Real Vole Facts

@AnneZMurphy @lyoun03 I am sorry Anne. Deepest condolences.

It is with an unbelievably heavy heart that I write that my husband, best friend, and partner in crime for 20 years, Larry Young, passed away unexpectedly. I will share details regarding a memorial service once I know something. Please share with those who knew Larry @lyoun03

Join us in Atlanta for the 2024 World Congress of Neurohypophyseal Hormones (WCNH) for a premier oxytocin & vasopressin meeting May 16-19! Pls RT! The website wcnh2024.com will post details on the program and registration as they are available.

Recruiting undergrads, grad students, and postdocs for my new research lab @WesternU! Visit gustisonlab.org for more info. We study communication and social bonding.

Barbie is not the only thing evoking nostalgia. Our new article! We examine the neuroscience of “yearning” after losing a bonded partner. Dopamine receptor expression increases in motivation brain areas @erikamvitale @Genes2B @IBANGStweets #MicrotusMonday doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12…

Me: Prairie voles are socially monogamous despite promiscuity Relative: Should human relationships be open? Me: I just mean social and sexual drives differ Relative: All relationships are doomed Me: ... Me: "Vole" is a palindrome for "love" Relative: That's cute❤️#MicrotusMonday

#S4SN2023 will be held online on November 2nd and 3rd 2023 over three time zone sessions! ✨ You can now submit an abstract for a symposium here until October 2nd (so plenty of time!): s4sn.org/submit-abstract

Cool @NatureComms study by @LindsaySailer @alexophir! Activating the lateral septum in male prairie voles turns up the 'friend dial' with other males without losing bond to partner. Fascinating as bonded voles don’t usually make friends. 🤝#MicrotusMonday rdcu.be/dc8hA

Btw, he is graduating and will be going to NIH for a 1-yr postbac. However, look out for his graduate application this fall. He is a superstar researcher in the making. 🤩

Excellent presentation by our UG @jeffrey_Goff123 at the KU UG Biology Honors Symposium. 👏👏👏

Check your email, vole researchers! The next Vole Meeting has been scheduled! 🥳

#SfN22 is only made better when you get to experience it with this amazing group of trainees. #RockChalk

Hey #SfN2022!!! Come see work from @erikamvitale @kyle_gossman and @lina_nerio this morning. Posters NN13, OO7, and YY14

In the last 10 days, I have agreed to serve on a NIH special emphasis panel, review 7 manuscripts for various journals, and serve as a guest editor for a special issue. Good thing academics get paid so well for all this extra service.😳🫣😖 #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

@AcademicChatter Me (yesterday):🤞😁🤞(Submitting a new grant application) Me (today): (Realizing it will be 5-6 months before I hear any news about it)

Neural circuits regulating prosocial behaviors | Neuropsychopharmacology nature.com/articles/s4138…

What are oxytocin assays measuring? Great question! New work from @HammockNeuroLab, Dr. Sue Carter, and others explored epitope mapping and cross-reactivity of the Arbor Assays antibody. A must read for all of us that use this antibody/assay.🫣🫣🫣 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our commentary about @ricky_ortiz's work. How can graph data modeling provide any biologically relevant information about the brain? Read to find out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1fCD08jVtuzs… On a roll. Two tweets in a row...well, over a month ...okay one is a quoted tweet, but it counts.😅😅😅

Let's revive the #MicrotusMonday with this fMRI study that uses graph theory to identify the differences in the resting-state connectivity of brain networks between two populations of prairie voles. The cover art looks rad too!

This is what CRUSHING your dissertation defense looks like. Congrats Dr. Tickerhoof!!! 🥳🥳🥳@mariatickerhoof

My colleagues and the institutional support has been great too

Love to my family and students for helping me with this accomplishment