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Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
@KateWassum
neuroscientist, UCLA. learning, motivation, decision making. mom. 🍷 snob. 🌱 lover. she/her. BlackLivesMatter. tweets are my own.
Los Angeles, CA
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Feb 20, 2025
    🚨📃New Wassum Lab Paper📃🚨 @Jackie_Gio discovered brain pathways that support agency and habit and how chronic stress disrupts them to rob of us our agency and cause us to form rigid habits 🧵👇 nature.com/articles/s41... Free full text: rdcu.be/eaxEv
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Apr 30, 2021
    I’m thinking about doing a “I was never taught how to do this” summer series for my lab meeting. Starting with citation best practices. Ideas for other topics?
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Jul 29, 2019
    Big move by our department today to remove one unnecessary stressor from our students: Grad students are now disallowed from providing food/drinks for committee meetings. The department will provide the beverages.
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Sep 15, 2021
    First draft of the manuscript Edited version after you realize there is a word limit After the senior author edits it
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Apr 8, 2019
    ***New paper out from our lab*** @MelissaMalvaez discovered a critical brain circuit that regulates reward learning & decision making Here is what she found. Thread 👇 Free full text: rdcu.be/bvn4u
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    Distinct cortical–amygdala projections drive reward value encoding and retrieval
    From nature.com
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Nov 22, 2018
    Graduate school applications are due soon. So here are my tips for how to craft a strong statement for a neuroscience PhD program thread👇
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Apr 30, 2021
    Replying to @DrCollins1312
    What assholes, so sorry this happened. That response tho...
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Feb 12, 2020
    Does anyone have any good recipes for the AutoclavePot?
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Jun 18, 2017
    How to wake a baby from a nap, instructions: Step 1: open computer to work on grant
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Jan 9, 2021
    For whoever needs to hear this: I am 💯 here to celebrate your accomplishments. I want to hear about your grants, papers, awards, advancements, sourdough... whatever you’re excited about, I’m excited for you. We are a community, we both celebrate and commiserate together.
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    Mar 2, 2019
    Having a hard time getting back to real life following study section, I’m rating all my husband’s jokes on NIH scale... so far he is not getting funded.
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    May 7, 2021
    Today is “wear your favorite superhero shirt” day at my daughter’s school. 👇 This is what she and her dad picked out and I can’t even @WomeninLearning
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
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    May 10, 2020
    Before submitting your review, take a few min to re-read each statement and ask yourself: 1. Is this necessary? 2. How would I feel reading this? 3. Can I word this is a more constructive way? 4. Am I the asshole?
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    Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬
    @KateWassum
    Dec 20, 2021
    Graduate school interviews are happening soon!! Here’s my advice on how to navigate them successfully. 🧵 👇 Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion based on my experience interviewing prospective students for mostly neuro & psych programs.
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