Michael Bowen

Neuroscientist and psychopharmacologist working on the discovery and development of novel treatments for addiction and social dysfunction in brain disorders

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

@brainaddiction @uchealth You’re in my thoughts Olivier! Enjoy the port!

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

Huge congratulations to the organising committee of the @BrainMind_Usyd Annual Symposium and ASU for putting on such a fantastic day! This symposium gets better every year!

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

Very excited to be hosting Prof Howard Becker at the @BrainMind_Usyd on 30th September. A talk not to be missed 👇

[Brain & Mind Centre @BrainMind_Usyd]

Reg➡️ https://t.co/3qqT3bHnzq

⏰ Mon, 30 Sep 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Lvl 5, Lecture Theatre, BMC

Join us for-> speaker, Prof Howard Becker, Medical University of South Carolina.

🗣️Stress and Alcohol Interactions: Brain Mechanisms & Pot. Therapeutics @Sydney_Science @BowenLabTweets

[Brain & Mind Centre @BrainMind_Usyd]

This event speaks for itself! Huge turnout for @Aus_ScienceWeek Neural knitworks and Meet the Scientist

BMC superstars:

⭐ @nebulasector7, Dr Nathan Cross, Dr Vivian Liao, @AnastasiaSuraev

@syd_health @Sydney_Science @cityofsydney

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

@BrainMind_Usyd @mgotsbacher @Sicong_T @ks_horne @Sydney_Uni @ian_hickie @syd_health Congratulations! Super 🌟s !

[Alexander Ophir @alexophir]

How do patterns of gene expression in parts of the social brain change during the life-history transition to motherhood in pairbonded female #PrairieVoles?

#oxytocin receptor, #dopamine receptors, #opioid receptors

New paper by @SantiAndForero https://t.co/oFDOZv5yMN

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

Great to see team member @TylahDoolan presenting her research on oxytocin and addiction at #IBNS2024 @UsydPsych @BrainMind_Usyd

[Tylah Doolan @TylahDoolan]

Grateful to the @IBNSconnect team for giving me the opportunity to present my research in Panama! #IBNS2024

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

It was great catching up with colleagues at the @BrainMind_Usyd mid-year event this morning. The 🥓 🥚 sliders were 👍 👍

[Brain & Mind Centre @BrainMind_Usyd]

A great turnout for our Mid-year event with all our members in the courtyard -> with the heaters on to take care of that brisk June air🥶🍔

@ian_hickie @DrSalGainsbury @BowenLabTweets

[JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych]

Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMAPsych:

Which psychiatric disorder exhibits the strongest improvement associated with placebo treatment in randomized clinical trials?

https://t.co/1YJdtXiNXv

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

@samuel_b_phd @Kinoxis_Tx It was great catching up Sam! Super impressed by the rapid progress you’re making at @Psylo_Bio , you and the team are crushing it! 💪

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

Congratulations Dr @_bluejayray! I couldn’t be prouder of everything you achieved during your PhD. I can’t wait to see what you accomplish during your next exciting chapter in the USA. @UsydPsych @BrainMind_Usyd

[Rhianne Scicluna @RhianneScicluna]

Excited to share my latest first author paper from my PhD: "Effects of CB1 receptor negative allosteric modulator Org27569 on oxycodone withdrawal symptoms in mice" 🐁, published in Psychopharmacology!

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

@Sydney_Science @MaxLoomes @MelissaJSharpe @nhmrc @UsydPsych Congratulations Mel, fantastic news!

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

Interested in opioid-endocannabinoid interactions in the context of opioid withdrawal? Check out our latest paper in @PsychopharmEBPS . First author @RhianneScicluna, co-authors @neuronick_ @ConnieJBadolato Bianca Wilson. @BrainMind_Usyd @UsydPsych
https://t.co/TSR0tQUHQu

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

@zane_andrews1 Congratulations Zane!

[Australian Pain Soc @AusPainSoc]

Joining our 'WINNERS are GRINNERS' club!
We are proud that @james_wm_kang is also a past #AusPainSoc PhD Scholar.

[Lewis Crawford @LewisCrawford63]

I have been waiting for this moment for three years - thank you @AusPainSoc I graciously receive the honour of the twitter (x) prize

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

@biolpsychaust @MelissaJSharpe Congrats @MelissaJSharpe! Awesome news and very well deserved

[Michael Bowen @BowenLabTweets]

Looking forward to catching the always impressively informative and entertaining @jfcryan in the Secrets of your Gut on @netflix next month

[John F. Cryan @jfcryan]

And there I am inside a giant gut… coming to @netflix April 26th

[Society for Social Neuroscience @S4SNeuro]

We are deeply saddened by the loss of @lyoun03, a founder of the @S4SNeuro, a legend in the field, and a brilliant scientist who is loved by many, many members of this society and beyond.

Our #S4SN2025 meeting will be dedicated to the life and memory of Dr. Larry Young! ❤️