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Natalie Zlebnik

@nzlebnik.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @ Univ California - Riverside School of Med. Neurobiology of addiction and motivated behavior.

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Prospects of GLP-1 Therapies for Addiction and Mental Health Comorbidities-Quo Vadis?: A Review - PubMed The rationale for studying GLP-1 therapies for ASUDs is supported by preclinical and observational clinical evidence. RCTs are emerging and critically needed at this juncture to determine the safety and efficacy of GLP-1 therapies in people with ASUDs. Pending results from RCTs, GLP-1 therapies have …

Timely review on GLP-1-based therapies for addiction treatment from Mehdi Farokhnia and Lorenzo Leggio

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41563749/

18.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.29.702500v1

02.02.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Awesome work! Congratulations!

02.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So grateful to share the "first" preprint from the lab. Long overdue but I am very happy about the work which has been done in my team.
We explored how the consumption of different obesogenic diets during adolescence was having long-term impact impact goal-directed and habitual behaviours. A thread

02.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biomedical Sciences - Ladder Rank Associate or Full Professor (Tenure) University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

New tenured faculty position open here at University of California, Riverside School of medicine! Please share and feel free to reach out with questions! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02207
#academicsky #PhDchat

05.01.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LAST DAY TO APPLY!

βœ… Amazing opportunity
βœ… $200 honorarium
βœ… Great exposure
βœ… ✨ prestige ✨

Why WOULDN’T you apply? πŸ₯ΈπŸ€‘

(Only if you’re not a postdoc in Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ or not a Canadian 🍁postdoc abroad… then don’t apply. Sorry.)

28.11.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

10.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“… TOMORROW!
Register for the seminar and come out to support your fellow postdocs! @cns-pds.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social #postdocs #seminar

01.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

30.09.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Excited to share this new work from the lab, in collaboration with @jtuscher.bsky.social & Rob Sorge! Here, we used single cell transcriptional profiling to define molecular adaptations induced by chronic pain and opioid experience, which often occur in conjunction.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

23.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis

The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis.
#CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis
#SystemsBiology

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

19.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

🚨Our preprint is online!🚨

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How do #dopamine neurons perform the key calculations in reinforcement #learning?

Read on to find out more! 🧡

19.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4
Careers at Wesleyan We welcome your interest in Wesleyan’s diverse, energetic community of employees who, by their creativity, innovative thinking, and generosity of spirit, help make Wesleyan a great place to work. In t...

We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers

17.09.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 111 tenure-track positions and 13 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky πŸ§ͺβš—οΈ

02.09.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064 The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share!
@uofunuip.bsky.social

27.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041

20.08.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
@dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social

27.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Voluntary wheel-running reduces harmful drinking in a genetic risk model for drinking to intoxication Physical activity (PA) may provide an effective and equitable treatment option for addressing the harm associated with Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs). W…

Voluntary wheel-running reduces harmful drinking in a genetic risk model for drinking to intoxication #alcoholawareness #alcohol
@angelaozburn.bsky.social
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

07.08.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Flexible updating of reward and punishment contingencies by VTA GABA neurons In dynamic environments where stimuli predicting reward or punishment unexpectedly change, it is critical to flexibly update behavior while preserving…

New lab paper by @merridee.bsky.social identifying a novel role for VTA GABA neurons in behavioral flexibility

GABA, but not dopamine, neuron activation correlates with behavior when cues unexpectedly shift from predicting punishment to predicting reward www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

31.07.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Looking for a postdoc or staff scientist with brain slice electrophysiology experience. If you or someone you know is interested in, message me.

22.07.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absence of sex differences in serotonergic control of orbitofrontal cortex neuronal activity - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Absence of sex differences in serotonergic control of orbitofrontal cortex neuronal activity

5-HT-mediated depolarization of OFC PV neurons occurs via activation of 2A, not 2C, receptors. And 2A antagonism works similarly in males and females www.nature.com/articles/s41...

21.07.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Estrous cycle stage gates the effect of stress on reward learning Neuropsychopharmacology - Estrous cycle stage gates the effect of stress on reward learning

Ever wonder how stress and the estrous cycle affects reward learning? Well we have answers for you in our paper led by @askaneuroscientist.bsky.social published in
@npp-journal.bsky.social

And huge thanks to the NIH and NSF who supported this research.

16.07.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
Winter Conference on Brain Research January 24th to 29th 2026 Big Sky Montana!

Winter Conference on Brain Research January 24th to 29th 2026 Big Sky Montana!

Submissions for #WCBR2026 open today! Please go to www.winterbrain.org Big Sky is my absolute favorite venue for this meeting. The science is top notch, the people are great, the meaning is inclusive, and I learned to ski as a 35 year old! Please repost!

01.07.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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THIS WEEK! On Wed, May 7, The American Brain Coalition, AAN, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Dana Foundation, IEEE Brain, Simons Foundation, SfN & Kavli Foundation, in cooperation w/ the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus, invite you to a special briefing πŸ‘‰ RSVP: tinyurl.com/25zfk538

04.05.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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RSVP for Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing: Advancing Neuroscience for Americans - Breakthroughs in Addiction Research Enabled by the NIH BRAIN Initiative Event Timing: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 2:30-4:00pm ET Event Address: Congressional Meeting Room 268 - Capitol Visitors Center Snacks and refreshments will be provided

This congressional briefing will highlight intersection of the National Institute on Drug Abuse & BRAIN initiative, showcasing key accomplishments, research priorities & real-world applications transforming our understanding of brain function & #Addiction science for Americans. tinyurl.com/25zfk538

04.05.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cleveland-Cliffs lays off more than 1,200 workers as tariffs hit demand A number of North American steel manufacturers are struggling to deal with the impacts of the Trump administration’s trade policy.

finance.yahoo.com/news/clevela...

30.04.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cleveland-Cliffs lays off more than 1,200 workers as tariffs hit demand A number of North American steel manufacturers are struggling to deal with the impacts of the Trump administration’s trade policy.

finance.yahoo.com/news/clevela...

30.04.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great explainer of just how much trouble NIH-funded scientists are about to be in. 😨

28.04.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great coverage from Last Week Tonight. Pairs nicely with this insider account from an anonymous NIH official about how the agency is being blocked from doing science:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...

28.04.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 283    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Want an explanation for the destruction of health and medicine in our country that's completely understandable? Send this far and wide! Please share!! Accurate, simple, and comprehensive, John Oliver describes what's happening to NIH (+others) and medicine better than I can youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs

28.04.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0