Congratulations to Dr. Barney Schlinger on being selected for the Lehrman Award! Dr. Schlinger’s speech not only taught us about his outstanding career studying the Neuroendocrinology of birds, but also how serendipity and perseverance played a massive role in his success. Thank you Dr. Schlinger!

Symposium 5 was all about learning from our New Investigators!! Thank you, Drs. Celine Camon, Victoria Farrar, Nina Baumgartner, and Angarika Balakrishnan, for sharing your knowledge with us! These talented awardees blew us all away and we are so excited to see what they achieve next 🎉 #SBN2026

Thank you, Dr. Michelle Jones-London, for your powerful insights on navigating grant writing and funding at the Professional Development Keynote!

An amazing time was had at the Meet the Professors Lunch! Thank you, trainees and faculty, for sharing stories about your research and time in academia! #SBN2026

Our first Frank A. Beach Award winner was Dr. Beau Alward, who gave a wonderful talk on the nuances of steroid action in the brain on territoriality and mating behavior in Astatotilapia. 🐟️ Congrats to Dr. Alward for this well-deserved award!! 🎉

Thank you for the heartwarming and fascinating talks about "natural" experiments and scientific life lessons taught by the late David Crews from Dr. Isaac Miller-Crews (feat. the infamous poncho), Dr. Bob Mason, Dr. John Godwin, and Dr. Steve Phelps during Symposium 6!

Thanks to our SBN Online Research Symposium Commitee for such a fun Trainee Social! 🎉 See everyone at SBN ORS in October 💻🧠

Inspiring and hopeful speech from this year professional development keynote: Dr. Michelle Jones-London! 🤩

Terrific presentation by this year Emilie Rissman Presidential Speaker Staci Bilbo 👏 Dr. Bilbo shared how the lung-brain axis may have a critical impact on mental mental health 🫁🧠

Amazing job from co-chairs Drs. Will Kenkel and Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz in leading and presenting for Symposium 4: The Neuroendocrinology of Developmental Programming by Perinatal Experiences ✨#SBN2026

Dr. Oliver Rollins (MIT) gave an incredible DEI Keynote talk entitled: "Where Do We Go From Here?: Reflections on the Politics of Race and Neuroscience Today", followed by an extended discussion at the DEI Lunch. Thank you for hosting these important and timely conversations!! #SBN2026

Reporting live from Symposium 2! Our second symposium of the day focuses on brain-hormone-muscle interactions across several physiological contexts. Thank you to our speakers, Dr. Barney Schlinger, Dr. Larry Rome, Dr. Eric Schuppe, Dr. Megan Rosa-Caldwell, and Dr. Ni Feng!! 🧠#SBN2026

Such an exciting and enhancing symposium about social play in rats! 🐀 Thanks to all the speakers for their contribution: Peg McCarthy, Jonathan VanRyzin, Samantha Bowden, Anthony Auger, and Aidan Pham (2/2)✨ #sbn2026

Such an exciting and enhancing symposium about social play in rats! 🐀 Thanks to all the speakers for their contribution: Peg McCarthy, Jonathan VanRyzin, Samantha Bowden, Anthony Auger, and Aidan Pham ✨ #sbn2026

Our SBN President Colin Saldanha opened the meeting with an inspiring message that set the tone for the days ahead. It was a powerful reminder that, even in challenging times, our community is united by a shared passion. A hopeful start that highlighted the strength of the SBN community! 🎉

A huge shoutout to the whole Professional Development Committee! Thanks for such an amazing first day! 🤩

Just enjoyed a great workshop discussing AI and the future of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! The presenters discussed how AI is used as an instrument in the lab and within the publishing sector. After, the audience had a chance to discuss in groups the challenges of AI in teaching and research!

It looks like #SBN2026 has a large community of PhD students transitioning into the next stages of their careers! We love to see this turnout!

What an amazing way to kick off #SBN2026! 🎉 Our first session on mentorship lead by Drs. Nancy Forger, Alexandra Castillo- Ruiz and Laura Cortes sparked an inspiring discussion about the value of strong mentor–mentee relationships and the impact they have on scientific careers.

We're kicking off #SBN2026 with our Professional Development workshops in a few hours, and we hope you are as excited as we are! 🤩 If you'd like us to feature your research, tag our social media accounts, use #SBN2026, or talk with one of our social media ambassadors at the conference!

We still have more amazing researchers in our society to celebrate! 🥳 Let's congratulate our Daniel S. Lehrman Award winner! Hear his Keynote Address that will wrap up #SBN2026 on July 11 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM 🦜 🧠

We still have more amazing researchers in our society to celebrate! 🥳 Let's congratulate our Frank A. Beach Early Career Award winners! Hear more about their research on July 11 at #SBN2026 Dr Alward: 11:00 - 11:45 AM 🐠 🧠 Dr. Casto: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM 🧑 🧠

Whoops! It looks like Bluesky has a limit on images. We can’t forget about the amazing Angarika Balakrishnan and her awesome presentation on fear conditioning, pubertal timing, and early life adversity! (edited to add the correct talk title)

Take a look at the exciting current work of rising leaders in behavioral neuroendocrinology! 🧠 🧬 Swipe through and preview the New Investigator Award winners’ talks that will be presented at #SBN2026 in Niagara Falls, NY, on July 10th!

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our Lynn Clemens New Investigator Award Winner, Dr. Victoria Farrar! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM 🐟️ 🧠

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our second New Investigator Award Winner, Dr. Nina Baumgartner! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM 🐁 🧠

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our first New Investigator Award Winner, Angarika Balakrishnan! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM 🐀 🧠

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our WC Young Recent Graduate Award Winner, Dr. Celine Camon! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM 🐁 🧠

Let's congratulate our travel award winners, who will be receiving funds to go to beautiful Niagara Falls, NY for #SBN2026! 🎉 🎊

Symposia coming to #SBN2026 in Niagara Falls, NY! 🧠🌈 From play in rats, to brain–hormone–muscle dynamics, to developmental programming, to the evolution of sociality; this year’s symposia span it all! Plus, contributed talks and new investigator symposia highlight fresh ideas & voices!