Janine Kwapis (she/her)
@j9kwapis.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Penn State studying the molecular biology of learning & memory. Lover of dogs, books, and nail polish.
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The PSU Biology Dept is hiring a tenure-track Neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Prof). We are open to a broad range of scientific questions. Join us! Apply here:
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Neurobiology Tenure Track Faculty Position
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The PSU Biology Dept is hiring a tenure-track Neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Prof). We are open to a broad range of scientific questions. Join us! Apply here:
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Officially promoted with tenure! Grateful for my mentors and my wonderful lab through the years, from the first day in lab with Kasuni in 2019 to today with my current crew (missing a few) in our new lab space. Today is the best day. :)
May 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Officially promoted with tenure! Grateful for my mentors and my wonderful lab through the years, from the first day in lab with Kasuni in 2019 to today with my current crew (missing a few) in our new lab space. Today is the best day. :)
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We’re collecting the best, weirdest, and most memorable field and labwork stories from across the department to feature on our social media—and we want your story!
👉 Share your story here:
shorturl.at/Goy0p
Let’s celebrate the wild side of biology—🧪🐍🌿🧫 and the people who make it happen.
👉 Share your story here:
shorturl.at/Goy0p
Let’s celebrate the wild side of biology—🧪🐍🌿🧫 and the people who make it happen.
shorturl.at
April 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We’re collecting the best, weirdest, and most memorable field and labwork stories from across the department to feature on our social media—and we want your story!
👉 Share your story here:
shorturl.at/Goy0p
Let’s celebrate the wild side of biology—🧪🐍🌿🧫 and the people who make it happen.
👉 Share your story here:
shorturl.at/Goy0p
Let’s celebrate the wild side of biology—🧪🐍🌿🧫 and the people who make it happen.
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Art and conservation in this special Earth Day event! Featuring Penn State Biology faculty:
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grist.org/looking-forw...
Meet the DJs spinning Earth Day into nightlife
At Earth "Night" celebrations, you can dance, vibe, and get involved with local climate action.
grist.org
April 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Art and conservation in this special Earth Day event! Featuring Penn State Biology faculty:
grist.org/looking-forw...
grist.org/looking-forw...
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I am absolutely thrilled to get to introduce @sicheravery.bsky.social as Dr. Sicher! Avery had a packed house for her defense today, which just goes to show the immense impact she's had both on Penn State science and our community.
February 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to get to introduce @sicheravery.bsky.social as Dr. Sicher! Avery had a packed house for her defense today, which just goes to show the immense impact she's had both on Penn State science and our community.
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delighted to share our work revealing a new type of excitatory hippocampal neuron we call the "ovoid cell", which has really exquisite properties relative to adjacent pyramidal cells! superb work of first-author @adriennekinman.bsky.social and many others in the lab
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Atypical hippocampal excitatory neurons express and govern object memory - Nature Communications
Pyramidal cells are classically thought to comprise the excitatory output of the subiculum. Here, the authors show the existence of “ovoid cells”, excitatory subiculum neurons with specialized gene ex...
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
delighted to share our work revealing a new type of excitatory hippocampal neuron we call the "ovoid cell", which has really exquisite properties relative to adjacent pyramidal cells! superb work of first-author @adriennekinman.bsky.social and many others in the lab
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
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Come join us for an exciting Park City Learning and memory meeting in Jan 2024! Check out the awesome line up
parkcitywinterconf.org
parkcitywinterconf.org
October 11, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Come join us for an exciting Park City Learning and memory meeting in Jan 2024! Check out the awesome line up
parkcitywinterconf.org
parkcitywinterconf.org
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Who’s headed to @SfNtweets this year? I will be there and will be a part of Saturday night’s Career Development Topics networking event!
Anyone want to learn more about NIH review - hmu! Current specialty is Fellowship review but I’ve run the RPG panels too ☺️
Anyone want to learn more about NIH review - hmu! Current specialty is Fellowship review but I’ve run the RPG panels too ☺️
October 5, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Who’s headed to @SfNtweets this year? I will be there and will be a part of Saturday night’s Career Development Topics networking event!
Anyone want to learn more about NIH review - hmu! Current specialty is Fellowship review but I’ve run the RPG panels too ☺️
Anyone want to learn more about NIH review - hmu! Current specialty is Fellowship review but I’ve run the RPG panels too ☺️