Yuritza Escalante

B.S. in Psych '22 UCR 🐻 | Past Research Coordinator @YassaLab at UCI 🧠 | PhD Student @UNC with Dr. Kristen Lindquist 🩵🤍 | NSF GRFP Fellow 🤓

[Yuritza Escalante @yuritzaesc]

@Bia_Leonard Congratulations Bianca!! 👏🎉 Amazing work!

[Bianca Leonard @Bia_Leonard]

📰👀 What does a chunk of thalamus have to do with mental health?

Find out in my 1st PhD first-author paper✨about functional connectivity between the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) and nucleus accumbens in young adults with anhedonia.

https://t.co/xBUGMQ2Q4o

[Madhulika Shastry @mshastry10]

First day of classes at @UNCPsych! Officially a first year Social Psych PhD student :)

[UCI Social Ecology @Social_Ecology]

Congrats to @UCIrvine psychological science post-baccalaureate alum ('22) @NanditaTuteja, who just got a 2nd author publication in the Journal of Eating Disorders with "Transitions from Child and Adolescent to Adult Mental Health Services for Eating Disorders."

[Manuella Oliveira Yassa @manuellayassa]

Congratulations to @Bia_Leonard for passing her advancement to PhD candidacy with flying colors!!! I’m so proud of you and grateful that you are part of our @ucicnlm community. Keep changing the world, ok?

[Vishnu Murty @vpmurty]

We are hiring 2 RAs in the AML (now at University of Oregon) with an anticipated start date of late summer/early fall. I promise it will be a fun place to study motivation, affect, and memory!

Find more info about the position in the ad below, and a link to apply in the thread.

[Mike Yassa @mike_yassa]

Fantastic new work by @neurobatool just out in @braincomms. Check it out!

[Yuritza Escalante @yuritzaesc]

@christinec924 Thank you Christine! 🫶🏼

[Yuritza Escalante @yuritzaesc]

I am excited to share that I will be pursuing my PhD in Psychology & Neuroscience @UNC under the mentorship of @ka_lindquist starting in Fall 2024!

Furthermore, I have been selected as a recipient of the NSF GRFP!

Feeling grateful and looking forward to the journey to come!

[Yuritza Escalante @yuritzaesc]

@RVillareal12 Thank you Ray! I feel just as lucky to have come across you as a mentor and friend :)

[Yuritza Escalante @yuritzaesc]

I credit much of this to the amazing mentorship that I’ve received so far to get me to this point in my career :)

[UCI CNLM @ucicnlm]

A heartfelt THANK YOU to those who joined us at the 2024 CNLM Spring Conference! We hope you left feeling informed, inspired, and excited about the future of learning and memory!

[Batool Rizvi @neurobatool]

Thought I should paint a little again.. 🐦‍⬛🧠
#brainart

[Manuella Oliveira Yassa @manuellayassa]

Happy to be at the @ucicnlm Spring Meeting with my friend and colleague, @mike_yassa!

[Purnima Qamar @purnimaqamar]

Thrilled to have presented my poster at my first @ADAA_Anxiety on the relationship of child neighborhood opportunity with #anxiety! Thanks to @DrKrystalLewis, @NIMHgov, and mentor Dr. Daniel Pine for their support on making this work possible! #ADAA_2024

[Kalina Michalska @anilak_99]

Hi all! I’m recruiting a postdoc for a 2-year NSF-funded postdoc to examine effects of ethic-racial discrimination on the neurodevelopment of threat neurocircuitry via a community-engaged approach!! If you’re at #SANS2024 come find me & my students to learn more. Please RT 🧠🙏

[Yuritza Escalante @yuritzaesc]

@christinec924 So happy for you Christine! I know you’ll go on to do great things 🥳👏👏

[Christine Chang @christinec924]

I am so happy to share that I will be pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology @UWPsychology working with @drpriscillalui . I feel so blessed to have this opportunity and am thankful to all
those who have guided me here!! 💜🤍

[Society for Affective Science @affectScience]

The passing of the gavel was not to be missed! Congratulations to @ka_lindquist for stepping into the role as SAS President, and big thanks for @profmaitalneta for her work this past year. 🐳

[Tallie Z Baram @z_baram]

For awesome neuroscience and terrific networking (not to mention the karaoke), dont miss the @ACNPorg conference! See 👇. @svmahler @mike_yassa @mtbirnie