USC Neuroscience Graduate Program
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News and views about the brain, mind, and related phenomena and an exploration of life science career opportunities for PhDs by the Neuroscience Graduate Forum.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2018
#SfN24 in the news! Read this new @Forbes article covering the meeting and the spotlight between art and neuroscience this year. https://t.co/YBL8ZajzEh
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How the Brain Learns to Make Inferences Researchers have uncovered new insights into how the brain constructs knowledge and makes inferences by analyzing neural activity during learning tasks. The study, involving recordings from over 3,000 neurons in epilepsy patients,
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🎉Congratulations to @USCNGP PhD student, Victoria Tennant, who rocked her qualifying exam this week and has advanced to candidacy! 👏 Great job, @vrtennant!
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We are looking for a new mouse 🐁 technician / lab manager! This position is ideal for recent bachelor’s graduates looking to get research experience - and this person will help us understand sex differences in aging! Please RT! https://t.co/j7h1Ra2uEC
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Happening NOW: @KoralWheeler is at #SfN2023 poster G1 presenting her poster "Investigating the associations between race and ethnicity, Ab positivity, and medial temporal lobe tau PET." Come by to talk and learn more! 🧠
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Are you an early career scientist interested in the peer review process? Have you been asked to provide critical feedback for a manuscript submission or need more information on how to respond to reviewers? Black In Neuro and Reviewer Zero have you covered! 🤓🧠
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UPDATED: our database of POSTDOC fellowships in neurology, neuroscience, cog. sci., neuro-engineering. For each of the 27 fellowships, we provide description, link, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria (citizenship). Download this database here: https://t.co/EbTahdzJ9X
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I'll be recruiting PhD students for Fall 2024. Take a look at the lab website and the FAQ for prospective students: https://t.co/x0SRuhSIpF Feel free to reach out if you have questions.
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@VasquezLaylaS @HHMINEWS #gilliamfellow inspiring the next generation (and me) to study the brain, it’s wonders and complexities. #scicomm #outreach
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Calling all USC researchers, faculty, and PhD students! Want to share your research with a broader audience? Don’t miss this virtual panel discussion featuring Nick Lehr from The Conversation. RSVP now! https://t.co/KwYAHkZcKn
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USC researchers, faculty and PhD students: Are you looking for ways to expand the audience for your research outside academia? RSVP today for this virtual panel discussion featuring Nick Lehr,...
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New mix of desert house from the pool @USCNGP retreat. Video by Andrei Irimia. https://t.co/q7RI15m0HY
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Our second year of ReproRehab has officially started! We kicked off this year's program with an in-person conference, where participants had the opportunity to listen to presentations, network, and build community. We look forward to everything that is to come!
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USC researchers, learn how the NSF review process works, be able to anticipate panel dynamics and tailor your proposal accordingly, and get specific recommendations for increasing your chances of getting funded. Oct 5, 12noon Pacific. Register: https://t.co/dQASlv6Yrs
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We've received many inquiries lately, and it took us some time to plan. However, a new edition of the highly popular hands-on @BrOrganogenesis course on neural #organoids & #assembloids is now scheduled for April 2024 at @Stanford! We expect hundreds of applications for just
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Kicking off the Neuroscience Graduate Program annual retreat with faculty and graduate student speakers!
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Check out this awesome new preprint from NGPs Lily Zou!
What is acetylcholine doing in our brain? Does it control attention? React to our senses? Predict the future? Help move our body? Something else, or all of the above? Our new preprint https://t.co/wMPbRzcZEC provides insights that may surprise you! 🧵👇
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Congrats to NGPs Linda Tsan on a new publication! "Early life Western diet-induced memory impairments and gut microbiome changes in female rats are long-lasting despite healthy dietary intervention"
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Western diet consumption during adolescence results in hippocampus (HPC)-dependent memory impairments and gut microbiome dysbiosis. Whether these adverse outcomes persist in adulthood following hea...
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