Kirstie Cummings
@kacummings.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham studying the circuit mechanisms of learning and memory. Lover of interneurons 🥰. Displaced New Yorker. First-gen college grad. Above all else, be kind. She/her.
Cummingslab.com
Cummingslab.com
Congratulations to Cummings lab PhD student (now candidate), Hunter Franks, on a very successful candidacy exam! So proud of him and all Cummings Lab members!
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Congratulations to Cummings lab PhD student (now candidate), Hunter Franks, on a very successful candidacy exam! So proud of him and all Cummings Lab members!
The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
#NEURAL2025 panel on Enhancing Training in Neuroscience is 🔥🔥🔥 #LeadingwithExcellence
June 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#NEURAL2025 panel on Enhancing Training in Neuroscience is 🔥🔥🔥 #LeadingwithExcellence
June 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Had a fantastic time visiting my PhD alma mater, SUNY Buffalo, and was honored to give a talk at the annual Biochemistry Research Day! It was so nice to catch up with those who shaped me into the scientist I am today and to see the next generation thriving! 🧪🔬👩🔬
May 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Had a fantastic time visiting my PhD alma mater, SUNY Buffalo, and was honored to give a talk at the annual Biochemistry Research Day! It was so nice to catch up with those who shaped me into the scientist I am today and to see the next generation thriving! 🧪🔬👩🔬
The average American has three (and a half) friends
May 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The average American has three (and a half) friends
I am so happy to share that our lab was awarded our first (!!!) R01, the Stephen Katz R01 through NIDA! This award will allow our lab to expand into the fields of reward and addiction, where we will examine the prefrontal GABAergic circuits of adaptive and maladaptive reward seeking! We're hiring!
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am so happy to share that our lab was awarded our first (!!!) R01, the Stephen Katz R01 through NIDA! This award will allow our lab to expand into the fields of reward and addiction, where we will examine the prefrontal GABAergic circuits of adaptive and maladaptive reward seeking! We're hiring!
Proud to Stand Up for Science in Birmingham, AL - a city famous for its history of civil unrest and protest! We kept that tradition alive today 💪🧪
March 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Proud to Stand Up for Science in Birmingham, AL - a city famous for its history of civil unrest and protest! We kept that tradition alive today 💪🧪
UAB folks: join us Friday at noon at Railroad Park. We need to choose science, not silence - especially here in Alabama!
March 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
UAB folks: join us Friday at noon at Railroad Park. We need to choose science, not silence - especially here in Alabama!
I emailed my representatives in Alabama, and you can message yours, too! www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I emailed my representatives in Alabama, and you can message yours, too! www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
Submitting an R01 today that I planned to push to the June deadline bc of loss of motivation due to the current state of the govt, but which I finished fueled with anger and protest. I'm feeling very proud of this one and hope my spite turns into something productive!🤞
February 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Submitting an R01 today that I planned to push to the June deadline bc of loss of motivation due to the current state of the govt, but which I finished fueled with anger and protest. I'm feeling very proud of this one and hope my spite turns into something productive!🤞
Congrats to our postdoc, Rodrigo Campos Cardoso, on winning a spot in the 2024 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Program (OSNAP)! So proud of him! Working on getting our lab team migrated to 🦋 so they can be properly tagged 😊
November 14, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Congrats to our postdoc, Rodrigo Campos Cardoso, on winning a spot in the 2024 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Program (OSNAP)! So proud of him! Working on getting our lab team migrated to 🦋 so they can be properly tagged 😊
Congratulations to our PhD student, Zephyr Desa for winning the best poster award at the Pavlovian Society meeting! Still wondering how I got so lucky with the best team 🙌
September 24, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student, Zephyr Desa for winning the best poster award at the Pavlovian Society meeting! Still wondering how I got so lucky with the best team 🙌
Proud of our postdoc Dr. Rodrigo Campos Cardoso for winning a best poster award during the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center retreat! I am lucky to be surrounded by a team of super stars 🌟
September 14, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Proud of our postdoc Dr. Rodrigo Campos Cardoso for winning a best poster award during the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center retreat! I am lucky to be surrounded by a team of super stars 🌟