Victoria Abraira
Associate Professor at Rutgers, Cell Biology and Neuroscience Department, studying the sense of touch. First generation, Latina, immigrant, wife and mom. she/her/ella.
- Honored and very excited to attend!!!!
- Thank you!!! This was a whole lot of work by a whole lot of people!!!!
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- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaCongrats to the 2025 cohort of McKnight Scholars! www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/2...
- @natashaobrown.bsky.social !!!! Congratulations!!!!! So proud of you!!!! Thank you HHMI for investing in young talent at State Universities!!!! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaI’m so honored to be selected as both a 2025 McKnight Scholar and 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. And I couldn’t be prouder to share these honors with awesome @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues 💙💛💙💛 health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaI’m thrilled to have been selected as an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, along with my wonderful #PMB colleague @doctheagrif.bsky.social Excited for what’s to come - we’re just getting started! 🚀 @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucd-physiology.bsky.social health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
- So proud of my postdoc! She received official notice that her K99 will be awarded! That’s 3/3 postdocs with transition awards since we opened our lab in 2018! Thank you to the funding agencies for supporting the next generation!!!!
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- SfN elections close SOON — 2P PT/5 PM ET today! Ellen Lumpkin and Irene Tracey are both nominated for council position. Vote to ensure that strong voices represent our sensory neuroscience community. Vote at www.directvote.net/SfN/
- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaThe feeling of a hug comes from the pressure and vibration of millions of nerve endings.
- You were hoping for a complete fiscal year.... I was hoping for human decency....
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- NIH termination notices arriving in my inbox....
- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaI am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaOur paper is out in Nature. By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned. Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaThe plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warnings of Scientists. One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour @Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).
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- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaHere’s just the most recent of the many NCCIH studies of #pain (from colleague @alexchesler.bsky.social published last week in Nature). Nearly 50% of NCCIH funding goes to studying pain, with a focus on nonpharmacological treatments and mechanisms. The proposed budget eliminates NCCIH.
- co-author @dimacd.bsky.social pointed out that the link was truncated in my post. Hope this works: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Victoria AbrairaGave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
- Would love to get the protocol for the Ank-G stain! Looks beautiful!!!!
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- Please register for this amazing meeting! Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 8, 2025
