Farrah N. Madison

We are looking for a new postdoc to join our team! Details below. Please reach out if interested. share widely—Thanks!

FIRST PAPER OUT OF MY LAB!! Here, we examined the polymorphic Gouldian finch brain and found that the regulatory gene coding for head color, follistatin, exhibits morph and sex-specific differences in key areas known to regulate social behaviors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are seeing a lot of courtship displays between the males too, thought it was just aggression, but now seeing your females I don't know anymore!!

We are seeing A LOT of this...we should chat!

Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience (RISE AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Autism and Tylenol: Exploring the Evidence on Acetaminophen in Pregnancy - NAM Margaret McCarthy discusses the genetics of autism, how to interpret associations with Tylenol (acetaminophen) use in health studies, and why medical guidance matters.

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So many thank yous to @nickjourjine.bsky.social (literally, read the blog post) and @daliao.bsky.social for giving @tessarhinehart.bsky.social and me the opportunity to teach the bootcamp

Repo here if you're curious:
github.com/vocalpy/acou...

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics

Sex‐Specific Adaptations to VTA Circuits Following Subchronic Stress Subchronic variable stress, a paradigm shown to have divergent behavioral effects in males and females, induces shared and distinct physiological adaptations in the VTA. While both males and females ...

New work from my lab looking at how dopamine neurons are affected by stress and males and females! This paper comes to you through three rounds of major building construction, a pandemic, six months that we could not get TTX, some animal facility shenanigans and now is here on your internet!

INNOCENT!! That finger was obviously placed inside the beak! 🧐

I can’t wait to read it!! This had to be SO MUCH work, congrats!! 🎉

MR MR MR MR MR!!

I’m glad I could teach you and Podos about birds!!! The best part was teaching you all about Osprey!! Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Thanks so much Luke, I really needed this science chat to keep me going!! I hope to see ya soon!! 🤗

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I don’t think I can edit it, that’s what I get for trying to fire a message off before takeoff! *ate

We are SO WELL!! Always fun visiting a fellow foodie!! Thanks for the invite!! 🤗

Mark your calendars! The deadline for submitting abstracts for posters, symposium speakers, and award consideration is fast approaching! Visit OSSDweb.org/annual-meeting for more details.

Hope to see you in #Albuquerque New Mexico! #OSSD2025 #conference #abstractdeadline

I wrote a piece on how cool this new ruff paper is. Total endocrine game-changer! Congrats to the authors on a rad discovery. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

I’m so jealous!!! They look great!!!! If you ever need to get rid of any of your purple breasted green backed birds think of me!! And thank you so much for all of your help, my birds are doing really well.

I love this for a of us! I feel like I too now have goats and a llama!! 🤗

LLAMA!! I think we need another channel just for these babies!! 🤗 Also, how do you have the time!!?? 👀

@sydneytrask.bsky.social DID YOU KNOW!!??? 🤣

ZOE!! You’ve had them the entire time!!?? Is this the first time we’ve seen them!!?? Did I miss this on slack!!?? I need more of the old men in my life!! 🥰😍🤗

Congratulations friend!! 🥰😘🎉🎊🍾

I can’t wait to read this! 🤗

Amazing Debbie! Another calendar perhaps? I would gladly pay for one or maybe a bunch and give them to my lab! 🤗

OMG!! I would have DIED!!! Do you think it was injured or just resting? Those talons are INSANE!!! 🥰😍

I’m going to try to come to SBN. I’m hoping I can give a talk so I can get some travel funds from UW…I’m in those little start up, no grant times 😩

CONGRATULATIONS MARIJA!! 🎊🍾🎉

@drglitterbear.bsky.social when will I see YOU again?😫

SO MUCH FOMO 😩😩🥰😍