Victoria E. Abraira
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Assistant Professor at Rutgers, Cell Biology and Neuroscience Department, studying the sense of touch. First generation, Latina, immigrant, mom. she/her/ella.
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Our lab just received and R01 to study oxytocin in the spinal cord! hiring a postdoc. Please email me if you have interested. Also watch this video to learn more about the project:
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Our lab just got a new R01 to study the analgesic properties of Oxytocin. If you are interested please email me! Our lab is hiring a postdoc.
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Rutgers just got funding (lots of $$) for diversity faculty hires! If interested contact me or my chair: Mike Kiledjian
@BHI_Rutgers
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If you are looking for a faculty job, consider Rutgers! The Cell Biology and Neuroscience Department is hiring under this Rutgers-wide initiative, committing up to $45 million from central administration funds over an initial 5-year period:
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🔬 Check out our study on glycinergic interneurons in the mouse spinal cord, revealing their key role in controlling motor performance by integrating sensory inputs.
#Neuroscience
#MotorControl
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Being a scientist is not all about science it has as much to do with your service to people: your trainees, the taxpayers that fund NIH, those that will outlive you and will tell your story long after your papers are forgotten: what will they say about you?
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Our lab just received an R01 to study how oxytocin alleviates pain! We are hiring postdocs, if interested please visit our website ().
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Are you a neuroscience graduate student? Come present your work at Rutgers! all expenses paid! Applications now open!
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#SfN21
: Minority post-docs in neuroscience!! Rutgers Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow Program: two-year fellowship with subsequent appointment to a tenure-track faculty position! My lab can host you! if you are interested please contact me. January 7th due date.
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Minority post-docs and graduate students. See this amazing opportunity at Rutgers. Successful post-doc fellows will be considered for a tenure track position at Rutgers!!! our lab can host you!!!!
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Check out our first pre-print! what a great collaboration with
@IshmailSaboor
and
@psalmotoxin
!!! Behavioral and nociceptor states of inflammatory pain across timescales in 2D and 3D
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Sharing our latest work in collaboration with
@psalmotoxin
and
@IshmailSaboor
. If you find this work exciting come do a postdoc in my lab! we are hiring! stay tuned, lots more to come.
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Congratulations Hannah on receiving an NINDS diversity supplement!!! You are a superstar!!! Thank you NINDS for supporting the next generation of neuroscientists!!!
@NINDSDiversity
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Congratulations Olise and Melissa!! NIH diversity supplement fellows!!! So proud of you!
@NINDSDiversity
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Future of motor control
@ArielJLevine
@GattoGraziana
@SKochLab
and Kim Dougherty! I snuck in….literally!
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So proud of my lab. They have come out on the other side of this pandemic kicking butt, writing papers, grants, thesis, etc. Keep it up! So proud of every single one of you!!!!
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If you are a minority post-doc in neuroscience please apply to the Presidential Fellowship (subsequent appointment as a tenure-track faculty!). Come be my colleague at Rutgers! Ignore the fine print for eligibility and apply! Applications due January 7th.
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Good vibrations | Science. Thank you Science Magazine for giving us the honor to write this perspective. It was fun to highlight the work of
@Alex_Chesler
lab. Congratulations to all the authors that contributed to the work!!!!
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Are you a senior neuroscience graduate student ready to share your work? come visit us at Rutgers! all expenses paid!
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Our lab is hiring a postdoc! Recently funded NIH R01 to study the effects of oxytocin on spinal cord circuits of touch and pain. Competitive salaries and supportive environment! Check out our lab website:
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During my postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins I was once asked (by a prominent elderly gentleman scientist) if I was my postdoctoral advisor's secretary. I jokingly responded: "Indeed! I received my PhD and secretary training at Harvard Medical School."
This is what women scientists put up with every day: harassment (often sexual) and death threats. Institutions need to hold their employees accountable for engaging in this unacceptable behavior.
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So proud of postdoc in the lab
@mbohic28
for her first BioRxiv submission! Look out for a great study on scaling the pain experience in rodents coming out this Friday. In collaboration with
@IshmailSaboor
and
@psalmotoxin
. Great collaboration!
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Our lab is hiring a postdoc!! We recently got an R01 to study oxytocin, social touch, and pain! check us out and see this video to learn more about the lab and the project.
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So proud of our undergraduate intern Olise Oputa for receiving an NIH Diversity Supplement!!! Thank you
@NINDSDiversity
!!!!
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Thank you lab for an amazing day!!! Best birthday ever!!!
