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Flux Trainee Committee Initiatives
Trainee lunch Do you want to get to know fellow students and early career researchers? Join our trainee lunch gathering on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 12:00 pm! The lunch will take place at the Lebanese Taverna, just a short 2-minute walk from the conference...
Mind Over Matter: Laura Pritschet Unveils Brainy Insights into Women’s Health
Laura Pritschet, a current post-doc at the University of Pennsylvania, is a strong advocate for the importance of women’s health and exploring it via brain research. Her interest in women-centered neuroscience began through a combination of lived experiences, research...
Autonomy, Agency & the People Around Us: An Interview with Eric Feczko, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota
Eric Feczko’s fascination with science began from a very young age. “I kind of knew that I was different from other people,” he admitted. He had had conversations with his father about his autism when he was around 12 or 13 years of age, after his diagnosis came in....
Summer Internship in Lab for Developmental Studies at Harvard University
The Harvard Laboratory for Developmental Studies (LDS) hosts a paid summer internship for undergraduates and recent grads, supervised by Principal Investigators (PIs) Dr. Ashley Thomas, Dr. Elika Bergelson, and Dr. Jesse Snedeker. Interns gain in-depth research...
Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at Oklahoma State University
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY is seeking an outstanding scientist to fill one full-time, Assistant Professor, tenure track position in Developmental Psychology beginning August 2024. All areas of development will be considered, with a preference...
Assistant Professor (Clinical Pharmacology) at the University of Louisville
About the Job: Department: Psychology Location: Belknap Campus Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Regular Job Req ID: R102857 Position Description: THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY. The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of...
Edgy Cognitive Neuroscience, Casual Mentorship, and Dismantling Unjust Systems: A Conversation with Linda Spear Award Winner Lucina Uddin
Congratulations to Dr. Lucina Uddin, this year’s winner of the Flux Society’s Linda Spear Mid-Career Award! This award recognizes Dr. Uddin’s outstanding scientific contributions and social impact on our community. In addition to her tremendous scientific...
Reproducibility, Open Science, and Big Data
This blog post contains an overview of useful developmental cognitive neuroscience resources on the topic of replication, reproducibility, data sharing, and big data.
Executive functions in the brain, development and social context: Early contributions by neuroscientist, Adele Diamond
A seminal moment in my academic career was in the late 1980s while attending one of my first scientific meetings as a graduate student and hearing a fascinating talk by a female neuroscientist, Adele Diamond. She was describing prefrontal cognitive abilities in human...
“Searching For Fun” with Huttenlocher Award Winner Dr. Bea Luna
The Flux Society extends an enthusiastic congratulations to Dr. Bea Luna, this year’s winner of the Huttenlocher Award, which celebrates an outstanding researcher in developmental cognitive neuroscience who inspires future generations of researchers. As anyone who has...
One-on-One Interview with Dr. Virginia Salo
Dr. Salo is a Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Federal Executive Branch Policy Fellow in the Child Development and Behavior Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child...
One-on-One Interview with Divyangana Rakesh (July 2022)
Congratulations to Divyangana Rakesh, winner of the 2022 Flux Dissertation Award! Dr. Rakesh recently completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centreat the University of Melbourne, where she conducted developmental cognitive neuroscience...
One-on-One Interview with Jennifer Silvers (July 2022)
Dr. Jennifer Silvers – the 2022 Flux winner of the Young Investigator Award! Please join us in congratulating our winner of the 2022 Young Investigator Award, Dr. Jennifer Silvers! This award, supported by the Kennedy Krieger Institute, recognizes Dr. Silvers’...
One-on-One Interview with Nim Tottenham (July 2022)
Dr. Nim Tottenham – the 2022 Flux winner of the inaugural Linda Spear Mid-Career Award. Congratulations to Dr. Nim Tottenham, this year’s winner of the Linda Spear Mid-Career Award recognizing her outstanding contributions in developmental neuroscience! Dr. Tottenham...
One-on-One Interview with Adele Diamond (June 2022)
Dr. Adele Diamond- the 2022 Flux winner of the Huttenlocher Award! This award celebrates an outstanding researcher in developmental cognitive neuroscience who inspires future generations of researchers. Dr. Diamond was pivotal in the creation of the field of...