Devin Rocks
@DrocksNeuro
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Postdoc in the Liston lab at Weill Cornell studying mechanisms underlying antidepressant treatments. PhD in the Kundakovic lab at Fordham University.
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Joined April 2020
Excited to share Laila’s @LailaOuldibbat first first-author paper & the very first “metabolic” paper from the lab just published at @HormBehav . "The role of ovarian hormone dynamics in metabolic phenotype and gene expression in female mice" https://t.co/SwbmLEgjdH
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Thrilled to share my perspective in @_TheTransmitter on how to study the influence of "sex" and "gender" in the brain in a scientifically accurate and socially responsible manner: "Revisiting sex and gender in the brain" https://t.co/SKLKaIDBRq
thetransmitter.org
To conduct scientifically accurate and socially responsible research, think of “sex” as a complex, multifactorial and context-dependent variable.
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Couldn’t be more proud! Huge congrats to Devin Rocks @DrocksNeuro for receiving the @SBNTweets New Investigator Award for his PhD thesis work on sex-specific effects of Egr1 on chromatin, synaptic plasticity and behavior. Such nice talk and so well deserved award! #SBN2024
One of our New Investigator Awardees is @DrocksNeuro --talking about how Egr1 is a sex-specific regulator of neuronal chromatin, synaptic plasticity, and behavior in mice 🐭♀️🧠 #SBN2024
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From today's @DrocksNeuro 's hooding ceremony. Such a special moment, so proud! Congrats to all @FordhamNYC @FordhamGSAS graduates! 🎓 🎉
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The work behind my PhD thesis is now out as a preprint! Thanks to the coauthors Eric Purisic, @gallolab, @greally, @masako_suzuki, and especially my mentor @KundakovicLab for making this possible 🙏 It was an incredible project to call my thesis, see below for the 🧵!
In our new lab preprint, led by @DrocksNeuro , we introduce the first sex-specific immediate early gene, Egr1! Egr1 opens neuronal chromatin sex-specifically, with consequences for targeted gene expression changes, synaptic plasticity and behavior🧵 👇 https://t.co/eRUEhHIpEY
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Last @FordhamNYC Magazine highlights 20 recent star alumni, 2 of my students: Devin Rocks @DrocksNeuro (now @WCMPsychiatry ) & Sonola Burrja (now @EinsteinMed ), with their research on women's health. Couldn't be more proud! ⭐️ ⭐️ 🥹 ❤️
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I am extremely excited to share our Feature Review in @TrendsNeuro : "Epigenetic mechanisms underlying sex differences in the brain and behavior" https://t.co/ZSoOt0qFpw
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Sex differences are found across brain regions, behaviors, and brain diseases. Sexual differentiation of the brain is initiated prenatally but it continues throughout life, as a result of the...
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Check out this thread by @KundakovicLab for the highlights. Learned so much working on this project, with great collaborators, huge congrats to all!
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Check out our paper in @CellReports !
Thrilled to share our paper: Early-life stress and ovarian hormones alter transcriptional regulation in the nucleus accumbens resulting in sex-specific responses to cocaine Now published at @CellReports . A thread👇 https://t.co/0npS2gbncl
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The end of an era in the Kundakovic lab as we say goodbye to Devin @DrocksNeuro ⭐️🥹. And Happy Birthday to Maria @mariatickerhoof ! Stay tuned for all the cool stuff to come out of the great work these young people are doing! @LailaOuldibbat
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Dissertation defended! It was a surreal experience to put together all these years of research and to celebrate with the lab & family. So fortunate to have @KundakovicLab as my mentor and looking forward to taking what I’ve learned from you to a postdoc and beyond!
Dear all, let me present to you Dr. Devin Rocks @DrocksNeuro ! Having you as my first PhD student was immense privilege. Feeling so proud for what you accomplished so far and can't wait to see what you will do in the future! Next- postdoc at Conor Liston's lab @WeillCornell ! 🌟
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.@KundakovicLab on why estrous cycle matters...although females are not more variable than males - this does not mean that the e cycle doe matters for understanding E/P effects on certain regions (ie HPC), gene expression, or behaviour https://t.co/afDfcXg0jw.
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Background Ovarian hormone fluctuations over the rodent estrous cycle and the human menstrual cycle are known to significantly impact brain physiology and disease risk, yet this variable is largely...
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I am very excited to share a new preprint from my lab: Early-life stress and ovarian hormones alter transcriptional regulation in the nucleus accumbens resulting in sex-specific responses to cocaine Link and a thread:👇 https://t.co/6eYLEfWNlM
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There was no sign of a teen mental illness epidemic until around 2012. Then liberal girls' rates started increasing. Then everyone else. Why? @glukianoff nailed it: Reverse CBT, as I explain here: https://t.co/mLdsjkgpv7
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Had a great time celebrating with the lab! Thanks everyone 😁
Happy Birthday, Devin @DrocksNeuro ! And thank you to Fabio for bringing a little Italy to us! 🎂 w/ @LailaOuldibbat @mariatickerhoof
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New Huberman Lab Podcast: Optimizing Hormones for Females w/Dr Sara Gottfried MD @DrGottfried •Exercise, Nutrients, Fasting(?) •Microbiome •Puberty Timing/Family History •Controlling Cortisol •PCOS, (Peri)Menopause, HRT •Birth Control Pros/Cons https://t.co/2ZxymgvOYF
hubermanlab.com
My guest is Sara Gottfried, M.D., a Harvard-trained, board-certified gynecologist and clinical assistant professor of integrative medicine & nutritional sciences at Thomas Jefferson University.
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Get ready for @OSSDtweets meeting #OSSD2023 ! 🔥 Excited to give a talk as part of the @BiologySexDiff Hot Topics symposium organized by Jill Becker @women_neurosci . Let's discuss 'Why the estrous cycle matters for neuroscience!' https://t.co/hY4tXDUI6U
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It was a pleasure crafting this with @KundakovicLab; it helped me appreciate the work that's been done in this understudied area, and made me even more excited for the great work to come! 5/5
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Finally, we review what is known about the molecular mechanisms mediating the effects above, including our recent work on cyclical changes in neuronal chromatin across the estrous cycle. 4/5
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Then, we detail the changes in the cellular & structural properties of the hippocampus that underlie behavioral fluctuations over the estrous cycle, with a focus on dendritic spines, long-term potentiation, and neurogenesis. 3/5
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