Rachel Essner
@RachelEssner
neuroscience PhD candidate @Harvard @WilliamsCollege '16
This is an awesome guide to techniques in neuroscience (in my unbiased opinion). Check it out! 👇🏻
Happy to announce the release of a new, 3rd Ed. of Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience. A handy guide to learn about common and cutting-edge methods. With new co-authors… @NitsanGoldstein @RachelEssner and Manasi Iyer.
Our lab is hoping to hire a research technician with neuroscience experience to join a new project examining awareness and anticipation of body signals. The ideal candidate would have experience with stereotaxic surgery and acquisition/analysis of neural data.
I’m over the moon to share my postdoc work @Nature, where we provide an answer to the longstanding question: how is the body’s stress response system (the HPA axis) activated during starvation? nature.com/articles/s4158…
I am excited to share our preprint on how hypothalamic hunger- and satiety-promoting neuropeptides compete at the level of cAMP to regulate feeding. We imaged endogenous peptide signals in subcellular compartments during behavior. Below are the findings: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Anorexia nervosa is a curious eating disorder where individuals go against their homeostatic needs and practice food restriction and self-starvation. We focused on a single symptom of this complex condition to see what it could teach us bit.ly/3IjaJ4A
Sr. Research Associate position open! >4 yr commitment. Prereqs: science nerd, kind, respectful, assertive, organized, >5 yrs experience post-BSc. Will train/oversee undergrads/technicians, manage mouse colony, equipment, orders, reimbursements, protocols. andermannlab.com
Williams is the best! Could not recommend it more :)
The Williams College Biology Department is hiring a tenure track Neurobiologist! This is the perfect faculty position for anyone who wants to pursue research and teaching in an inclusive and supportive community. Feel free to DM me with any questions! apply.interfolio.com/110234
Johnston canyon ice hike crew dominates #beautifulbanff #ksNeuroAppetite22 @FrankieDHeyward @RachelEssner
New work from twitterless superhuman Matt Carter and his @WilliamsCollege students! Go Ephs! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Our insula review is out in @NeuroCellPress!!! @andermann_mark and I review recent studies recording and manipulating cellular activity in rodent insula at timescales from seconds to hours. Inspired by theoretical and CogNeuro studies,...(1/2) authors.elsevier.com/a/1dpeg_KOmxI~…
Feeling thirsty? Hungry? In mice, the insula bridges different timescales of interoception by tracking & predicting thirst & hunger states. See how in work by @Yoav_Livneh, @andermann_mark & coll. bit.ly/3bCiUX1 Preview by @vijay_mkn & @gstuber bit.ly/39yKfYL