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Along with the labs first thesis defense, this past week we also celebrated all the grants and fellowships in the lab. Small but mighty group! So proud of you guys. Look out world: lots of cool papers coming out in the new year!
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Congratulations Aman and
@SpinalCordMark
on some awesome science! check out this pre-print on how the dorsal column nuclei scale the pain experience. Great collaboration with Yoshida lab (Burke)
@eazim
@IshmailSaboor
!!
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🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬
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Hello! our lab is hiring post-docs! Check out this video about the project:
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🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬
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OMG!! Someone at SFN just confused me for Mackenzie Mathis
@TrackingActions
. I must say, it felt good!
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#RutgersStrike
I support the graduate students that are on strike today. They need better living wages! I tried to give my graduate student a raise and the administration always pushes back, claiming equity. Why is equity used to pay people less!
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Join our journey into the science of touch! 🧬🤝 Our lab is seeking a passionate postdoc researcher to explore the fascinating world of tactile perception. Ready to make groundbreaking discoveries? Apply now!
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🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬
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Ginty lab reunion!
@krissylyon
@SSebastianChoi
@anda_m_chirila
@YinLiu17
@kelseytyss
@ZSarafis
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Congratulations Jac on your NINDS F32!!!!! We are so proud of you!!!!!!
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Join our journey into the science of touch! 🧬🤝 Our lab is seeking a passionate postdoc researcher to explore the fascinating world of tactile perception. Ready to make groundbreaking discoveries? Apply now!
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Congratulations Dr. Jac Eisdorfer for receiving an F32 with the NINDS!!! Spinal cord injury research centers be on the look out! She will be in the job market in a couple of years! She is certainly on track!!!!
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Best seminar series! Thank you Hopkins for giving an opportunity to share our work and for this lovely mug!!!
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a great day for somatosensation!!!
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Ridiculous!! I am in constant battle with the administration at Rutgers to give my grad students/postdocs 2-3k raises. They said it is “not fair to other postdocs whose PI do not want to (or do not have the money) give it to them”…Honestly !?!?!
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Very excited to be speaking at Stanford’s neuroscience research talks today!
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Are you interested in the neurobiology of massage? Inaugural summer school to disseminate scientific and technical knowledge that will enable research in the neurobiology of soft tissue mechanotherapies. Applications now open:
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So proud of Dr. Aman Upadhyay! PhD hooding ceremony at Rutgers! Congratulations Aman!!!
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Such a good time axe throwing with the lab tonite. Happy to know that if the zombie apocalypse comes we got each other back!
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Happy first day of Women’s History Month! Thank you Mami and Tata (RIP) for helping me get here today. You both did not get a chance to finish high school or go to college. I am here today because of you hard work and dedication to my education!! Thank you!
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🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬
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Great Somatosensation Keystone meeting! Thank you
@Bautista_DianaM
@lab_seal
@IshmailSaboor
for organizing it!!!!!
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🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬
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Congratulations Komal for an awesome undergrad project!!!! Great poster! So proud of you!!!
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Excited that the Abraira lab will be included in a promotional video for the graduate program. Come to Rutgers for your PhD!
@RutgersSGS
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I obsess endlessly about the culture and environment of my lab. When I do, and as a consequence enact some common sense recommendations (time off to read, think, enjoy life outside of lab) I find that my lab members come up with the next best experiment ;) flip the script!
Been thinking about the meta of science. No one who runs the lab does not obsess endlessly about what is the best next experiment to do but what about the environment and culture of how we structure intellectual discourse in our lab? Lots of thoughts on this. To be continued...
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I struggled A LOT during my first year as a graduate student at Harvard. I joined study groups! Actually, in one of my study groups I fell in love with a fellow classmate... who is now my husband! Thank you
@tischfield
for teaching me all about molecular genetics ;)
@KyndallNicholas
Hang in there, but don't go at it alone. Use resources. I struggled my first term at Penn as a grad student in cell biology. I turned towards study groups with peers, one-on-one meetings with TAs, and a senior grad student tutor assigned to the course.
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By getting your PhD you are opening doors and opportunities for your family. Being a
#firstgen
comes with many mixed feelings. But keep moving forward. One step at a time.
As a PhD student, I was paid more than my parents combined. Leaving them behind made me feel guilty, but it also made me proud that I was able to help. These mixed feelings are something we
#firstgen
experience throughout our journey.
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Hey! Are you at Rutgers university? Post docs get paid 53k while directors of failing centers at Rutgers get 300k. Times up! Post docs need to organize a walk out!!!
