Lauren Atlas
@laurenatlas.bsky.social
Personal account / opinions are my own.
Senior Investigator, Affective Neuroscience & Pain. (She/her)
Senior Investigator, Affective Neuroscience & Pain. (She/her)
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Lauren Atlas
@laurenatlas.bsky.social
· Jul 31
New in #JNeurosci from Necka et al: External cues and treatments shape expectations about pain in different ways, and their mechanisms distinctly influence how people experience pain. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0050-25.2025
Almost missed that this is out! Former postdoc Liz Necka led this long overdue FMRI study formally comparing two types of pain modulation: Placebo analgesia & predictive cues. TLDR: these are NOT the same! Placebo analgesia reduced cue effects, & brain mechanisms were nearly all dissociable. 1/4
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Call for Poster Abstracts
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Call for Poster Abstracts
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
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Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides"
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides"
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
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tell any interested in UCSD neuro/cogsci/psych to email colorsofthebrain@gmail.com and I'll link them up as best I can!
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
tell any interested in UCSD neuro/cogsci/psych to email colorsofthebrain@gmail.com and I'll link them up as best I can!
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The real bummer about no one from NIH being able to attend SfN is all the postbacs that would be applying to graduate school this year won’t have the opportunity to network with potential faculty mentors at their posters or attend the graduate school fair.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The real bummer about no one from NIH being able to attend SfN is all the postbacs that would be applying to graduate school this year won’t have the opportunity to network with potential faculty mentors at their posters or attend the graduate school fair.
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Beautiful “action potential” stained glass made by @laurenatlas.bsky.social
Picked 🔵 because it reminds me of our #ChR2 optotagging experiments 🤓🧪
Picked 🔵 because it reminds me of our #ChR2 optotagging experiments 🤓🧪
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Beautiful “action potential” stained glass made by @laurenatlas.bsky.social
Picked 🔵 because it reminds me of our #ChR2 optotagging experiments 🤓🧪
Picked 🔵 because it reminds me of our #ChR2 optotagging experiments 🤓🧪
It’s so nice to see pieces in their final homes. Just six of these left in the shop! www.brainedglass.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It’s so nice to see pieces in their final homes. Just six of these left in the shop! www.brainedglass.com
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Really delighted to share our new article in Current Biology showing that the cingulate-to-dorsolateral prefrontal pathway is not involved in trial-to-trial short-term adaptation but rather in sustained motivational control.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Really delighted to share our new article in Current Biology showing that the cingulate-to-dorsolateral prefrontal pathway is not involved in trial-to-trial short-term adaptation but rather in sustained motivational control.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Thanks to everyone who snagged a stained glass action potential yesterday! Will drop them at the post office today. One of each color still left in the shop! www.brainedglass.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thanks to everyone who snagged a stained glass action potential yesterday! Will drop them at the post office today. One of each color still left in the shop! www.brainedglass.com
Eleven stained glass action potentials available now! (One rainbow brain still in the shop too). www.brainedglass.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Eleven stained glass action potentials available now! (One rainbow brain still in the shop too). www.brainedglass.com
Will be posting stained glass action potentials on my website at 1pm EST today! Www.brainedglass.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Will be posting stained glass action potentials on my website at 1pm EST today! Www.brainedglass.com
Sadly, looks like I’ll definitely be missing SFN. Too late to get travel approved even if the government reopens, and too late to attend in my Brained Glass capacity as part of Art of Neuro. What a year this has been….
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sadly, looks like I’ll definitely be missing SFN. Too late to get travel approved even if the government reopens, and too late to attend in my Brained Glass capacity as part of Art of Neuro. What a year this has been….
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A new season of OHBM Neurosalience has started. Here's our kickoff episode where I talk with Lead Producer, Michelle Li about highlights from the past season, reaching our 100th episode, the controversial DIANA paper from last year, and what to expect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcq...
Neurosalience #S6E1 - Highlights of season 5 and looking ahead to season 6
YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A new season of OHBM Neurosalience has started. Here's our kickoff episode where I talk with Lead Producer, Michelle Li about highlights from the past season, reaching our 100th episode, the controversial DIANA paper from last year, and what to expect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcq...
If you’re interested in knowing when the next set of brained glass is available, the best thing to do is follow Brained Glass on instagram. Stay tuned for action potentials.
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you’re interested in knowing when the next set of brained glass is available, the best thing to do is follow Brained Glass on instagram. Stay tuned for action potentials.
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I will be reviewing graduate student applications in the Social Psychology Area at Miami University for the 2025–2026 application cycle (Ph.D. start date: Fall 2026).
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
Affective Science and Psychophysiology Lab
The Affective Science and Psychophysiology Lab at Miami University aims to understand affective processes, ways to regulate them, and their impact on psychological and physical health.
www.darwinguevarra.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I will be reviewing graduate student applications in the Social Psychology Area at Miami University for the 2025–2026 application cycle (Ph.D. start date: Fall 2026).
