Jenesis K., PhD

Is punk academia a thing yet? New headshots in anticipation of my upcoming defense. At least I don’t look nervous in this photo. #BlackinNeuro #womeninSTEM #FutureNeurobiologist

Excited about our new paper with the amazing @NeuroTejeda and colleagues showing that motivation and reinforcement can be dissociated based on #dopamine receptors: D3 drives motivation and D1 regulates reinforcement! @NatureNeuro @PittPsychiatry @NIMHgov rdcu.be/d3jjD

Grateful to be a part of this work!

Repping @NeuroatPitt at @ABRCMS It was an absolute privilege to serve as a poster judge, learning about the impressive work these undergraduate students are doing - the future is in good hands #ABRCMS2024

Tailored towards undergraduate students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research, please share with any students who may be interested. Apps due 2/1/25. bumc.bu.edu/gms/students/d…

Applications are now open for the Summer Training as Research Scholars Summer 2025 program at @BU_Tweets - I cannot recommend this program enough; it’s a great way to get exposure to different areas of research, network, and learn about future PhD and MD career paths!

Know an undergraduate who wants to pursue a  neuroscience PhD? @WUSTL_ENDURE empowers participants in their path to graduate school and beyond. Includes $7000 per summer, travel, housing, two scientific meetings/year. Applications due by Feb. 3, 2025. endure.wustl.edu/apply/

Temporal dynamics of nucleus accumbens neurons in male mice during reward seeking Inhibiting D1-neurons at −5 sec or D2-neurons at −2.5 sec, but not at other timepoints, reduced sucrose-motivated lever-pressing nature.com/articles/s4146…

@Pandey_Udaibhan @zfreyberg Thank you so much!

So incredibly proud of the new Dr. @Neuro_Jenesis! What an amazing PhD defense and with many exciting things to come!

Could not have asked for a better mentor and lab group during my graduate school career. The Freyberg lab is equally kind as they are intelligent - working together & doing science is easy when you have a team like this. I am forever grateful for the support and the friendship.

Yeah, I really leaned into the Halloween-time defense with these grad photos. Introducing Dr. Jen K., PhD. Neurobiologist and forever anything spooky enthusiast.

We have a new paper out demonstrating that IL-33 acts on monocyte-derived macrophages to reduce BBB disruption after ischemic stroke! jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Our lab is hiring at all levels. Currently have postings up for entry level, more senior, and postdoc positions. Please reach out if interested! careers.upmc.com/job/21068977/r… careers.upmc.com/job/21069047/r… cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

@wickedneuro Thank you!!

Is punk academia a thing yet? New headshots in anticipation of my upcoming defense. At least I don’t look nervous in this photo. #BlackinNeuro #womeninSTEM #FutureNeurobiologist

Current Biology Striosomes control dopamine via dual pathways paralleling canonical basal ganglia circuits cell.com/current-biolog…

New Research: GABAergic dysfunction in postmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: implications for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and affective disorders frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #CellularNeuroscience

Exciting news! 🎉 Our lab's first official paper is now published in Translational Psychiatry! 🚀 Huge thanks to our collaborators and @SinaiBrain for the support. Stay tuned for more from our team soon. rdcu.be/dWWPr #Neuroscience #Transcriptomics #AlcoholResearch

A comparison of microglial morphological complexity analysis in adult mouse brain samples using 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Our paper with @MaryPhillips23 @anacandreazza and @McClungColleen is officially out! We discuss bioenergetic mechanisms for the ketogenic diet’s therapeutic effects in #Bipolar Disorder. Grateful to @janellison @BaszuckiGroup for support. @PittPsychiatry authors.elsevier.com/a/1juwB_tl-C6y…

EXCITING research by Bill Janssen TODAY at #SfN24! Grab a coffee☕️ & learn about the great collaboration btwn @DaniBeckman, A Sowa, John Morrison, et al. on #AlzheimersDisease. GREAT OPPORTUNITY to see AMAZING #ArtoftheBrain! #FBIatSfN @SfNtweets 👉abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p…