Meg Sheppard
@_megsheppard
Cognitive Neuroscience PhD student at the University of Manchester 🧠📚. Interested in noradrenaline and early life stress
My review paper is officially out!“Noradrenergic alterations associated with early life stress” - a big thank you to my collaborators in Manchester @nilsmuhlert & Prof Rebecca Elliott, Taiwan @nwduncan &Mexico @egarzav @JalilRasgado - you can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Next week! 🧠@OHBM_Trainees
Join NIDA and partners July 21–22 at 9am ET for the ABCD: Continuing the Arc of Development expert panel meeting. This public event will explore the future of the ABCD Study. Info link in comments! Watch via NIH Videocast. Comments to [email protected].
Please RT‼️ looking to hire a postdoc with structural MRI experience for studying looking at how weight gain affects brain development + longitudinal work on ABCD study. Location: University of Georgia Start date: Fall 2025 Review of applicants starts Sept 1
Now that #OHBM2025 is over 😢, we’d love to hear from you! 🔈 Please fill out the following form to tell us about your experiences at this year’s conference. If you’d like to keep up with the Sp-SIG community, join our mailing list below too! 🤩✨🧠 forms.gle/s5AWBnyXdM2NyN…
And our second MISClabber @_megsheppard proudly presenting her work studying why (and when) amygdala structure changes following early traumatic experiences... 🎉💪🎉
Gutted to not be at OHBM this year - but Katie is one of our two MISClab ambassadors doing a sterling job of highlighting their work! Go chat to her!
It was pleasure to chair a symposium on academic burnout at #OHBM2025, on behalf of @OHBM_Trainees 🔥 A HUGE thank you to our wonderful speakers, who were willing to be so open and vulnerable about their personal experiences - @fMRI_today, @AmyBrodtmann & @DanielMargulies
Academics, including students, postdocs, and ECRs often face high expectations for long work hours and limited work-life balance. At #OHBM2025 we will be hosting a symposium on "Academic burnout and how to deal with it". Speakers: @DanielMargulies @AmyBrodtmann @fMRI_today
Our symposium is free of charge. Come to Querétaro and show your research!
International Symposium on Addiction Research New Abstract Submission Deadline - July 25th, 2025 Registration is Free. 360 seats available In-Person, no limit Online. Venue: Institute of Neurobiology, Querétaro, México. 25/Aug/2025 - 27/Aug/2025 addictions.inb.unam.mx
"It takes a village to raise a child." Thanks to all the members of the SP-SIG and everyone who has helped behind the scenes with the upcoming events at #OHBM2025
3 generations of OHBM SP-SIG’s social media & comms team meet in Aus! 🇦🇺🦘🧠@joshtan19 @_megsheppard @stuartjoldham
🎉🎉#OHBM2025 is just around the corner! Remember to visit the SP-SIG stall next to the registration desk and add stickers to your badge describing your research interests!
🌟ONE WEEK LEFT!🌟We're excited to see everyone going to Brisbane! Please come say hello and ask any questions to our attending members @AshleaSegal @DaveMomi @ErynnChristens1 @JoshTan19 @98katielmoran @_megsheppard @NatashaL_Taylor @PriscilaTLevi and Trang. Upcoming events 👇
Going to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane? We're accepting entries for two in-person science communication competitions: 📊 Best Figure Competition 🗣️ 3-Minute Chalk Talk Competition ⭐ See here for more details, or to sign up for one or both competitions: forms.gle/iDHGmWzgN5rPBY…
Going to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane? We're accepting entries for *two in-person science communication competitions* at the annual meeting: 📊 A Best Figure Competition 🗣️ 3-Minute Chalk Talk Competition ⭐ See here for more details, or to sign up for one or both competitions:
Going to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane? ComCom is accepting entries for *two in-person science communication competitions* at the annual meeting: 📊A Best Figure Competition 🗣️3-Minute Chalk Talk Competition. Link in comments for more details, or to sign up for 1 or both competitions.
Going to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane? We're accepting entries for two in-person science communication competitions: 📊 Best Figure Competition 🗣️ 3-Minute Chalk Talk Competition ⭐ See here for more details, or to sign up for one or both competitions: forms.gle/1X9ccz2vpsRQ4V…
Really pleased to share that my first, first-author paper and the first paper from my PhD is now published! ✨ nature.com/articles/s4159… In ~40,000 ppts we show that greater cerebrovascular burden is associated with poorer cognitive function - this effect was explained by...