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Jenna Merenstein

@jmerenstein.bsky.social

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lover of dogs, music, mountains, and studying the aging human brain using MRI. - PhD @ UCR LANI Lab 🌴 - NIA F32 postdoc @duke-university.bsky.social 🧠 - current asst prof @utah.edu 🏔️ - views are my own www.uclimb-lab.com

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Jenna Merenstein @jmerenstein.bsky.social · Dec 20

This year, I received the best Christmas present I could have asked for. I have accepted a position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Psychology at the @universityofutah.bsky.social starting summer 2025. 🎉🥳🍾

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Anders M Fjell @andersfjell.bsky.social · 1d

@pnas.org: Small sex differences in brain aging, steeper decline in men in some regions. Does not explain why more women are diagnosed with AD. 12,638 longitudinal MRIs, 4,726 participants across 14 cohorts. Control for head-size, education, life-expectancy. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Sex differences in healthy brain aging are unlikely to explain higher Alzheimer’s disease prevalence in women | PNAS

As Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is diagnosed more frequently in women, understanding the role of sex has become a key priority in AD research. However,...

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Jadyn Park @jadynpark.bsky.social · 1d

Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We applied graph theoretic analyses to fMRI data of participants watching movies/listening to stories. Integration across large-scale functional networks mediates arousal-dependent enhancement of narrative memories. Open access link: rdcu.be/eKKAw

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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 1d

An open, longitudinal resource for mapping interindividual variation in the aging connectome https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.25337774v1

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 1d

OpenNeuro @openneuro.bsky.social just hit a huge milestone: 1500 datasets! Congrats to the team on making this project so successful over the last 7 years.

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 5d

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. Assistant Professor in School of Neuroscience seeks computational or systems neuroscientist to teach and build funded lab. Closing date: 7th November

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...

Assistant Professor: Neuroscience - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. Assistant Professor in School of Neuroscience seeks computational or systems neuroscientist to teach and build funded lab.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Nicholas Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 5d

I have a full course on R for Psychology and Neuroscience, which includes sample programs and lecture videos. Also has some recommended books on R programming. Perfect for beginners!
rworkshop.missouri.edu

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Jenna Merenstein @jmerenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Come join me as a colleague in the Department of Psychology @utah.edu
We are located in beautiful Salt Lake City! ⛰️ And currently hiring an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Clinical Psychology. The job ad can be found here --> utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/187...

Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Clinical Psychology

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Dog Aging Project @dogagingproject.bsky.social · 14d

Exciting news from the TRIAD cohort! 🎉We’re celebrating another graduate from our clinical trial study! 🐶🎓

Want to help dogs live longer, healthier lives?
🐾 Discover if your doggo is eligible for TRIAD: dogagingproject.org/triad

#TRIAD #DogGrad #Dogs

A decorative image of a white dog wearing a purple TRIAD Graduate bandana that reads, "Congrats Boudreaux, TRIAD Graduate." Find out if your dog is eligible for TRIAD: dogagingproject.org/triad

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 14d

Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:

A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!

psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...

psychiatry.ucsd.edu

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Jenna Merenstein @jmerenstein.bsky.social · 17d

Timeline cleanse featuring Fall in Utah 😍

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Alexa Tompary @alexatompary.bsky.social · 19d

The MAC lab at Drexel is looking for a new post-doc to work on NIH-funded projects investigating the intersection of prior knowledge and long-term memory consolidation. Please pass along to any interested lab members! careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Careers at Drexel - Human Resources

careers.drexel.edu

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 20d

This is awesome. Drag and drop a brain MRI scan into the window and it does tissue segmentation in the browser (in about 8 seconds), then creates a 3D mesh suitable for 3D printing. This has been an hours-to-days long process for us in the past, all in a couple minutes. 🤯 brain2print.org

brain2print

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Thomas Serre @thomasserre.bsky.social · 21d

Brown’s Department of Cognitive & Psychological Sciences is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor, working in the area of AI and the Mind (start July 1, 2026). Apply by Nov 8, 2025 👉 apply.interfolio.com/173939

#AI #CognitiveScience #AcademicJobs #BrownUniversity

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Jenna Merenstein @jmerenstein.bsky.social · 20d

Awesome photo!

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Aurora Clark @chemnetworks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Come join us! Two awesome faculty positions in experimental physical chemistry and biochemist - all ranks!!! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

Assistant/Associate/Professor for Biological and Physical Chemistry

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Michael W. Cole @mwcole.bsky.social · Sep 14

Lab’s latest is out in Imaging Neuroscience, led by Kirsten Peterson: “Regularized partial correlation provides reliable functional connectivity estimates while correcting for widespread confounding”, where we demonstrate a major improvement to standard fMRI functional connectivity (correlation) 1/n

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · Sep 9

University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:

tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...

Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.

@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.

w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social

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Brad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).

Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

jobs.wisc.edu

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Joel Snyder @auditoryjoel.bsky.social · Aug 20

UNLV's MRI facility is close to completion and we are now searching for an MRI Technologist. Please help me spread the word!

nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNLV-E...

#neuroimaging #MRI #neuroscience #psychology

Senior fMRI Technologist and Lab Manager, UNLV Research [R0148627]

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) appreciates your interest in employment. We ask that you keep in mind the following when completing your application: Once you start the application process ...

nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions

We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

jobs.colostate.edu

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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · Sep 8

Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) who could use advice about navigating peer review? Are you stuck on a manuscript submission or revision? Have general questions about peer review?

Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊

Formative And Interactive Review (FAIR)

🌱 Formative And Interactive Review (FAIR) 🌱 Reviewer Zero's Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR) draft feedback program is designed for early career researchers (ECRs) to receive feedback on a draf...

www.reviewerzero.net

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · Sep 8

UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨

Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.

Please share widely!

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · Sep 8

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Neurobiology of Aging @neurobiology-aging.bsky.social · Sep 8

📚 NEW ISSUE 📚

Articles cover processing speed in background noise, biological age acceleration in Alzheimer's Disease, effects of strength training in aging, and more.

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neurobiology-of-aging/vol/153/suppl/C

Neurobiology of Aging | Vol 153, Pages 1-62 (September 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Neurobiology of Aging at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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