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News & Views from the UC San Diego Neurosciences Graduate Program. All tweets by real scientists (graduate students & faculty).

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  1. Apr 10

    In the Voytek () and labs Blanca works on recording activity in cortical organoids and is interested in how these signals change with development, aging, and disease.

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  2. Apr 10

    Another big shout out to Blanca Martin () for winning a Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Grant!

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  3. Apr 10

    In the Wang lab () Emma studies how the nutritional composition of consumed food influences an organism's future appetite for specific macronutrients by altering the composition of the gut microbiota.

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  4. Apr 10

    In the Tye lab () Ray studies the neural dynamics of social interactions, and how an animal's place within a social hierarchy affects its socioemotional processing via the serotonin system.

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  5. Apr 10

    In the Lovett-Barron lab () Grace studies how internal states drive behavior. Her overarching goal is to figure out the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that regulate fearful internal states and subsequently induce a persistent swimming behavior in larval zebrafish.

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  6. Apr 10

    A huge congratulations to our GRFP winners: Grace Padilla (), Raymundo Miranda (), and Emma Spillman (). Wanna hear what our new NSF Fellows study? Check out the 🧵below!

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  7. Feb 27

    After an exciting week of interviews, some current students and local interviewees had the chance to meet in person! All of us at NGP can't wait to meet the rest of the prospective 2022 cohort! @ UC San Diego

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    Feb 1

    Our application is live! The CoB-KIBM Scholars Program consists of a paid full-time research position across 10 weeks within a UC San Diego or Salk laboratory. We highly encourage students with little or no research experience to apply!

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    Feb 3

    The Zheng Lab is looking for a lab manager! We study the cellular and molecular processes involved in spinal cord injury. If interested, or know someone who'd be interested, apply here:

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    Jan 28

    We had some delays in updating our CoB-KIBM application submission portal, it will open on February 1st and it can be found here: We've also updated our personal website to reflect these changes () We apologize for the delay!

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    Jan 28

    Some thoughts for those of you staring down a decision about graduate programs!

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    Jan 12

    Tomorrow the CoB Graduate mentors will be holding an information session on how to apply to undergraduate summer research programs! January 13th 5-6:30 PM PST. See flyer/alt text below for meeting ID and passcode! Students interested in applying to CoB-KIBM highly encouraged!

    Flyer describing the CoB summer research workshop, which will discuss how to create a strong application and information on how to put together a CoB-KIBM application for the upcoming 2022 Cohort. Meeting ID on Zoom will be: 998 4720 3811 and passcode is: research
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    19 Dec 2021

    Announcing the 2022 CoB-KIBM Scholars Program! Our neuroscience-focused, 10-week Summer program will award historically underrepresented students at a $5,000 stipend to conduct full-time research with faculty mentors.

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    16 Dec 2021

    Did a thing and got a PhD today! Sooo many people to thank - it really takes a village, and I had an amaaazing village ❤️

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    8 Dec 2021

    After driving to for work these past 7.5 years (well... minus 2020) I can't tell you how happy I am about the new San Diego's trolley extension up to campus. Sitting in traffic for 30-40 minutes <<< sitting quietly, enjoying the view or reading for 15 minutes.

    UC San Diego trolley stop
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    1 Dec 2021

    New profile up!! Dr. Kara Marshall () discusses interoception and how a lab can be more than the sum of its parts Read the profile below 👇 and listen to the full interview on our podcast! 🎙

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    30 Nov 2021

    Scripps Pier shining bright! 💡 Photos by

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    23 Nov 2021

    It's official! and I have a cool new book deal with . It'll be a hands-on guide to data science approaches to massive neuroscience datasets. Lessons and materials will all be made freely available online. It's time to get writing!

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    23 Nov 2021

    Published today in : A new study shows how the brain records value choices. Researchers found that persistency allows value signals to be “coded” across the brain, especially in a critical area known as the retrosplenial cortex. Details:

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    22 Nov 2021

    We've got another exciting talk coming up in our ! 🥳 Dr. Austin Coley (), postdoc at and adjunct faculty at , will be telling us about his work on neural circuits regulating anhedonia. Register at:

    Text on a blue background with white triangles. The text reads, “Black In Neuro Seminar Series. Investigating mPFC valence-specific neuronal populations during anhedonia. Friday, December 3rd, 9:00 AM PT | 12:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM GMT. Dr. Austin Coley, Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute. Adjunct Faculty, UCSD.” A picture of the speaker is featured on the right side of the image, and the Black In Neuro logo is in the top left corner.
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