Jenn Murray

The image is a promotional graphic for the 73rd Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. On the left side, bold black text is displayed on a soft red gradient background. The text reads: "The Intersection of Interoception, Conditioning, and Motivation on Addiction, Health, & Well-Being." On the right side, there is an abstract illustration of a head in profile. The head is composed of blue and red segments, connected by lines and nodes resembling a neural network.

The deadline to submit a poster for the 73rd Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (NESOM) is quickly approaching! ⏳

The poster submission portal closes Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 11:59 PM CT.

🔗 Submit a Poster: ow.ly/1tW050YqsJj

🔗 NESOM Info: ow.ly/Uvzk50YqsJh

Where I'm sitting right now. I die a little inside every time I think of it and it's only been a day 🫠

I'm so sorry, Dale! The shifting goalposts can be infuriating. I don't understand why do we do this to each other.

🚨Registration for the N American stress meeting is now open!!🚨

Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!

www.stress2026.com/registration

ALBA Database of scientists with disabilities A database of neuroscientists with disabilities to improve representation, facilitate networking, and support collaboration. Sign up now!

The Alba network is launching the Alba database of scientists with disabilities to enhance the representation, opportunities, and influence of neuroscientists with disabilities. Details and sign up here: www.alba.network/database-dis...

🧠 Why it matters 🧠
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

This is fascinating - the brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sam Weiss speaking #unfiltered at the CAN-ACN EDI session. Make more jobs for Canadians! @canacn.bsky.social

"They do not like your words, your actions, your knowledge, your inquisitiveness. Anything."

Sex differences are often claimed based on faulty comparison of statistical significance status rather than direct comparison.

That's the upshot of an amazing talk I got to hear this week from Donna Maney @ Emory based on this paper & others: elifesciences.org/articles/70817

#stats #neuroskyence

It was strategic - Doug is looking to go federal

Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social

sbn.org/news/news/wh...

‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.

🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US.

"It hurts," they told me.

My story for @nature.com 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

I think we should abolish gender markers on all forms of ID including passports

This small molecule blocks the NaV1.8 sodium channel in peripheral pain-sensing neurons, rather than acting in the central nervous system. This dramatically reduces the likelihood of developing addiction.

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Protect NIH Research: Advocate for Full Funding As researchers representing universities across the country, the last few weeks have been filled with uncertainty. As you are aware, the Trump administration’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) prop...

The Trump administration is trying to slash NIH F&A costs at 15%. If enacted, jobs will be lost, clinical trials cancelled, and life-saving discoveries will be halted.

I signed this letter urging lawmakers to fully fund NIH research. Will you join me?

docs.google.com/forms/d/1Agz...

Attention addiction researchers:

taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence

Southern Ontario too for a few hours this morning!!

I read “stay angry, pick every battle” and immediately thought “die on every hill” and I think there’s a new song to be written to the tune of Climb Every Mountain.

“Your work is your rebellion” 💪

www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...

L'Oréal USA For Women in Science The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program has awarded 80 postdoctoral women scientists over $4 million in grants since 2003.

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program awards women postdoctoral scientists. Candidates must have their PhD, started their postdoctoral research position, and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Applications due 5:00pm ET on Friday, February 14.

www.loreal.com/en/usa/pages...

Carolina cluster hire program will strengthen substance use disorder research - UNC Research As a strategy of the Research Roadmap, Carolina is hiring up to four researchers to build a new cross-disciplinary team that expands the University’s capacity to develop resources for our communities.

write up about new cluster hire:

research.unc.edu/2024/12/04/c...

Excited to get this review out- a jaredwyoung.com team effort led by Dr Tyler Dexter + Ben Roberts Drs Sam Ayoub Michael Nobback Sam Barnes & me
Cross-species translational paradigms for assessing +ve Valence System as defined by the RDoC matrix

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov

First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 :

scidraw.io

bioart.niaid.nih.gov

www.phylopic.org

More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com