Dr. Aparna Shah 🧠 👩🔬
@neuromusings.bsky.social
Music, Food and Science Junkie | Grad School Survivor | Collegiate Assistant Professor @VTNeuro | She/Her (aka Neuro_musings from the site formerly known as Twitter)
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The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.
Scripps Research-led team receives $14.2M NIH award to map the body’s “hidden sixth sense”
www.scripps.edu
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.
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📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
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When reporting on these kinds of claims, the media should ask:
September 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When reporting on these kinds of claims, the media should ask:
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Neuroscientists - Nominate an outstanding colleague for this prize, with opportunity to give a special lecture at the FENS Forum #FENS2026!
📣Call open for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture! Nominate outstanding neuroscientists who push the frontiers of brain research, champion EDI, & work in underrepresented countries.
🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025
🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025
August 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Neuroscientists - Nominate an outstanding colleague for this prize, with opportunity to give a special lecture at the FENS Forum #FENS2026!
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Faculty opening for candidates "working with human, non-human animal, or computational models to advance the understanding of brain and behavior relationships in the context of lifespan development"
Stony Brook Psychology is an exceptional dept with amazing colleagues
apply.interfolio.com/171691
Stony Brook Psychology is an exceptional dept with amazing colleagues
apply.interfolio.com/171691
August 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Faculty opening for candidates "working with human, non-human animal, or computational models to advance the understanding of brain and behavior relationships in the context of lifespan development"
Stony Brook Psychology is an exceptional dept with amazing colleagues
apply.interfolio.com/171691
Stony Brook Psychology is an exceptional dept with amazing colleagues
apply.interfolio.com/171691
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I’m in! Please share. This is a small ask where if enough people come together we can fight those who are trying to disrupt a valuable platform
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
forms.gle
August 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I’m in! Please share. This is a small ask where if enough people come together we can fight those who are trying to disrupt a valuable platform
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Come join us at @westernu.ca! Chair/Chief/Department Head, Psychiatry universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
Search Jobs - University Affairs
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August 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Come join us at @westernu.ca! Chair/Chief/Department Head, Psychiatry universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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We need about 300 more scientists before we let teachers loose on the database!
Tell your colleagues, we need ya!
Tell your colleagues, we need ya!
Scientists!
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
August 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We need about 300 more scientists before we let teachers loose on the database!
Tell your colleagues, we need ya!
Tell your colleagues, we need ya!
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DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
August 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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Please RT: My lab in the Neuroscience Dept at MUSC is hiring a technician. We study oligodendrocytes — unique non-neuronal brain cells — using cutting-edge imaging. Recent grads especially encouraged to apply. Feel free to reach out! #neurojobs
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UNIV - Research Specialist I - Department of Neurosciences
Job Description Summary The Li Lab at MUSC is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Specialist I to join our dynamic neuroscience research team. This position offers an excellent opp...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please RT: My lab in the Neuroscience Dept at MUSC is hiring a technician. We study oligodendrocytes — unique non-neuronal brain cells — using cutting-edge imaging. Recent grads especially encouraged to apply. Feel free to reach out! #neurojobs
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Haverford is hiring a Neuroscientist! Please spread the word and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues!
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience.
www.haverford.edu
August 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Haverford is hiring a Neuroscientist! Please spread the word and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues!
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
Neuroimmunology is advancing rapidly & belongs in undergrad (neuro/bio/immuno etc.) curricula. If you're planning a course or a module, @ecleininger.bsky.social, Sumali Pandey, & I have developed a curriculum using core concepts in neuro. and immunology, & curated resources to help you get started!
August 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Neuroimmunology is advancing rapidly & belongs in undergrad (neuro/bio/immuno etc.) curricula. If you're planning a course or a module, @ecleininger.bsky.social, Sumali Pandey, & I have developed a curriculum using core concepts in neuro. and immunology, & curated resources to help you get started!
