@DerandaLester

Research Assistant Professor and Neuroscientist at the University of Memphis. Dopamine dopamine dopamine!

 Memphis, TN
sites.google.com/view/derandalester
Joined November 2013
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Well the NIH definitely gave me a lesson in patience, but this summer brought 2 NOAs (R15 and R03)! Looking forward to working with and learning from the great @lyoun03.
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The rewards of teaching neuroscience to undergrads…
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We’ve got lots of poster action left at #SfN2024 - 2 on Tuesday morning and 2 on Wednesday afternoon. Bring it!
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Come hear an awesome grad student from our lab talk about his work Thursday night. @EricksonRied
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This UofM crew had fun at the Memphis Neuroscience Symposium. These pics could easily represent the beginning and end of the day. @SimonNeuroLab @sable_helen @UofMPsychology
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I'm initiating the Brainy Travel Awards, to help the superstar undergraduate students in our department present their findings at research conferences. Will you donate? momentum.memphis.edu/brain @uofmemphis @uofmcas @UofMPsychology @memphisresearch
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Come hear a talk from one of our awesome neuroscience grad students! 🍻
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thrilled to share my first, first-author manuscript! authors.elsevier.com/c/1i6mS…
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Finally celebrating student successes and grant awards! This crew is ready for a new semester. @UofMPsychology @EricksonRied @rebeccachari88
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Paid research positions for undergraduate students in the Memphis area. It’s not too late to apply! References are submitted later. 🧠🔬🎉 memphis.edu/psychology/neuro… @UofMPsychology @CBUHonors @FromCBU @LOC_Magicians @RhodesCollege @uofmemphis
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We are looking for undergraduate students interested in neuroscience research. Students from any college in the Memphis area are encouraged to apply. memphis.edu/psychology/neuro… @UofMPsychology @FromCBU @LOC_Magicians @RhodesCollege @uofmemphis
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Sensory rewards vs drug rewards in a new self-administration paradigm... with strain effects and housing effects. I'm excited to be a part of this new publication. rdcu.be/c5MgT
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This is a record year for undergrad researchers in my lab. These students are killing it at #SfN2022. Need grad students?! The neuro folks at Memphis (including @SimonNeuroLab and @sable_helen) are helping to prep some great ones. @SfNtweets
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Coming in hot with 9 posters and very little sleep… but the Lester lab can’t wait to make up for lost SfN time! Bring it @SfNtweets
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📣Super excited to share our new paper in @Psychopharm on how early resource scarcity affects motivation for natural rewards with dream team @avwllms @FutureDrCoates @FakeDoctr @WimmerLab @MarcoVenniro & others #sabv 🧵 1/5 Link: rdcu.be/cYqRP
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This is how you welcome a new PhD student, right? Buy him tools and put him in charge of setting up new equipment. ✅ Great start @EricksonRied
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We are hiring! The psych dept at ⁦@uofmemphis⁩ has an opening for a #tenuretrack faculty position in clinical psych! Please help spread the word! #academictwitter #psychology #clinicalpsych workforum.memphis.edu/postin…
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New paper out from the lab with @McwainMegan @RachelPace2112 and @NalanPatricia. Just realized that this is an all female author list 💪 Link: rdcu.be/cUUPd
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Congrats to @AnnaLiley, @labratDBKG, and @SimonNeuroLab on having their research published in eNeuro and featured by @SfNtweets!
SfN Journals@SfNJournals29 Aug 2022
According to new research in #eNeuro, @AnnaLiley et al. found the lateral orbitofrontal cortex & basolateral amygdala regulate the discounting of delayed punishment, suggesting these regions may be targets to improve decision-making in psychopathology eneuro.org/lookup/DOI/10.152…
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Mentoring undergrads is awesome! @FUNfaculty
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