J. David Jentsch 🏳️🌈
@jdavidjentsch.bsky.social
From first-generation college student to Distinguished Professor, studying impulsivity and its relationship to addictions
Posts are my individual opinions and do not reflect my professional roles or responsibilities
Posts are my individual opinions and do not reflect my professional roles or responsibilities
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I was wondering what bluesky is lacking in, and then it occurred to me: pics of the Jentsch dogs!
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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We are thrilled to announce that the preliminary program for the 2026 GRC on the Frontal Cortex is now live!
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
Registration is now open for both the GRC and our GRS, chaired by @albitc.bsky.social and @jorge-miranda.bsky.social!
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
Registration is now open for both the GRC and our GRS, chaired by @albitc.bsky.social and @jorge-miranda.bsky.social!
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We are thrilled to announce that the preliminary program for the 2026 GRC on the Frontal Cortex is now live!
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
Registration is now open for both the GRC and our GRS, chaired by @albitc.bsky.social and @jorge-miranda.bsky.social!
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
Registration is now open for both the GRC and our GRS, chaired by @albitc.bsky.social and @jorge-miranda.bsky.social!
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Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
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Here is the breakdown of all new F awards by institute (FY2025 versus FY2024)
NIAAA: 16 (FY2025) vs. 50 (FY2024)
NIA: 29 vs 118
NIAID: 151 vs 231
NIAMS: 25 vs 30
NCCIH: 12 vs 7
NCI: 167 vs 167
NIDA: 58 vs 63
NIDCD: 39 vs 64
NIDCR: 12 vs 37
NIDDK: 76 vs 108
NIBIB: 2 vs 3
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NIAAA: 16 (FY2025) vs. 50 (FY2024)
NIA: 29 vs 118
NIAID: 151 vs 231
NIAMS: 25 vs 30
NCCIH: 12 vs 7
NCI: 167 vs 167
NIDA: 58 vs 63
NIDCD: 39 vs 64
NIDCR: 12 vs 37
NIDDK: 76 vs 108
NIBIB: 2 vs 3
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October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Here is the breakdown of all new F awards by institute (FY2025 versus FY2024)
NIAAA: 16 (FY2025) vs. 50 (FY2024)
NIA: 29 vs 118
NIAID: 151 vs 231
NIAMS: 25 vs 30
NCCIH: 12 vs 7
NCI: 167 vs 167
NIDA: 58 vs 63
NIDCD: 39 vs 64
NIDCR: 12 vs 37
NIDDK: 76 vs 108
NIBIB: 2 vs 3
2/3
NIAAA: 16 (FY2025) vs. 50 (FY2024)
NIA: 29 vs 118
NIAID: 151 vs 231
NIAMS: 25 vs 30
NCCIH: 12 vs 7
NCI: 167 vs 167
NIDA: 58 vs 63
NIDCD: 39 vs 64
NIDCR: 12 vs 37
NIDDK: 76 vs 108
NIBIB: 2 vs 3
2/3
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A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards
Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
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Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
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a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .
ALT: a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards
Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
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Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
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The willingness of a University to capitulate to partisan criticism is sad and self-defeating. Universities like Texas A&M wlll suffer from situations like this...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job
At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.
www.chronicle.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The willingness of a University to capitulate to partisan criticism is sad and self-defeating. Universities like Texas A&M wlll suffer from situations like this...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Assistant Professor opening in behavioral neuroscience at the University of Albany (SUNY). Join an outstanding department in one of the nation's greatest university systems.
#neurojobs
albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
#neurojobs
albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Assistant Professor opening in behavioral neuroscience at the University of Albany (SUNY). Join an outstanding department in one of the nation's greatest university systems.
#neurojobs
albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
#neurojobs
albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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The court’s three liberal justices – Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissented from the decision and apparently are the only ones upholding the Constitution and protecting the power of Congress.
Congress would do well to recognize this.
Congress would do well to recognize this.
The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress. https://cnn.it/42JxQ2o
September 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The court’s three liberal justices – Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissented from the decision and apparently are the only ones upholding the Constitution and protecting the power of Congress.
Congress would do well to recognize this.
Congress would do well to recognize this.
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NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.
I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
New position: Research assistant in the Manzano Lab at Binghamton... early life development, reward seeking and inhibition and single neuron imaging in behaving mice... please repost!
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
binghamton.interviewexchange.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New position: Research assistant in the Manzano Lab at Binghamton... early life development, reward seeking and inhibition and single neuron imaging in behaving mice... please repost!
