
This great primer from our #brain–body special by @dulaclab.bsky.social explores the many ways in which the brain and the immune system interact in the diseased state.
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www.cell.com/current-biol...
Sickness and the brain
Zuri Sullivan and Catherine Dulac discuss the reciprocal communication between the brain and the immune system in sickness behavior.
www.cell.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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nicolecrust.bsky.social
Wow. The first woman to receive tenure in Physics at Harvard dropped out of high school to form an alternative school with friends and later codiscovered the top quark and Higgs boson. (And psst: she supports PhD students & loves books).💙

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Melissa Franklin | Department of Physics
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October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I am extremely grateful and deeply honored to be conferred the new title of Xander University Professor by @harvard.edu
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October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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BioFestival 2025: Zymo Lightning Talk and Poster Competition Winners Announced 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @zymoresearch.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social
BioFestival 2025: Zymo Lightning Talk and Poster Competition Winners Announced - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
At the heart of this year’s inaugural BioFestival, co-sponsored by Zymo Research on October 18, was a friendly and fast-paced scientific competition showcasing the creativity and curiosity of […]
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October 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
dulaclab.bsky.social
I am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience
Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
dulaclab.bsky.social
Our Primer on Sickness and the Brain: how are inflammatory signals and the brain coordinate to make us sick?
in the new issue of Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
together with @Zuri A. Sullivan
Sickness and the brain
Zuri Sullivan and Catherine Dulac discuss the reciprocal communication between the brain and the immune system in sickness behavior.
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Catherine Dulac
harvardmcb.bsky.social
Hannah McCalmon Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship to Study How the Brain Remembers Smells 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @neurovenki.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social
Hannah McCalmon Awarded NIH F31 Fellowship to Study How the Brain Remembers Smells - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Fourth-year MCO PhD student Hannah McCalmon of the Venkatesh Murthy Lab in MCB has been awarded an NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship to support her research on how the […]
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October 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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harvardmcb.bsky.social
From Pipettes to Paychecks: Exploring Biotech Careers 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @zymoresearch.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social
From Pipettes to Paychecks: Exploring Biotech Careers - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Monday, October 20 | 3:00–4:00 PM | BioLabs Lecture Hall, Room 1080 Wondering what comes after grad school or your postdoc? Join MCB for a lively panel discussion […]
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October 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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RNA Structure beyond Canonical Base Pairs Guided by Evolution 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social
RNA Structure beyond Canonical Base Pairs Guided by Evolution - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
In addition to messenger RNA (mRNA) that provide the code for proteins, there are other RNAs that exert their function just as RNA, usually referred to as non-coding […]
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October 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM