Veronika Kondev
@veronikakondev.bsky.social
postdoc in @ericjnestler.bsky.social lab; Leon Levy Fellow
Vandy alumn 2023 ⚓️ Fulbright 2017 🇵🇱🇧🇬; Uchicago 2016
interested in all things ventral hippocampus, ephys, stress, circuits, substance use disorder
Vandy alumn 2023 ⚓️ Fulbright 2017 🇵🇱🇧🇬; Uchicago 2016
interested in all things ventral hippocampus, ephys, stress, circuits, substance use disorder
COME SEE MY FAVORITE PERSON GIVE A TALK; can’t wait to host my best friend 😘😘
IT'S HERE ➡️ The first #MSNseminars of the new academic year! On Fri, Oct 17, 3pm, JOIN hosts @veronikakondev.bsky.social & Emily Birnbaum as @weillcornell.bsky.social's Sarah Naguib presents “Harnessing #Microglial #Resilience: genetic & therapeutic strategies across #Alzheimers, FTD & #Parkinsons".
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
COME SEE MY FAVORITE PERSON GIVE A TALK; can’t wait to host my best friend 😘😘
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‼️National Postdoc Appreciation Week‼️ ✨A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @veronikakondev.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #LeonLevyScholars! An AMAZING HONOR! Thank you @nyasciences.bsky.social & Leon Levy Foundation for recognizing Dr Kondev & her research! #NPAW2025 Learn More 👉 nyas.org/press-releas...
September 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
‼️National Postdoc Appreciation Week‼️ ✨A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @veronikakondev.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #LeonLevyScholars! An AMAZING HONOR! Thank you @nyasciences.bsky.social & Leon Levy Foundation for recognizing Dr Kondev & her research! #NPAW2025 Learn More 👉 nyas.org/press-releas...
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"We’re all in favor of a gold standard for science. But it’s misleading, & even a little insulting, to say that somehow NIH didn’t already support that. Everything that NIH stands for is rigor in sci...There’s some implication here that NIH has been systematically sloppy. I reject that conclusion."🛟
Former NIH chief calls research cuts “careless” and “heartless”
Francis Collins, MD, PhD, lauds lifesaving research supported by the National Institutes of Health, explains why he left, and warns of scientific brain drain.
www.aamc.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"We’re all in favor of a gold standard for science. But it’s misleading, & even a little insulting, to say that somehow NIH didn’t already support that. Everything that NIH stands for is rigor in sci...There’s some implication here that NIH has been systematically sloppy. I reject that conclusion."🛟
Had so much fun at the eCB GRC; I love our nerdy community 🫶
August 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Had so much fun at the eCB GRC; I love our nerdy community 🫶
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Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.
August 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.
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we have a new manuscript out! 🧵Lead by @sarayconley.bsky.social with significant contributions by @sarahsizer.bsky.social @madiganbedard.bsky.social and Sara Faccidomo and Clyde Hodge. We describe a tonic excitatory conductance in the BNST! link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
Glutamate delta-1 receptors regulate a tonic excitatory conductance in the mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and influence neuronal function
link.springer.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
we have a new manuscript out! 🧵Lead by @sarayconley.bsky.social with significant contributions by @sarahsizer.bsky.social @madiganbedard.bsky.social and Sara Faccidomo and Clyde Hodge. We describe a tonic excitatory conductance in the BNST! link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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There are few reasons to miss the start of classes but making sure I get to attend #cannabinoidgrc2025 is one of the few VERY GOOD reasons! #blackincannabinoids
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
There are few reasons to miss the start of classes but making sure I get to attend #cannabinoidgrc2025 is one of the few VERY GOOD reasons! #blackincannabinoids
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I’m excited to share the most recent study from the Bruchas
lab, which represents the culmination of my postdoctoral work, and serves as the platform for my future research programs investigating the in vivo role of the endocannabinoid signaling system!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
lab, which represents the culmination of my postdoctoral work, and serves as the platform for my future research programs investigating the in vivo role of the endocannabinoid signaling system!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Endocannabinoids facilitate transitory reward engagement through retrograde gain-control
Neuromodulatory signaling is poised to serve as a neural mechanism for gain control, acting as a crucial tuning factor to influence neuronal activity by dynamically shaping excitatory and inhibitory f...
www.biorxiv.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m excited to share the most recent study from the Bruchas
lab, which represents the culmination of my postdoctoral work, and serves as the platform for my future research programs investigating the in vivo role of the endocannabinoid signaling system!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
lab, which represents the culmination of my postdoctoral work, and serves as the platform for my future research programs investigating the in vivo role of the endocannabinoid signaling system!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Opening keynote of the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoids in the CNS about to kick off with @sjo09.bsky.social, Harriet De Wit and @cannabrain.bsky.social!
August 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Opening keynote of the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoids in the CNS about to kick off with @sjo09.bsky.social, Harriet De Wit and @cannabrain.bsky.social!
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Hiring: Research Technician and Postdoctoral opportunities!
My lab is looking for candidates to join or research in systems neuroscience at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago @uofilsystem.bsky.social. See details below. Please share! lujanlabuic.squarespace.com/joinus
My lab is looking for candidates to join or research in systems neuroscience at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago @uofilsystem.bsky.social. See details below. Please share! lujanlabuic.squarespace.com/joinus
June 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hiring: Research Technician and Postdoctoral opportunities!
My lab is looking for candidates to join or research in systems neuroscience at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago @uofilsystem.bsky.social. See details below. Please share! lujanlabuic.squarespace.com/joinus
My lab is looking for candidates to join or research in systems neuroscience at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago @uofilsystem.bsky.social. See details below. Please share! lujanlabuic.squarespace.com/joinus
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#ResignationInProtest, State Department Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board edition
Fulbright board resigns over alleged Trump administration interference
The 12-person board that oversees the Fulbright Program accused the White House of denying a “substantial” number of scholarship recipients.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#ResignationInProtest, State Department Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board edition
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FRIDAY, May 23, 3pm, JOIN #MSNseminars when hosts Drs. @mrbetocorona.bsky.social & @veronikakondev.bsky.social welcome @uwmedicine.bsky.social 's Dr @davidjmarcus.bsky.social who will present “Endocannabinoids facilitate transitory reward engagement via retrograde gain control". Location: Hess 5-101
May 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
FRIDAY, May 23, 3pm, JOIN #MSNseminars when hosts Drs. @mrbetocorona.bsky.social & @veronikakondev.bsky.social welcome @uwmedicine.bsky.social 's Dr @davidjmarcus.bsky.social who will present “Endocannabinoids facilitate transitory reward engagement via retrograde gain control". Location: Hess 5-101
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On Fri, May 23, 3pm, JOIN #MSNseminars when hosts Drs. @mrbetocorona.bsky.social & @veronikakondev.bsky.social welcome @uwmedicine.bsky.social's Dr. @davidjmarcus.bsky.social who will present “Endocannabinoids facilitate transitory reward engagement via retrograde gain control". Location: Hess 5-101
May 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On Fri, May 23, 3pm, JOIN #MSNseminars when hosts Drs. @mrbetocorona.bsky.social & @veronikakondev.bsky.social welcome @uwmedicine.bsky.social's Dr. @davidjmarcus.bsky.social who will present “Endocannabinoids facilitate transitory reward engagement via retrograde gain control". Location: Hess 5-101
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Bernie Sanders' office has put out a report this morning on Trump's NIH cuts: "Trump officials effectively cut $2.7 billion in [NIH] funding in the first three months of 2025 – including a 31 percent cut to cancer research through March, compared to the same timeframe last year."
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Bernie Sanders' office has put out a report this morning on Trump's NIH cuts: "Trump officials effectively cut $2.7 billion in [NIH] funding in the first three months of 2025 – including a 31 percent cut to cancer research through March, compared to the same timeframe last year."
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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
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I’m so sorry, Australia.
Trump administration accused of ‘blatant foreign interference’ in Australian universities over questionnaire on DEI and gender
Researchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’m so sorry, Australia.
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Extraordinary stuff in new Quinnipiac/CNN polls:
60% disapprove of Musk/DOGE handling of federal workers
54% say Musk/DOGE hurting the country
62% say cuts going too far
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social is good on how Musk is getting voters to like govt again:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
60% disapprove of Musk/DOGE handling of federal workers
54% say Musk/DOGE hurting the country
62% say cuts going too far
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social is good on how Musk is getting voters to like govt again:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court
As a judge blocks the Trump-Musk effort to fire thousands of federal workers, a close chronicler of Musk’s follies explains why the public backlash against him and Tesla matters so much—and what’s com...
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Extraordinary stuff in new Quinnipiac/CNN polls:
60% disapprove of Musk/DOGE handling of federal workers
54% say Musk/DOGE hurting the country
62% say cuts going too far
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social is good on how Musk is getting voters to like govt again:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
60% disapprove of Musk/DOGE handling of federal workers
54% say Musk/DOGE hurting the country
62% say cuts going too far
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social is good on how Musk is getting voters to like govt again:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
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If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
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While we are all dealing with the Great Destruction — of NIH and US science and the US economy — we have been hearing from NIH people who want to write things for the outside world.
If you are an NIH person that wants to share a blog post with the world anonymously, please let us know.
If you are an NIH person that wants to share a blog post with the world anonymously, please let us know.
February 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
While we are all dealing with the Great Destruction — of NIH and US science and the US economy — we have been hearing from NIH people who want to write things for the outside world.
If you are an NIH person that wants to share a blog post with the world anonymously, please let us know.
If you are an NIH person that wants to share a blog post with the world anonymously, please let us know.
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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If you want to check if your study section posted in time, go to www.federalregister.gov and search for your SRO’s last name or an identifying keyword from the panel’s name, then sort by “newest.” Would absolutely love to hear from folks whose panels are *not* there but proceed this week anyway.
February 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If you want to check if your study section posted in time, go to www.federalregister.gov and search for your SRO’s last name or an identifying keyword from the panel’s name, then sort by “newest.” Would absolutely love to hear from folks whose panels are *not* there but proceed this week anyway.
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Here is the ad the Washington Post accepted and then rejected:
February 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Here is the ad the Washington Post accepted and then rejected:
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"We need to take a step back and realize that the GOP has become an authoritarian political party. It's either on board with authoritarianism or completely willing to tolerate it."
On the pod, Steve Levitsky is highly Illuminating on our slide into autocracy:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
On the pod, Steve Levitsky is highly Illuminating on our slide into autocracy:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trump-Musk Threats Darken as Their Anger at Enemies Takes Ominous Turn
As Trump and Elon Musk signal menacing new intentions on numerous fronts, a scholar of democratic breakdown explains how we’re now seeing textbook signs of a country’s slide into authoritarian rule.
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"We need to take a step back and realize that the GOP has become an authoritarian political party. It's either on board with authoritarianism or completely willing to tolerate it."
On the pod, Steve Levitsky is highly Illuminating on our slide into autocracy:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
On the pod, Steve Levitsky is highly Illuminating on our slide into autocracy:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...