VeenemaLab
@veenemalab.bsky.social
Behavioral Neuroscience, Vasopressin, Oxytocin, Social Play, Neural Circuits
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It's not just a tuxedo: African penguins can recognize their mates by the pattern of black dots on their chest.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ogGpto #ScienceMagArchives
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ogGpto #ScienceMagArchives
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's not just a tuxedo: African penguins can recognize their mates by the pattern of black dots on their chest.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ogGpto #ScienceMagArchives
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ogGpto #ScienceMagArchives
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NIH funding for neuroscience-related projects has more than doubled during the past 16 years. But not everyone has benefited equally.
By Natalia Mesa
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/esta...
By Natalia Mesa
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/esta...
Tracking trends in NIH neuroscience funding from 2008 to 2024
Funding for neuroscience-related projects more than doubled in 16 years, rising from $4.2 billion in 2008 to $10.5 billion in 2024.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
NIH funding for neuroscience-related projects has more than doubled during the past 16 years. But not everyone has benefited equally.
By Natalia Mesa
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/esta...
By Natalia Mesa
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/esta...
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a portrait of the state of neuroscience in 2025 through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding. Each view features analyses of major trends and more. Explore the end of year report: bit.ly/4oNeTVC
#neuroskyence #StateofNeuro
#neuroskyence #StateofNeuro
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a portrait of the state of neuroscience in 2025 through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding. Each view features analyses of major trends and more. Explore the end of year report: bit.ly/4oNeTVC
#neuroskyence #StateofNeuro
#neuroskyence #StateofNeuro
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#eNeuro | Prefrontal and Subcortical c-Fos Mapping of Reward Responses across Competitive and Social Contexts
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0158-25.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0158-25.2025
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#eNeuro | Prefrontal and Subcortical c-Fos Mapping of Reward Responses across Competitive and Social Contexts
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0158-25.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0158-25.2025
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We developed a 'smart STED microscope' to detect rare objects/events in cells, and unraveled the 3D morphology of a nuclear membraneless organelle (paraspeckle). Amazing collaboration with Sjoerd Stallinga, Bernd Rieger (TU Delft) and @mixmue.bsky.social 🙏 (1/3) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We developed a 'smart STED microscope' to detect rare objects/events in cells, and unraveled the 3D morphology of a nuclear membraneless organelle (paraspeckle). Amazing collaboration with Sjoerd Stallinga, Bernd Rieger (TU Delft) and @mixmue.bsky.social 🙏 (1/3) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Epilepsy affects women differently, but these differences are often overlooked.
A new WHRC blog breaks down the gaps in care and why women’s physiology must inform treatment.
Read more: ow.ly/iB1u50XyjHr
A new WHRC blog breaks down the gaps in care and why women’s physiology must inform treatment.
Read more: ow.ly/iB1u50XyjHr
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Epilepsy affects women differently, but these differences are often overlooked.
A new WHRC blog breaks down the gaps in care and why women’s physiology must inform treatment.
Read more: ow.ly/iB1u50XyjHr
A new WHRC blog breaks down the gaps in care and why women’s physiology must inform treatment.
Read more: ow.ly/iB1u50XyjHr
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“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Nature - Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
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Join us Dec 8 with Dr. Deena Walker to learn how drugs of abuse disrupt thyroid signaling, how this alters reward pathways, and how a CNS-specific thyromimetic may reduce reward-driven behaviors.
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#AddictionScience #SexDifferences
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#AddictionScience #SexDifferences
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Join us Dec 8 with Dr. Deena Walker to learn how drugs of abuse disrupt thyroid signaling, how this alters reward pathways, and how a CNS-specific thyromimetic may reduce reward-driven behaviors.
🔗 Register: eventbrite.com/e/thyroid-ho...
#AddictionScience #SexDifferences
🔗 Register: eventbrite.com/e/thyroid-ho...
#AddictionScience #SexDifferences
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Today is the International day for the elimination of violence against women. In 2024, an estimated 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members worldwide. That is 137 women and girls every day. One every ten minutes. www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | United Nations
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women aims to create awareness of the fact that violence against women is a human rights violation that impedes progress in many areas, in...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today is the International day for the elimination of violence against women. In 2024, an estimated 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members worldwide. That is 137 women and girls every day. One every ten minutes. www.un.org/en/observanc...
