maya bluitt

neuro PhD candidate in @besheerlab at UNC-CH

[maya bluitt @mayabluitt]

dynamic duo ❤️‍🔥

[Dr. Joyce Besheer @BesheerLab]

Stop by and see ⁦@mayabluitt⁩ presenting her dissertation project! #RSA2023

[maya bluitt @mayabluitt]

@Ryan_ETyler HOT!

[Meaghan Creed @Meaghan_Creed]

We’re hiring! Projects combine genomics, in vivo ephys and synaptic physiology to understand how plasticity in basal ganglia circuits give rise to maladaptive decision making- with a focus on models of substance use disorder and chronic pain! (1/n)

[maya bluitt @mayabluitt]

ayeee that’s my mentor!!! CONGRATS JB, so very much deserved!! @BesheerLab

[BBSP @ UNC @UNCBBSP]

Announcing the OGE's mentoring awards for 2022-23! @BesheerLab, Sharon Campbell, Charles Perou, @WilliamValdar, Adriana Beltran, Jessica Bowser, @natstann

[Bridget Matikainen-Ankney @bridge_balance_]

Latest paper exploring motivation in obesity and underlying NAc circuits from the @LexKravitz lab! This work was vaulted over the finish line by our incredibly talented undergrad @YiyanPan 🍔🍕🥯🐁

https://t.co/xjQAG7qlPH

[Dr Melissa Herman @MelissaHerman4]

Science fam in town @ljaritech @superrsema @mayabluitt

[maya bluitt @mayabluitt]

@neur0jo @LegalizeRats HAHAHA I’ve never felt so… seen

[Dr. Joyce Besheer @BesheerLab]

Our first group lab pic since Fall 2019! 🎉 Good to finally have an updated one!

[BBSP @ UNC @UNCBBSP]

Congrats to our newest NSF GRFP awardees: @mayabluitt, @jpflores_31, @SarahAnneSci, and Nick Randolph! Plus honorable mention for Cassie Phillips, Nina Nishiyama, @MargaretDedloff, and @Pratt__Brandon. What a great way to start Graduate Student Appreciation Week!

[maya bluitt @mayabluitt]

still in shock!! Feeling SO grateful for the incredible support & mentorship from @BesheerLab, previous advisors @DrWorms @LexKravitz and the countless others who helped me get this far!!

[Dr. Joyce Besheer @BesheerLab]

Huge congrats to ⁦⁦@mayabluitt⁩ for receiving an NSF GRFP!! So proud of you!!!🎉 ⁦@uncneuro⁩ ⁦@UNC_IMSD⁩

[The News & Observer @newsobserver]

The scene on Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill after #UNC defeats #Duke in an epic Final 4 game for the history books.

https://t.co/6rJ5oSLIIt

#UNCvsDUKE

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

THE #NationalChampionship IS SET!

@KUHoops & @UNC_Basketball will play for the title Monday at 9:20pm ET on TBS 🏆

#MFinalFour

[Bridget Matikainen-Ankney @bridge_balance_]

The latest preprint from @LexKravitz lab is here!! We asked how obesity drives changes in NAc circuits and food seeking. 🍔🐭https://t.co/E2kWYwovjR

[Dr. Joyce Besheer @BesheerLab]

New preprint led by @Ryan_ETyler 🎉! Potentiated sensitivity to alcohol interoceptive effects following stressor with changes in GABA-related genes in insular cortex and nucleus accumbens.
@mayabluitt @LC_Ornelas21 @KalynnVan https://t.co/MrJP8qHRmG

[Dr. Joyce Besheer @BesheerLab]

New paper out 🎉led by @Ryan_ETyler with help from @mayabluitt! Lasting behavioral changes and adaptations in glutamatergic targets in insula and BNST following stressor exposure - and a role for mGlu3 signaling in some of these changes. Way to go team! https://t.co/huS0vmADI2

[WUSTL ENDURE @WUSTL_ENDURE]

The application system for ENDURE 2022 is NOW OPEN!

[maya bluitt @mayabluitt]

@yeseniatweets @neurophd_emory This is amazing!! Congrats!!! ❣️