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Katie Morrison

@themorrisonlab

Assistant Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at WVU | http://morrisonneurolab.org | Formerly the Bale Lab [UMB and Penn] and UTK

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A dorsal hippocampus-prodynorphinergic dorsolateral septum-to-lateral hypothalamus circuit mediates contextual gating of feeding Goode et al. show that prodynorphin (Pdyn)-expressing neurons of the dorsolateral septum (DLS) receive substantial dorsal hippocampal (DHPC) input and inhibit lateral hypothalamic (LHA) GABAergic neur...

Restaurants, billboards, commercials… what brain circuits link context to appetite? 🧠🌎🍽️

Very happy to finally share a major update in our work exploring the hippocampus and lateral septum in calibrating food consumption! 🍩

Major thanks to our lab and collaborators! ⭐️⭐️

www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

12.02.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Inspired by Catherine Woolley’s amazing Presidential lecture on sex differences at #SFN25? Check out @ossdcomm.bsky.social for a community of scientists across fields (including basic and clinical work, and in public policy) that focus on sex differences!

18.11.2025 02:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Mandy! Exciting work!

18.11.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very glad to share our newest paper published in Molecular Psychiatry: Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention www.nature.com/articles/s41... fun collab w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social. Please enjoy! #OpenAccess #MaternalHealth

17.11.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Really enjoyed the Women’s Health Research @ossdcomm.bsky.social pre-meeting today. Thanks to all who came to my talk & for all generous feedback I received - it means a lot! Thanks to @liisagalea.bsky.social for organizing… So good to see everyone and feel so much dedication and support for WHR! ❀️

02.06.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So excited for @swhr.bsky.social workshop on Advancing Research Priorities in Women’s Obesity Research Care with Irene Aninye & Syreen Goulmamine

01.06.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

here we go: following along to hear highlights from @kundakoviclab.bsky.social keynote in the women’s health premeeting at @ossdcomm.bsky.social

01.06.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

16.04.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 10248 πŸ” 5254 πŸ’¬ 645 πŸ“Œ 638
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Job opportunity with Caroline Smith at BC please repost!

02.04.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Medical Education | Biomedical Research

FACULTY JOB ALERT! The Albert Einstein Dept of Neuroscience is hiring a new assistant professor in any area of neuroscience! We have funds specifically earmarked for this search. #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky Job just posted: faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17175/f... Please share widely!!

26.03.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Open-Rank Faculty Cluster Hire in Depression Research University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

Pls share AMAZING opportunities! Studying Depression? its biology? UCI’s new Depression Res Ctr is hiring 1) Preclinical Models: systems mechanisms of vulnerability, resilience 2) Child Adolescent, Adult Depression 3) Biomed Engineer Deep Phenotype, Intervention recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09510 508, 507

11.03.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info πŸ‘‡

11.03.2025 06:32 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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Oh my! πŸ₯Ά Can barely feel my toes! Was a fabulous day with lab and @sthom003.bsky.social #StandingUpForScience in Denver!! πŸ“£ Feeling inspired by amazing speakers, but especially @neuronickole.bsky.social who brought the crowd to tears with her moving words on the power of passion for #MentalHealth 🧠

07.03.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
People holding signs at a public stand up for science rally

People holding signs at a public stand up for science rally

People holding signs for a public stand up for science rally

People holding signs for a public stand up for science rally

Standing up for science today in Morgantown, West Virginia with our students, our fellow scientists and community members, and in solidarity with everyone around the world who stands up for science! @standupforscience.bsky.social

07.03.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
People holding signs at a public stand up for science rally

People holding signs at a public stand up for science rally

People holding signs for a public stand up for science rally

People holding signs for a public stand up for science rally

Standing up for science today in Morgantown, West Virginia with our students, our fellow scientists and community members, and in solidarity with everyone around the world who stands up for science! @standupforscience.bsky.social

07.03.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE?

Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm!

#standupforscience2025

07.03.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 745 πŸ” 255 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 24
Flyer for stand up for science--more information available at www.standupforscience2025.org

Flyer for stand up for science--more information available at www.standupforscience2025.org

TODAY IS THE DAY! πŸ§ͺβ˜€οΈβ¬‡οΈ

Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!

07.03.2025 11:44 πŸ‘ 1171 πŸ” 401 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 52
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Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women's Health Research Cluster - Women's Health Research Cluster We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women...

Here’s my statement as Lead for @whrcluster.bsky.social on the importance of studying women’s health- (& the importance of within & across sex & gender investigations) for our best chance at precision medicine womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...

05.02.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

Great resource for all stress researchers! Check it outπŸ§ͺ🧠😍

04.02.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to share the notice of award for my F31 NRSA application with NIDA! Science truly takes a village, and I’m feeling particularly built up by mine today.

21.01.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
News - Physiology & Behavior | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect Read the latest articles of Physiology & Behavior at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

I’m honored and excited to step into the role of editor-in-chief of Physiology & Behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/phys...

11.12.2024 18:26 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Good morning #ACNP2024! Had enough neuroscience yet? Time to learn a little cardiology (as performed by neuroscientist. @Devineffinger.Bsky.social). Specifically, does chronic microdosing of LSD pose a cardiovascular risk by chronically activating 5HT2B receptors? Find out at poster W234 today!!

11.12.2024 15:07 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Fantastic talks in the #ACNP2024 #epigenetics session by @autumnskye1229.bsky.social on the epigenetics of stress and exercise across the lifespan
and by @eahellerphd.bsky.social on harnessing epigenetic editing to understand and ameliorate the long-lasting mechanisms of addiction

10.12.2024 17:31 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Studying sex differences in the human brain is challenging, but important.

Many thanks to @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social & the fab folks @thetransmitter.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to the evolving conversation on this timely topic ⬇️

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09.12.2024 15:27 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Found my happy place at #ACNP2024. Past lab undergrad @cate-cholamine.bsky.social PhD @chanjenerational.bsky.social and postdoc @themorrisonlab.bsky.social 🀩🀩 So lucky πŸ€ to have worked with so much brilliant science talent πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

10.12.2024 07:21 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrating a fabulous scientific collaboration at #ACNP2024 that started so many years ago at @acnporg.bsky.social with a glass of 🍷 with @themorrisonlab.bsky.social and Jovanovic lab, now a killer R01 🧠. Why we love ACNP πŸ‘

10.12.2024 07:29 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heyyy you #ACNP2024 attendees on the job market - check it out πŸ‘‡

10.12.2024 06:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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come through!
#acnp2024 @npp-journal.bsky.social

10.12.2024 12:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop by tonight at the poster M55 to chat about the role of Egr1 as a sex-specific immediate early gene and chromatin regulator in the brain, the relevance for synaptic plasticity and behavior and the broader role of this research for women’s mental health #ACNP2024

09.12.2024 22:54 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happening soon in Sonoran H-I! Don’t miss our session on early life adversity, organized by Chris Anacker and featuring @arrudacarvalho.bsky.social @milennavandijk.bsky.social
#ACNP2024

09.12.2024 21:08 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2