Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
@baileycsarka.bsky.social
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(1/6) We have a new paper out in #eNeuro!
How does the brain’s reward processing change across social contexts? We mapped brain activity (cFos) & found that social context reshapes how reward circuits are coordinated🐭🏆
Read more: www.eneuro.org/content/12/1...
How does the brain’s reward processing change across social contexts? We mapped brain activity (cFos) & found that social context reshapes how reward circuits are coordinated🐭🏆
Read more: www.eneuro.org/content/12/1...
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
(1/6) We have a new paper out in #eNeuro!
How does the brain’s reward processing change across social contexts? We mapped brain activity (cFos) & found that social context reshapes how reward circuits are coordinated🐭🏆
Read more: www.eneuro.org/content/12/1...
How does the brain’s reward processing change across social contexts? We mapped brain activity (cFos) & found that social context reshapes how reward circuits are coordinated🐭🏆
Read more: www.eneuro.org/content/12/1...
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
New from @stellatecomms.bsky.social ✨❄️ An icy website design for @nelsontotah.bsky.social's group at Helsinki Institute of Life Science!
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Totah Lab | Research
The Totah Lab investigates neural control of cognition, actions, and emotions through locus coeruleus research, behavioral studies, and brain-body connections.
totahlab.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New from @stellatecomms.bsky.social ✨❄️ An icy website design for @nelsontotah.bsky.social's group at Helsinki Institute of Life Science!
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
The Preston Lab will be at @sfn.org #SfN2025! Come see what we've been working on 🧠
We'll discuss how kids & adults remember when things happen, how memory changes impact reasoning & how we learn different actions have different consequences based on the setting.
Find us Monday & Wednesday 🤘
We'll discuss how kids & adults remember when things happen, how memory changes impact reasoning & how we learn different actions have different consequences based on the setting.
Find us Monday & Wednesday 🤘
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Calling all creative social media enthusiasts! 📷
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Calling all creative social media enthusiasts! 📷
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
(1/4)
🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
(1/4)
🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
#ThisWeekInNPP
This 🔄 Review 🔄 from @zfarahbakhsh.bsky.social & @codysiciliano.bsky.social critically assesses long-held assumptions of kappa opioid receptor (KOR) function & argues for a re-evaluation of existing frameworks to refine how KOR signaling is conceptualized & leveraged for treatment 💊
This 🔄 Review 🔄 from @zfarahbakhsh.bsky.social & @codysiciliano.bsky.social critically assesses long-held assumptions of kappa opioid receptor (KOR) function & argues for a re-evaluation of existing frameworks to refine how KOR signaling is conceptualized & leveraged for treatment 💊
Kappa opioid receptor control of motivated behavior revisited - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Kappa opioid receptor control of motivated behavior revisited
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#ThisWeekInNPP
This 🔄 Review 🔄 from @zfarahbakhsh.bsky.social & @codysiciliano.bsky.social critically assesses long-held assumptions of kappa opioid receptor (KOR) function & argues for a re-evaluation of existing frameworks to refine how KOR signaling is conceptualized & leveraged for treatment 💊
This 🔄 Review 🔄 from @zfarahbakhsh.bsky.social & @codysiciliano.bsky.social critically assesses long-held assumptions of kappa opioid receptor (KOR) function & argues for a re-evaluation of existing frameworks to refine how KOR signaling is conceptualized & leveraged for treatment 💊
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Check out the meeting lineup for #MCCS25! It's going to be an incredible day.
Don't miss out, register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
Don't miss out, register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Check out the meeting lineup for #MCCS25! It's going to be an incredible day.
Don't miss out, register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
Don't miss out, register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Thanks @avaskham.bsky.social & @thetransmitter.bsky.social for including me in this discussion of why individual differences matter. My work & others show that tracking individual behavior can reveal circuits & mechanisms that group averages miss #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-behav...
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-behav...
Escaping groupthink: What animals’ behavioral quirks reveal about the brain
Neuroscientists have long ignored the variability in animals’ behavioral responses in favor of studying differences across groups. But work on the brain differences that underlie that variability is…
www.thetransmitter.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thanks @avaskham.bsky.social & @thetransmitter.bsky.social for including me in this discussion of why individual differences matter. My work & others show that tracking individual behavior can reveal circuits & mechanisms that group averages miss #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-behav...
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-behav...
