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Dr. Cate Peña

@cate-cholamine.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist and mom. Interested in brain development, early life stress, epigenetics, cats, mountains, donuts, and lots of coffee. www.PenaLab.org

  1. Congratulations to PNI’s @fennak.bsky.social, who has been named a @pewtrusts.org Biomedical Sciences Scholar! 🎉 🎉 Her lab will study how microglia shape primate brain development, which might help researchers better understand neurodevelopmental disorders 🧠 pni.princeton.edu/news/2025/fe... ‬‬

    The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Fenna Krienen, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, is one of 22 researchers joining the Pew Scholars Program ...

    Fenna Krienen named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

    The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Fenna Krienen, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, is one of 22 researchers joining the Pew Scholars Program ...

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  2. ‼️ Join us in Neuro at Bowdoin!

    Looking for a TT colleague in Neuro - broadly defined, but interested in those working with computation, public policy/clinical, mental health, open data, etc.

    Review of apps starts 9/9 - get in touch with questions!

    careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16648

    Bowdoin College’s Program of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2026, with a prefere...

    Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

    Bowdoin College’s Program of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2026, with a prefere...

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  3. Bowdoin College is hiring in Neuroscience and AI with our exciting new initiative for AI and humanity! 🧠 x 🤖

    Join amazing colleagues and undergrads in our growing and thriving community!

    Please share!

    @blackinneuro.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social @ostem.org @outtoinnovate.bsky.social @sfn.org

    🚨 come be my colleague! 🧠

    Bowdoin is hiring a tenure track position at the intersection of Neuroscience and AI! Application review starts 9/9!

    Supported by our new Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity - we’ve got amazing colleagues, students, and resources!

    careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16669

    Bowdoin College’s Program of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2026. We seek applic...

    Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (AI)

    Bowdoin College’s Program of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2026. We seek applic...

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  4. Very excited to announce our latest paper uncovering circuit, cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of social hierarchy, another terrific collaboration with @neurovenki.bsky.social, Vic Kapoor and Adam Nelson (not on bsky) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

    Many animal groups are organized hierarchically, which generates behavioral states that facilitate social interactions. Although generally stable, soc…

    Molecular and neural control of social hierarchy by a forebrain-thalamocortical circuit

    Many animal groups are organized hierarchically, which generates behavioral states that facilitate social interactions. Although generally stable, soc…

    Neural Circuit and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Social Hierarchy Identified 🧠 🧪🧬 🔬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social ss.bsky.social‬ @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

    The formation of social hierarchies is a fundamental aspect of group living, reducing conflict and guiding behavior across species—from animals to humans. Yet, the precise neural and molecular […]

    Neural Circuit and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Social Hierarchy Identified - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

    The formation of social hierarchies is a fundamental aspect of group living, reducing conflict and guiding behavior across species—from animals to humans. Yet, the precise neural and molecular […]

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  5. bioRxiv it is? Nah jk big privately funded labs will still pay $12K to publish, and since others won’t be allowed to even try, it’ll get even easier for the rich labs to get in the door. But everyone will still internalize a lack of ThOSe pubs as failure. #Americandream

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  6. This piece was so fun to write because the whole lab chipped in and team-wrote it over the series of a few lab meetings (+finessing)

    Check out this 🆕 article from Minerva, @cate-cholamine.bsky.social, & colleagues reviewing the pros, cons, and best applications for currently available genome-wide sequencing technologies in neuropsychiatric research

    www.nature.com/articles/s44...

    This review offers a simple overview on the pros, cons, and best applications for currently available genome-wide sequencing technologies in neuropsychiatric research.

    A practical guide to sequencing in neuropsychiatric research - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience

    This review offers a simple overview on the pros, cons, and best applications for currently available genome-wide sequencing technologies in neuropsychiatric research.

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    1. Running a successful scientific research program, like operating a successful business, requires thinking on a 5-year timescale at minimum, and often far longer.

    One needs to acquire instrumentation, develop and recruit expertise, establish collaborations, develop study systems, and much more.

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    1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

    Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

    Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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