Marcus Weera

Huge congrats to the @acnporg.bsky.social Athina Markou travel awardees, Isaac Kauvar and Elizabeth Sneddon-Yepez! she was an amazing scientist and person, and so glad to see you carry on her legacy 🧠💗#ACNP2026

Predator odor stress produces sex- and subpopulation-specific increases in alcohol drinking, anxiety-like behavior, and lateral hypothalamic Crh expression Traumatic stress leads to maladaptive avoidance behaviors and alcohol misuse in some people. In rats, predator odor (“traumatic”) stress produces pers…

Amidst all the turbulence around us, I'd like to share a piece of good news. My lab published our first paper this week - kudos to PhD students @sbonauto.bsky.social & @obrunke.bsky.social, co-first authors on this paper & future defenders of our field. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Siara, this is awful, truly sorry. Please reach out if I can help in any way.

This is the most powerful video showing masked plain clothes agents of our interior ministry putting a student into an unmarked van and driving away.

My heart goes out to the Tufts community tonight. I'm a proud Tufts alum, and will be working tirelessly to shine a light on this profound injustice.

Yeah, man. A grad student at Tufts just got kidnapped by the federal govt last night. Crazy times.

Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

Great explanatory piece on why NIH research is an important investment into the health and lives of Americans. Thanks, Nick! elifesciences.org/articles/106...

The Charleston Alcohol Research Center has an opening for a #postdoctoral fellowship on the #NIAAA T32 training grant - please spread the word and contact me if interested in working in beautiful Charleston, SC @drjrink.bsky.social

Folks at #wcbr- Come check out our symposium on lateral hypothalamus and addiction tomorrow (Wed), 4:30pm in Alpine B. Organised by @marcusweera.bsky.social! I’ll be presenting on #dopamine in lateral hypothalamus and how this changes after methamphetamine self-admin! 🧠 🧪 🧬