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Big news at Stellate! 🎉
🌟 Ariana White has been promoted to President after 5 incredible years leading with strategy, care & media expertise.
🌟 @baileycsarka.bsky.social is now Account Executive—a client-first problem solver with creative energy & sharp instincts.
Congratulations both!
🌟 Ariana White has been promoted to President after 5 incredible years leading with strategy, care & media expertise.
🌟 @baileycsarka.bsky.social is now Account Executive—a client-first problem solver with creative energy & sharp instincts.
Congratulations both!
August 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Big news at Stellate! 🎉
🌟 Ariana White has been promoted to President after 5 incredible years leading with strategy, care & media expertise.
🌟 @baileycsarka.bsky.social is now Account Executive—a client-first problem solver with creative energy & sharp instincts.
Congratulations both!
🌟 Ariana White has been promoted to President after 5 incredible years leading with strategy, care & media expertise.
🌟 @baileycsarka.bsky.social is now Account Executive—a client-first problem solver with creative energy & sharp instincts.
Congratulations both!
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
We’ve been dipping our toes into cool new waters lately 🌊 Check out our latest website launch for the Bridge Lab @msunatsci.bsky.social: bridgelabresearch.org
@stellatecomms.bsky.social supports science in all spaces & ecosystems! Stay tuned for more unexpected work from the Stellate team... 🐸🐜
@stellatecomms.bsky.social supports science in all spaces & ecosystems! Stay tuned for more unexpected work from the Stellate team... 🐸🐜
Bridge Lab
The Bridge lab at Michigan State University works to to advance inclusive and equity-focused solutions for broad-scale environmental challenges
bridgelabresearch.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We’ve been dipping our toes into cool new waters lately 🌊 Check out our latest website launch for the Bridge Lab @msunatsci.bsky.social: bridgelabresearch.org
@stellatecomms.bsky.social supports science in all spaces & ecosystems! Stay tuned for more unexpected work from the Stellate team... 🐸🐜
@stellatecomms.bsky.social supports science in all spaces & ecosystems! Stay tuned for more unexpected work from the Stellate team... 🐸🐜
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Science orgs & nonprofits: join us for a FREE webinar on revamping your website. We’ll cover:
✔️ Signs it’s time to redesign
✔️ How great design drives funding + engagement
✔️ Tips for translating science online
Design isn't just pretty, it's impactful! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
✔️ Signs it’s time to redesign
✔️ How great design drives funding + engagement
✔️ Tips for translating science online
Design isn't just pretty, it's impactful! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science orgs & nonprofits: join us for a FREE webinar on revamping your website. We’ll cover:
✔️ Signs it’s time to redesign
✔️ How great design drives funding + engagement
✔️ Tips for translating science online
Design isn't just pretty, it's impactful! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
✔️ Signs it’s time to redesign
✔️ How great design drives funding + engagement
✔️ Tips for translating science online
Design isn't just pretty, it's impactful! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope!
Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
(1/10)
Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
(1/10)
July 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope!
Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
(1/10)
Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
(1/10)
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Wildlife populations have declined by 73% since 1970—up from 69% in 2022, according to @worldwildlife.org.
At ESP, we believe every species has a voice. This #WorldBiodiversityDay, we invite you to reflect on why listening matters now more than ever.
Learn more:
livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/
At ESP, we believe every species has a voice. This #WorldBiodiversityDay, we invite you to reflect on why listening matters now more than ever.
Learn more:
livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/
May 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Wildlife populations have declined by 73% since 1970—up from 69% in 2022, according to @worldwildlife.org.
At ESP, we believe every species has a voice. This #WorldBiodiversityDay, we invite you to reflect on why listening matters now more than ever.
Learn more:
livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/
At ESP, we believe every species has a voice. This #WorldBiodiversityDay, we invite you to reflect on why listening matters now more than ever.
Learn more:
livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
📢 We've open-sourced NatureLM-audio, the first audio-language foundation model for #bioacoustics.
Trained on large-scale animal vocalization, human speech & music datasets, the model enables zero-shot classification, detection & querying across diverse species & environments 👇🏽
Trained on large-scale animal vocalization, human speech & music datasets, the model enables zero-shot classification, detection & querying across diverse species & environments 👇🏽
April 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📢 We've open-sourced NatureLM-audio, the first audio-language foundation model for #bioacoustics.
