The Calipari Lab

Utilizing cutting edge techniques to outline the neural circuit dysfunction that underlies neuropsychiatric disease.

[The Calipari Lab @TheCalipariLab]

We are excited to share Kim Thibeault's paper @BiologicalPsyc1. We show that repeated cocaine exposure decreases the number of cocaine-activated neurons in the nucleus accumbens. This smaller ensemble of neurons controls behavior more robustly.
https://t.co/IZRjtB6iy3
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[Vanderbilt MSTP @VanderbiltMSTP]

Join us tomorrow Wednesday 1/7 at 1:30pm in PRB 206 for Stephanie Cajigas Gabriel's Dissertation Defense! She will present "The role of accumbal dopamine in shaping adaptive and maladaptive aversive learning strategies" completed in the @TheCalipariLab through @VanderbiltBrain!

[Yuefeng Huang @Yuefeng_Huang]

Thrilled our panel was accepted for #ACNP2026 @ACNPorg 🎉 Excited to join the whole group @bic_ismms & @_AnnaKonova_ & @TheErinCalipari & Dr. Nicola Grissom for what’s sure to be a fantastic panel! @MountSinaiPsych

[Dr.ErinCalipari @TheErinCalipari]

@VanderbiltU Giving Day is coming up this Thursday. You can make a huge impact on addiction through giving to @VCARScience. If we get 100 donors this week, a $30,000 gift will be unlocked! Learn more here: https://t.co/NnVvfZ9L71

[Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @VUBasicSciences]

🎉 Congratulations to @TheErinCalipari of @VCARScience and Steven Townsend @Townsend_Lab for receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers! 🏆

Read on about their incredible basic science-related research 👉 https://t.co/iBlWFKmmTI

[Lindsay Schwarz 🌧 @lindsayschwarz]

Cannot believe I’m on this list (thanks @TheCalipariLab for the heads up😂)! What an honor, thank you @WhiteHouse!

https://t.co/9BkE05HCJq

[Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @VUBasicSciences]

🎉 Congrats to @TheErinCalipari, director of @VCARScience for winning the 2024 @SfNtweets Jacob P. Waletzky Award! 🏅

The award recognizes early-career scientists whose research will make significant contributions to #addiction research and treatment.

https://t.co/ObmduAtCXS

[Dr. Melissa Sharpe @MelissaJSharpe]

Over the moon to accept the presidency for @PavlovSociety! I owe a lot to this community and can’t wait to host #Pavlovian2025 in SYDNEY 🇦🇺. We already have 50% of our speakers confirmed with another 50% to be selected from abstracts as well as an ECR data blitz and posters!!

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

Continuing our celebration of #PeerReivewWeek, we want to highlight the top reviewers of 2023. Want to know more about some of them? Stay tuned!

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

It's #PeerReivewWeek, so we want to thank all of our @NPP_Journal reviewers! Do you see your name in our word cloud? Please tag yourself!

[Dr.ErinCalipari @TheErinCalipari]

Yesterday when I was looking for something in by bag I found... a bunch of ducks? @TheCalipariLab is saying it wasn't them... so it had to be someone from the @VanderbiltBrain retreat the day before just putting ducks in unattended bags?🤣😂

[NIDAnews @NIDAnews]

#NIDA-@NIAAAnews #FrontiersinAddictionResearch Mini-Convention proudly announces the 2024 Early Career Investigator Showcase Award. 🎉

On Oct. 4, six researchers will present on their exciting contributions to addiction science! #SfN24 See details here: https://t.co/NQk179PHnC

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

Congratulations to these @ACNPorg members for their @SfNtweets awards🎉

Erin Calipari (@TheErinCalipari): Jacob P Waletzky Award
Nora Volkow: Ralph W Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
Cate Pena (@Cate_cholamine): Young Investigator Award
Marina Wolf: Award for Outstanding Mentoring

[Vanderbilt Center For Addiction Research @VCARScience]

We are hiring! In partnership with @VanderbiltMPB, we invite applications for a senior or mid-career faculty position in areas related to substance use disorder. This is an excellent opportunity to do science in an amazing environment.
https://t.co/Ct4B5VZouH

[Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD @EricJNestler]

I am delighted to see @TheErinCalipari receiving this year's Waletsky Award. Congratulations, Erin. I am so happy for you!

[Vanderbilt Center For Addiction Research @VCARScience]

Congrats to our very own @TheErinCalipari on the Jacob P. Waletzky Award from @SfNtweets recognizing her work on addiction! Find out more about the award here: https://t.co/vnfGQyir38

[Shari Wiseman @sharilwiseman]

Great article with quotes from lots of leaders in the field, and plenty of @NatureNeuro papers mentioned 🙂

[The Transmitter @_TheTransmitter]

The neuroscience field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely.

By @avaskham

https://t.co/aaqxBxTpEs

[The Calipari Lab @TheCalipariLab]

This article does a fantastic job of outlining what we know about dopamine and how it controls behavior in an accessible way.
https://t.co/CHUKOtDBWL

[Valentina Lorenzetti (she/her) @vale_addiction]

Check out our incredible lineup of speakers for the @HBMRC_ACU @enigmabrains & @AddictionEnigma online Sex Differences in Addiction: An International Consensus Workshop!

WHEN: Fri 27th Sept 13:00-16:30 PDT

Register for FREE by Mon 23rd Sept: https://t.co/HX26A54xPl

More info⬇️

[Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @VUBasicSciences]

🎉 Congratulations to the faculty members recently appointed and promoted within Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences! Their hard work and dedication to advancing #research and #education are inspiring. 🌟

https://t.co/UOLV98q1Sc