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I am so proud of my graduate student (Nofar Engelhard). She is a scholarship winner at the 2021 meeting at the Neural Control of Movement meeting
@ncm_soc
she will be giving a talk Wednesday morning! So proud of you Nofar (also a mom of three boys under the age of 5!!)
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If you’ve been called “too much”, that’s your superpower.
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Great episode about choosing the right lab. A must listen if you are applying to grad school!
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Congratulations Carina Feeney on your graduation! The lab will miss you!
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So saddened about this incredible loss!!! I don’t even know how to process this right now. My heart is with his family. He was immensely loved and respected by many many colleagues.
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Are you a graduate student or postdoc studying touch, pain, and/or somatosensation? travel awards available here:
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Question: what is a competitive starting postdoc salary in biomedical research? NIH say 55k? Grad students looking for postdocs are telling me 60-70K? just want to get a range? Can you help me out? I want to make sure that my university remains competitive in their offers.
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Are you a neuroscience graduate student looking for a postdoc? present your work at Rutgers! All paid trip! Rutgers postdocs are unionized: Competitive salaries, full benefits (same as faculty and staff!). Come to Rutgers where postdocs are actually treated like real people!!!
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Are you a graduate student in neuroscience? apply for an all-expense paid trip to present your work at Rutgers! Applications are open until January 30th!
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Check out these awesome talks by some rising stars in neuroscience!
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I am ashamed that this is happening in my own university. Please read this open letter from a postdoctoral fellow at Rutgers. Women in science, please read and sign! We demand better scientific role models and accountability from Rutgers leadership!!
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Wow! That’s so nice!!! Where did you see that? Is it a textbook?
Isn’t it wonderful when you see a great figure and realize it was made by someone who’s also really cool? Credit
@VAbraira
😍
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Me too!!! When I interviewed I also took a picture of the “Harvard Medical School” sign! Just in case this was the last time. Yes to all those URMs out there: do not think that way!!!! We belong in academia. So proud of the next generation, you are doing it!
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Congratulations Kanaksha Temkar on an awesome undergraduate honors thesis! The whole lab is so proud of you!!!
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Our department is hiring a facility manager to run our new imaging facility! If you are interested please contact me.
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We are looking for computer scientist to help us develop computer vision and machine learning platforms to study the sense of touch, please apply through our website:
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Happy holidays everyone!!! Enjoying family and a nice fire ;)
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I just yelled at my Amazon Alexa and my 4year old daughter said: “mommy, that was not nice to Alexa”
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I am a naturalized citizen and that day will always be one of my proudest moments! I was 23 years old!
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Immigrant Justice Clinic,
@RutgersLaw
in Camden held an inaugural naturalization ceremony. The Honorable Joseph H. Rodriguez, U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, led 27 new U.S. citizens in taking the Oath of Allegiance. Congratulations!
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Picture of my daughter’s “library”: Can you find the book that is not like the others? Daughter of two scientists!
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Great joint lab meeting this past Friday with the Abdus-Saboor lab!
@IshmailSaboor
Loved hearing all about Leah’s work on social touch!!
@leahthePhDya
Hope everybody has a great week!!
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I advocate for this every day!!!! But Rutgers fights me Every time!!!! It is insane! I’ve reimburse people out of pocket! I’m getting tired of old academic structures that refuse to move with the times.
And pretty please, don’t come at me with "institutions don’t allow us to cover moving costs". I’ve heard the refrain over and over and over again (regardless of whether or not it’s 100% true in all contexts). Please just go advocate for change. 3/3
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Assistant Professor – Tenure-track faculty job with Rutgers University Cell Biology and Neuroscience Department | 618533
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Proud moment as a scientist when your work makes it into a textbook (Neuroscience 6th ed. Purves et al). Thank you David Ginty for helping realize one of my biggest dreams as a professor!
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Our U24 collaborative initiative, focusing on promoting the science behind force-based manipulations, is happy to highlight the groundbreaking work of one of our members: Check this out!
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Starting a family is a personal choice. Everyone that wants to start a family should! Know that you will need help, so plan accordingly and don't be shy about asking for help either!
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In about 10min (11:30am EST) listen to the BBC London broadcast: about the neuroscience of touch. Watch out for some quotes on the work that we are doing in the lab!
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This is a great reminder of why we got into academia in the first place!!!!!
Some emails are WAY better than others. 🥹
#motivation
#AcademicChatter
#payitforward
#ScienceTwitter
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Hellos neuroscience grad students! are you looking for your next step? apply to this! all-expense paid trip to present your work at Rutgers.
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