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Behavioral Neuroscientist; Assistant Professor @CSARtemplemed @templemedschool ; Immigrant; Atlas and Nova Ela’s dad

Philadelphia, PA

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10 months

The first Kutlu Lab paper is published @SciReports !!! We found that both observing and experiencing aversive footshock events cause NAc single-cell ensemble response with a sub-population responding bi-directionally to these events. Check it out here 👇

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3 years

I get asked a lot why I don't have a K99. 3rd year into my post-doc I had a 2 year old and a spouse in school. My PI at the time offered me a research faculty position so I can get a better salary. I took it knowing that would make me ineligible for a K99. I was poor that's why.

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Excited to share this! @TheCalipariLab we show that dopamine release in the NAc is not a reward prediction error signal, rather, dopamine signals perceived saliency. We provide a new computational model to explain our data and previous work (A THREAD 👇):

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Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core signals perceived saliency

Kutlu et al. examine dopaminergic information encoding in the nucleus accumbens. This work revises the long-held theory of dopamine as a reward prediction molecule and provides a novel framework for...

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First day as a PI! … and already someone mistook me for a student. 🤦🏻‍♂️ #NewPI

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I have some exciting news: Kutlu Lab is opening its doors @RowanSOM next Spring!!! We are moving back to Philly! We are hiring at all levels. Check out our lab website for more info: This has been a journey. Here is my 2 cents on the process a 🧵:

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My first single PI R21 application got a 12th percentile. Yay! Right? 🤔

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I am absolutely delighted to share our latest paper I co-authored with @jennifer_zachry and Patrick Melugin published in @NatureNeuro . We showed that nucleus accumbens core dopamine evoked by novel, neutral stimuli mediates latent inhibition. A thread 👇

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I will only be attening #ACNP2023 virtually this year. But no FOMO. I will be busy adoring this little nugget. Say hi to Nova Ela.

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It's me, hi 👋 Welcome to #ACNP2023 If you'll be attending @ACNPorg , drop an introduction to help yourself & others connect 🔄 Share your name, your science, tell us if you're a first timer or regular, promote your poster/talk - whatever you'd like! 🧠 See you all soon! 😁

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Kutlu Lab is federally funded! I am super excited. Be on the lookout for research position openings in my lab @RowanVirtuaSOM @BehavioralRowan

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Today after 14 years of bureaucratic marathon, I became a US citizen. This is a bitterwseet moment of reflection. I, like all other immigrant scientists, have been excluded from federal and private funding opportunities. This needs to change!

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Thank you @BBRFoundation for choosing our work @TheCalipariLab on dopamine signaling in learning and memory as one of “the 2021 BBRF leading research discoveries”!

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I am absolutely delighted to share my latest paper from @TheCalipariLab published @CellReports ! We showed that NAc core dopamine response to predicted but omitted aversive outcomes causally controls the trajectory of safety discrimination. A thread 👇

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Dopamine release at the time of a predicted aversive outcome causally controls the trajectory and...

Kutlu et al. combine a range of optical and computational approaches in mice to define how dopamine release in response to aversive stimuli controls learning. They find that dopamine scales with the...

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Super pumped to learn that I was selected for the #NARSAD young investigator award! Thank you @BBRFoundation and @TheCalipariLab for your support!

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New dopamine story from our lab! @TheCalipariLab . We showed that accumbal dopamine's role in fear and safety learning cannot be explained by Reward Prediction Error (RPE) hypothesis and it is in line with a "Perceived Saliency" signal. 🧵👇

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Dopamine release at the time of a predicted aversive outcome causally controls the trajectory and...

Background The inability to predict when aversive stimuli will and will not occur in is a hallmark of anxiety and stress disorders. Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is sufficient and...

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What a year was 2023 for my career! Opened my lab, got it funded, hired awesome people for my lab, published some nice studies and got rejected a ton 😁 hope this job continues to be this thrilling emotional roller coaster in 2024!

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I am trying to find a graphic designer to make our lab logo. Anyone has a recommendation? #scitwitter #newPI

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Hey neuroscientist friends! After a knee injury and a gallbladder surgery, I ran a half marathon under 2 hours and I am pretty proud of it. Thank you for your attention.

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Super happy to announce that I received the NIH/NCATS' K award (KL2 - Clinical and Translational Science Award)!!! This grant will support my studies on the role of mesocortical pathway in avoidance behavior. I am very grateful to my mentor @TheCalipariLab for her support.

