Recently I learned that the act of sending your friends & family little videos and tweets and memes you find online it’s called pebbling, like how penguins bring pebbles back to their little penguin loved ones 🥹

I am elated to announce that the Ahmed Lab will open University of Utah Sept 1! If you are excited to work at the intersection of neuroscience and chemical biology to study neuropeptide modulation of behavior and physiology, please get in touch! 1/n

Applications for the ACNP Global Scholarship program are due THIS FRIDAY - JULY 5 ⌛️ Apply &/or share with others you think would enjoying joining us for #ACNP2024 in Phoenix, AZ 👇

We are proud to announce the publication of a new study by Dr. Angélica Torres-Berrío 🇨🇴👩🏻‍🔬🧠🧬🚴🏻‍♀️ in Neuron which characterizes a novel role for H3K27me1 as a "chromatin scar" in nucleus accumbens that contributes to long-lasting sequelae of chronic stress. Friedman Brain Institute sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

For the first time since 2004, Puerto Rico men's basketball 🇵🇷 is headed to the Olympics! 🙌 #FIBAOQT

Honored to receive this award from @KlingensteinOrg for my research! And grateful for the support of my amazing colleagues and students who made this all possible. Onward to more discoveries! 🚀

Incredibly excited for my main thesis project from the Vanna Zachariou lab to come out in PAIN Journal. This was one of my first adventures in the mesolimbic system, and we found some pretty cool mechanisms! tinyurl.com/ya6pt8zh

Yes! Our new preprint is now available. Pls share/enjoy it! 🙌🏽🎉💫

If you know anyone who’s interested in how the brain modulates feeding, stress and other motivated behaviors, I’m looking for technicians, graduate students and postdocs!

Check this out in Biological Psychiatry: "Epigenetic Regulation of Neural Activity in the Depressed Brain: The Two Faces of the Histone Deacetylase SIRT1". 👇👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jdE31S07u8NL

We are excited to announce the date for the UF CARE 12th Annual Symposium will be Monday, April 7th, 2025. The Pre-Symposium Community Networking Event will be Sunday, April 6th, 2025. Be sure to save the date, you won’t want to miss this year’s exciting program!

Excited to share this perspective piece on mentoring that I wrote for Neuron with my grad school mentor, Greg Quirk! “Mentoring to propagate racial inclusivity in neuroscience” cell.com/neuron/abstrac…

🚨Special episode!🚨 Are you headed to #SfN this year? In our latest episode, Nancy Padilla Coreano shares essential tips on how to make the most of your Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting experience. Follow the link to learn more and listen to the full episode! storiesofwin.org/profiles/2024/…

Our first lab manuscript is out!! 🥳 In this minireview, Susana Delgado discusses some pros and cons of using germ-free mice as models to study psychiatric conditions. Thanks, mBio! Rutgers University Rutgers SAS #NewPI #gut #gutbrainaxis journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

nature.com/articles/s4146… Our paper is out in Nat. Commun.! 🎉 An amazing collab between the Aggarwal, Fang, Filizola, and Shapiro labs. We show a mechanism of #DNAbinding wherein each monomer of M.BceJIV #methyltransferase helps to recognize two #DNAs! #epigenetics #methylation

📢Boricua, vas a #SfN2024? No te pierdas el Puerto Rico Social! 🇵🇷 Riega la voz! Albit Caban 🇵🇷, Aranza Torrado & Christian Bravo Registrate aquí 👇🏼 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Puerto Rico Social! Si vas para SfN, regístrate! 🇵🇷

My UF McKnight Brain Institute and UF Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory is looking for two faculty (asst, associate or full) with a focus in cognitive aging. I can vouch for the wonderful, productive and healthy community we have! 🌴🧠 Bonus: say goodbye to the horrid winters and join us down in FL explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5329…

Apply! 🌞🐊

Working on an U.S. National Science Foundation #GRFP application? Nancy Padilla Coreano convinced me to record this awesome episode - useful for both students AND advisors/rec letter writers!