Incredibly proud to announce I have been awarded a K99/R00 MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Career) from the
@NIAAAnews
! This could not have been possible without my amazing mentor
@BesheerLab
. This is so amazing, we did it JB!!!
🤩Exciting News Alert🤩 I have accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Dept. of Psychology (
@PsychDeptUNM
) at the University of New Mexico, part of the UNM FIRST Program (
@unmfirstprogram
)! Absolute dream come true! Ornelas Lab
@UNM
starting Fall 2024.
#VamosLobos
! 🏔️🌶️🐺
K99/R00 submitted! Massive thank you my mentor
@besheerlab
for guiding me through this process. Fingers (and toes) are crossed but no matter the outcome I am incredibly proud of this. Good luck to all PD trainees who submitted their K’s. Be proud of all you have accomplished!
K99/R00 resubmitted! Let's go! 🙌 Massive thank you to my PI and mentor
@BesheerLab
for your endless support throughout this process. Congrats to all PD's who submitted K's this cycle. Go celebrate your hard work, you deserve it!
#Resilence
#Perseverance
Honored to be accepted into the 2020-2022 SfN NSP Associate program. Looking forward to all the professional development and networking opportunities!
#NeuroScholar
#NSPeeps
🎉 SfN welcomes its 2020-2022 cohort of
#neuroscholars
!
* Funded by the NINDS for nearly 40 years, the NSP is a 2-year online training program open to graduate students & postdoctoral researchers who are underrepresented in the field of neuroscience.
Excited to announce I was accepted as a mentee for the 2024 ACNP URM Near-Peer Mentorship program! Thank you
@ACNPorg
, very honored to have been selected. Looks like I’m going to Tampa in Dec 😎👩🏽🔬
@BesheerLab
Excited to be giving a symposium talk at
#RSA2022
TODAY on the role of endocannabinoids in stress and alcohol drinking! Start time 3:10pm. Thank you to Valentina Vozella and Marisa Roberto for the invite and organization of this symposium!
@RSAposts
@BesheerLab
@BCAS_Outreach
Thank you
@BesheerLab
for the lovely Wingspan pin to honor
@DrNadiaChaudhri
. I will wear it with pride and continue to honor Nadia’s amazing legacy 💜💙
Very excited for my talk at GRS cannabinoid today representing work from
@BesheerLab
and Parnell lab. Also honored to be wearing my Nadia Chaudhri Wingspan Pin 💜
#CannabinoidGRC
First ever RSA talk in the books! So thankful to my mentor and PI
@BesheerLab
for giving me this opportunity. I've been wanting to give a talk
@RSAposts
since I was a young little graduate student. What an amazing experience! Thank you everyone who attended!
#RSA2021
Thank you
@ACNPorg
and
@npp_journal
for a great first ACNP meeting. Received such amazing mentorship and career development support! Looking forward to seeing everyone in Phoenix next year! ✌️
Howdy yall, I’m Laura Ornelas postdoc in
@BesheerLab
at UNC Center for Alcohol Studies. I’m attending
#ACNP2023
through the URM Peer mentorship program- first timer! My peer mentor unfortunately couldn’t attend this year, so would love some help navigating ACNP! 🤓
It's me, hi 👋 Welcome to
#ACNP2023
If you'll be attending
@ACNPorg
, drop an introduction to help yourself & others connect 🔄
Share your name, your science, tell us if you're a first timer or regular, promote your poster/talk - whatever you'd like! 🧠
See you all soon! 😁
@ADiaz_PhD
Hello! I’m Laura Ornelas, postdoc in
@BesheerLab
at UNC-CH Center for Alcohol Studies. I have a NIAAA K99/R00 MOSAIC award that focuses on the neurobiology of alcohol and stress interactions using a combination of behavioral and molecular approaches
Also, this RSA was super special to me- I FINALLY was able to give my 1st (in-person) talk
@RSAposts
. I have been dreaming about giving a talk at RSA since Orlando 2013, when I attended as a 1st yr grad student. Will never forget it 🤩
#RSA2022
that’s a wrap! Had a wonderful time learning science and meeting up for past, current and new friends! Can’t wait till Bellevue 2023!!
@RSAposts
Bittersweet goodbye to all my
#cannabinoidGRC
Cannabinerds. Special shout-out to all the amazing trainees! Y’all are hall of fame in my book. So thankful to have such supportive early stage/junior investigator PIs to offer strong career development advice. Can’t wait for 2025!
