Dr. Johnny Figueroa
@fig_neurolab
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#BlackLivesMatter. Dad. Neuroscientist. DEI. Mentor. Singer. Neurobiological mechanisms linking adolescent trauma to obesity. 🇵🇷🇻🇪🇩🇴 Opinions are my own.
UPR-MSC / LLU
Joined January 2014
🚨 Exciting news from our lab! 🚨 Our latest publication reveals that consuming an obesogenic diet during adolescence heightens vulnerability to stress-induced anxiety-like behaviors in adulthood. 🧠🍔 .🧵.
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RT @KarimiLab: My lab is hiring multiple PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. If you are in Canada and interested in neuroscience, regene….
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Still processing an unforgettable summer. What began as a season to inspire students ended with them inspiring me. Their curiosity, grit, and humanity lit up the FigNeuroLab. Thank you for making #EpicSummerResearch2025 one for the books. 💫
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please help us share this with students that didn't land a position in a PhD program this year!!.
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🔍 Estos hallazgos resaltan cómo las decisiones en la adolescencia pueden marcar la salud futura. ¡Felicitaciones a Julio Sierra y @TimSimonNeuro por su gran trabajo!.👉 Lee el estudio aquí:
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Tambien encontramos: .✔️ Cambios en alimentación y peso: El estrés en la adolescencia aumentó el consumo de calorías y la ganancia de peso en la adultez. ✔️ Efectos duraderos: Dieta no saludable + estrés durante la adolescencia = desequilibrios hormonales a largo plazo.
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Descubrimos: .✔️ Cambios hormonales: Ratas adolescentes con dieta rica en grasa saturada mostraron niveles elevados de testosterona y una respuesta hormonal al estrés disminuida.
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🧠🍔 ¿Cómo afectan la comida chatarra y el estrés en la adolescencia los hábitos alimenticios en la adultez? . ¡Emocionados de compartir nuestro nuevo estudio! 🧵.
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RT @BrandonLuuMD: Early-life exposures also had lasting effects. Body weight at 10 years old influenced aging decades later, and maternal s….
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RT @traciedelgado: It’s up to us to continue to advocate for DEI in STEM. Promote inclusive hiring, amplify diverse voices, invite diverse….
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#DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion. My lab's mission to cure diabetes is founded in these principles. We will not stand down even when those who say they are committed take that commitment back @cziscience We are making breakthroughs only because of #DEI my story 1/n.
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Our #MINDS post-bacc program is accepting applications til March 1st! ✨. ✅ two-years full-time research 🧠.✅ $41,000 annual salary + benefits.✅ personalized grad school prep.✅ $1,500 to relocate + $1,500 in prof dev funds.✅ dedicated mentors. more✨
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!. Celebrating the incredible contributions of women in science, recognizing their vital role in advancing knowledge. Take a moment to highlight the inspiring stories of women whose achievements continue to shape the future.
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If these cuts hold, the impact on society will be profound and long-lasting. We must do better as a country—our future depends on it.
NIH has announced a cut in the "indirect rate" to 15% across the board, in a move that appears to be retroactive to even existing grants. This is a bloodbath for research institutions throughout the country. Brief explainer for those not in this world:.
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RT @FreddysonJ: The Martinez-Rivera Lab's website is now available! Pls share! :) 🎉.
martinezriveralab.org
Martinez Rivera Lab - Studying adaptive and maladaptive behaviors and memories
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RT @FrontNeurosci: New Research: Shifts in naturalistic behaviors induced by early social isolation stress are associated with adult binge-….
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Binge eating (BE) is a highly pervasive maladaptive coping strategy in response to severe early life stress such as emotional and social neglect. BE is descr...
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Migration process started. Looking forward to (re)connecting with others on the other side. 🦋
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RT @APSPublications: Coming soon➡️ #WomensHealth webinar on #Preeclampsia Nov 20 11:00 AM EST. Open for submissions➡️ Call for Papers on W….
journals.physiology.org
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The world needs a US president who respects evidence
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Nature - As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face off, the fate of US democracy, science and evidence-based policy hangs in the balance.
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🚨 Great opportunity! 🚨.
Looking for highly motivate and talented postdocs interested in studying brain-gut microbiome interactions at @UCLA @UCLAHealth @UCLAGIHep @UCLAFSPH @DOM_UCLA .
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