Trained on large-scale animal vocalization, human speech & music datasets, the model enables zero-shot classification, detection & querying across diverse species & environments 👇🏽
Trained on large-scale animal vocalization, human speech & music datasets, the model enables zero-shot classification, detection & querying across diverse species & environments 👇🏽
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
The Cai Lab is at @mpfneuro.bsky.social's Emerging Neurotechnology course this week, running a #Miniscope workshop. The course kicked off Monday with an AMAZING keynote by Nobel Laureate @stefanhelllabs.bsky.social.
Looking forward to the rest of the week’s activities! 🤓 #Neuroskyence
Looking forward to the rest of the week’s activities! 🤓 #Neuroskyence
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Cai Lab is at @mpfneuro.bsky.social's Emerging Neurotechnology course this week, running a #Miniscope workshop. The course kicked off Monday with an AMAZING keynote by Nobel Laureate @stefanhelllabs.bsky.social.
Looking forward to the rest of the week’s activities! 🤓 #Neuroskyence
Looking forward to the rest of the week’s activities! 🤓 #Neuroskyence
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Cultivating interdisciplinary research is more important than ever. The Dunn Lab at #Purdue is hiring:
▶️ Program Director
▶️ Data Analysts
▶️ Post Docs
Make the #NextGiantLeap with us at the forefront of mental health research!
Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/885xpkec
#SciJobs #neurojobs #HiSciSky
▶️ Program Director
▶️ Data Analysts
▶️ Post Docs
Make the #NextGiantLeap with us at the forefront of mental health research!
Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/885xpkec
#SciJobs #neurojobs #HiSciSky
April 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Cultivating interdisciplinary research is more important than ever. The Dunn Lab at #Purdue is hiring:
▶️ Program Director
▶️ Data Analysts
▶️ Post Docs
Make the #NextGiantLeap with us at the forefront of mental health research!
Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/885xpkec
#SciJobs #neurojobs #HiSciSky
▶️ Program Director
▶️ Data Analysts
▶️ Post Docs
Make the #NextGiantLeap with us at the forefront of mental health research!
Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/885xpkec
#SciJobs #neurojobs #HiSciSky
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Going deep on the neuromodulatory potential of meditation 🧘 🧠
Thanks to @averyhurt.bsky.social at @discovermag.bsky.social for discussing how neural activity and brain states can be willfully modulated through #meditation.
Read more: www.discovermagazine.com/mind/meditat...
Thanks to @averyhurt.bsky.social at @discovermag.bsky.social for discussing how neural activity and brain states can be willfully modulated through #meditation.
Read more: www.discovermagazine.com/mind/meditat...
From reducing anxiety to possibly slowing dementia, learn more about the benefits meditating has on your brain.
Meditation Changes Your Brain Structure in a Good Way
From reducing anxiety to possibly slowing dementia, learn more about the benefits meditating has on your brain.
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Going deep on the neuromodulatory potential of meditation 🧘 🧠
Thanks to @averyhurt.bsky.social at @discovermag.bsky.social for discussing how neural activity and brain states can be willfully modulated through #meditation.
Read more: www.discovermagazine.com/mind/meditat...
Thanks to @averyhurt.bsky.social at @discovermag.bsky.social for discussing how neural activity and brain states can be willfully modulated through #meditation.
Read more: www.discovermagazine.com/mind/meditat...
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
🎉 Very excited to announce that The Dunn Lab website has a fresh new look to match our new home at #PurdueUniversity!
Explore our research on preventing depression, meet our growing team & discover opportunities to join us at www.thedunnlab.com 🧬
#neurojobs #academicsky #publichealth #epigenetics
Explore our research on preventing depression, meet our growing team & discover opportunities to join us at www.thedunnlab.com 🧬
#neurojobs #academicsky #publichealth #epigenetics
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🎉 Very excited to announce that The Dunn Lab website has a fresh new look to match our new home at #PurdueUniversity!
Explore our research on preventing depression, meet our growing team & discover opportunities to join us at www.thedunnlab.com 🧬
#neurojobs #academicsky #publichealth #epigenetics
Explore our research on preventing depression, meet our growing team & discover opportunities to join us at www.thedunnlab.com 🧬
#neurojobs #academicsky #publichealth #epigenetics
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
We’re thrilled to announce that Lily Campbell is now an equity-holding partner at Stellate!