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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a lot of our trainees are thinking about going abroad for GS (who can blame them) but they're seeing that Masters Degrees are required for PhD programs? Can folks weight in on this?
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
a lot of our trainees are thinking about going abroad for GS (who can blame them) but they're seeing that Masters Degrees are required for PhD programs? Can folks weight in on this?
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Few much-needed reminders: 1️⃣Strive to give your best, recognizing that your best can change daily, and 2️⃣ don’t forget kindness to yourself. It isn’t selfish; it’s essential for success in every aspect of life. #Kindness
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Few much-needed reminders: 1️⃣Strive to give your best, recognizing that your best can change daily, and 2️⃣ don’t forget kindness to yourself. It isn’t selfish; it’s essential for success in every aspect of life. #Kindness
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I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.
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August 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.
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As the chair of a large or complex department, many days start with disappointment that you haven't yet gotten to doing the big, special things that you aspire(d) to...
August 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As the chair of a large or complex department, many days start with disappointment that you haven't yet gotten to doing the big, special things that you aspire(d) to...
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Please share with trainees in the San Diego area! The International Society for Developmental Psychology @isdp.org will have a limited number of waivers available for local trainees (undergraduate, graduate, postbacc, and others) to attend the 2025 annual meeting! 🌴 Apply via QR code/link on flyer:
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Please share with trainees in the San Diego area! The International Society for Developmental Psychology @isdp.org will have a limited number of waivers available for local trainees (undergraduate, graduate, postbacc, and others) to attend the 2025 annual meeting! 🌴 Apply via QR code/link on flyer:
First day of classes for my third year as Chair. Let's go!
August 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
First day of classes for my third year as Chair. Let's go!
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ACNP is now accepting applications for new Associate Member, Member, and promotion to Fellow! The deadline: September 25th. Apply today! #ACNP Click tinyurl.com/ypa4mund for more information.
August 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ACNP is now accepting applications for new Associate Member, Member, and promotion to Fellow! The deadline: September 25th. Apply today! #ACNP Click tinyurl.com/ypa4mund for more information.
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Let’s talk @storiesofwin.bsky.social. I’m flattered to be among their profiles (coming soon) & I want to elevate the team behind this terrific effort. /1
www.storiesofwin.org
www.storiesofwin.org
Stories of WiN
www.storiesofwin.org
August 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Let’s talk @storiesofwin.bsky.social. I’m flattered to be among their profiles (coming soon) & I want to elevate the team behind this terrific effort. /1
www.storiesofwin.org
www.storiesofwin.org
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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URM faculty received 7% more negative votes & were 44% less likely to receive unanimous votes from P&T committees -evidence that P&T decision-making processes contribute to the sustained underrepresentation of URM faculty in tenured faculty positions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions - Nature Human Behaviour
Masters-Waage et al. report that underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in the USA face barriers in the promotion and tenure process, receiving more negative votes and fewer unanimous positive decisi...
www.nature.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
URM faculty received 7% more negative votes & were 44% less likely to receive unanimous votes from P&T committees -evidence that P&T decision-making processes contribute to the sustained underrepresentation of URM faculty in tenured faculty positions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"..NIH remains dedicated to fostering open, competitive, and accountable science and supporting investigators as they pursue innovative, and sometimes controversial, questions grounded in rigorous methodology.".....unless you're study anything related to trans people....then you can just fuck off.
Advancing NIH’s Mission Through a Unified Strategy
NIH is moving toward a unified strategy that aligns our priorities and funding approaches to fulfill this commitment.
www.nih.gov
August 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"..NIH remains dedicated to fostering open, competitive, and accountable science and supporting investigators as they pursue innovative, and sometimes controversial, questions grounded in rigorous methodology.".....unless you're study anything related to trans people....then you can just fuck off.
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Thrilled to share a new systematic review where we examined sex differences in the acute cognitive effects of cannabis in humans
Overall, not much evidence of sex diffs (6/29 studies, 8/216 variables found sex diffs)
BUT...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Overall, not much evidence of sex diffs (6/29 studies, 8/216 variables found sex diffs)
BUT...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sex differences in the acute effects of cannabis on human cognition: A systematic review
Acute cannabis exposure can transiently impair cognitive performance, increasing the risk of accidental injury and potentially disrupting activities o…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Thrilled to share a new systematic review where we examined sex differences in the acute cognitive effects of cannabis in humans
Overall, not much evidence of sex diffs (6/29 studies, 8/216 variables found sex diffs)
BUT...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Overall, not much evidence of sex diffs (6/29 studies, 8/216 variables found sex diffs)
BUT...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...