LU Becker Lab

Jane Goodall had a remarkable ability to inspire us to connect with the natural wonders of our world, and her groundbreaking work on primates and the importance of conservation opened doors for generations of women in science. Michelle and I are thinking of all those who loved and admired her.

The NSF GRFP solicitation has been posted. Only first year graduate students are allowed to apply (and undergrads). What about all the second-year students who have been working hard on their applications for months!? And to give absolutely no notice or explanation is absurd!

OUTSTANDING article debunking the 'causal' link between Tylenol & autism. Refreshing to get an actual scientist & member of the National Academy of Medicine's perspective. Thank you! @theNAMedicine NAM nam.edu/news-and-insig…

More than 20 years after being born at @LGHealth Women & Babies Hospital, Haley Shaub, BSN ’25, and Grace Hooper, ASN ’25, have returned as a labor and delivery nurse and patient care assistant! 🩺❤️ Read the full story via @LancasterOnline: lancasteronline.com/news/health/at…

Making mistakes and failing are inevitable, especially in research. However, how you approach failing can impact your ultimate success. My latest blog post shares how becoming a professional ‘fail-er’ can prevent you from ‘fail-ure’: jenheemstra.com/resources/beco…

Thrilled to share our Hot Topics article just published @npp_journal : "Leveraging high-resolution brain imaging & (epi)genomic approaches to improve women’s mental health" rdcu.be/eCy6i Huge pleasure to work w/ @CognNeuroend on revolutionizing #WomensMentalHealth 🔥

Happy 106th Birthday, Sister Jean! Celebrate with us by reading her heartfelt message to the Loyola community: news.luc.edu/stories/news/a…

🚨‼️Applying to graduate school in #psychology? Check out our Google Drive with prerecorded workshops, example statements, email templates, and additional resources including @PsychinOut free mentorship program and information for international students! drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

Amazing school, location and colleagues!

Haverford College is hiring a neuroscientist! Please RT and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues! haverford.edu/provost/news/t…

I’ve tried to be objective & non-alarmist in response to current HHS actions – but quite frankly this move is going to cost lives. mRNA technology has uses that go far beyond vaccines… and the vaccine they helped develop in record time is credited with saving millions. 🤯

mRNA technology didn’t appear overnight. it is the result of DECADES of research - now driving some of the most promising advances in cancer, HIV, and rare disease. It is precise, fast, and adaptable - and yes - revolutionary. And it is now very much being dismantled.

Miami is hiring a neurobiologist! I am excited to welcome a new colleague to our neuroscience community. Please share! miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamioh-…

Study of 10 female and 10 male pilots using flight simulator finds despite having nearly identical visual attention patterns and flight experience, female pilots tend to make fewer flight control errors when stress levels increase. eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K. thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt-a…

To all undergraduate students of FUN members, the wait is almost over. The FUN undergraduate poster session abstract submission will go live Monday July 21st. See details at the FUN website. funfaculty.org/postersession

This map should be included in every history book... History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from it. And if it offends you, even better. Because then you are less likely to repeat it. It’s not yours for you to erase or destroy. ❤️

In Vancouver for ⁦@SBNTweets⁩ meeting! If you are here, don’t miss our panel on Sex & gender at 5 pm today Panelists: Marija Kundakovic, Art Arnold, Liisa Galea, Kristina Smiley, Jacques Balthazart Moderator: Kathleen Casto See you there! w/ ⁦@LiisaGalea⁩ #SBN2025

So-called objective metrics in academia disadvantage women. Letters of reference for women tend to have less stand-out adjectives. Women's papers are cited less, their grants are smaller on avg & their papers have a harder time getting past reviewers. livescience.com/human-behavior…