Valerie Carr
@valeriecarr.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology, lover of all things hippocampus, prone to watching cat videos
Looking for an Asst Prof position with a strong emphasis on teaching and mentorship? Come join me at SJSU, we’re hiring in the Bio Psych area! Guarantee you won’t find a friendlier department. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor- Biological Psychology
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September 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Looking for an Asst Prof position with a strong emphasis on teaching and mentorship? Come join me at SJSU, we’re hiring in the Bio Psych area! Guarantee you won’t find a friendlier department. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!
Dynamic Memory Lab_Jr Specialist_Ranganath
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
April 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!
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Proud to be one of many who contributed to this important article.
With typical postdocs joining labs in their 30s & staying 6 yrs, combined with low pay, the impact on women wanting to start a family is real. No wonder I waited to have my first child as a new PI. #Postdocs #WomenInScience
With typical postdocs joining labs in their 30s & staying 6 yrs, combined with low pay, the impact on women wanting to start a family is real. No wonder I waited to have my first child as a new PI. #Postdocs #WomenInScience
Static pay, shrinking prospects fuel neuroscience postdoc decline
Postdoctoral researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health now toil longer than ever before, for less money. They are responding accordingly.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Proud to be one of many who contributed to this important article.
With typical postdocs joining labs in their 30s & staying 6 yrs, combined with low pay, the impact on women wanting to start a family is real. No wonder I waited to have my first child as a new PI. #Postdocs #WomenInScience
With typical postdocs joining labs in their 30s & staying 6 yrs, combined with low pay, the impact on women wanting to start a family is real. No wonder I waited to have my first child as a new PI. #Postdocs #WomenInScience
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My lab at UCLA is recruiting a research coordinator to start ASAP, who will be involved in lab and research management and take the lead in MRI & PET imaging data collection & analysis in aging! Please reach out if interested (& please share widely). Apps due by Feb 16!
jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home...
jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home...
January 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My lab at UCLA is recruiting a research coordinator to start ASAP, who will be involved in lab and research management and take the lead in MRI & PET imaging data collection & analysis in aging! Please reach out if interested (& please share widely). Apps due by Feb 16!
jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home...
jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home...
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Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds!
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
The Tiny Brains of Wasps Can Learn and Remember Information
If you have a garden, you have probably seen many insects flying around looking for food. Despite having miniature brains, these small creatures can learn and memorize flower features, mainly colors a...
kids.frontiersin.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds!
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Reposted by Valerie Carr
I want to draw attention to a special issue that Lila Davachi and I put together to memorialize our friend and colleague Sarah DuBrow. It’s full of papers inspired by her work and her being from a group of collaborators, friends, and fans! Thanks @bradpostle.bsky.social for helping make this happen.
November 23, 2024 at 12:14 AM
I want to draw attention to a special issue that Lila Davachi and I put together to memorialize our friend and colleague Sarah DuBrow. It’s full of papers inspired by her work and her being from a group of collaborators, friends, and fans! Thanks @bradpostle.bsky.social for helping make this happen.
Reposted by Valerie Carr
ICYMI: Do you want to perform QC your hippocampal segmentations but don't know how to start? Look no further than this great new paper led by Kelsey Canada & Negar Mazloum-Farzaghi which offers practical QC guidance from the Hippocampal Subfield Group.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A (sub)field guide to quality control in hippocampal subfield segmentation on high‐resolution T2‐weighted MRI
Illustration of the quality control (QC) process and investigator-guided decision making for data quality. Green checkmarks indicate passed QC, while red cross marks indicate failed QC.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:27 AM
ICYMI: Do you want to perform QC your hippocampal segmentations but don't know how to start? Look no further than this great new paper led by Kelsey Canada & Negar Mazloum-Farzaghi which offers practical QC guidance from the Hippocampal Subfield Group.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...