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Neuroscientist studying circuits of emotion regulation at Hunter College, CUNY. likhtiklab.com

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Register for the CUNY Neuroscience Doctoral Program Open House! Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. on Zoom. Learn about doctoral training in neuroscience at the CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

30.10.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're looking forward to the first annual New York Memory Hub conference later this week! Can't wait for all the talks and discussion about all things learning and memory 🧠

22.09.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Shared Threat-Anticipation Circuit Is Dynamically Engaged at Different Moments by Certain and Uncertain Threat Temporal dynamics play a central role in models of emotion: β€œfear” is widely conceptualized as a phasic response to certain-and-imminent danger, whereas β€œanxiety” is a sustained response to uncertain-...

Cf. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

07.06.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right?! Me too!

13.05.2025 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out the new Handbook of Electrophysiology that covers all kinds of ways to record activity! Great working with @drewbheadley.bsky.social on standard equipment you need for in vivo physiology. Edited by @scimemia.bsky.social @ianduguid.bsky.social and @nwanaverbecq.bsky.social

13.05.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a bittersweet celebration as Carolina passed away in the summer of 2024 due to health complications. We dedicate this work to her.

05.05.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Celebrating new work by Carolina Henriques and team, where we show the role of the IL-ventral pallidum pathway in fear extinction and compare it to the IL-BLA pathway: doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...

05.05.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Stately!!

21.03.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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70-100% proposed cuts to many programs

09.03.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
View of gathering crowd for science across reflecting pool

View of gathering crowd for science across reflecting pool

Stand Up For Science DC #StandUpForScience
Science will not be silenced

07.03.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Standing up for science in the US capital! @standupforscience.bsky.social

07.03.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you or someone you know is 1) being impacted by govt firings, grants being pulled, etc, 2) is in AZ, NM, or MI, and 3) willing to go on record with your story, please DM me. We will put you in touch with AGs from these states that are working on legal action.

19.02.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing like unpredictability, lack of communication and baseless decision making to spur business productivity.

15.02.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Taking away years of experience': NIH probationary employees fired Friday Scientists and medical researchers being let go by President Donald Trump’s administration walked out of the gates of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Friday afternoon appearin...

The ruthless and baseless purge is continuing through the weekend. Please publicize as much as possible.
www-nbcwashington-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcw...

15.02.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on an NIH grant application about a new idea and feeling like it's a total waste of time. Found a stamp in an old lab that encapsulates the ridiculous state of affairs.

15.02.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

14.02.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 2470 πŸ” 1299 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 15
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"Secret holiday lab mate" Yay and Nay list is up on the big board! This year, I'm learning about everyone's chocolate and pickles preferences.

14.12.2024 05:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed on bluesky! :-)

26.09.2023 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0