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
March 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that Lily Campbell is now an equity-holding partner at Stellate!
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Almost nothing surprises these days, but recent work from @baileycsarka.bsky.social made me audibly gasp 🫢
She launched @stellatecomms.bsky.social's newsletter last month and I wasn’t expecting much knowing a VERY GOOD one has a ~35% open rate...
🔥 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟳𝟬% 🔥
GO BAILEY!!
She launched @stellatecomms.bsky.social's newsletter last month and I wasn’t expecting much knowing a VERY GOOD one has a ~35% open rate...
🔥 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟳𝟬% 🔥
GO BAILEY!!
January 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Almost nothing surprises these days, but recent work from @baileycsarka.bsky.social made me audibly gasp 🫢
She launched @stellatecomms.bsky.social's newsletter last month and I wasn’t expecting much knowing a VERY GOOD one has a ~35% open rate...
🔥 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟳𝟬% 🔥
GO BAILEY!!
She launched @stellatecomms.bsky.social's newsletter last month and I wasn’t expecting much knowing a VERY GOOD one has a ~35% open rate...
🔥 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟳𝟬% 🔥
GO BAILEY!!
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
We are so excited to share the news…! I mean, NEWSLETTER! Launching this month, we will be sharing some ✨pro-tips✨ on how to elevate your science, lab or organization, writing and grantsmanship, branding and positioning, and MUCH MORE!
Sign up below! 👇
stellatecomms.kit.com/newslettersignup
Sign up below! 👇
stellatecomms.kit.com/newslettersignup
December 11, 2024 at 3:57 PM
We are so excited to share the news…! I mean, NEWSLETTER! Launching this month, we will be sharing some ✨pro-tips✨ on how to elevate your science, lab or organization, writing and grantsmanship, branding and positioning, and MUCH MORE!
Sign up below! 👇
stellatecomms.kit.com/newslettersignup
Sign up below! 👇
stellatecomms.kit.com/newslettersignup
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Thank you to NIH Director Dr. Bertagnolli for sharing our recent work in her latest blog post! I’m so proud of the team and first author @joezaki.bsky.social for all their hard work on these exciting new findings examining stress & memory-linking 🧠
Read here 👇
directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/12/05/s...
Read here 👇
directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/12/05/s...
Study Suggests New Experiences Can Refresh Memories of Past Events, with Implications for Understanding PTSD
Your memories of life experiences are encoded in collections of neurons in the brain that were active at the time the event took place. Later, those same patterns of neural activity are replayed in…
directorsblog.nih.gov
December 5, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Thank you to NIH Director Dr. Bertagnolli for sharing our recent work in her latest blog post! I’m so proud of the team and first author @joezaki.bsky.social for all their hard work on these exciting new findings examining stress & memory-linking 🧠
Read here 👇
directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/12/05/s...
Read here 👇
directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/12/05/s...
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
Honored to be featured alongside @sjo09.bsky.social in a recent article from The Transmitter! We love studying #memory stability & flexibility and how #stress can modify these processes! 🧠
Thank you for writing a lovely piece highlighting my lab’s work, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social!
Thank you for writing a lovely piece highlighting my lab’s work, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social!
Expanding the bounds of a fear memory or linking it to a neutral memory can shape a mouse’s fear response, two new studies show.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/stres...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/stres...
Stress warps fear memories in multiple ways
Expanding the bounds of a fear memory or linking it to a neutral memory can shape a mouse’s fear response, two new studies show.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Honored to be featured alongside @sjo09.bsky.social in a recent article from The Transmitter! We love studying #memory stability & flexibility and how #stress can modify these processes! 🧠
Thank you for writing a lovely piece highlighting my lab’s work, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social!
Thank you for writing a lovely piece highlighting my lab’s work, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social!
Reposted by Bailey C. Sarka, PhD
🌟 Cai Lab Nature (@natureportfolio.bsky.social) paper alert! In work led by Joe Zaki, we find that rest periods after learning not only stabilize new memories BUT ALSO integrate new memories with older ones from days past! (1/10)
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
🌟 Cai Lab Nature (@natureportfolio.bsky.social) paper alert! In work led by Joe Zaki, we find that rest periods after learning not only stabilize new memories BUT ALSO integrate new memories with older ones from days past! (1/10)
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...