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Hey, I recognize that amazing scientist! @valentina-cs.bsky.social @briantrainor.bsky.social
At @ucdavis.bsky.social, research knows no bounds. From more treatments to cleaner air and safer communities, our research touches every aspect of life, but funding is crucial for bringing these breakthroughs from our labs to your lives.
Learn more: https://www.ucdavis.edu/research/labs-to-lives
Learn more: https://www.ucdavis.edu/research/labs-to-lives
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey, I recognize that amazing scientist! @valentina-cs.bsky.social @briantrainor.bsky.social
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A great intro to academic conferencing.
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
Getting the most of out a scientific conference
A slightly unconventional guide to your first time
scienceforeveryone.science
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A great intro to academic conferencing.
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
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New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A network of basolateral amygdala projection neurons contributes to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
A network of basolateral amygdala neurons, but not singular projections, contributes to the neuroendocrine response to stress.
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A new report from the McKinsey Health Institute shows the women’s health gap isn’t closing.
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report from the McKinsey Health Institute shows the women’s health gap isn’t closing.
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
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A 60-year old man in Germany became the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant
go.nature.com/48C68Ib
go.nature.com/48C68Ib
Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A 60-year old man in Germany became the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant
go.nature.com/48C68Ib
go.nature.com/48C68Ib
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New computational paper from the lab! Thanks to the reviewers for helping us improve this paper from the preprint version and Nucleic Acids Research for a smooth publication process.
Excited to share that our article on accurate sample deconvolution of pooled snRNA-seq data using sex-dependent gene expression patterns is live on NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics! 🎉
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/narg...
#NARGenomicsandBioinformatics #snRNAseq #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/narg...
#NARGenomicsandBioinformatics #snRNAseq #Genomics #Bioinformatics
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November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New computational paper from the lab! Thanks to the reviewers for helping us improve this paper from the preprint version and Nucleic Acids Research for a smooth publication process.
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Want to combat the Thanksgiving food coma? Grab a cozy spot on the couch and read our new paper in Psychopharmacology, part of an upcoming special issue honoring the late Dr. Klaus Miczek's seminal contributions. Congrats co-first authors Aditi Buch & Ava Shipman! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Single prolonged stress in mice: interactions between alcohol drinking, negative affect, and fear learning - Psychopharmacology
Rationale & objective Exposure to traumatic stressors can have detrimental effects on one’s well-being. Alcohol is often used as a coping mechanism to alleviate stress, leading to the development of a...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Want to combat the Thanksgiving food coma? Grab a cozy spot on the couch and read our new paper in Psychopharmacology, part of an upcoming special issue honoring the late Dr. Klaus Miczek's seminal contributions. Congrats co-first authors Aditi Buch & Ava Shipman! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing male octopuses to find their sex organs in the dark. https://scim.ag/4roFry3
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing male octopuses to find their sex organs in the dark. https://scim.ag/4roFry3
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What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach? www.livescience.com/health/what-...
What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach?
Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.
www.livescience.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach? www.livescience.com/health/what-...
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This inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can achieve astonishing feats of long-distance navigation
go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last?
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can achieve astonishing feats of long-distance navigation
go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
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Birdwatching Is Having a Moment - And We Need to Talk About It
Something is shifting.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Hot off the press! Just got my copy of GLASS WALLS in paperback. Release date is Dec 11, along with audiobook format. Preorder here: amy-diehl.com/book
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hot off the press! Just got my copy of GLASS WALLS in paperback. Release date is Dec 11, along with audiobook format. Preorder here: amy-diehl.com/book
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GABA-glutamate corelease is a mechanism for state-dependent neurotransmission
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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GABA-glutamate corelease is a mechanism for state-dependent neurotransmission
Ventral tegmental area neurons projecting to lateral habenula (LHb) corelease the main inhibitory and excitatory transmitters, GABA and glutamate (VTAGG). Yet the functional role of this synchronous s...
www.biorxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
GABA-glutamate corelease is a mechanism for state-dependent neurotransmission
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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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
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?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Researchers have found a way to use bacteria to produce a rainbow of sustainable fabrics
go.nature.com/4rbE6KQ
go.nature.com/4rbE6KQ
Bacterial cooperative weaves sustainable rainbow materials
Several microbial strains working together in a ‘one pot’ production process could provide an environmentally friendly route to clothing.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Researchers have found a way to use bacteria to produce a rainbow of sustainable fabrics
go.nature.com/4rbE6KQ
go.nature.com/4rbE6KQ