postdoc/NIDA fellow @bangasser_lab | formerly @trainorlab @umassboston | early life stress sociability epigenetics | mental health advocate | she/her 🧬🧠
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21 Dec 2021
excited to present my first *in-person* seminar talk at OSSD next year 😊🥳
21 Dec 2021
#MeetOurTrainee @avwllms. She is doing postdoc training @Temple_Psych examining how early life stress alters motivation for natural rewards & #epigenetic processes driving this change. #TraineeTuesday #sabv #MoodDisorders #MotivatedBehavior #BlackInNeuro 🧠🧬
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12 Jul 2022
Oh hey — the last chapter of my dissertation was just published in @BiologicalPsyc1! ✨
It was a HUGE team effort and I am very proud of the work we did. Really highlights the value of a multidisciplinary approach considering SABV. Big big thanks to all collaborators!
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9 Jun 2022
getting to celebrate some of the best years of my life (finally)! Yay!!! 🤩 🧠
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dr. alexia retweeted
24 May 2022
I am doing a PD. I have a very supportive mentor and I love the research. But I am acutely aware of the financial cost. It’s hard. Especially for those of us that are first-gen/URM/have additional financial obligations (student loans, child care, family care, health costs). 1/x
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3 Mar 2022
RT @SaltySicky: One way to be a disability justice ally right now:
Keep wearing your mask.
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21 Dec 2021
#MeetOurTrainee @avwllms. She is doing postdoc training @Temple_Psych examining how early life stress alters motivation for natural rewards & #epigenetic processes driving this change. #TraineeTuesday #sabv #MoodDisorders #MotivatedBehavior #BlackInNeuro 🧠🧬
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16 Dec 2021
when you don’t have wrapping paper but you do have a spare 5 minutes before your lab’s white elephant party, you take planner sheets and make them a bit more festive 😂🎄
happy early holidays from Dr. Alexia and the @Bangasser_Lab 🥳
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14 Dec 2021
[ Grad students talking to the dept about DEI ]
ALT what about a black professor we already had one yes but what about second black professor
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14 Dec 2021
nerves were for naught, I had such a great time at my first ACNP @ACNPorg! Thanks to all who stopped by my poster and talked science with me 😊 🧬
This was also my first time seeing my motherland of PR! So beautiful. Can’t wait to one day go back and visit family. 🇵🇷
6 Dec 2021
Hey there! I’m a 1st yr PD in the @Bangasser_Lab at Temple. Really excited ( a bit nervous) to be at my 1st ACNP! I study how early life stress alters motivation for natural v. drug rewards & epigenetic processes underlying this distinction. 🧬 🧠 🍭
@npp_journal @ACNPorg
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6 Dec 2021
food and social rewards are just as interesting as drug rewards. 😊🍭
let’s talk reward, NAc, and sex differences! come chat w/me Tuesday 5:30-7:30, poster no. T108 !
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6 Dec 2021
Hey there! I’m a 1st yr PD in the @Bangasser_Lab at Temple. Really excited ( a bit nervous) to be at my 1st ACNP! I study how early life stress alters motivation for natural v. drug rewards & epigenetic processes underlying this distinction. 🧬 🧠 🍭
@npp_journal @ACNPorg
4 Dec 2021
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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11 Nov 2021
✨ Couldn’t recommend Brian’s lab more!!✨
Came out with a great mentor and friend — not to mention a pretty killer skillset and CV 😉
if you’re interested in stress, behavioral neuro, and mood disorders, apply below! also feel free to reach out, happy to answer any Q’s 🧠🙂
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20 Oct 2021
Writing this w/ @Cate_cholamine @JamieLarsH @Bangasser_Lab was a great experience! Fun and I learned a lot from some great minds ✨ 😊
Really proud of how this came out, check it out!
Effects of ELS/ELA on NAc and motivated behavior from human and rodent model perspectives.
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13 Oct 2021
I crunched the numbers this week and I don't think I'm going to recover the cost of moving for my postdoc before the end of my postdoc (2-3 yrs).
Mostly tweeting this so grad students who choose to continue in this direction know what's coming
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12 Oct 2021
Fellow scientists/trainees with invisible disabilities: how do you deal with accommodations not being taken seriously because your illness is not taken seriously?
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12 Oct 2021
Today I am feeling very disappointed in academia for showing me that not only does it not make space for women, POC, or URMs, but it also does not make space for people with disabilities, let alone someone who falls under all of those categories. Looking for advice.
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