Estherina Trachtenberg
Postdoctoral researcher @ MRC-CBU, University of Cambridge.
Neuroscience, Social - psychoneuroimmunology
Researcher, lecturer, nurse, social activist, nature lover, addicted to music & books. Most importantly proud dog mom 🐕.
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- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergThis Thursday (Feb 5th) we're hosting Dr. Salvador Durá-Bernal with a talk on “Large-scale biophysical models of neuronal circuits to study brain function and disease”. Here's the registration link and the abstract: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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- This Thursday at 3PM (UTC), we'll host @barabasi.bsky.social at the Making Connections seminar series. I'm sure it'll be a very stimulating and inspiring talk, so if you'd like to join, register via the link below: sites.google.com/view/makingc...
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergNew preprint 🎉 Psych constructs are complex. Symptoms overlap, people rarely fit neat categories, and patterns are non-linear. Most methods compromise this richness. Self-Organising Maps don't. We provide a step-by-step tutorial with annotated R code to make them accessible. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
- Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergResearchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6k…
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- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergWe are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
- Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research 🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available 📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site 🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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- Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg📣 We are recruiting! Please share!! Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺 We have two roles available 👇 🧵 1/4
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergI’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
- Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg📣 We are expanding! Repost 🙏🏽 - Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping) - Project Associates - Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗) www.neuroact.in
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- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergI'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months. Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
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- Excellent paper by the amazing @idoshal.bsky.social 👏☺️
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergAlert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
- Highly recommend working with Julie!!! An incredible researcher and, more importantly, a fantastic human being!!
- ‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️ I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !! ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... deadline July 31st @pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
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- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergMany highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰 @pnirs.bsky.social
- Brilliant symposium and talks by the amazing, Iris, Julie and Elizabeth 👏👏👏 @julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social #PNIRS2025
- Dr. Iris Ka-Yi Chat is sharing fascinating insights into how inflammation influences reward systems in adolescents! #PNIRS2025
- Incredible talk from @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social, who shared her fascinating results. I'm looking forward to reading the full publication 🤩 👏 #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social
- Would you like to hear about prosocial behavioral in rats during social isolation and it's on neuroendocrine-immune effects? Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social
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- I'm so excited to be here at #PNIRS2025! This is the best conference and society, I’m thrilled to meet all of you! #Bordeaux @pnirs.bsky.social
- Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg🚨 Get EXCITED — We are just *ONE WEEK* away from #PNIRS2025!!! 👏🏼🤩 Are you ready to bookmark our final #highlights? 📌 Member-Sponsored Symposia 5 & 6 🗓️ Thu, Jun 12 8:30–10 AM For Details >> 🧵 Spread 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 word 👏🏼 #PNIRS #PNI #Psychoneuroimmunology #Science #France #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
- 📣 We are THRILLED to begin announcing the #PNIRS2025 member-sponsored symposia over the next few days! This year, there will be 3 concurrent sessions with a total of 6 symposia — selected from a record-high volume of submissions 🔥 #PNIRS #Highlights #PNI #Psychoneuroimmunology #Bordeaux #France
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergThe countdown is almost over — #PNIRS2025 starts tomorrow ✨👏🏼 We’re excited for everyone to (re)connect and soak in the vibes in Bordeaux at the Welcome Reception at Le Tchanqué tomorrow (June 9) at 6 PM! >>🧵
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- Did you know that social isolation affects both the brain and cancer progression in rats? What can this teach us about social isolation in humans? This short article, based on my PhD research, explores the science behind it. 🧠🧬 @lbscience.org www.lbscience.org/en/2025/06/0...
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- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergFunded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergThis is a really cool project! Please repost to anyone interested at the intersection between developmental cognitive neuroscience and education!
- Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...
- I'm super excited to give my Pint of Science talk today: Wired for connection – how relationships and kindness support mental and physical health 🧠🍺
- ✨️ #pint25 is starting today!✨ 3 nights of fun science talks for everyone in pubs, come meet & chat with scientists! 👀🎟 Discover the programme and grab your tickets here pintofscience.co.uk 🗓️ 19-21 May 2025 📍45 locations across the UK 👓 400 events
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- What began as a hallway chat at @mrccbu.bsky.social with @idoshal.bsky.social grew to a deep conversation and turned into a BNA insight paper. We explored subjectivity in neuroscience from the voices of ECRs. Endless thanks, dearest Ido, and Nimrod Hertz @britishneuro.bsky.social
- Fascinating! Well done, Celia 👏🤩 @celiafoster.bsky.social
- Come check out Celia’s poster today and tomorrow at #NCMPan25 and learn about touch localisation abilities with the Third Thumb! 1-F-73 @ncmsociety.bsky.social @celiafoster.bsky.social
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- 1/5 Yesterday and today, I gave a talk at the Psychology Dept. as part of the Cambridge Festival. Thank you, Nina and Louise, for inviting me!! I spoke about empathy in rats, and we explored how empathy manifests in humans and animals. @mrccbu.bsky.social @cambridgefestival.bsky.social 🧑🔬🧪
- Always wanted to have a mug with my publication on it. Now I have 2!!!Super excited and thank you to my incredible hubby @agilkis.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social ☺️
- Join our science night with fascinating activities and talks! I'll be talking about my research, "Wired for connection: The neuroscience of loneliness and health". Super excited about it!🧠🧪🧑🔬
- Two week to go! We have a great line up of speakers, hands-on activities and tours for you to enjoy at the MRC CBU on Wednesday 19 March from 6pm. All welcome! Full details: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/scien...
- Looking forward to giving the talks about empathy in Rats ☺️✨
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- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergScientific data and independence are at risk: We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference. By @neuralreckoning.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/policy/scien...
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- I'll be there. 🧑🔬 Don't miss out! ✨ 🧪🧠
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- Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
- Reposted by Estherina TrachtenbergWell, would you look at that - travelling waves in cortex have the ingredients necessary to do credit assignment via the apical dendrites of L5 neurons! 😎 #neuroscience 🧪
- Sensory inputs trigger a fast-traveling wave, followed by a slower wave carrying top-down info (value/choice). The late wave reactivates ensembles in superficial cortical layers. Touch-evoked traveling waves establish a translaminar spacetime code www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #neuroscience
