Come and celebrate Halloween with us! Anyone is invited to drop in for some snacks and fun.

Congrats to our very own @TheErinCalipari on the Jacob P. Waletzky Award from @SfNtweets recognizing her work on addiction! Find out more about the award here: sfn.org/initiatives/awards/s…

Come see us at the posters @RSAposts. Our students and postdocs are presenting every day of the meeting!

Starting to plan your RSA schedule as you travel to Minneapolis? Come see the Vanderbilt AUD Research and Education Center (vanderbilt.edu/varec) at @RSAposts this week. Our faculty, students, and postdocs are speaking in several sessions on Monday and Tuesday!

Thank you to all the speakers and session chairs for making @VCARScience Day so successful! Continue to follow us for more updates on what we do and for VCAR Science Day 2025 👋

VCAR Science Day Update #17: VCAR Science Day is TODAY! Scroll through the schedule and feel free to pop in and out throughout the day to listen to our amazing speakers.

VCAR Science Day Update #16: VCAR Science Day is TODAY! Check out one of our own @VCARScience graduate students Zahra Farahbakhsh's talk in the Circuits of Social Behavior session at 2:40 PM! Join us TODAY at 2:40 PM with @ZFarahbakhsh 🙌

VCAR Science Day Update #15: VCAR Science Day is TODAY! Check out one of our own @VCARScience postdocs Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh's talk in the Brain Mechanisms of Reward session at 12:05 PM! Join us TODAY at 12:05 PM with @DrMBede 🙌

VCAR Science Day Update #14: VCAR Science Day is TODAY! Check out one of our own @VCARScience postdocs Dr. Maxime Chevée's talk in the Learning and Memory session at 10:15 AM! Join us TODAY at 10:15AM with @MaximeChevee 🙌

VCAR Science Day Update #13: At 2:55 PM Dr. Catherine Pena will present on how early experiences are encoded and maintained to have long-lasting behavioral impact in the "Circuits of Social Behavior" Session. Check us out on April 18 @ 2:55 PM with @Cate_cholamine!

VCAR Science Day Update #12: At 2:20 PM Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin will present on how learned information is passed to subsequent generations in the "Circuits of Social Behavior" Session. Check us out on April 18 @ 2:20 PM with @bjmarlin!

VCAR Science Day Update #11: At 2:00 PM Dr. Annegret Falkner will present on how everyday social interactions shape our brain's neural circuits in the "Circuits of Social Behavior" Session. Check us out on April 18 @ 2:00 PM with @Neurrriot!