Assistant Professor Emory Dept of Pediatrics | Conn Lab alum | developmental synaptic mechanisms of complex behavior | @wakeforest @wakeipp alum 🎩 | She/her
Nashville, TN
Joined April 2009
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It’s official! Luessen Lab will be opening its doors this Fall in the Department of Pediatrics at @EmoryUniversity School of Medicine. Thrilled to be joining a team of awesome researchers as part of the Children’s Center for Neuroscience Research 🧠
🎉 New paper out! 🧠
Thrilled to see this work from my postdoc in the Conn lab published!
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝
Moving 1700lbs of equipment wasn’t on my June bingo card but here we are! Let’s test some cognition y’all 💪🏻🧠
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We’re hiring! The Center for Substance Abuse Research (@CSARtemplemed) at Temple Med is recruiting at the Assistant/Associate Professor level. Reach out if you’re interested!
Tenure Track Faculty Opportunity at Renowned Research Center in Philadelphia! nature.com/naturecareers/job…
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Excited to share my first publication from my Postdoc! We examined a fentanyl-targeting monoclonal antibody for its selectivity for blocking fent taking, ability to reverse & prevent overdose, & the magnitude & duration of those effects.
link.springer.com/article/10…
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🎉 Congratulations to @TheErinCalipari of @VCARScience and Steven Townsend @Townsend_Lab for receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers! 🏆
Read on about their incredible basic science-related research 👉 news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/01/…
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This paper has finally found its home
@CurrentBiology
and is now available online: cell.com/current-biology/ful……
Grateful to work with this stellar team of co-authors! 🤠♥️🧪
Excited to have this preprint out in the world!
The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) is critical for advanced cognitive capabilities. But what does that look like at the microcircuit level?
Paper here: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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During the Holiday Break, I finally had some time to sit down and make my lab website! Looking forward to watching it grow and evolve with content over the next few years. #neuroscience #newPI
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I swear I don’t just study mGlu receptors so I can go to Taormina 🤫 excited to FINALLY attend this meeting! – at Taormina, Sicily
It’s time for #GRSaddiction #GRCaddiction!! Come say hi at my talk Saturday morning and posters Sunday and Monday evening! 🐻🏔️@GordonConf
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Excited to kick off GRS Addiction with my amazing co-chair @KatherineSavell! Can’t wait to see all the amazing work trainees are leading in addiction research!
Applications are now open for the 2024-2025 postdoc seminar series! 📣📣📣 An awesome opportunity to come to Nashville to share your work with @VandyPharm!!!
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If you know anyone who’s interested in how the brain modulates feeding, stress and other motivated behaviors, I’m looking for technicians, graduate students and postdocs!
‼️Attention #SSIBlings : JOB POST
There were lots of job postings at the meeting. If you are looking to hire a grad student, post doc or tenure track position, please comment below with more info.
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NEW MANUSCRIPT FROM THE WINDER LAB! Curious about how group vs individual housing influences mouse home cage drinking behavior? Introducing LIQ PARTI (Lick Instance Quantifier with Poly-Animal RFID Tracking Integration)! #biorxiv
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Three scientist mothers call for a change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on their personal experiences go.nature.com/3X03rLo