Jibran Khokhar
@drjkhokhar.bsky.social
Associate Professor, CRC in Translational Neuropsychopharmacology, Open-Source Tools! Committed to knowing better and doing better!
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Jibran Khokhar
@drjkhokhar.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Cannabis and the Developing Brain: Vaping, Edibles and Genetics | Jibran Khokhar
YouTube video by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
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Happy to share my talk for the @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social Brain Canada The Amazing Brain 2024 event titled: Cannabis and the Developing Brain: Vaping, Edibles and Genetics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxb...
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What would Francis Crick make of this?
I really enjoyed being part of this conversation on consciousness with @anilseth.bsky.social @stevefleming.bsky.social @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social, hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social. Listen now!
I really enjoyed being part of this conversation on consciousness with @anilseth.bsky.social @stevefleming.bsky.social @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social, hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social. Listen now!
What can science tell us about consciousness?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
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Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What would Francis Crick make of this?
I really enjoyed being part of this conversation on consciousness with @anilseth.bsky.social @stevefleming.bsky.social @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social, hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social. Listen now!
I really enjoyed being part of this conversation on consciousness with @anilseth.bsky.social @stevefleming.bsky.social @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social, hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social. Listen now!
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In this study, low-intensity focused ultrasound disrupted functional connectivity along targeted tracts, ⬆️ positive affect & ⬇️ cardiac-sympathovagal balance in patients w/ MDD, offering a tool for probing & treating mood-related 🧠 networks
Reversible modulation of a deep white matter surgical target for depression with low-intensity focused ultrasound
Neuropsychopharmacology - Reversible modulation of a deep white matter surgical target for depression with low-intensity focused ultrasound
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In this study, low-intensity focused ultrasound disrupted functional connectivity along targeted tracts, ⬆️ positive affect & ⬇️ cardiac-sympathovagal balance in patients w/ MDD, offering a tool for probing & treating mood-related 🧠 networks
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How are preprints perceived and evaluated in the life sciences from a PI's perspective? Check our my podcast episode through the @asapbio.bsky.social Fellow's program, where I interviewed @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about his perspective on the topic! My key takeaways: 1/6
ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
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Preprints, Peer Review, and Academic Careers: A PI’s Perspective
Benjamin Swedlund interviews USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. They discuss how preprinting supports researchers at all career stages…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
How are preprints perceived and evaluated in the life sciences from a PI's perspective? Check our my podcast episode through the @asapbio.bsky.social Fellow's program, where I interviewed @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about his perspective on the topic! My key takeaways: 1/6
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Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
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Have you voted for our video in the #IHDCYHTalks competition yet? Voting closes November 30!
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Do you know what to do if you or someone you love has a side effect when taking a cannabis product for medical reasons?
Watch the full video here: t.co/XU3Ti4bcoe
And don't forget to vote in the #IHDCYHTalks competition: t.co/nbOChsE4Cj
Watch the full video here: t.co/XU3Ti4bcoe
And don't forget to vote in the #IHDCYHTalks competition: t.co/nbOChsE4Cj
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Have you voted for our video in the #IHDCYHTalks competition yet? Voting closes November 30!
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Alcohol is everywhere - marketing, 24/7 availability, and social norms make recovery harder than it should be.
Our new report 'Barriers to Recovery' outlines these obstacles and how we can change them.
#LetsTalkAddiction
www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
Our new report 'Barriers to Recovery' outlines these obstacles and how we can change them.
#LetsTalkAddiction
www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
Barriers to Recovery: Overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Alcohol-related harm continues to escalate in the United Kingdom (UK), with 2023 marking the highest number of alcohol-specific deaths recorded in England, and only 22% of those in need accessing spec...
www.ias.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Alcohol is everywhere - marketing, 24/7 availability, and social norms make recovery harder than it should be.
Our new report 'Barriers to Recovery' outlines these obstacles and how we can change them.
#LetsTalkAddiction
www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
Our new report 'Barriers to Recovery' outlines these obstacles and how we can change them.
#LetsTalkAddiction
www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
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Yikes! Take a look at the “Controversy” section on the Wikipedia page for Scientific Reports. The supposedly “peer-reviewed,” open-access mega-journal from Nature Portfolio has been dogged by serious issues for years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...
Scientific Reports - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yikes! Take a look at the “Controversy” section on the Wikipedia page for Scientific Reports. The supposedly “peer-reviewed,” open-access mega-journal from Nature Portfolio has been dogged by serious issues for years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...
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Hey @springernature.com, how did this paper not receive a desk rejection? www.nature.com/articles/s41... It’s clearly AI-generated (see Fig. 1).
Was the peer review also done by AI? The PubPeer thread raises serious concerns: pubpeer.com/publications... #NoHumanInTheLoop ?
Was the peer review also done by AI? The PubPeer thread raises serious concerns: pubpeer.com/publications... #NoHumanInTheLoop ?
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hey @springernature.com, how did this paper not receive a desk rejection? www.nature.com/articles/s41... It’s clearly AI-generated (see Fig. 1).
Was the peer review also done by AI? The PubPeer thread raises serious concerns: pubpeer.com/publications... #NoHumanInTheLoop ?
Was the peer review also done by AI? The PubPeer thread raises serious concerns: pubpeer.com/publications... #NoHumanInTheLoop ?
