Maria Olvera Caltzontzin

Mexicana 🇲🇽 homeostasis, complex behavior, and insular cortex 👩🏽‍🔬🧠 active reader passive Twitter #LatinxInSTEM

[Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM @UNAMINB]

How is neuroscience in Mexico advancing brain research? 🇲🇽 Reflection #20 explores discoveries in neural mechanisms, behaviour, mental health, and Parkinson’s disease, building on the legacy of Ricardo Miledi 🔬

Read more: https://t.co/TV4f6rZzXR

#Neuroscience50 @IBROorg

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

In this recent review, the authors propose integration of cognitive and emotional resilience, stress-related physiology, and brain reserve within a lifespan framework to support prevention-focused, personalized approaches to late-life mental health 🧠

https://t.co/eWTLq2Ilse

[Andres Moreno-Estrada @morestrada]

Llegó el reprint de la segunda portada del proyecto MX Biobank! / Second cover of the MX biobank is here! 🤩 ⁦@Nature⁩ ⁦@moreno_lab⁩ ⁦@cinvestav⁩ ⁦@inspmx⁩ ⁦@incmnszmx⁩ ⁩ ⁦@LIIGH_UNAM⁩ ⁦@ucsc⁩

[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

[Ya'el Courtney, PhD @ScienceYael]

One of the most common questions I get: "what are PhD programs actually looking for?" Usually because students have been told contradictory things by different mentors.

Wrote up what actually matters and what you can stop worrying about:

https://t.co/M5580fhTaW

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

#TWiNPP

Dick et al. demonstrate that NMDA receptor knockdown during adolescence drives dynamic, compensatory synaptic remodeling, providing insight into prefrontal cortical circuit adaptations relevant to schizophrenia

https://t.co/1bnkhk5OZz

[Olivia Goldman PhD @oliwiagoldman]

New article from @cientificolatin !!!

On the struggles of first year grad students and how to support them 💜

🔗 https://t.co/MInwrRz1Uo

[Brian Sweis @BrianMSweis]

🚨The Sweis Lab for Translational Neuroeconomics @IcahnMountSinai is searching for a postdoc fellow! If you or someone you know is searching for a position, please share!

📄 📌Link to job flyer here:
https://t.co/dyN43q7nGX

🧠 🐁 🔬🏙️🌆🧪🧬💊🧫💡🏥
@MountSinaiPsych @SinaiBrain

[Nancy Padilla Coreano @DrNancyPadilla]

My lab is hiring a technician at @UFNeuroscience! 🧠🐭 We use in vivo ephys, optogenetics & machine learning to study how the brain controls social behavior in mice.

Looking for rodent research & mentorship experience — please repost & share!

Apply here: https://t.co/GUPVP4Qt5g

[nature @Nature]

As mice age, changes in the microorganisms in their guts contribute to cognitive decline by altering signalling between the gut and brain

https://t.co/LTSURoWTK4

[Paule Joseph, PhD, MBA, CRNP, FAAN @Dr_Paulevj]

🧵 We’re hiring a Staff Scientist at @NIH @NIAAAnews !
Ready to lead research that bridges the senses, the brain, and human health? Read on. 👇

[Tashiro Malekium @TashiroMalekium]

Sin temor a equivocarme creo que está es la primera vez que veo a una gobernante Enmedio de una manifestación, siendo parte de esta... O al menos sin ser agredida. Mientras unas ponen bardas otras se suben a una escalera para darle la cara a todas.

@AlessandraRdlv

[Andres Moreno-Estrada @morestrada]

Second time the MX biobank project (https://t.co/qaLnfPzcz2) gets the cover in a @Nature journal! This time in @NatureMedicine highlighting the work by @BarjonCar on Clinical genetic variation in Mexico. Another amazing cover by @mauguz33! https://t.co/k3eGLX4809

[Lindsay Halladay @LindsayHalladay]

Congratulations to Olena, Andrew, and the rest of our incredible team! These exciting findings challenge neuron-centric models of fear - take a look!

https://t.co/x0KWWpE8cK

[Optogenetics Gordon Research Conference @OptoGRC]

There’s still time to apply for #OptoGRC2026! 🙌

All applications are considered for support, including the opportunity for full registration coverage. Poster submissions & statements of interest encouraged!

Apply by 2/20 to maximize your chances👇
https://t.co/hy6PyxHELT

[El Guarromántico @Guarromantico_]

"Si yo estoy aquí hoy es porque yo siempre creí en mí".

[Elmo @elmo]

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

This review explains why ketamine acts within hours when monoamine & HPA-axis theories cannot.

By rapidly resetting hippocampal plasticity at molecular, synaptic, and circuit levels, ketamine reveals a new framework for truly fast-acting antidepressants

https://t.co/DvcsslbPXB

[historiasdeWiN @historiasdeWiN]

De un pequeño pueblo de Portugal a liderar investigación internacional en neurociencia 🧠✨
La Dra. @vcoelhosantos demuestra que la pasión y la perseverancia abren caminos reales en la ciencia. 🔬💙
mas: https://t.co/vTMNmx1SeL

[Rincón Curioso @RincnCuriosoo]

😂🙊 Solo es un meme