@TheCalipariLab

Utilizing cutting edge techniques to outline the neural circuit dysfunction that underlies neuropsychiatric disease.

 Nashville, TN
Caliparilab.com
Joined April 2016
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We are excited to share Kim Thibeault's paper @BiologicalPsyc1. We show that repeated cocaine exposure decreases the number of cocaine-activated neurons in the nucleus accumbens. This smaller ensemble of neurons controls behavior more robustly. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2… A thread:
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Vanderbilt MSTP@VanderbiltMSTPJan 6
Join us tomorrow Wednesday 1/7 at 1:30pm in PRB 206 for Stephanie Cajigas Gabriel's Dissertation Defense! She will present "The role of accumbal dopamine in shaping adaptive and maladaptive aversive learning strategies" completed in the @TheCalipariLab through @VanderbiltBrain!
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Yuefeng Huang@Yuefeng_Huang12 Aug 2025
Thrilled our panel was accepted for #ACNP2026 @ACNPorg 🎉 Excited to join the whole group @bic_ismms & @_AnnaKonova_ & @TheErinCalipari & Dr. Nicola Grissom for what’s sure to be a fantastic panel! @MountSinaiPsych
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@VanderbiltU Giving Day is coming up this Thursday. You can make a huge impact on addiction through giving to @VCARScience. If we get 100 donors this week, a $30,000 gift will be unlocked! Learn more here: vu.edu/vcar
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🎉 Congratulations to @TheErinCalipari of @VCARScience and Steven Townsend @Townsend_Lab for receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers! 🏆 Read on about their incredible basic science-related research 👉 news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/01/…

Faculty members and alumni honored with Presidential Early Career Award

On Jan. 14, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outsta...

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Cannot believe I’m on this list (thanks @TheCalipariLab for the heads up😂)! What an honor, thank you @WhiteHouse! whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upd…
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🎉 Congrats to @TheErinCalipari, director of @VCARScience for winning the 2024 @SfNtweets Jacob P. Waletzky Award! 🏅 The award recognizes early-career scientists whose research will make significant contributions to #addiction research and treatment. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/bas…

Erin Calipari wins Society for Neuroscience 2024 Outstanding Career and Research award

Calipari wins award for transforming scientists’ understanding of how behavioral circuits are dysregulated by long-term drug use and for her commitment to train and support the next generation of...

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Over the moon to accept the presidency for @PavlovSociety! I owe a lot to this community and can’t wait to host #Pavlovian2025 in SYDNEY 🇦🇺. We already have 50% of our speakers confirmed with another 50% to be selected from abstracts as well as an ECR data blitz and posters!!
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Continuing our celebration of #PeerReivewWeek, we want to highlight the top reviewers of 2023. Want to know more about some of them? Stay tuned!
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It's #PeerReivewWeek, so we want to thank all of our @NPP_Journal reviewers! Do you see your name in our word cloud? Please tag yourself!
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Yesterday when I was looking for something in by bag I found... a bunch of ducks? @TheCalipariLab is saying it wasn't them... so it had to be someone from the @VanderbiltBrain retreat the day before just putting ducks in unattended bags?🤣😂
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NIDAnews
@NIDAnews19 Sep 2024
#NIDA-@NIAAAnews #FrontiersinAddictionResearch Mini-Convention proudly announces the 2024 Early Career Investigator Showcase Award. 🎉 On Oct. 4, six researchers will present on their exciting contributions to addiction science! #SfN24 See details here: loom.ly/tm5IC8s
2024 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention Frontiers in Addiction Research banner at the top. Black background with white text, "Early Career Investigator Showcase Award." Images of the six awardees and their names: "Belgin Yalcin, Cecilia Hinojosa, Corinde Wiers, Iness Charfi, Samuel Centanni, and Shelly Warlow."

ALT 2024 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention Frontiers in Addiction Research banner at the top. Black background with white text, "Early Career Investigator Showcase Award." Images of the six awardees and their names: "Belgin Yalcin, Cecilia Hinojosa, Corinde Wiers, Iness Charfi, Samuel Centanni, and Shelly Warlow."

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Congratulations to these @ACNPorg members for their @SfNtweets awards🎉 Erin Calipari (@TheErinCalipari): Jacob P Waletzky Award Nora Volkow: Ralph W Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Cate Pena (@Cate_cholamine): Young Investigator Award Marina Wolf: Award for Outstanding Mentoring
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)@SfNtweets16 Sep 2024
Congratulations to the 2024 SfN award and prize recipients! Their passion, innovation, and commitment to advancing the understanding of the brain are shaping the future of neuroscience. SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN24! Learn more about the recipients. 🔗 bit.ly/47q8bwV #NeuroTwitter #AcademicTwitter #SciTwitter
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We are hiring! In partnership with @VanderbiltMPB, we invite applications for a senior or mid-career faculty position in areas related to substance use disorder. This is an excellent opportunity to do science in an amazing environment. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…

Faculty Position in Addiction Research at Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee

The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR) invite applications for a senior or mid-career faculty position, to be filled by a scientist...

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I am delighted to see @TheErinCalipari receiving this year's Waletsky Award. Congratulations, Erin. I am so happy for you!
Vanderbilt Center For Addiction Research@VCARScience18 Sep 2024
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…
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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…
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Shari Wiseman@sharilwiseman13 Sep 2024
Great article with quotes from lots of leaders in the field, and plenty of @NatureNeuro papers mentioned 🙂
The Transmitter@_TheTransmitter13 Sep 2024
The neuroscience field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely. By @avaskham thetransmitter.org/dopamine/…

Reconstructing dopamine’s link to reward

The field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely.

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The neuroscience field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely. By @avaskham thetransmitter.org/dopamine/…

Reconstructing dopamine’s link to reward

The field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely.

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This article does a fantastic job of outlining what we know about dopamine and how it controls behavior in an accessible way. thetransmitter.org/dopamine/…

Reconstructing dopamine’s link to reward

The field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely.

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Check out our incredible lineup of speakers for the @HBMRC_ACU @enigmabrains & @AddictionEnigma online Sex Differences in Addiction: An International Consensus Workshop! WHEN: Fri 27th Sept 13:00-16:30 PDT Register for FREE by Mon 23rd Sept: forms.gle/8P8qAvWhdWedFkip8 More info⬇️
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🎉 Congratulations to the faculty members recently appointed and promoted within Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences! Their hard work and dedication to advancing #research and #education are inspiring. 🌟 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/bas…

Celebrating recent appointments and promotions in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences

Congratulations are extended to our School of Medicine Basic Sciences members who were promoted or received new appointments from January to March 2024. These individuals significantly enrich our...

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