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Ever wondered how fasting and lactation affect gene expression in the hypothalamus? Looking for a dataset to mine? Look no further! We performed single-cell RNA sequencing of the arcuate nucleus and medial preoptic area in 4 groups of female mice: zenodo.org/records/1531...
August 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ever wondered how fasting and lactation affect gene expression in the hypothalamus? Looking for a dataset to mine? Look no further! We performed single-cell RNA sequencing of the arcuate nucleus and medial preoptic area in 4 groups of female mice: zenodo.org/records/1531...
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How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothalamic circuit that modulates feeding and parenting behaviours - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse hypothalamus and behavioural experiments show that specific hypothalamic networks regulate conflicting feeding versus parenting behaviours of female mice.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are aware of our own body parts, but can be fooled to think that rubber arms are ours; this is known as the rubber arm illusion. 🐒 and 🐀 have shown a similar effect, but what about other animals? In this correspondence, authors report a very similar phenomenon in 🐙 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Rubber arm illusion in octopus
The feeling of a body as belonging to oneself is called the sense of body ownership
and the centerpiece of conscious experience. Kawashima and Ikeda investigated the
sense of body ownership in an octo...
www.cell.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We are aware of our own body parts, but can be fooled to think that rubber arms are ours; this is known as the rubber arm illusion. 🐒 and 🐀 have shown a similar effect, but what about other animals? In this correspondence, authors report a very similar phenomenon in 🐙 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
Assistant Professor - Biology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
tcnj.taleo.net
July 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
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Proposal recommended for funding! Which means we have a fresh, 3-year-funded position available for a computational postdoc interested in studying dynamics of social interactions in rats, with simultaneous Neuropixels data to follow 🐀🐀🐀
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Proposal recommended for funding! Which means we have a fresh, 3-year-funded position available for a computational postdoc interested in studying dynamics of social interactions in rats, with simultaneous Neuropixels data to follow 🐀🐀🐀
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
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Researchers have known for decades that chimpanzees drum, but two new studies show that the animals drum to a distinct beat—which varies across their societies.
Learn more on #WorldChimpanzeeDay: scim.ag/3YJ7R9r
Learn more on #WorldChimpanzeeDay: scim.ag/3YJ7R9r
July 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Researchers have known for decades that chimpanzees drum, but two new studies show that the animals drum to a distinct beat—which varies across their societies.
Learn more on #WorldChimpanzeeDay: scim.ag/3YJ7R9r
Learn more on #WorldChimpanzeeDay: scim.ag/3YJ7R9r
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A patient page for GLP-1 drugs and importance of integration of lifestyle factors with these meds
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July 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A patient page for GLP-1 drugs and importance of integration of lifestyle factors with these meds
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In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
www.forbes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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Professor and C4R coLAB, Aparna Shah (@neuromusings.bsky.social), discusses our new unit on establishing proper experimental controls. Check out her blog post at bit.ly/4eAIxcl and play with the Controls unit at c4r.io/units
July 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Professor and C4R coLAB, Aparna Shah (@neuromusings.bsky.social), discusses our new unit on establishing proper experimental controls. Check out her blog post at bit.ly/4eAIxcl and play with the Controls unit at c4r.io/units
Come join us at the School of Neuroscience in beautiful Blacksburg. Happy to answer any questions!
The School of Neuroscience at VT is hiring a new instructor with a start date in August. Join an amazing group of faculty and students in beautiful Blacksburg, Virginia!
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May 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Come join us at the School of Neuroscience in beautiful Blacksburg. Happy to answer any questions!
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I'm hiring a lab tech! If you know any talented college seniors or recent grads who'd enjoy doing cool neuroscience in Baltimore, please encourage them to consider applying: umb.taleo.net/careersectio...
Laboratory Research Assistant (Contractual)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
umb.taleo.net
May 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm hiring a lab tech! If you know any talented college seniors or recent grads who'd enjoy doing cool neuroscience in Baltimore, please encourage them to consider applying: umb.taleo.net/careersectio...