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Jeremy Day

@daylab.bsky.social

Neuroscientist at UAB interested in molecular and genetic mechanisms in brain function. Director, UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center.

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🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: πŸ”—β€‹β€‹https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455

#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd

09.12.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this kind of information in the Delta app?

03.12.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The first one is not a test of replicability. It is a test of generalization. It is important to stop conflating these.

03.12.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.

pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/

02.12.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

New computational paper from the lab! Thanks to the reviewers for helping us improve this paper from the preprint version and Nucleic Acids Research for a smooth publication process.

26.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons integrate positive and negative valence - Nature Communications The role of ventral tegmental area GABA neurons in behavior is unclear. Here, authors show that VTA GABA but not dopamine neurons integrate positive and negative valence to encode motivational conflic...

So excited to see our latest paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com! Studies led by the amazing @margestelzner.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41.... VTA GABA neurons have a unique role in economic decision making - they integrate reward seeking motivation and the current cost of seeking

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Congratulations to Ian Maze, Ph.D. and Erin Calipari, Ph.D. for being awarded the Daniel H. Efron Research Award. πŸŽ‰#ACNP2026

21.11.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Kirstie!!

18.11.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The lab is presenting at #SfN2025 Come check out the amazing science being conducted by postdoc Nina Baumgartner @nbaumgar.bsky.social and grad student Alexa Jo Tellez! I am also recruiting a postdoc so please spread the word. #neuroskyence

14.11.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

I will also be at the UAB Graduate Fair recruiting booth (booth #9) from 1-2pm on Sunday and Monday - stop by to learn more about UAB PhD and postdoctoral fellowship programs in neurosciences! @uabneuro.bsky.social

14.11.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Day Lab will be representing our work at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference (@sfn.org) in San Diego this week in two sessions - stop by to see updates on a lot of really cool science! #SfN2025 #Neuroscience

14.11.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely awful, she was such a kind person and a fantastic scientist. My condolences to her family, colleagues, and friends.

13.11.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi All @sfn.org attendees #SfN2025!
Please come see what's happening in the lab & support some excellent researchers (whilst getting out of the rain!).
With topics ranging from #HIV, #psychedelics, #fiberphotometry, #social rewards, #risky decision making, to #opioid withdrawal cog deficits!

12.11.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with The University of Utah | 37914733 The University of Utah seeks a Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost!

jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...

12.11.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Cocaine seeking and consumption are oppositely regulated by mesolimbic dopamine in male rats - Nature Communications Here authors demonstrate how opposing trajectories of dopamine transmission underlie changes in drug seeking and taking over chronic drug use. Increased dopamine to drug cues elevates craving, whereas...

Awesome work by lead author Lauren Burgeno et al: Dopamine evoked by non-contingent cues increases over cocaine use, producing greater cue reactivity; whereas dopamine evoked by contingent cues decreases over cocaine use, producing escalation of drug consumption. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

12.11.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Gowrishankar Lab

The Gowrishankar lab will be opening its doors @neuro_MUSC on Dec 1, 2025! We will be hiring at all levels. I will also be at @SfNtweets presenting my lab's vision on Wednesday, Nov 19, 8AM-12PM at poster board GG7. If you're interested, please reach out!

www.raajgowrishankarlab.org

12.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to the 2025 SfN award & prize recipients!

Their dedication to advancing the understanding of the brain paves the way for future discoveries.

SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN25.

Learn about the recipients.

πŸ”— vist.ly/4cni8

#neurosky

03.11.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 9
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Whoever wins the #worldseries tonight is going to make a legion of fans for life
The psychology of fans &identification with teams is fascinating
Like goslings, boys imprint on the team that wins when they are young. A championship leads them to identify with a team for life, especially boys 8-12

02.11.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.

Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921

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Cell-type- and locus-specific epigenetic editing of memory expression - Nature Genetics CRISPR-based epigenetic editing is used in a cell-type-specific, locus-restricted and temporally controllable manner in the adult mouse brain to modulate memory expression.

🚨The paper from my postdoc in @graeffjohannes.bsky.social’s lab at @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social is out! We show that memories can be switched on and off by simply changing the « packagingΒ Β» of DNA in neurons through epigenetic editing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Bat Photography (Portraits) - JosΓ© Gabriel MartΓ­nez-Fonseca Portraits of bats from the neotropics, Madagascar, Malaysia, and the United States. Can't find a species of interest? Do not hesitate in contacting me for additional info

Some amazing portrait style photos of bats here. Please reply with your favorite one.
jgmartinez-fonseca.smugmug.com/Bat-Photogra...

28.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🧠✨ Genetic Tools Atlas 3.0 is here!

The GTA now has an additional 750 datasets, including 80+ mouse whole-brain light sheet microscopy images as well as the first macaque datasets.

πŸ”— https://portal.brain-map.org/genetic-tools/genetic-tools-atlas

#neuroskyence

28.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Images of face of tissue block through basal ganglia and basal forebrain levels as it is being serially sectioned

Images of face of tissue block through basal ganglia and basal forebrain levels as it is being serially sectioned

These images of a tissue block face are part of an ongoing effort to map the molecular neuroanatomy of human 🧠 basal ganglia & basal forebrain structures at high resolution πŸ”¬πŸ§ͺ. You can totally get lost staring at these - human 🧠 organization is fascinating.

28.10.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The evolutionary origins of synaptic proteins and their changing roles in different organisms across evolution Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Recent studies have shed further light on the evolutionary origins of chemical synapses, In this Review, Colgren and Burkhardt explore how ancient proteins were...

First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience

Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E

@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

27.10.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
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Talk about an in-flight meal.

For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn

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The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:

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Persistent open chromatin state in early-life stress-activated cells of the VTA Scientific Reports - Persistent open chromatin state in early-life stress-activated cells of the VTA

Congratulations to Rebekah Rashford and team, it’s finally out! We tagged early life stress-activated neurons in VTA and found that chromatin those cells was much more open, even into adulthood, and that open CREs predicted greater gene expression in response to stress later in life
rdcu.be/eLa9z

15.10.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

I also started in an architecture program and then transitioned to neuroscience - maybe something to this!

15.10.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Ishmail - incredibly well deserved! I'm excited to follow the many fundamental questions you will be able to answer with this research program!

08.10.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m extremely honored to be a recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award!

08.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 1

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