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Deadline is Monday! Apply for
This new policy fellowship from @cpddorg.bsky.social ! Excellent for any early career addiction researcher looking for policy experience! ⬇️

Deadline has been extended to October 6 for this NEW policy fellowship through the College on Problems of Drug Dependence @cpddorg.bsky.social and Americans for Medical Progress. GREAT opportunity for early career addiction researchers who are interested in science policy and advocacy! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

There is still time to apply for this fellowship opportunity from the College on Problems of Drug Dependance & Americans for Medical Progress! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @cpddorg.bsky.social

The Psychology Department at University of Texas at El Paso is hiring a tenure track assistant professor! Come be our colleague and experience over 300 sunny days a year! Application review starts October 24: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psychologyjobs #tenuretrackjobs

Incredibly excited for this fellowship to launch! If you’re an early career addiction researcher who is interested in advocacy, public policy and science communication, consider applying this year for the inaugural CPDD/AMP Animals in Research Public Policy Fellowship! ⬇️ @cpddorg.bsky.social

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CPDD light up sign at the annual meeting.

If you’re at #CPDD2025 I hope to see you tomorrow! I’ll be at the animals in research committee forum and I’m giving a talk on our recent work with morphine and high fat diets later in the day too! For more information: cpdd.societyconference.com/v2/

Eating a high fat/high carbohydrate diet enhances morphine tolerance, while eating a ketogenic diet mitigates morphine withdrawal in male rats Obesity is associated with greater prescription rates of pain-relieving drugs (i.e., opioids). However, it is not known if opioid sensitivity is alter…

Link to journal available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Eating a high fat/high carbohydrate diet enhances morphine tolerance, while eating a ketogenic diet mitigates morphine withdrawal in male rats - PubMed Obesity is associated with greater prescription rates of pain-relieving drugs (i.e., opioids). However, it is not known if opioid sensitivity is altered by diet, in particular with regard to fat and c...

Happy to share another new paper from our lab, published in the European Journal of Pharmacology! Congrats to first author (and newly minted PhD) Dr. Nina Beltran, co-authors Leslie and Gabriella, and collaborator Dr. Minervini. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40348326/ @ninabeltran.bsky.social

The effects of high fat diet consumption on... : Behavioural Pharmacology iet exacerbates opioid-induced constipation, male and female Sprague–Dawley rats (n = 8/diet/sex) were fed either a low fat (standard) diet, a high fat/high carbohydrate diet, or a ketogenic diet. Rat...

Excited to share this new publication in Behavioural Pharmacology! Check it out via the link below. Congratulations to first author Dr. Nina Beltran, and the whole team including our collaborator Dr. Vanessa Minervini! journals.lww.com/behaviouralp... @ninabeltran.bsky.social

Really excited to be a part of this session and attend my first @ssibsociety.bsky.social this summer! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #SSIB2025

Raise Your Pick Giving Day 2025 Raise your pick for the areas you are most passionate about at UTEP! Change lives and transform generations. Every gift counts!

Early giving for #RaiseYourPick Giving Day opened today! Help support our graduate students at The University of Texas at El Paso by donating today! Every gift counts, and contributions are accepted through 8pm MDT tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23. Donate here: givingday.utep.edu/amb/crites

Come say hi to us at poster session 1 at ASPET! Happening now!

Happening this evening at ASPET! Stop by and meet the trainees from our lab! ⬇️

Heading to ASPET this week? Stop by our lab posters )(ASPET and serafine lab logos)

Nina’s poster will be on April 3rd in poster session 1, poster board 006.

Leslie’s poster will be on April 3rd in poster session 1, poster board 009.

Meet us at our posters or at the new member meet and greet session!

Our lab has two posters this week at the ASPET annual meeting! Stop by during poster session 1 to meet the talented graduate students I get to work with and hear about our research! Let’s network! @ninabeltran.bsky.social

A photo of the Serafine lab trainees at the zoo after the BBC conference.

Congratulations to the Serafine lab trainees on your great presentations at BBC this past weekend! You represented UTEP well! (Photo taken at the zoo after the conference, left to right: Gabriela Naime, Leslie Sullivan, Nina Beltran and Angelica Romero). #utepneuroscience @ninabeltran.bsky.social

At the Behavior, Biology, & Chemistry: Translational Research in Addiction meeting this weekend? Stop by posters 12, 71 and 92 to meet trainees from our lab and hear all about their research!

Flyer with information found on this link for a high school program that trains students in science communication: https://curioussciencewriters.org/summer-program/

Know a high school student who loves science? Check out this awesome science communication program called Curious Science Writers: curioussciencewriters.org/summer-progr...

Virtual info session about UTEP graduate school programs. Feb 6 from 5-6pm mst. Registration link: https://minetracker.utep.edu/event/10779446 Zoom link: https://utep-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkduCqqzIsEteY4PL2SZKrpKiWykv9UNT7#/registration

Considering graduate school but not sure where to begin? The UTEP Grad School is hosting a virtual info session this week!

Super excited to attend @ssibsociety.bsky.social this summer! Who else is going? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Applications are due next month for our paid undergraduate summer research training program in neuroscience at UTEP! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

UCLA Brain Research program flyer showing neuroscience art, social gatherings, and poster presenting.

Applications for summer neuroscience research at ☀️ UCLA are due Jan 22. We have a great track record of alums going onto PhDs #neuroscience bri.ucla.edu/undergraduat...

Please share our summer undergraduate research training program with any undergraduate student you know who’s looking for a PAID summer neuroscience research opportunity! Deadline Feb 14! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Flyer is on a transparent background of a laboratory. At the top right is the Black In Neuro logo. Text at the top aligned in the middle says, A Session on SURF. Under this text says, Interested in a Summer Undergraduate REsearch Fellowship (S.U.R.F.)? Join us for an info session with programs to learn application tips and more. On the bottom in the middle is a rounded rectangle of icons with calendar, clock, and location symbols on the left side. To the right is a blue bubble that says, January 10th 2025. Under this is a blue bubble that says, 12:00-1:30 PM ET. Lastly is a blue bubble under that says, Zoom link.

Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors!

Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!

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Deadline extended!

Calling all drug/addiction researchers: tomorrow is the abstract submission deadline for CPDD 2025! Check out the link for info on this year’s keynote speakers & submit your abstract to attend in New Orleans! cpdd.org

Know an undergraduate looking for a PAID summer research opportunity? Check out our neuroscience summer program on addiction research at UTEP called SMARTMIND! Applications due Feb 14,2025. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Also want to throw this out there: I work at an HSI, & our grad & undergrad students are incredible. If you’re at #ACNP2024 & recruiting for a grad program or postdoc position, let’s connect at poster T168! I’m happy to share your job ad/program flyer with our students at UTEP! @acnporg.bsky.social

Tonight is the night! Stop by my poster at #ACNP2024 if you’re interested in how eating high fat diets can impact sensitivity to morphine! I’ll be at board T168 this evening. @acnporg.bsky.social @npp-journal.bsky.social

Looking forward to #ACNP2024 in Phoenix! Hope to see old friends, make new connections & hear about new science! Stop by my poster on Tuesday to learn about how eating a high fat or ketogenic diet can impact individual sensitivity to morphine. @npp-journal.bsky.social