DesrochersLab

DesrochersLab, 1 month ago to random

Fun lab outing to TimeMission! (Lots of mini puzzle/activity rooms)

DesrochersLab, 2 months ago to random

Talk about industrious- look what appeared on my office plant! No idea how it got this far in the building. Anyone know what kind it is?

DesrochersLab, 3 months ago to random

Great work from a great colleague 👇 Karla Kaun

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects
https://theconversation.com/alcohol-and-drugs-rewire-your-brain-by-changing-how-your-genes-work-research-is-investigating-how-to-counteract-addictions-effects-220134

DesrochersLab, 3 months ago to random

Really great and interesting work by a colleague that I want to amplify:

It's out!👇 Tara White | Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience NEW paper on Glutamate & Emotion! We find rise in brain glutamate predicts increase & magnitude of positive agentic emotion in healthy women. WOWZA!!🧠

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00521

DesrochersLab, 4 months ago to random

Interested in submitting an idea for a #SfN24 session or event, but don’t know where to start?

Here is a sample of a successful symposium proposal: https://bit.ly/3HjjnzP

🚨 Reminder: proposal submissions close in two weeks!

Submit now! ▶️ https://bit.ly/46TouR6

DesrochersLab, 4 months ago to random

Rolling towards Baltimore and Johns Hopkins where I’m looking forward to visiting tomorrow @chris_fetsch & the institute there, it’s fun to see the tops of some of the NYC buildings in the clouds! ☁️ 🚆 🏙️

DesrochersLab, 4 months ago to random

TFW you realize that your kids understood one old tech reference in a show because of a character that collects “antique” tech in a different show.

The old tech: a VHS tape

elduvelle, 4 months ago to productivity

My 3 #Resolutions for the new year?
[1] Close my Twitter account
[2] Start a #BulletJournal to see if it increases my #Focus (and #Productivity)
[3] Get my #Hexamaze study published!

What about you all?
#NewYear2024

DesrochersLab, 5 months ago to random

One of the plants in my office decided to bloom. What a nice end of semester treat. Wishing everyone some time to rejuvenate a bit while it’s quiet. 🪴

DesrochersLab, 5 months ago to random

Incredibly proud to have Hannah in the lab. She’s a fantastic, smart and hard-working scientist. Watch out world! 🥊
https://www.brown.edu/news/2023-12-13/doyle

DesrochersLab, 5 months ago to Neuroscience

🚨 Job Alert: Deadline Extended to Jan 1 🚨
Need some extra time to apply after SFN/the holiday? We got you. Please share.

Come be my colleague!

The Dept of Neuroscience at Brown University is hiring! A tenure-track Assistant Professor position is available for neuroscientists focusing in any topical area. If you wish to join our inclusive community of dedicated scholars & educators, info & apply @ apply.interfolio.com/132440

#neuroscience #neuro #job #academia

DesrochersLab, 6 months ago to random

Some beautiful images here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-02093-6

DesrochersLab, 6 months ago to Neuroscience

So long and thanks for all the science DC! It was a great (and very busy) #SfN23 #SfN2023 #neuroscience

DesrochersLab, 6 months ago to Neuroscience

Looking for a great poster to come see? 👀Come see ours now (Tues afternoon) at UU13 #SfN23 #SfN2023 #neuroscience @katiconen

DesrochersLab, 6 months ago to Neuroscience

Hello DC! #SfN2023 #SfN #neuroscience #SfN23

DesrochersLab, 6 months ago to Neuroscience

Fun piece by @the_herald about MRI @BrownUResearch that our lab is in. Love sharing our work with the community. #neuroscience #mri

Brown’s MRI facility sparks magnetic new research https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/11/browns-mri-facility-sparks-magnetic-new-research

DesrochersLab, 7 months ago to Neuroscience

Come be my colleague!

The Dept of Neuroscience at Brown University is hiring! A tenure-track Assistant Professor position is available for neuroscientists focusing in any topical area. If you wish to join our inclusive community of dedicated scholars & educators, info & apply @ apply.interfolio.com/132440

#neuroscience #neuro #job #academia

DesrochersLab, 7 months ago to academia

I just got asked to review and it had some substantial pay associated with it. Amazing how much that changes how you think about it and the time it takes. #academia #review

DesrochersLab, 7 months ago to random

Just attended the fantastic "Making History: The Fight for Fairness at MIT" Book Talk event featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kate Zernike here @BrownUniversity Amazing work and amazing story. Thank you!

DesrochersLab, 7 months ago to random

I thought I was illustrating saccades and microsaccades today in lab meeting but apparently I really was drawing a frog eating a bug 🐸#FunFriday

DesrochersLab, 7 months ago to random

Cool new feature in J Neuroscience: New Mentored Journal Club: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/41/6832

Highly recommend talking to your mentees/mentors about it!

A grad student with me, Hannah Doyle, was a pilot participant: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/27/4956

NicoleCRust, 7 months ago to random

How do we support the Katalin Karikó's?

There's a lot of reasonable outrage today around how Katalin Karikó was treated throughout her career (full disclosure: by my employer, UPenn). Obviously a number of someones made a huge mistake by not recognizing the brilliance and potential of her work - no question there!

What I've been thinking about and I'd love to get some scenius input on: how could we, as an academic community, do better?

Here's one summary of what happened:
https://billypenn.com/2020/12/29/university-pennsylvania-covid-vaccine-mrna-kariko-demoted-biontech-pfizer/

Taking seriously the notion that 1) we want to support the Katalin Karikó's, 2) high-risk, high-reward research takes time, and 3) everyone needs to go through a job evaluation at some point, here are a few ideas:

*) Better support to help geniuses communicate (and fund) their ideas.
*) More funding for high-risk, high-reward projects
*) A longer evaluation period for individuals engaged in high-risk/high-reward research

What would you add/change?

DesrochersLab, 8 months ago to Neuroscience

We recently submitted to a journal (J Anxiety Disorders) that has this feature of having a portal, that you do not have to log into (and can share with co-authors), that gives a detailed status. It's fantastic! Wish more would do the same! #neuroscience #publishing

DesrochersLab, 9 months ago to Travel

Coming back from a different country where I don’t speak the language I’m contemplating how wonderfully mundane all the conversation around me is. Such a different experience if you don’t understand- can be disorienting even. Remember for visitors here!

#travel #international #neuro