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
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The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
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Sold out! Thanks for the love - I’ll be sure to post here too next time I have a release. (there are a few rainbow brains left in the shop from the last drop btw!)
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sold out! Thanks for the love - I’ll be sure to post here too next time I have a release. (there are a few rainbow brains left in the shop from the last drop btw!)
Thanks to everyone who got in there fast!!! There are only two dichroic brains left!
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thanks to everyone who got in there fast!!! There are only two dichroic brains left!
Since I can’t work my day job, I’m back to my side gig. 7 handmade dichroic stained glass brains up for grabs tonight at 7pm EST at www.brainedglass.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Since I can’t work my day job, I’m back to my side gig. 7 handmade dichroic stained glass brains up for grabs tonight at 7pm EST at www.brainedglass.com
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🚨 Please RT!
We’re recruiting a motivated postdoc to dissect the neurocircuits of affective pain.
Expertise in behavioral models of pain/SUDs, stereotaxy, microscopy, opto/chemogenetics, or fiber photometry encouraged.
Apply 👉 recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10647
#Neuroscience #Postdoc
We’re recruiting a motivated postdoc to dissect the neurocircuits of affective pain.
Expertise in behavioral models of pain/SUDs, stereotaxy, microscopy, opto/chemogenetics, or fiber photometry encouraged.
Apply 👉 recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10647
#Neuroscience #Postdoc
Postdoctoral Research Position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🚨 Please RT!
We’re recruiting a motivated postdoc to dissect the neurocircuits of affective pain.
Expertise in behavioral models of pain/SUDs, stereotaxy, microscopy, opto/chemogenetics, or fiber photometry encouraged.
Apply 👉 recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10647
#Neuroscience #Postdoc
We’re recruiting a motivated postdoc to dissect the neurocircuits of affective pain.
Expertise in behavioral models of pain/SUDs, stereotaxy, microscopy, opto/chemogenetics, or fiber photometry encouraged.
Apply 👉 recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10647
#Neuroscience #Postdoc
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JOB! We are hiring a tenure track assistant professor in Psychology at GMU. Focus on computational cognitive/AI, to be part of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience program in Psych. @martinwiener.bsky.social is chair of the search, but I'm happy to answer more general questions about GMU/dept
UPDATE!! HIRING POSTED:
Tenure track assistant professor in Psychology at George Mason University, with a focus on cognitive computational neuroscience. Reviews begin October 21st and continue thereafter.
Email me for more questions/inquiries
listings.jobs.gmu.edu/jobs/tenure-...
Tenure track assistant professor in Psychology at George Mason University, with a focus on cognitive computational neuroscience. Reviews begin October 21st and continue thereafter.
Email me for more questions/inquiries
listings.jobs.gmu.edu/jobs/tenure-...
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
JOB! We are hiring a tenure track assistant professor in Psychology at GMU. Focus on computational cognitive/AI, to be part of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience program in Psych. @martinwiener.bsky.social is chair of the search, but I'm happy to answer more general questions about GMU/dept
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HUGE opportunity at Rutgers: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675694/d.... They already have such a dynamic pain group there, and such a great history... really an amazing opportunity.
Director of Rutgers Center on Research in Pain and Pain Therapeutics - Piscataway, New Jersey job with Rutgers University/RUTGERS BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE | 675694
The ideal candidate will be a leader in pain research with a strong, federally funded research program
jobs.sciencecareers.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
HUGE opportunity at Rutgers: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675694/d.... They already have such a dynamic pain group there, and such a great history... really an amazing opportunity.
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🎤 Calling Multi-Echo fMRI Researchers 🎤
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎤 Calling Multi-Echo fMRI Researchers 🎤
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
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$40 billion dollars is the size of the entire NIH budget.
Trump says his $40B bailout for Argentina's failing libertarian economy is "not gonna make a big difference for our country."
Really?
Imagine if we invested those billions on healthcare and housing for Americans, instead of bailing out Trump's pals abroad.
Really?
Imagine if we invested those billions on healthcare and housing for Americans, instead of bailing out Trump's pals abroad.
October 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
$40 billion dollars is the size of the entire NIH budget.
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When I was an undergrad, I saw a talk by Oliver Sacks about music. During the Q&A, someone asked Sacks if he thought science would reveal the deepest mysteries of art. Sacks (a rare humanist among scientists) said that he doubted it, at which Eric Kandel (the host) leaped up and grabbed the mic.
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When I was an undergrad, I saw a talk by Oliver Sacks about music. During the Q&A, someone asked Sacks if he thought science would reveal the deepest mysteries of art. Sacks (a rare humanist among scientists) said that he doubted it, at which Eric Kandel (the host) leaped up and grabbed the mic.