
Dr Melissa Herman
@melissaherman4
Neuroscientist/pharmacologist working with alcohol, nicotine, GABA, psilocybin; whiskey enthusiast; toddler/dog Mom; Tweets are my opinion only. She/Her/Hers
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https://www.thehermanlab.com/ 20-01-2012 19:51:07
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Come work with us at Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) U Calgary! We are recruiting for a Tier II CRC position in Addictions & Comorbidity (Assistant Professor level); must have a PhD in Clinical Psychology Please RT &/or reach out with questions More info here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/15043284-β¦


Love a good Herman Lab Wordle!

We may not have won @BCAS_Outreach but we were best costume in UNC Pharmacology πππ



Exciting new study from Alex Kwan ιι²ζ and team - highlighting the key contribution of 5-HT2A expressing pyramidal neurons to the behavioral effects of psilocybin Mahathi Vuruputuri Balaganesh Janakiraman

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Stressed mice overgeneralize their bad memories, making it more difficult to discern between safe and dangerous stimuli. Cell Learn more: cell.com/cell/fulltext/β¦ Paul Frankland, Matt Hill, and Sheena Josselyn


Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions β a Review by Clara Liao, Alisha Dua, Cassandra Wojtasiewicz, Conor Liston & Alex Kwan go.nature.com/4eEI3Aw Clara Liao Alex Kwan ιι²ζ Cornell BME Cornell Engineering Cornell University Weill Cornell Medicine Psychiatry Weill Cornell Medicine


Public repository for code and data - github.com/Kwan-Lab/abohaβ¦, for our preprint "Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expression" PS: much issues with CodeOcean for peer review.. Now it is on GitHub too. π¨βπ»π©βπ»

An amazing multi-college collaboration between Dr. Pocivavsek of USC School of Medicine Columbia and Christian O'Reilly of Molinaroli Coll. of Eng. & Computing Learn more about the teamβs efforts and how they impact brain health research β¬οΈ

Excited to be co-chairing a panel with Dr Melissa Herman titled: 1 + 1 = 3: Understanding the Neurobiology of Polysubstance Use featuring valeria lallai, Anna Lee, Brandon Henderson, Linda B. Cottler Tuesday at 9AM in Grand Sonoran F! Polysubstance Use is the rule and not the exception! #ACNP2024


Some wonderful discussions on the importance and need for studying polysubstance use, and a case against purity made at our #ACNP2024 panel! Brandon Henderson was sorely missed! Big thanks to valeria lallai Linda B. Cottler Anna Lee and Dr Melissa Herman for chairing masterfully!


It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to Dr. Kathryn Braden!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! frontiersin.org/journals/behavβ¦


