Jenn Murray
@jennemurray.bsky.social
Assoc Prof | Addiction, Interoception, and Motivation Lab | U of Guelph | she/her | 🏳️🌈 | 📚 | 🌳
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This is fascinating - the brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby
When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.
www.nature.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is fascinating - the brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sam Weiss speaking #unfiltered at the CAN-ACN EDI session. Make more jobs for Canadians! @canacn.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sam Weiss speaking #unfiltered at the CAN-ACN EDI session. Make more jobs for Canadians! @canacn.bsky.social
"They do not like your words, your actions, your knowledge, your inquisitiveness. Anything."
“This will not get better passively.”
"I want you to understand that the people I’m surrounded by don’t want reason. They don’t like reason. They aren’t shocked or appalled by what’s happening: they are happy to see changes that are “good for the country”. They dont like you."
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"They do not like your words, your actions, your knowledge, your inquisitiveness. Anything."
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Sex differences are often claimed based on faulty comparison of statistical significance status rather than direct comparison.
That's the upshot of an amazing talk I got to hear this week from Donna Maney @ Emory based on this paper & others: elifesciences.org/articles/70817
#stats #neuroskyence
That's the upshot of an amazing talk I got to hear this week from Donna Maney @ Emory based on this paper & others: elifesciences.org/articles/70817
#stats #neuroskyence
May 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sex differences are often claimed based on faulty comparison of statistical significance status rather than direct comparison.
That's the upshot of an amazing talk I got to hear this week from Donna Maney @ Emory based on this paper & others: elifesciences.org/articles/70817
#stats #neuroskyence
That's the upshot of an amazing talk I got to hear this week from Donna Maney @ Emory based on this paper & others: elifesciences.org/articles/70817
#stats #neuroskyence
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Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social
sbn.org/news/news/wh...
sbn.org/news/news/wh...
What Are Transgender Animal Experiments and Why Should We Do Them? | Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is an interdisciplinary scientific organization dedicated to the study of hormonal processes and neuroendocrine systems that regulate behavior.
sbn.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social
sbn.org/news/news/wh...
sbn.org/news/news/wh...
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🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US.
"It hurts," they told me.
My story for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"It hurts," they told me.
My story for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
www.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US.
"It hurts," they told me.
My story for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"It hurts," they told me.
My story for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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I think we should abolish gender markers on all forms of ID including passports
February 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I think we should abolish gender markers on all forms of ID including passports
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This small molecule blocks the NaV1.8 sodium channel in peripheral pain-sensing neurons, rather than acting in the central nervous system. This dramatically reduces the likelihood of developing addiction.
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February 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This small molecule blocks the NaV1.8 sodium channel in peripheral pain-sensing neurons, rather than acting in the central nervous system. This dramatically reduces the likelihood of developing addiction.
2/n
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The Trump administration is trying to slash NIH F&A costs at 15%. If enacted, jobs will be lost, clinical trials cancelled, and life-saving discoveries will be halted.
I signed this letter urging lawmakers to fully fund NIH research. Will you join me?
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Agz...
I signed this letter urging lawmakers to fully fund NIH research. Will you join me?
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Agz...
Protect NIH Research: Advocate for Full Funding
As researchers representing universities across the country, the last few weeks have been filled with uncertainty. As you are aware, the Trump administration’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) prop...
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February 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Trump administration is trying to slash NIH F&A costs at 15%. If enacted, jobs will be lost, clinical trials cancelled, and life-saving discoveries will be halted.
I signed this letter urging lawmakers to fully fund NIH research. Will you join me?
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Agz...
I signed this letter urging lawmakers to fully fund NIH research. Will you join me?
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Agz...
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Attention addiction researchers:
NIH continues to fund non-competing awards...except for guess who? drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/n...
NIH continues to fund non-competing awards…except for guess who?
It’s been quite a roller coaster ride for the past several weeks, what with the new Administration trying it’s damnedest to stop the NIH from issuing grants. As I have discussed regular…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Attention addiction researchers:
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taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
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So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence
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I read “stay angry, pick every battle” and immediately thought “die on every hill” and I think there’s a new song to be written to the tune of Climb Every Mountain.
February 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I read “stay angry, pick every battle” and immediately thought “die on every hill” and I think there’s a new song to be written to the tune of Climb Every Mountain.
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To My Fellow Lab Rats: A Letter From a Postdoc Who Survived the Bolsonaro Years
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February 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program awards women postdoctoral scientists. Candidates must have their PhD, started their postdoctoral research position, and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Applications due 5:00pm ET on Friday, February 14.
www.loreal.com/en/usa/pages...
www.loreal.com/en/usa/pages...
L'Oréal USA For Women in Science
The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program has awarded 80 postdoctoral women scientists over $4 million in grants since 2003.
www.loreal.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program awards women postdoctoral scientists. Candidates must have their PhD, started their postdoctoral research position, and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Applications due 5:00pm ET on Friday, February 14.
www.loreal.com/en/usa/pages...
www.loreal.com/en/usa/pages...
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Reposted by Jenn Murray
Reposted by Jenn Murray
Excited to get this review out- a jaredwyoung.com team effort led by Dr Tyler Dexter + Ben Roberts Drs Sam Ayoub Michael Nobback Sam Barnes & me
Cross-species translational paradigms for assessing +ve Valence System as defined by the RDoC matrix
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cross-species translational paradigms for assessing +ve Valence System as defined by the RDoC matrix
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 26, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Excited to get this review out- a jaredwyoung.com team effort led by Dr Tyler Dexter + Ben Roberts Drs Sam Ayoub Michael Nobback Sam Barnes & me
Cross-species translational paradigms for assessing +ve Valence System as defined by the RDoC matrix
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cross-species translational paradigms for assessing +ve Valence System as defined by the RDoC matrix
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
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First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 :
scidraw.io
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
www.phylopic.org
More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com
scidraw.io
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
www.phylopic.org
More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com
SciDraw |
Scientific Drawings
SciDraw - an open repository of science drawings
scidraw.io
November 23, 2024 at 6:57 AM
First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 :
scidraw.io
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
www.phylopic.org
More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com
scidraw.io
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
www.phylopic.org
More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com
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Gut microbiota regulates stress responsivity via the circadian system - our latest paper just out - well done Gabriel Tofani & all
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
Gut microbiota regulates stress responsivity via the circadian system
Gut microbes are known to modulate stress responsivity and behavior. Tofani et al.
demonstrate that such modulations occur via the circadian system. The oscillations
in gut microbiota composition regu...
www.cell.com
November 5, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Gut microbiota regulates stress responsivity via the circadian system - our latest paper just out - well done Gabriel Tofani & all
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
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Texas:
No abortions whatsoever, also you aren’t allowed to leave the state for an abortion either
New Mexico:
*builds abortion clinics immediately over the border from Texas like the fuckin Gs they are*
No abortions whatsoever, also you aren’t allowed to leave the state for an abortion either
New Mexico:
*builds abortion clinics immediately over the border from Texas like the fuckin Gs they are*
I met @katiew.bsky.social this week and gushed about my love and admiration for New Mexico drug and harm reduction circles 🥹
November 17, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Texas:
No abortions whatsoever, also you aren’t allowed to leave the state for an abortion either
New Mexico:
*builds abortion clinics immediately over the border from Texas like the fuckin Gs they are*
No abortions whatsoever, also you aren’t allowed to leave the state for an abortion either
New Mexico:
*builds abortion clinics immediately over the border from Texas like the fuckin Gs they are*