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Nature research paper: Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
go.nature.com/4ocRj3n
go.nature.com/4ocRj3n
Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces - Nature
The brain can flexibly perform multiple tasks by compositionally combining task-relevant neural representations.
go.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Nature research paper: Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
go.nature.com/4ocRj3n
go.nature.com/4ocRj3n
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Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
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Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁
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Very cool! Thanks for the mention @thetransmitter.bsky.social
@thetransmitter.bsky.social’s “New Lab Directory” features a list of new neuroscience labs that opened in 2024-2025, and some set to launch in 2026. Check out the list to learn about the work of more than 50 new neuroscience labs. www.thetransmitter.org/community/th...
#StateOfNeuroscience
#StateOfNeuroscience
The Transmitter’s New Lab Directory
Learn about neuroscience labs launched in the past two years, plus a few opening their doors in 2026.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Very cool! Thanks for the mention @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A network of basolateral amygdala projection neurons contributes to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
A network of basolateral amygdala neurons, but not singular projections, contributes to the neuroendocrine response to stress.
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
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Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference - Nature
Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in addition to p...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Now do the Museums…
Australia returns 17 rare Pharaonic artifacts to Egypt, the result of a case before Australian courts since 2019 ordering the seizure of the 17 artifacts, previously held by a private company, and their return to their rightful homeland.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
Egypt Recovers 17 Rare Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Australia
Egypt Recovers 17 Rare Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Australia.
www.egypttoday.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Now do the Museums…
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Save the date📆 for an #OpenScience panel on Jan. 14th, 2026 titled "Who owns our Knowledge?"
Interdisciplinary experts will share their knowledge + expertise on intellectual property, AI + equitable access to data.
Stay tuned for more on our panelists!
Interdisciplinary experts will share their knowledge + expertise on intellectual property, AI + equitable access to data.
Stay tuned for more on our panelists!
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Save the date📆 for an #OpenScience panel on Jan. 14th, 2026 titled "Who owns our Knowledge?"
Interdisciplinary experts will share their knowledge + expertise on intellectual property, AI + equitable access to data.
Stay tuned for more on our panelists!
Interdisciplinary experts will share their knowledge + expertise on intellectual property, AI + equitable access to data.
Stay tuned for more on our panelists!
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A new study led by Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain investigator @carlosbrody.bsky.social tracked decision-making in rats to pinpoint the precise moment the animals commit to a decision: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/scientists-pinpoint-the-moment-of-decision-in-the-rat-brain/ #science
Scientists Pinpoint the Moment of Decision in the Rat Brain
Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain researchers found a synchronized shift in neural activity that signals the moment when animals commit to a decision.
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A new study led by Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain investigator @carlosbrody.bsky.social tracked decision-making in rats to pinpoint the precise moment the animals commit to a decision: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/scientists-pinpoint-the-moment-of-decision-in-the-rat-brain/ #science
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Congratulations to Harriet De Wit, Ph.D., for being awarded the Barbara Fish Memorial Award! ☺️ #ACNP2026
Please click here ➡️tinyurl.com/2ndexz5k to watch the nominator video by Abraham Palmer, Ph.D.
Please click here ➡️tinyurl.com/2ndexz5k to watch the nominator video by Abraham Palmer, Ph.D.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Congratulations to Harriet De Wit, Ph.D., for being awarded the Barbara Fish Memorial Award! ☺️ #ACNP2026
Please click here ➡️tinyurl.com/2ndexz5k to watch the nominator video by Abraham Palmer, Ph.D.
Please click here ➡️tinyurl.com/2ndexz5k to watch the nominator video by Abraham Palmer, Ph.D.
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“It’s giving mechanistic insight into how estrogen modulates reinforcement learning—all the way down to the molecular mechanism,” says Ilana Witten.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
Sex hormone boosts female rats’ sensitivity to unexpected rewards
During the high-estradiol stages of their estrus cycle, female rats learn faster than they do during other stages—and than male rats overall—thanks to a boost in their dopaminergic response to reward…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“It’s giving mechanistic insight into how estrogen modulates reinforcement learning—all the way down to the molecular mechanism,” says Ilana Witten.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...
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A Mesoscale Framework for Psychedelic Drug Action in the Human Brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.23.690016v1
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A Mesoscale Framework for Psychedelic Drug Action in the Human Brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.23.690016v1
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Out now: Favila, Capece Marsico et al. 2025, Nature Communications: Using longitudinal deep-brain imaging, we report that amygdala interneurons exhibit complex and heterogeneous plasticity during associative learning, at both the single-cell and population level.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors uncover how diverse inhibitory interneurons in the amygdala flexibly contribute to fear and safety learning, revealing a key role for inhibition in emotional memory and adap...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Out now: Favila, Capece Marsico et al. 2025, Nature Communications: Using longitudinal deep-brain imaging, we report that amygdala interneurons exhibit complex and heterogeneous plasticity during associative learning, at both the single-cell and population level.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Alberta collects more cannabis taxes per capita because it has many licensed stores & charges a higher excise tax than any other province.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Since legalization, Alberta has collected most cannabis tax revenue per capita of any province | CBC News
Ontario took in the greatest provincial share of revenue — $1.5 billion — with Alberta coming in second at just over $1 billion, despite having less than a third of Ontario's population.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Alberta collects more cannabis taxes per capita because it has many licensed stores & charges a higher excise tax than any other province.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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IL-1R1-positive dorsal raphe neurons drive self-imposed social withdrawal in sickness: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
IL-1R1-positive dorsal raphe neurons drive self-imposed social withdrawal in sickness
During sickness, animals exhibit prolonged social withdrawal, a response that may
limit disease spread. Elevated IL-1β levels during inflammation activate IL-1R1-expressing
neurons in the dorsal raphe...
www.cell.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
IL-1R1-positive dorsal raphe neurons drive self-imposed social withdrawal in sickness: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...