Dr. Science Ninja, PhD aka Assistant Professor of Biology West Chester University of PA mstdn.social/@vtbrak

Joined March 2007
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Excited to have my main postdoc work out! Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing ✂️🧬 in adult mice 🐭, we explore the ion channel mechanisms underlying modes of dopamine neuron firing and reinforcement learning 🧠. This is a result of truly collaborative and supportive science 🥳
Exciting new work from the @touchyourbrain, Soden, and Zweifel labs, deciphering the regulation of dopamine patterns by ion channels. Congrats to all authors on the awesome work!! science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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We are hiring! Tenure track position in animal physiology. Looking broadly for a sensory biologist. Come and join a great department at a PUI! schooljobs.com/careers/wcupa…

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Just re-read the Twitter thread where the guy accidentally let loose a box of cricket in his house from 2018. So good.
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"You can do this in R, and R is free!" R: x.com/Figensport/status/1653…

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BREAKING NEWS
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I first read this as “the procedure generation”. I think it could catch on a name.
i think an important part of designing for procedural generation is treating it like a friend, not a black box. your generators have a need for context for relevance. they have particular strengths, edge cases they struggle with, particular ways of becoming repetitive.
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Grades are in!
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I have never seen so many anti-homework people in my life. I understand there should be some constraints around it and special cases but walking into a college campus with no preparation for how to manage your time, study on your own, organize, reflect,...🧵
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Did it.
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Enjoy these views and splashes of purple and gold across our beautiful 406-acre campus! #WCUCampus #WestChesterUniversity #WCUFromAbove
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Latest paper exploring motivation in obesity and underlying NAc circuits from the @LexKravitz lab! This work was vaulted over the finish line by our incredibly talented undergrad @YiyanPan 🍔🍕🥯🐁 biologicalpsychiatryjournal.…

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Today, we’re introducing a new model that eliminates accept/reject decisions. By publishing every paper with eLife reviews as a Reviewed Preprint, we plan to restore autonomy to authors, ensuring that they will be judged by what, not where, they publish. elifesciences.org/inside-eli…
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Carley is an absolute rock star and I could gush about her all day. Only 2 months into her graduate program and she’s already basically running my lab, mentoring 13 undergrads, and ready to start her thesis project. 😎 Such an honor to co-mentor her with @vtbrak ! @WCUofPA
Meet Carley Cirafesi, our graduate student! Her current interests include the biopsychology and neuroscience of drug effects and addiction. She hopes to further her education by pursuing a Ph.D. Fun fact: this is Beef, an honorary lab member!🐱
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Hey neuroscience SciTweeps, what are some of your favorite papers on issues in experimental design? I'm putting together a graduate seminar w/ broad appeal to behavioral neuroscientists (working mostly in rodents). I'll give a few examples to show what I'm looking for: 1/5 🧵
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