Neuroscientist and Behavioral ecologist. PhD @UPenn Neuro. Now @Harvard Junior Fellow (2024-2027). Neurobiology of Social Behavior; Neuroethology
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*Very* excited to see the last study of my PhD making the cover of @ScienceMagazine on the macaques of @CayoSantiagoPR.
We show that ecological disturbances can alter selective pressures on social ties leading to persistent societal changes.
shorturl.at/i2WIB 🧵👇
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Nature giveth and taketh away. Great new paper from @CamilleTestard @ljnbrent & @CayoBiobank team! We previously showed monkeys boost social connections to survive natural disaster. But this increases the risk of communicable disease. Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 "The Agoutis: A Future Model for Ecologically Relevant Neuroscience and Physiology In Natura," by J. I. Sanguinetti-Scheck and D. Gálvez in 𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 doi.org/10.1111/eth.13514
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Very excited to see this out! The one and only @neuroetho lays his vision for natural neuroscience with the amazing Agouti at the front seat. If you’re interested please give this a read and reach out, there are available positions!
🚨Fun Rodent alert ‼️ I’m excited to share a review of what is becoming one of my passion projects since around 2019, that blossom at @PennSAS . The future of Natural Neuroscience with the Agouti! Published today in Ethology. Sooo, What is an Agouti? 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Dream position right there. Exciting science. Supportive mentor. Dope and affordable city. Don’t miss out on this *unique* opportunity !!!
Wild opportunity! 🚨 If you are going to #SfN #SfN2024 , you are finishing PhD student in neurophysiology looking to do some wild neuroscience I’m trying to find you!!! Please get in touch! I want to support someone to join the lab to work on Agoutis! neuroetho.com
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Wild opportunity! 🚨 If you are going to #SfN #SfN2024 , you are finishing PhD student in neurophysiology looking to do some wild neuroscience I’m trying to find you!!! Please get in touch! I want to support someone to join the lab to work on Agoutis! neuroetho.com
MindCORE Postdoc Fellowship @Penn
Apply by Dec 1, 2024
Designed for new(ish) PhDs in neuro, psych, ling, philo, CIS, cog sci+
3 yrs salary +20K research fund
More: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/post-…
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🚨 student job alert 🚨 Excited to post my first ad for the lab looking for a Research Specialist @PennSAS ( RA or Lab manager open to both profiles). Neuro of flexible behaviors, play in the lab, wild rodents in Panama! Please share! RT tinyurl.com/Nachos and
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Very grateful to have received the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience! And congratulations to all SFN awardees! Looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces at SFN this year :)
Congratulations to @NBellono and @CamilleTestard @MCB_Harvard and all the other recipients of SFN's early career scientist awards!
Read more about their exciting work in the @SfNtweets announcement below.
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Congratulations to @NBellono and @CamilleTestard @MCB_Harvard and all the other recipients of SFN's early career scientist awards!
Read more about their exciting work in the @SfNtweets announcement below.
Congratulations to the 2024 SfN award and prize recipients!
Their passion, innovation, and commitment to advancing the understanding of the brain are shaping the future of neuroscience.
SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN24!
Learn more about the recipients. 🔗 bit.ly/47q8bwV
#NeuroTwitter #AcademicTwitter #SciTwitter
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic📷 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Sign up here by 9/13: bit.ly/comicscollabfall2024…
ALT Cartoon mastodon reading a comic held up by its tusks. Flyer says "Call for scientists. Want to collaborate with an art student on a comic about your research? Learn more & sign up by 9/13: bit.ly/comicscollabfall2024."
ALT Plain text flyer. "Open to scientists in any field! Special requests for the following: birds, exobiology, flower morphology & cultivation, intrusive thoughts & compulsive behavior, multicellular fungi, blue-tongued skinks, whales. Please share widely! Questions? chu2354@massart.edu"
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Les singes changent de comportements pour survivre. Mon entretien par @alicebomboy pour @Mediapart et avec @CamilleTestard : mediapart.fr/journal/ecologi…
Et pour aller plus loin, les péripéties d’un primatologue aux Editions @OdileJacob : odilejacob.fr/catalogue/scie…
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The comic art embedded in this story is just so beautifully done and such a great way to communicate science.
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/hur…
@MichaelLouisPl1 @CamilleTestard @HuWantsToKnow
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Exciting science coming your way. @neuroetho is recruiting, don't let the opportunity pass you by!
It’s always a pleasure to mix art and science. I really enjoy having these relaxed conversations about ideas, dreams and work. Fantastic write up by @RebeccaHorne500 at @_TheTransmitter and a really fun shoot with Simon Simard! Come join the fun! Recruiting RA, PhD and Postdocs!!
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While heart rate is predominantly controlled by the autonomic nervous system, it can be intentionally altered through training.
A new Science study in rats that learned to reduce their heart rate provides insights into how this works. scim.ag/7zW
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Wonderful and incredibly talented comic artist right here!! Thanks so much for choosing to collaborate with me and make a dream come true 😍 Comic is such a powerful medium for science communication. I hope to see more of these!
How can social behavior affect survival after a natural disaster? HUGE congrats to @CamilleTestard and co-authors, whose study about Hurricane Maria's impact on @CayoSantiagoPR just came out in @ScienceMagazine ! Check out the paper, the thread, and the COMIC. 🏝️🐒🐒🐒
ALT Comic collaboration between Drs. Camille Testard and Caroline Hu. Comic art by Dr. Hu, based on the research paper published by Dr. Testard and co-authors, “Ecological disturbance alters the adaptive benefits of social ties”, in the journal Science, on June 21, 2024. Title: Social Adaptation as a Form of Resilience: The Macaques of Cayo Santiago "When disaster strikes, how can we withstand hardship? Not just you. Not just me. We." "When it comes to social behavior, rhesus macaques (REE-sus muh-KAAKS) have a reputation." "Since 1938, scientists have been studying a population of rhesus macaques on the island of Cayo Santiago. What would happen if a disaster hit such a society? Would these macaques’ conflictive nature make things worse?"
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After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, macaques that were more tolerant of others were better able to survive, a new study finds. The results indicate a change in the adaptive benefits of social ties after an ecological disturbance.
Read more in Science: scim.ag/7oP
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If you're interested in how neuronal activity in the macaque brain relate to their intricate and flexible social behavior, check-out our recent study in @Nature with @seb_trem, @MichaelLouisPl1, @KordingLab and others! (Twitter thread available)
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Finally, as a Junior Fellow @Harvard, I will investigate the molecular and circuit mechanisms in the brain regulating flexible sociality in mammals with @DulacLab. So stay tuned for some exciting science uncovering the neural control of sociality in changing ecosystems!
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These findings show the potential of social flexibility to provide resilience to rapid and unpredictable environmental disturbances and emphasize a dynamic link between the environment and fitness consequences of social behavior. Illustrative work by amazing @HuWantsToKnow below
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*COMIC ALERT*: you saw a sneak peak a couple tweets up. I paired up with a fantastic comic artist, scientist and educator @HuWantsToKnow to make a graphic novel version of this study accessible to a wide audience. Check it out!
laurenbrent.com/caroline-hu-…
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This work is of course the result of a HUGE team effort over decades! @ljnbrent @MichaelLouisPl1 @nyuprimatology @SMack_Lab @CayoSantiagoPR. A very special thanks to the CPRC team as well as Josue Negron-Del Valle and Daniel Phillips without whom none of this would be possible.
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