Dr. Nikki Crowley
@nicoleacrowley.bsky.social
Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute - University Park; Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology and Neural Engineering, Departments of Biology & Biomedical Engineering.
Would you believe sweet little Alice is apparently a 💯 trash talker
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Would you believe sweet little Alice is apparently a 💯 trash talker
Key contributions to lab meeting
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Key contributions to lab meeting
🧠 + 🎃 + 👻 + 🔬 = 📽️
Behind-the-scenes of Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Associate Director Patrick Drew & me filming some spooky season neuroscience videos for Penn State. We got to nerd out on frightening brain facts and old experiment. Can you tell my lab had fun decorating 😂
Behind-the-scenes of Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Associate Director Patrick Drew & me filming some spooky season neuroscience videos for Penn State. We got to nerd out on frightening brain facts and old experiment. Can you tell my lab had fun decorating 😂
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🧠 + 🎃 + 👻 + 🔬 = 📽️
Behind-the-scenes of Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Associate Director Patrick Drew & me filming some spooky season neuroscience videos for Penn State. We got to nerd out on frightening brain facts and old experiment. Can you tell my lab had fun decorating 😂
Behind-the-scenes of Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Associate Director Patrick Drew & me filming some spooky season neuroscience videos for Penn State. We got to nerd out on frightening brain facts and old experiment. Can you tell my lab had fun decorating 😂
Hands down one of the best lectures I’ve seen in YEARS and looking forward to take 2 tomorrow!
& my Alice was thrilled to learn you dedicated your lecture to her and her namesake book* (*some exaggerations at the dinner table occurred)
& my Alice was thrilled to learn you dedicated your lecture to her and her namesake book* (*some exaggerations at the dinner table occurred)
October 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Hands down one of the best lectures I’ve seen in YEARS and looking forward to take 2 tomorrow!
& my Alice was thrilled to learn you dedicated your lecture to her and her namesake book* (*some exaggerations at the dinner table occurred)
& my Alice was thrilled to learn you dedicated your lecture to her and her namesake book* (*some exaggerations at the dinner table occurred)
Homecoming, Eberly College of Science style #WeAre @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Homecoming, Eberly College of Science style #WeAre @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
Probably my one and only time with a game view like this!
September 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Probably my one and only time with a game view like this!
kindergarten and 5th! work friends are in for a real treat as Alice has planned a week of matching dresses to celebrate 😂
August 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
kindergarten and 5th! work friends are in for a real treat as Alice has planned a week of matching dresses to celebrate 😂
Still on vacay mode 😎
August 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Still on vacay mode 😎
Hosting the Big10 neuroscience annual meeting at Penn State was an absolute blast, but also exhausting and I missed my family. Reunited yesterday 🥰
July 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hosting the Big10 neuroscience annual meeting at Penn State was an absolute blast, but also exhausting and I missed my family. Reunited yesterday 🥰
When grandma takes the babies to…. Falconry lessons
July 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When grandma takes the babies to…. Falconry lessons
Crowley 4th of July
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Crowley 4th of July
Used a slip & slide with the kiddos today and have never been more confident I was going to completely lose a knee. Also Alice on campus Friday.
June 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Used a slip & slide with the kiddos today and have never been more confident I was going to completely lose a knee. Also Alice on campus Friday.
Zero concern for the potential that his mom would be eaten
June 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Zero concern for the potential that his mom would be eaten
Plus alligators
June 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Plus alligators
How could you not fall in love with Louisiana
June 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How could you not fall in love with Louisiana
Crowley lab is at RSA! Great talk by Julio Flores Cuadra (neuroscience PhD candidate and American Heart Association predoctoral fellow) on EtOH, SST, and sleep. Plus - find Harrison and tell him how you know me! #RSA2025
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Crowley lab is at RSA! Great talk by Julio Flores Cuadra (neuroscience PhD candidate and American Heart Association predoctoral fellow) on EtOH, SST, and sleep. Plus - find Harrison and tell him how you know me! #RSA2025
We are really excited to receive a new grant from The W.M. Keck Foundation with our usual partners-in-crime Nanyin Zhang and Patrick Drew. Stay tuned for more info on this one - it is probably the most creative and philosophical grant I've ever gotten to write. It's goin to be a dream to study.
June 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are really excited to receive a new grant from The W.M. Keck Foundation with our usual partners-in-crime Nanyin Zhang and Patrick Drew. Stay tuned for more info on this one - it is probably the most creative and philosophical grant I've ever gotten to write. It's goin to be a dream to study.
These images by @sicheravery.bsky.social 😍😍😍😍
June 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
These images by @sicheravery.bsky.social 😍😍😍😍
We now have a bunny spotting slack thread
June 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We now have a bunny spotting slack thread
Check out the June issue of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute Newsletter - full of great science and announcing our Big10 student art competition!!
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June 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Check out the June issue of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute Newsletter - full of great science and announcing our Big10 student art competition!!
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The 48 hour peony blooming window has begun
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The 48 hour peony blooming window has begun
It’s a difficult time in science, so we are particularly humble and grateful to receive a new R01 from NIAAA/NIH on adolescent binge drinking with Nanyin Zhang. We have the lofty goal of investigating alcohol’s effects with biological depth and to translatable imaging datasets bridge in humans.
May 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It’s a difficult time in science, so we are particularly humble and grateful to receive a new R01 from NIAAA/NIH on adolescent binge drinking with Nanyin Zhang. We have the lofty goal of investigating alcohol’s effects with biological depth and to translatable imaging datasets bridge in humans.
Have work friends that hear your voice then come around the corner with coffee for you. Thanks @gorensipe.bsky.social!!!
May 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Have work friends that hear your voice then come around the corner with coffee for you. Thanks @gorensipe.bsky.social!!!
Penn State is hosting the Big10 Neuroscience Annual Meeting this year - join us! we will accept late trainee abstracts through June. learn more, including how to register, here:
www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-a...
www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-a...
May 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Penn State is hosting the Big10 Neuroscience Annual Meeting this year - join us! we will accept late trainee abstracts through June. learn more, including how to register, here:
www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-a...
www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-a...
In the past two weeks I’ve gotten to see Crowley Lab member @seemiller.bsky.social give TWO amazing talks - first at the Penn State CMIND retreat, and today at the Developmental Exposure to Alcohol Research Center retreat. Thanks to the DEARC for having us up!
May 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In the past two weeks I’ve gotten to see Crowley Lab member @seemiller.bsky.social give TWO amazing talks - first at the Penn State CMIND retreat, and today at the Developmental Exposure to Alcohol Research Center retreat. Thanks to the DEARC for having us up!