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… and it’s my official goodbye to @TheCalipariLab It was an amazing experience, which let me re-invent myself as a researcher. It was and will always be so much fun to do research with this group.

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Wow! I got the ACNP travel award! Thank you @ACNPorg for selecting and @TheCalipariLab for nominating me. Cannot wait for this!

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Excited to announce that I am selected for the VUMC Research Scholar Award. I will be funded to study the dopaminergic pathways underlying negative reinforcement learning for the next 3 years. Thanks for everyone helped me with this Especially @TheCalipariLab and @TheErinCalipari

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Celebrated our first accepted manuscript from the lab today! Congrats to our post-doc @oykutheanxious for her first author paper!

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Guess who stopped by to meet the lab members this week 😊

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It is time to unveil our brand new lab logo designed by our talented graduate student @KristineHYoon ! Also, a great time to share again we are looking for post-docs, graduate students, and techs. Check out our website for more info (link👇). Please RT! #NewPI #SciTwitter #SfN22

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Wohoo! So pumped to be giving one of the hot topics talks at @ACNPorg ! Thanks for the opportunity!

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Atlas and I made a Lego version of the @TheCalipariLab with a stereotaxic surgery equipment, a voltammetry rig and a mouse operant box!

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Celebrating some big news @TheCalipariLab with class. I can’t tell you the news yet but I am pretty excited! Stay tuned.

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I am honored to receive the Pfeil Foundation grant support through @BBRFoundation and their Research Partners Program! Thank you all involved in such a great program for neuroscience. Also thank you @TheCalipariLab @jennifer_zachry @sacajigas @MaximeChevee for your support!

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Congrats to @TheCalipariLab graduate student but more importantly my partner-in-science @jennifer_zachry getting her PhD today! She will do amazing things in life.

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After years of going from one disappointment to another and loss of thousands of dollars in potential income I am happy to announce that I decided to stay in academia… let me explain why 🧵

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The lab’s first pre-print is online! We found that accumbal single cells respond not only to experienced aversive stimuli but also respond when mice observe their conspecifics experiencing the same aversive stimuli. Check it out! 👇

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Nucleus accumbens core single cell ensembles bidirectionally respond to experienced versus observed...

Empathy is the ability to adopt others’ sensory and emotional states and is an evolutionarily conserved trait among mammals. In rodents, empathy manifests itself as social modulation of aversive...

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First paper of the Kutlu lab is submitted! This is a special day for me 🥲. I feel extremely lucky to have all the support from my past/current mentors, colleagues, and trainees. 🙏

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First #SfN2023 as a PI. I am presenting our lab’s work on the effects experiencing vs observing aversive events on NAc single cell ensemble activity. Sunday pm poster session. Come say 👋

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@hardawayja This system is especially hard on immigrant scientist who are not eligible for the Fs and K01.

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Interested in accumbal information encoding and/or D1-D2 medium spiny neurons? Come tell me what you think about our data today at #ACNP2021 Poster Session II - Poster 32.

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Hey #ACNP2021 I am a senior post-doc on the job market. I study neurobiology of learning memory in the context of substance use and stress disorders. @npp_journal @ACNPorg .

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Neuropsychopharmacology

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ACNP/NPP gift card giveaway swag will be back this year! If you're an early career investigator attending #ACNP2021 - QT to introduce yourself and your research, tag in @npp_journal and @ACNPorg and we'll include you in a drawing for a gift card on Sunday evening.

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Our co-furst author paper with @jennifer_zachry describing the work we did together @TheCalipariLab is published @NeuroCellPress . We tried to figure out what D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons do during associative learning. Check it out 👇

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First paper with the new lab is submitted and I got this surprise from my amazing boss @TheErinCalipari to be opened when it is accepted

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Super excited to welcome the first member of Kutlu lab, Dr. Oyku Dinckol @oykutheanxious . She will be joining our lab as a postdoctoral fellow in the fall. 🎉

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Grant application got the dreaded ND, but the summary statement was a goldmine of helpful feedback. Turning setbacks into stepping stones! 💪 #GrantWriting #FeedbackIsKey "

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It looks like this resonated with a lot of people. I know many of us in academia coming from developing countries and underprivileged backgrounds have stories like this one. It is time to share those stories.

