Stan Floresco

Neuroscientist, fan of the dopamine, people, and having a good time. Opinions my own, but maybe they'll be yours too? @UBCPsych @dr-stan.bsky.social

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

🚨GIF THREAD ALERT🚨presenting our latest exploration on how “Distinct Medial Orbitofrontal–Striatal Circuits Support Dissociable Component Processes of Risk/Reward Decision-Making” by superstar student @_NicoleJenni in @SfNJournals #JNeurosci https://t.co/OF3zkdmHww

[Drug Science @Drug_Science]

Why do so few mental health drugs actually work? 🧐 🧠

In a special new opinion piece, @profdavidnutt presents a radical take on what the pharma industry gets wrong in its search for new treatments.

Check it out now 👇
https://t.co/ivbA2nOerl

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

Excellent Post Doc opportunity from an excellent scientist (and even cooler guy!)

[McGinty Neuroeconomics Lab @McGintyNeuro]

The top 10 reasons to do a postdoc in our lab: Number 10 . . .

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

@PiantadosiSean @UCIrvine @UCIneurobio Amazing Sean! Congratulations! Looking forward to a talk invite 😉

[The Obama Foundation @ObamaFoundation]

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center.

Opening June 19. @BarackObama @MarkHamill

[Patrick Piantadosi @ptpiantadosi]

Officially out today! Long-running project, many thanks to give - in particular to my mentors & collaborators, the postbacs who worked so hard on each experiment, and the reviewers. If you love the amygdala, give it a read.
https://t.co/bwskHj1YtJ

[Lindsay Halladay @LindsayHalladay]

✨🧠Postdoc position open!🧠✨
If you’re excited about neural circuits, stress, and behavior (and want to do some really cool experiments), I’d love to hear from you.
Please share!
https://t.co/bfZv2opfHr

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

I grew up with phasic dopamine = reward prediction errors, phasic dips- negative prediction errors etc.

Looks like that's not always the case- PFC DA signals seem to be doing something way different than in the striatum. So proud to be associated with this work.

[SfN Journals @SfNJournals]

#JNeurosci: Gallello et al tested if DA conveying RPEs in the service of Reinforcement Learning are directly applied to regions, like MFC. Results suggest DA signals don't serve a universal function, but conform to support functions of each local region
https://t.co/I4Iy5u7tIc

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

@vincentdonofrio Absolutely brilliant, intense and gripping. Next week can't come fast enough

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

Remembering Reverend Jesse Jackson ❤️
Season 17, Episode 1

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Addiction to short-form videos reduces brain activity in the frontal lobe weakening the ability to focus.

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

@EVILSCRE4M

[Christine Rabinak @BrainsBeesBikes]

Proud to serve as Guest Editor (with @ConnorHaggarty , @MayoOnTheBrain & Christelle Baunez) for the @PsychopharmEBPS Special Issue: Stress, Trauma & Cannabinoids.

14 papers bridging preclinical & human research on the ECS, PTSD & stress responsivity.

https://t.co/VS8xCjoxd8

[Phil Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel @philJRDB]

New paper from lab on VTA dopamine + GABA inputs in punishment learning
https://t.co/qRU8q4KhP2

TL;DR here:
https://t.co/3OSSXWvLTv

[Carolina Tropini, PhD @CTropini]

CIHR funding rate: 13.6%.
Early 2000s: 30%+.

Canada’s new $1.7B Impact+ program recruits talent — but without increased Tri-Council base funding, we risk further strain on an already stretched system.

We’re calling for $1B over 5 years.
Support here: https://t.co/iknRwlOqvM

[McGinty Neuroeconomics Lab @McGintyNeuro]

Exciting opportunity for graduate students & early postdocs!

The Rutgers Brain Health Institute invites you to Postdoc Peek, a two-day, 👉all-expenses-paid👈, on-campus visit on May 19–20, 2026!

Apply by February 23, 2026 🔗 Learn more at: https://t.co/9vgi9EYfhR

[Eur Behav Pharm Soc. @EurBehavPharm]

NEW Psychopharmacology Special Issue derived from the #EBPS2023 biennial in Mannheim. Focused on Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids!

[University of British Columbia @UBC]

UBC has just been ranked 2nd in Canada and 33rd globally in the inaugural TIME World's Top Universities of 2026.

Learn more: https://t.co/1mT6e7oEJq

[Stephen Mahler @svmahler]

Hey ventral pallidum fans, our new paper shows #VP GABA neurons, known for reward, also regulate aversive motivation! Inhibiting them w/#DREADDs 🔼 active or passive defenses to threats, likely via LHb.
Congrats to @ramirezneurosci & Marty Martinez!
https://t.co/MOvN4kEGuf

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

@dpn_journal @ACNPorg

[Stan Floresco @dr_stan]

A noradrenaline - dopamine sandwich @ACNPorg #acnp2026

[ACNP @ACNPorg]

📸 One last favor: Share your favorite photo from the meeting and tag us! We’d love to see #ACNP2026 through your eyes.

Until next year... stay inspired!