@mayabluitt

neuro PhD candidate in @besheerlab at UNC-CH

Joined July 2011
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Stop by and see ⁦@mayabluitt⁩ presenting her dissertation project! #RSA2023
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We’re hiring! Projects combine genomics, in vivo ephys and synaptic physiology to understand how plasticity in basal ganglia circuits give rise to maladaptive decision making- with a focus on models of substance use disorder and chronic pain! (1/n)
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ayeee that’s my mentor!!! CONGRATS JB, so very much deserved!! @BesheerLab
BBSP @ UNC@UNCBBSP7 Mar 2023
Announcing the OGE's mentoring awards for 2022-23! @BesheerLab, Sharon Campbell, Charles Perou, @WilliamValdar, Adriana Beltran, Jessica Bowser, @natstann
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Latest paper exploring motivation in obesity and underlying NAc circuits from the @LexKravitz lab! This work was vaulted over the finish line by our incredibly talented undergrad @YiyanPan 🍔🍕🥯🐁 biologicalpsychiatryjournal.…
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Science fam in town @ljaritech @superrsema @mayabluitt
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Our first group lab pic since Fall 2019! 🎉 Good to finally have an updated one!
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BBSP @ UNC@UNCBBSP4 Apr 2022
Congrats to our newest NSF GRFP awardees: @mayabluitt, @jpflores_31, @SarahAnneSci, and Nick Randolph! Plus honorable mention for Cassie Phillips, Nina Nishiyama, @MargaretDedloff, and @Pratt__Brandon. What a great way to start Graduate Student Appreciation Week!
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still in shock!! Feeling SO grateful for the incredible support & mentorship from @BesheerLab, previous advisors @DrWorms @LexKravitz and the countless others who helped me get this far!!
Dr. Joyce Besheer@BesheerLab4 Apr 2022
Huge congrats to ⁦⁦@mayabluitt⁩ for receiving an NSF GRFP!! So proud of you!!!🎉 ⁦@uncneuro⁩ ⁦@UNC_IMSD⁩
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The scene on Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill after #UNC defeats #Duke in an epic Final 4 game for the history books. bit.ly/3DAXngH #UNCvsDUKE
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THE #NationalChampionship IS SET! @KUHoops & @UNC_Basketball will play for the title Monday at 9:20pm ET on TBS 🏆 #MFinalFour
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The latest preprint from @LexKravitz lab is here!! We asked how obesity drives changes in NAc circuits and food seeking. 🍔🐭biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Enhanced food motivation in obese mice is controlled by D1R expressing spiny projection neurons in...

Obesity is a chronic relapsing disorder that is caused by an excess of caloric intake relative to energy expenditure. In addition to homeostatic feeding mechanisms, there is growing recognition of...

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New preprint led by @Ryan_ETyler 🎉! Potentiated sensitivity to alcohol interoceptive effects following stressor with changes in GABA-related genes in insular cortex and nucleus accumbens. @mayabluitt @LC_Ornelas21 @KalynnVan biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Predator odor (TMT) exposure potentiates interoceptive sensitivity to alcohol and increases...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) confers enhanced vulnerability to develop comorbid alcohol use disorder (AUD). Exposure to the scent of a predator, such as the fox odor TMT, has been used to...

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New paper out 🎉led by @Ryan_ETyler with help from @mayabluitt! Lasting behavioral changes and adaptations in glutamatergic targets in insula and BNST following stressor exposure - and a role for mGlu3 signaling in some of these changes. Way to go team! authors.elsevier.com/a/1ePF3…
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The application system for ENDURE 2022 is NOW OPEN!
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petition for all major bread companies to sell half loaves
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We are so excited to announce that our #AddictionBiology paper "Sex-specific plasticity in CRF regulation of inhibitory control in central amygdala CRF1 neurons after chronic voluntary alcohol drinking" is now online! #IA2BC #SABV #CRF #CeA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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New preprint led by @Ryan_ETyler looking at role of mGlu3 on lasting effects of stressor exposure on behavior and glutamatergic adaptations in insular cortex and BNST. With help from our newest lab member @mayabluitt and other collaborators!
bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv_neursci10 May 2021
The effects of predator odor (TMT) exposure and mGlu3 NAM pretreatment on lasting behavioral and molecular adaptations in the ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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