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I get asked a lot why I don't have a K99. 3rd year into my post-doc I had a 2 year old and a spouse in school. My PI at the time offered me a research faculty position so I can get a better salary. I took it knowing that would make me ineligible for a K99. I was poor that's why.

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So happy to share our new paper @NPP_Journal co-first with our lab's rising star @jennifer_zachry ! Check it out if you are interested in novel behavioral models of reinforcement learning and/or NAc D1 MSNs!

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Congrats to our very own @TheCalipariLab @TheErinCalipari for this important milestone! I am so proud of being a part of this lab!

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Just to be clear I don’t think it’s ok to politicize science either but this was some ballsy move

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Our first preprint: A new behavior task plus sex differences in action, value, and outcome!

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THREAD: Here is the lab's first preprint by @MunirGunesKutlu and @jennifer_zachry ! We developed a new behavioral task (the MCOAT) for dissociating action, stimulus value, and outcomes and then used the task to show sex-specific behavioral strategies

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Super proud of @oykutheanxious for presenting our lab’s first poster at Rowan-Virtua STBES retreat today! Also shout out to @ManvichLab and colleagues for putting together a great event today! Nicely done!

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Paper no1: Under editorial decision Paper no2: Under editorial decision NIH grant: Pending IRG review (post-review day 2). How is your Friday going?

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Hey everyone @ACNPorg ! My name is Güneş and this is my 2nd meeting. I will be talking about dopaminergic information encoding at the Hot Topics session tomorrow. Also starting my lab soon and looking to connect with new PIs. Come say 👋

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Neuropsychopharmacology

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Hey @ACNPorg members/mtg regulars - getting back into the swing of conferencing is challenging, so we'd like to extend a warm welcome to #ACNP2022 for early career folks and people new to ACNP. Would love if you could introduce yourselves to kick off the mtg and welcome everyone!

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Selfie with the original #Souptwitter bathtub. OMG! @HeyAlbertoSaid @DrLJBrady @kekitko @kim_thibeault @NoOtherAmy

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I wish my dad could see this and celebrate with me. He would be proud. This one is for you Baba.

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Sorry but this means either “we will not support you” or “we don’t know how to pick a good scientist” 🤷

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Thank you Winter Conference on Brain Research for accepting the panel I co-chair with @NoOtherAmy (and for the travel awards to both of us!) featuring talks by me, Dan Covey, @berke_lab , and @drstephieb on dopamine's role in reward and cognition. See you in Montana!

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Who else is in a ton of credit card debt because your reimbursement requests have to go through a billion approvals? #brokePI

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You are at #ACNP2020 and interested in all things information encoding, nucleus accumbens, medium spiny neurons? Check out my poster with @jennifer_zachry @AtagunUlas @TheCalipariLab at "M190 Dissecting the Role of Accumbal D1 and D2 Medium Spiny Neurons in Information Encoding".

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Join us for this TDT webinar to hear about our research on dopaminergic information encoding @TheCalipariLab

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Congrats to @TheCalipariLab ‘s very own @jennifer_zachry for winning the best talk award at the Vanderbilt Pharmacology retreat. Way to go!

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"A genetically encoded fluorescent acetylcholine indicator for in vitro and in vivo studies"

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I moved from Tennessee to New Jersey last week and I genuinely don't understand the traffic rules here. You get honked at no matter how you drive. What the hell!?

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I can't be the only person out there working out for the sole purpose of eating more later.

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Super excited for this 👇 speaking at #MSNseminars at @SinaiBrain next week. Join us if you are around.

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Dr. Angélica Torres-Berrío 🇨🇴👩🏻‍🔬🧠🧬🚴🏻‍♀️

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📢Join me and @Jer0nimoLukin in welcoming @MunirGunesKutlu , our FIRST speaker for the 2022-2023 #MSNseminars at @SinaiBrain ‼️ He will talk about Information Encoding in D1/D2 neurons. 🗓️Mark Your Calendar for Sept. 29th at 11am. The zoom option is also available. 👇👇

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A special shout-out to our own @TheErinCalipari . This would not possible without the support and guidance from her. We work for this story together for years and she was involved in every step of the way 100%.

