Real Vole Facts

Behavioral Pharmacology & Neuroscience @UnivOfKansas PI: Dr Adam Smith. We study sex differences in stress & social behavior — social bonds, conflict, & loss

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

@AnneZMurphy @lyoun03 I am sorry Anne. Deepest condolences.

[Larry Young @lyoun03]

Join us in Atlanta for the 2024 World Congress of Neurohypophyseal Hormones (WCNH) for a premier oxytocin & vasopressin meeting May 16-19! Pls RT!

The website https://t.co/vmu5EwpfK7 will post details on the program and registration as they are available.

[Morgan Gustison @MorGusto]

Recruiting undergrads, grad students, and postdocs for my new research lab @WesternU! Visit https://t.co/nIqbO6Mfxs for more info. We study communication and social bonding.

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Barbie is not the only thing evoking nostalgia. Our new article! We examine the neuroscience of “yearning” after losing a bonded partner. Dopamine receptor expression increases in motivation brain areas @erikamvitale @Genes2B @IBANGStweets #MicrotusMonday https://t.co/WDhrtaXoIu

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Me: Prairie voles are socially monogamous despite promiscuity
Relative: Should human relationships be open?
Me: I just mean social and sexual drives differ
Relative: All relationships are doomed
Me: ...
Me: "Vole" is a palindrome for "love"
Relative: That's cute❤️#MicrotusMonday

[Society for Social Neuroscience @S4SNeuro]

#S4SN2023 will be held online on November 2nd and 3rd 2023 over three time zone sessions! ✨

You can now submit an abstract for a symposium here until October 2nd (so plenty of time!): https://t.co/4D2yWM1sdn

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Cool @NatureComms study by @LindsaySailer @alexophir! Activating the lateral septum in male prairie voles turns up the 'friend dial' with other males without losing bond to partner. Fascinating as bonded voles don’t usually make friends. 🤝#MicrotusMonday https://t.co/EzyVzgK54J

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Btw, he is graduating and will be going to NIH for a 1-yr postbac. However, look out for his graduate application this fall. He is a superstar researcher in the making. 🤩

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Excellent presentation by our UG @jeffrey_Goff123 at the KU UG Biology Honors Symposium. 👏👏👏

[VoleBase @VoleBase]

Check your email, vole researchers! The next Vole Meeting has been scheduled! 🥳

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

#SfN22 is only made better when you get to experience it with this amazing group of trainees. #RockChalk

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Hey #SfN2022!!! Come see work from @erikamvitale @kyle_gossman and @lina_nerio this morning. Posters NN13, OO7, and YY14

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

In the last 10 days, I have agreed to serve on a NIH special emphasis panel, review 7 manuscripts for various journals, and serve as a guest editor for a special issue.

Good thing academics get paid so well for all this extra service.😳🫣😖 #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

@AcademicChatter
Me (yesterday):🤞😁🤞(Submitting a new grant application)

Me (today): (Realizing it will be 5-6 months before I hear any news about it)

[Larry Young @lyoun03]

Neural circuits regulating prosocial behaviors | Neuropsychopharmacology https://t.co/eNIbAAehNt

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

What are oxytocin assays measuring? Great question!

New work from @HammockNeuroLab, Dr. Sue Carter, and others explored epitope mapping and cross-reactivity of the Arbor Assays antibody. A must read for all of us that use this antibody/assay.🫣🫣🫣

https://t.co/rgMe8XWgcl

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Our commentary about @ricky_ortiz's work. How can graph data modeling provide any biologically relevant information about the brain? Read to find out!
https://t.co/u4oGy2l56W

On a roll. Two tweets in a row...well, over a month ...okay one is a quoted tweet, but it counts.😅😅😅

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Let's revive the #MicrotusMonday with this fMRI study that uses graph theory to identify the differences in the resting-state connectivity of brain networks between two populations of prairie voles. The cover art looks rad too!

[rick joaquin ortiz (richard) is on bluesky @ricky_ortiz]

I MADE THE COVER ART FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL!!! I am so proud for the work I did with @Northeastern and @UTEP to artistically show the functional connectivity differences between two #PrairieVole populations!!

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

This is what CRUSHING your dissertation defense looks like. Congrats Dr. Tickerhoof!!! 🥳🥳🥳@mariatickerhoof

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

My colleagues and the institutional support has been great too

[Real Vole Facts @SmithLabKU]

Love to my family and students for helping me with this accomplishment

[KU Pharmacy @KUPharmacy]

Congratulations to Jessica Bates and Adam Smith for their tenure and promotion in the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy! We're proud of your accomplishment and hard work. #RockChalk #OurChantRises