Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin studying addiction and decision making. Pet parent, runner, and yogi on the side.
Austin, TX
Joined February 2009
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Congratulations to @UF neuroscientist Dr. Barry Setlow, winner of the 2023 @UFMedicine Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Distinguished Research Mentoring Award.
Learn more: bit.ly/3kClt5m
Caitlin Orsini retweeted
Woohoo super excited for #AmygdalaGRC to be back! Also…Barcelona 😍
#AmygdalaGRC 2023 is finally on!
July 9-14 in Castelldefels, Spain 🇪🇸
We have a stellar lineup and are looking forward to an inspiring, diverse, and powerful meeting.
Apply today: grc.org/amygdala-function-in…
Poster credit: Nick Griffin
ALT Flyer for amygdala GRC meeting, info can be found here: https://www.grc.org/amygdala-function-in-emotion-cognition-and-disease-conference/2023/
Pre-print from the lab! Here, we explore the temporally-specific recruitment of amygdala to accumbens projections and dopamine D2 receptor-expressing accumbal neurons in punished risk taking. Some of our results may surprise you. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
I am so lucky to have such a thoughtful lab. A colorful and delicious birthday surprise awaited me at work today.
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Calling all patch clampers! Do you have a trainee who's looking for a job? My lab is looking for an experienced patch clamper to join us in studying how opioids and cocaine affect striatal circuits. DM if interested. Official post coming soon. Please RT.
Science friends! @neurodobbs and I are expressing ChR2 and hM4Di (both under CAMKIIa promoters) in the rat BLA and consistently see unhealthy cells in our slice prep. Has anyone had cell health issues with ChR2 (titer~1.7X10^12 & above) alone or when combined with another virus?
Caitlin Orsini retweeted
Hey Pavlovians — Let’s all give an especially big shout out to Dr. Jeff Wilson. Not only has he kept the Pavlovian Society thriving for twenty years, he is an artisan. Each year he crafts the old mold handed down from Horsley Gantt into a virtual piece of art. Who knew? We do!!
Caitlin Orsini retweeted
I can’t cope with the disappointment in his face when he realises he’s been caught!! 😭
GIVE HIM ALL THE FOOD!
Caitlin Orsini retweeted
The Torregrossa lab is interested in hiring at all levels. We have tons of interesting projects going on to study the neurobiology of alcohol and substance use disorders using state of the art techniques. Come to Pittsburgh!
Caitlin Orsini retweeted
It's that time of year again! Our lab is looking for talented students to join our team! If you are interested in pursuing a PhD studying the neural circuits of fear and avoidance and how they are altered by social interactions using ephys and opto techniques, please apply! 👇🏽
The Diehl lab is looking for talented UG and grad students! We study how neural circuits of fear & avoidance are altered to promote resilient behaviors using single unit recordings and optogenetics in behaving rats. Apply to the grad prgm @KSUPsychSci! Pls RT! #neuroscience
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Hello twitterverse. My lab is looking to hire a post-doctoral fellow (position available immediately) to study individual differences in addiction vulnerability and aversive processing using advanced techniques such as calcium imaging, electrophysiology, and genomics. Thanks!