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I am absolutely delighted to share our latest paper I co-authored with @jennifer_zachry and Patrick Melugin published in @NatureNeuro . We showed that nucleus accumbens core dopamine evoked by novel, neutral stimuli mediates latent inhibition. A thread 👇

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Happy to announce that now I receive other people’s predatory journal emails! @BenSaunders I am going to leave this here in case you are interested.

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Wow. Should I feel old because of this? My papers reached 1000 citations.

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Munir Gunes Kutlu - Cited by 2,429

Temple University LKSOM - Behavioral Neuroscience - Learning & Memory - Computational Models - Associative Learning

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Non-science stuff: today I finished my 30x5k in 30 days with my personal best time. Taking time from work to actually take care of my body has been the best decision during the pandemic.

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#WCBR2020 Interested in dopamine, cognition and reward processing come to our session I am co-chairing with @NoOtherAmy featuring talks from @dp_covey @drstephieb @berke_lab and myself. Talus room at Summit Building (L2 level across Peaks Restaurant).

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Requiring people pre-recording themselves presenting their posters has 👏 to 👏 stop 👏 Right 👏 Now 👏

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Second paper within the same week! Our work describing the role of GABAergic function in the effects of nicotine on fear extinction is online. Feel lucky for having worked with @DavidAConnor and @TGouldPennState on this one.

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Being almost 40 is learning human anatomy one injury at a time

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Very happy for this. Congrats @TheErinCalipari ! So well deserved!

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We are thrilled to announce that @TheErinCalipari is our new Associate Director! We are eager to see our research program grow and community thrive under your leadership! 🥂🍾

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Rodent behavior people, what is your favorite camera brand/model for recording mouse behavior (in MEDPC boxes preferably) that will work for post-analysis with DeepLabCut and still be cheap?

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Don't google "DJ GCaMP" to find out available AAV(DJ)-GCaMP vectors... or do...

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Here is a perspective from an international student: PhD rejections: Cambridge PhD Acceptance: Duke UCL It was so expensive to apply from a third world country (application fee, GRE/TOEFL, mailing etc.) I could only afford 3 applications.

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD

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I love seeing people more open about struggles along the journey PhD rejections: UC San Diego Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis PhD Acceptance: UC Irvine I used to be embarrassed about this but it really only takes ONE 🙌🏾 and I am thriving ✨

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Am I spending too much time looking at fiber photometry data or did I just spot GCaMP signal on my kitchen cabinet?

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Congrats to my former (and forever) mentor @TheErinCalipari for her new role! She will do amazing things at @VCARScience

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Vanderbilt University

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The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research has joined the cadre of research centers supported by the #DiscoveryVanderbilt initiative. Led by @TheErinCalipari , VCAR aims to tackle the complexities of addiction while developing groundbreaking treatments.

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I can't speak highly enough of the Siciliano lab. Absolutely amazing research and amazing people! Highly recommended.

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Cody Siciliano, PhD

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Lab website is live, check it out: We are hiring at all levels! If you're interested in decision-making, addiction, behavioral model development, deep-brain 2p imaging, pharmacology, synaptic function shoot me an email. Please RT!

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Folks doing optogenetics in vivo (in mice), you prefer lasers or LEDs? I have been using lasers for years but they are expensive and they get misaligned a lot. Anyone can recommend lasers or LEDs they are happy with? #optogenetics #newlab

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Here is an advice for trainees: don’t listen to people who have nothing to lose.

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Michael Eisen

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Want a simple rule? Does the lab judge its success by where it publishes? Does it consider a Science, Cell or Nature paper to be the highest accomplishment? If so, it's not serious about doing science right. You should join a lab that's fighting the system, not playing in it.

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It took a bit of disruptive science (and a lot of push back on our part) to convince people but glad to see that “dopamine ≠ reward prediction error” is becoming an accepted part our knowledge.

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Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri

2 years

Really nice summary of the implications of our recent work in The Economist. I also want to highlight this paper by @fluketc and @jtdudman which provides strong evidence inconsistent with DA=RPE (some also potentially inconsistent with our framework).

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Right after @TheCalipariLab opened its doors at @VUBasicSciences ?🤔 Coincidence? I think not...

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5 years

It was such a pleasure meeting @sjo09 ! Now I know why we only hear great things about her science and personality.

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Sheena Josselyn

5 years

Great dinner conversation w ⁦ @TheErinCalipari ⁩ and ⁦ @MunirGunesKutlu ⁩! Talking science/life/sports/everything! Sometimes this job is too much fun!

