deb
she/her | 🇸🇬 | #neurodivergent neuroscientist | animal behavior nerd | psych PhD candidate at Emory University 🦅 | M.S. umich ’22 🐿 | B.S. umich ’21 〽️
- Reposted by debOur latest findings on social behavior circuits is out: how does the brain responds to social isolation? Terrific work by @dingliu.bsky.social et al. uncovering a circuit with similar neural architecture as physiological needs (hunger, thirst, sleep..). Detailed thread soon. rdcu.be/ebo63
- this is Frank. he lives at the Amphibian Foundation. I think we’re friends now. #SICB2025
- Reposted by debAnts best humans at test of collective intelligence "When people work together, they can achieve great things. But if they can’t talk, they’re not necessarily smarter than ants" Original paper www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... News www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by debA fun thing nobody tells you about a career in science is how much of your life will be spent waiting for mice to have sex
- Reposted by debI know I'm not the first person to say it, but it really is crazy that cats have fish breath, lick themselves, then smell good. I know they're secreting good smells but the math does not add up despite knowing that.
- Reposted by debmy hopes for gen z taking over the academic process is that it will be matched for harshness, but at least more efficient
- and that’s a wrap on #SfN23!! it was an intense, sometimes overwhelming, but overall really great experience getting to learn about so much cool neuroscience research and meeting the masterminds behind it 🧠 PS. thank you to everyone who stopped by my poster, your interest in my work means a ton!!
- how do spiny mice behave when they're left to interact with a large group of novel conspecifics, and how do their brains influence their behavior? come visit my poster during the Social Behaviors poster session on Monday morning at #sfn23 to find out!! :) #neuroskyence #PhDSky
- Reposted by deb"Sorry I struggle to keep up with messages, I have ADHD" - Clinical, passé. Invites unwanted questions "The curse I carry permits contact only when stars align" - Mysterious, exciting. Demands the most be made of your time
- platform paper ✅ (and step 1 of 3 of quals done)!! it’s been the craziest month and a half writing it but i’m glad i did it 🎉 #PhDSky
- having a photoshoot with a spiny mouse - expectations vs reality (i think the second photo is a pretty accurate representation of my general state, tbh) @aubreymkelly.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PhDSky
- Reposted by deb@brandonfricker.bsky.social’s latest spiny mouse paper, featuring some group interaction data from @debho.bsky.social, out now in Scientific Reports!
- excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by debexcited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by debthank you to @debho.bsky.social for their work on the group interactions and as always to @aubreymkelly.bsky.social for their help and support! #neuroskyence
- the fact that it’s #FatBearWeek is the only thing getting me through to the end of this week
- apparently it’s adhd awareness month. i am indeed very aware of my adhd. an adhd unawareness month would be useful for me though.
- Reposted by debWhen I mention "my PI" and people want to know what's going on in my life that I needed to hire a private investigator
- Reposted by debYes I know them, we went to Twitter together.
- today i learned (the hard way) about the impossible task called attempting to write through the day-after NyQuil fog. anyway Aubrey if you see this i am sorry in advance for the amount of incoherence you’re gonna see in my paper tomorrow #PhDSky
- @cdelawalla.bsky.social is also the (very awesome) unofficial social coordinator of our cohort !! #HiSciSky
- Reposted by deb🚨IMPORTANT🚨 Today is the day that you can order free COVID tests! Every US household can place an order for 4 free COVID tests, which will ship starting next week. I just submitted my order, so GET YOURS NOW! :)
- a year ago today, i started my first project here and as i write the manuscript for it now, it’s pretty crazy looking back at how much i’ve learned over the past year 🥹 #PhDSky #neuroskyence
- (i still regularly get lost going to the animal rooms tho)
- Reposted by debi love running code that takes 5-10 minutes to run because its not enough time to do something else so i can play fun little games on my phone or something for a bit #PhDsky
- also, shameless plug here but @brandonfricker.bsky.social and @veneziaroshko.bsky.social are my super hella cool labmates who put up with my chaos every day 😬 #neuroskyence
- realized i never introduced myself here sooooo… #HiSciSky!! i’m a second year PhD student at Emory. i study the neural correlates of social behavior and group dynamics in African spiny mice and i’m a nerd for pretty much anything animal behavior!! #neuroscience #neuroscience #PhDSky
- realized i never introduced myself here sooooo… #HiSciSky!! i’m a second year PhD student at Emory. i study the neural correlates of social behavior and group dynamics in African spiny mice and i’m a nerd for pretty much anything animal behavior!! #neuroscience #neuroscience #PhDSky
- Reposted by debTwitter users inviting mutuals onto BlueSky like a chain of crabs pulling each other out of a bucket
- a true sign that i study animal behavior: today i referred to “not single” (ie., attached/married/in a relationship) humans as “pair-bonded” 🤦🏻♀️ #Neuroskyence #PhDSky
- Reposted by debtwitter is like the internet version of when they make public benches really uncomfortable so people can't sleep on them
- how to get work done from home with cats #PhDSky
- Reposted by debI’m trying to live life in such a way that I never have to explain how all my monkeys died
