Puja Parekh, Ph.D.

@pujaparekh.bsky.social

Asst. Prof in Neuroscience at UT Dallas studying motivated behavior and effects of stress on 🐭🧠

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‼️Mentorship program APPLICATIONS OPEN‼️ Developing a Community of Neuroscientists (DCNS) •5-year mentorship program 👥 •for neuroscience grad students, postdocs & assistant profs 👩🏾‍🏫 •in-person sessions 3x/year ✈️ •professional development, mentoring, & research enhancement 🔬 •peer support network 💞

A cream flyer with yellow callout bubbles. The flyer header reads Developing a Community of Neuroscientists (DCNS) A Longitudinal Mentorship Program to Maximize Scientific Impact. There is a group photo of a diverse cohort 1 underneath the header. The left yellow bubble reads What is DCNS? Developing a Community of Neuroscientists is a five year longitudinal mentorship program designed to retain early-career researchers in the field. We aim to provide sustained mentoring and professional development for the next generation of neuroscience leaders. We seek to support people who have faced barriers along their journeys in pursuing academic research careers. Who is eligible? • Mid-to-late stage graduate students (who have advanced to PhD candidacy) • Postdoctoral fellows (intending to apply for faculty positions) • Assistant professors (with less than 2 years of experience) DCNS is hosted by the University of Minnesota and supported by an NINDS R25 grant, but open to applicants nationwide. The right yellow bubble reads Program Benefits: • Annual $2000 stipend • All travel & expenses to attend three in-person cohort meetings each year • A supportive community as you navigate career transitions • Expanding your mentoring network • Unique professional development opportunities to grow your personal and career skills There is another group photo underneath that bubble. Then the bottom on the page has a timeline: August applications open, October 30 applications due, December interviews, and January program start. Questions? Please email DCNS@umn.edu
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Stumbled upon a ridiculous movie on prime - the love hypothesis. Icky rom com about a grad student and professor but you’re probably not going to get multiple patch clamp mentions in any other film 🤷🏽‍♀️

Still image from the movie with subtitle reading “my patch-clamp technique is impeccable.”
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📣 Save the date!

RLDM 2027, the Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making, is coming to Paris, July 6-9, 2027 🎉

Stay tuned for submission deadlines and more updates on our website rldm.org 👀

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750,000 Texas Voters Disenfranchised

Up to 750,000 Texans registered through the DPS online portal are missing from County Voting Rolls.

Talarico “the government failed to do its job.”

Registration deadline: Oct. 5.
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www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTexas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r...
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FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing!

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Our new review is out now on the ventral hippocampus, highlighting a large body of recent work, from the information it represents to how internal state shapes its activity to how its circuits influence behavior.

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With the beginning of the new academic year, I'm reposting the info for our free online neuroscience methods course. If you're starting a PhD in neuroscience, or just want a refresher, this is for you!

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