Alex Shackman
@ajshackman.bsky.social
Laboratory for Affective & Translational Neuroscience, University of Maryland | shackmanlab.org | affective neuroscience | "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
i've never looked for the habenula til NOW
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
i've never looked for the habenula til NOW
checks out. lol.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
checks out. lol.
I can hear him in my mind saying this one ...
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I can hear him in my mind saying this one ...
as but one example,
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
as but one example,
He's sucking me in...................
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
He's sucking me in...................
Greg's inimitable scientific voice ...
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Greg's inimitable scientific voice ...
should i read Greg/stats, this DA/Rew paper, or go make the deviled eggs for tomorrow....?
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
should i read Greg/stats, this DA/Rew paper, or go make the deviled eggs for tomorrow....?
note all the darn S(age) tabs occupying my real estate - i blame Dave 🤪
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
note all the darn S(age) tabs occupying my real estate - i blame Dave 🤪
nice example of b/w vs w/in effects. h/t PicardLab
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
nice example of b/w vs w/in effects. h/t PicardLab
RIP Dr. Ekman @lapate.bsky.social @foxdotdrew.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
RIP Dr. Ekman @lapate.bsky.social @foxdotdrew.bsky.social
Why so long to pick it up again? By the end of the day, I need a break from La Vida Científica. So, Dick Proenneke and Colin Fletcher and Sir AC Doyle. And this, which RP might dig
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Why so long to pick it up again? By the end of the day, I need a break from La Vida Científica. So, Dick Proenneke and Colin Fletcher and Sir AC Doyle. And this, which RP might dig
After setting it down for a long spell, used a transcontinental flight to read most of How Not to Study a Disease. It's still fabulous. It slso warns against the temptation to prematurely adopt proxy biomarkers, a la fail-fast. Remember the Gramma Scrabble line in Fig 2
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
After setting it down for a long spell, used a transcontinental flight to read most of How Not to Study a Disease. It's still fabulous. It slso warns against the temptation to prematurely adopt proxy biomarkers, a la fail-fast. Remember the Gramma Scrabble line in Fig 2
kudos to Kartik, who did all of the heavy lifting to bring scientific joy to my morning -
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
kudos to Kartik, who did all of the heavy lifting to bring scientific joy to my morning -
#WM #STM #LabJournalClub - I keep posting this paper, but it really is magnificent, and a great anchor for a lab journal club. #DespoLab meets #ShackLab
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#WM #STM #LabJournalClub - I keep posting this paper, but it really is magnificent, and a great anchor for a lab journal club. #DespoLab meets #ShackLab
boo-hiss Elsevier - maybe @mariaironside.bsky.social could email me a copy :)
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
boo-hiss Elsevier - maybe @mariaironside.bsky.social could email me a copy :)
More like, why did it take so damn long for the field to let go of X hypothesis, a la
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
More like, why did it take so damn long for the field to let go of X hypothesis, a la
right next door to Kevin :)
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
right next door to Kevin :)
@ desk. it's hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@ desk. it's hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
Great talk from @lucinauddin.bsky.social at UMD!
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Great talk from @lucinauddin.bsky.social at UMD!
#Dunedin Saddened to realize that Richie Poulton passed. A giant who had an immense and positive impact on our understanding of a variety of phenomena, from human development to psychopathology and aging. Just yesterday, I was excitedly telling a colleague (Lucina!) about this multi-decade legacy.
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#Dunedin Saddened to realize that Richie Poulton passed. A giant who had an immense and positive impact on our understanding of a variety of phenomena, from human development to psychopathology and aging. Just yesterday, I was excitedly telling a colleague (Lucina!) about this multi-decade legacy.
Such a gorgeous example of genuinely multidisciplinary addiction neuroscience. So much respect to the Robinson-Berridge team and their students, who bring together everything from clinical reports and EMA, to human PET (NT signaling) and fMRI, to context-dependent neural assays across species.
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Such a gorgeous example of genuinely multidisciplinary addiction neuroscience. So much respect to the Robinson-Berridge team and their students, who bring together everything from clinical reports and EMA, to human PET (NT signaling) and fMRI, to context-dependent neural assays across species.