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3) Academic careers (especially if you are from another country and you are on a visa) are hard on your families and significant others. Half of your success belongs to the people who support you.

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We just got Atlas a neuron and a C57BL/6 mouse!

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7) I have heard this from a lot of people but this is a good one. Find the people who will support you. I have found mine and I am very thankful for them. @prnfgn @banukutlu @TheErinCalipari @TGouldPennState @jennifer_zachry

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4 years

This is happening tomorrow! Super excited. 2pm EST

@VidaConference

ViDA Conference

@VidaConference

4 years

Munir Gunes Kutlu ( @MunirGunesKutlu ) is a postdoc at @TheCalipariLab at Vanderbilt University where he studies how dopaminergic pathways modulate learning. The main focus of Munir’s research is the behavioral and neurobiological underpinnings of adaptive learning and memory.

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Munir Gunes Kutlu

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I feel privileged for sharing my research with such a great group of scientists. I will miss you #GRCcatecholamines2019 and can’t wait to see everybody in 2021!

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Our lab tech/manager position is online! We are looking for a motivated young scientist to join our growing group @RowanVirtuaSOM We are interested in understanding the brain circuitry underlying learning and memory DM me for more info. Please RT! see👇 for the application link

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This is outrages! I cannot believe that scientists trained to be critical thinkers just cannot comprehend people can be anti-hamas, stand with Israelis against terrorism and still support the Palestinian civilians right to exist. Stop this nonsense.

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Michael Eisen

1 year

I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.

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Whoever thought 2 weeks was enough for maternity leave was absolutely out of their mind.

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Dopamine promotes aggression in mice via ventral tegmental area to lateral septum projections | Nature Communications

Dopamine promotes aggression in mice via ventral tegmental area to lateral septum projections

Nature Communications - The authors show that terminal activity of dopaminergic neurons selectively projecting from the ventral tegmental area to the lateral septum is sufficient for promoting...

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So proud of @kim_thibeault becoming our lab’s first PhD candidate!

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3 years

The video Vanderbilt made for our study.

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Vanderbilt University

3 years

Pioneering research led by professor @TheErinCalipari has found that dopamine levels increase in response to both pleasurable and stressful stimuli, potentially rewriting facts about the “feel-good” hormone. Learn more:

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So happy to get my microchip today!!!

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This is a great opportunity for senior postdocs. I had a lot of fun last year visiting Mount Sinai.

@SinaiBrain

Friedman Brain Institute

1 year

#MSNseminars APPLICATIONS now open! Senior postdocs in all fields of #neuroscience , especially from URM backgrounds, are encouraged to apply for an INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY to share your research, visit Mount Sinai & meet w/ faculty/trainees! APPLY NOW👉

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I am saddened by the news of Bob Rescorla's passing. He was probably the single most influential Psychology figure for my scientific career. I always appreciated how he was not afraid of going against his own theories (e.g., Zimmer-Hart & Rescorla, 1974).

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5 years

I fully endorse this statement.

@NeuroCellPress

Neuron

@NeuroCellPress

5 years

Behavior Matters! Our latest special issue is all about behavior: from rodents to humans, circuits to psychophysics, exploring learning, attention, decision-making & more through Q&As, reviews, perspectives & primers. Happy reading!

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5 years

Thank you @BBRFoundation for bringing this great cohort together. I am honored to be listed among these great researchers in the field of mental health:

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This was not possible without the help and support of our co-authors: @jennifer_zachry , Patrick Melugin, @sacajigas , @MaximeChevee , Shannon Kelley, @banukutlu , @LinTianLab , and @CodySiciliano + anonymous reviewers. Thank you all!

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Munir Gunes Kutlu

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3 years

Excited to share this! @TheCalipariLab we show that dopamine release in the NAc is not a reward prediction error signal, rather, dopamine signals perceived saliency. We provide a new computational model to explain our data and previous work (A THREAD 👇):

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2) Coming from another country is a big challenge but it is not insurmountable. Early on I was told having an academic career in the US is impossible for people coming from smaller countries/institutions like mine. It was not.

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Munir Gunes Kutlu

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Pro science tip from my 5 yo’s book: “Sorting fiction and feelings from facts is what scientists do”. Take note Reviewer 2!

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