Neuroscience PhD || Postdoc in Golden Lab || interested in neural circuits regulating social behavior ๐ญ || she/her || black lives matter โ๐พโ๐ฟโ๐ฝ
Very excited to share the published manuscript my graduate cohort and I wrote regarding the limited science and twisted history of tear gas use in the united states.
Have a yourself a tea as we spill the tea on shoddy regulations and attacks on first amendment rights.
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@JohnStreicher1 Honestly, this is so absolutely horrifying and so demoralizing for probably everyone in the STEM fields whoโve dedicated their lives to research and innovations aimed at enhancing the lives of people like this quack with his brain worm.
Reminder that science is political whether you like it or not.
Politics define how we are funded and what we are funded for. Politics define what we are able to study. Politics define who will be allowed in our labs and workplaces. Politics define with whom we can collaborate.
Do not turn on Kamala Harris and start trashing the campaign she ran.
She ran an amazing campaign.
Put the blame on half of America who voted for hate and a daddy dictator who they think will take care of them, but who doesn't give a damn about them.
please keep the โwe survived him once, we will do it againโ tweets in the drafts or better yet delete them. millions of people did not in fact survive him, and millions more will not survive him again.
ethel cain on the election:
"if you voted for trump, i hope that peace never finds you. instead, i hope clarity strikes you someday like a clap of lightning and you have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you've done and who you are as a person."
Huge shoutout to all coauthors (both on twitter, and not) @EmiliaLefevre , Cassie Retzloff, @laurynzugs , Sameer Khan, Erin Myhre, Elysia Gauthier, Ezequiel Martin, Brigitte Kieffer and of course @perothwell
The final paper of my PhD is up on BioRxiv!! Iโm so excited to see this out in the world!
We conducted multiple genetic manipulations to uncover which NAc cell pop is necessary for opioid receptor modulation of social behavior.
*spoiler* itโs not the population you expect!
Mu opioid receptor expression by nucleus accumbens inhibitory interneurons promotes affiliative social behavior https://t.co/2QDYKQ1APn #biorxiv_neursci