Thank you
@NIAAAnews
for making enhancing diversity in the field of alcohol a priority. Thankful for your support and funding! Read more about
#NIHMOSAIC
awards and MOSAIC scholars program below ⬇️
Enhancing diversity in the alcohol research workforce is an important priority, one that NIAAA pursues in part through
#NIH
's Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) scholars program - see the
#NIAAASpectrum
story:
As a trainee who received their 1st opportunity to give a talk at
#RSoA2020
, it’s difficult to see it is canceled. But the health and safety of ALL is the utmost importance. Thx to the leaders of
@RSAposts
for making this difficult decision. Very much looking forward to
#RSoA2021
Took the biggest sigh of relief walking into my apt today in downtown Chapel Hill. What a day it has been for
#UNC
campus. This is going to stick with us all for a long time 🩵
Couldnt have made it this far without the continuous support from my awesome PI
@BesheerLab
. Can’t thank you enough JB!
Later thread to come on my 💔 goodbye to Carolina and thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way. So many people to thank 🤍🩵
And here it is 🤗 very proud of this work! Massive thank you to Besheerio Kalynn Van Voorhies and amazing PI
@BesheerLab
for assistance with this project! We investigated the role of the nucleus reuniens in modulating stressor-related memory.
✌️
#RSA2023
- 10th straight RSA for me! I love being part of this society. So near and dear to my heart. This year couldn’t have been more awesome😎🤓 Can’t wait for MSP!
@RSAposts
Very much enjoyed giving my talk at GRS Cannabinoid! Such an engaging audience, awesome questions after 🤗 Wonderful job to all presenters. Everyone did fantastic!
Woohoo way to go
@BesheerLab
Dr. Joyce Besheer!! Could not ask for a more amazing and supportive mentor. Besheerios are so proud of you! Very well deserved. Go JB!
@BCAS_Outreach
@UNCPsychiatry
Very excited to participate and represent
@BesheerLab
at
#ACNP2020
this year! Thank you to Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele for the invite!
Come check out my poster W13 to learn more about the role of the Nucleus Reuniens in regulating contextual-induced stress memory
@ACNPorg
#RSA2022
that’s a wrap! Had a wonderful time learning science and meeting up for past, current and new friends! Can’t wait till Bellevue 2023!!
@RSAposts
@DrNadiaChaudhri
passed away yesterday evening, having reached the end of her road with ovarian cancer. She leaves behind her Sun and Moon, a loving extended family, colleagues and students, friends around the world, and so many others who have been touched by her & her story 1/n
Very proud of this work! Highlighting how stress-reactivity produces individual differences to stress and alcohol drinking, specially in females. Big thanks to
@Ryan_ETyler
, TMT partner in crime! Great work
@BesheerLab
Besheerios!
New paper led by
@LC_Ornelas21
with contribution from
@Ryan_ETyler
and others - examining relation between stress reactivity and alcohol drinking - interesting sex differences in coping strategies and subsequent drinking.
Thanks everyone for coming out to
#AlcoholGRC2024
Karaoke last night! Had a blast MC’ing it with my friend
@milena_radoman
! And don’t worry, we’re going again tonight 😎
Honored to have the opportunity to introduce
@TheErinCalipari
as the Keynote speaker for
#CannabinoidGRS
. Amazing talk and loved all the great discussion and questions after!
Super proud to have an amazing female mentor
@BesheerLab
for my PD training. By far one of the BEST mentors any trainee could ask for. Besheerios are so lucky to have you Joyce as our fearless leader 💪🙌
Headed back to NC! Massive thank you to
@canna_brain
and
@SachinPatelLab
for throwing a fantastic
#CannabinoidGRC
. First timer here and couldn’t have asked for a better conference. I learned so much and meet an awesome group of people. Can’t wait for 2023!
First
@winter_brain
was a success!From the amazing science talks and posters to snowboarding and winter wonderland in Breckenridge, I can’t wait till next year! See everyone in Lake Tahoe! ❄️🏂
Had an awesome discussion this afternoon w/ graduate students and postdocs about how to overcome "failures" in science. To all the trainees out there, remember to support and have each others backs. We are a team of incredible individuals. Teamwork can fuel all forms of success
On my 31st birthday, I get a paper acceptance notification. On Taylor Swift’s 31st birthday, she drops a new record album 🤷🏽♀️😅 Reminder that everyone has their own individual accomplishments!
#IDARS2022
in Nice, France here I come! So wildly excited for my first international conference 🤓 Best part- I’m bringing my dad! We gonna have a blast 🤗 National Lampoons European Vacation: Ornelas Edition, here we go! 😂🤣
Happy
#WiNningFriday
! 👩🏻🔬👩🏿🔬👩🏼🔬👩🏽🔬🤰🏻👩👧👧🧠
What's your recent accomplishment?! Did you: Publish a paper?👏 Make coffee?👏Defend a dissertation?👏 Brush your teeth?👏Submit a grant?👏 Hang out with the kids?👏 Write one line on your manuscript?👏 Take a break?👏 All wins! 🥳😎🎉
Whenever my parents mail me things they always put Dr. Laura Ornelas or Laura Ornelas, Ph.D. It’s the little things they do to show me how proud they are 😍
#BestParentsEver