Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam

ecstatic to share that i successfully defended my dissertation yesterday! a huge thank you to all who supported me during my phd, esp advisors drs. @psycheloui.bsky.social, @laurelgd.bsky.social, + juliet davidow. excited for my next steps as a t32 postdoc fellow with dr. assal habibi at USC! 🎸

Honored and thrilled to receive the Early Career Award from @infantstudies.bsky.social! Thanks to my mentees and collaborators for making my research possible and to @nataliebrito.bsky.social for the very kind nomination and @drkoraly.bsky.social and Chuck Nelson for their letters of support!

@emma-margolis.bsky.social & my piece integrating DOHAD & sensitive period frameworks for biological embedding of early experiences was one of Infancy's 2025 top 10-cited papers! Grateful for the engagement with our framework! @infantstudies.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

So grateful for industry partners like @brainsandplanes.bsky.social and @welcony.bsky.social / @magstimegi.bsky.social who prioritize inclusive, evidence-based solutions so we can all do our very best Neuroscience!

Thank you NACS at U Maryland College Park for such a lovely and engaged visit these two days! What a treat to talk about neuroplasticity across species with so many folks! Special thanks to @rachelromeo.bsky.social for hosting me! Truly an incredible program! 🥰

Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations. psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...

Apologies, here is the right link to apply for postdoc positions in the lab: forms.gle/Hb8rS9hD3BV7... Please repost to help us spread the word!

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

Hoping to give much-needed visibility to African neuroscience, the new African Brain Journal prepares to publish its first issue. By Lauren Schenkman https://bit.ly/4rLlHnJ

🌟 The call for Session Proposals for Online #SIPS2026 is still open!🌟 Propose: ✨workshops, ✨hackathons, ✨unconferences, ✨lightning talks, ✨roundtables. Submission Deadline: Feb 27, 2026 Details:

🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment. apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn... more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us

I’m glad we have a day set aside to celebrate women and girls in science. My academic journey is full of women mentors, colleagues, and collaborators. Special shout out to current NU colleagues @laurelgd.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social @qzhever.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social 🧠

🧠 Not all brain age algorithms are equal! In our new study, one algorithm (Pyment) outperformed other models in youth. Algorithms fail when your sample's age range is narrow or mismatched with training data. So, choose wisely... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #BrainAge #Neuroimaging

Fantastic opportunity!

Amidst it all, my toddler said "I love you" back to me for the first time tonight

Thrilled to be part of this really engaging conversation! What a treat!

Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵

We are pleased to announce that the first LEVANTE data release is now publicly available! To access and download the pilot data, follow instructions on researcher.levante-network.org/data. This data release accompanies the preprint linked in the thread.

We're collecting examples of funded F31 and F32 grants in Psych/Neuro that folks are comfortable sharing for a new section of our Resources website, please email me if you'd be willing to share! Small token and eternal gratitude if you do! L.gabard-durnam@northeastern.edu

Also extraordinarily proud of @emma-margolis.bsky.social who just started her newly funded NIH F31 examining longitudinal, multimodal MR-Spectroscopy and EEG-derived markers of visual neuroplasticity over infancy and their early cognitive sequelae! GO EMMA!

We started this project to better reflect the complexity of lived experiences in development and help explain the wide range of individual differences in adult behavior and health following early adversity. Our data show measuring both promotional and adverse experiences together is key!

Despite the current funding climate, the competitor in me is really excited, motivated, and determined to teach the heck out of our new class this spring with @jpeelle.bsky.social on grant writing for graduate students. LET'S GO!!!!!!!

if you want to know what jargon you use too much in your science, ask your partner! They'll know and tell you fun things like: oh you're writing a grant? you gotta "harmonize" and "scaffold" "trajectories". 😆 Busted.

Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users! Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox? Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment. Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment. Go check it out! nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox

Applicants should have a funded independent research program and help contribute to our supportive and collegiate culture as an Institute! We support a range of MR sequences, integrations with other methodologies, and we are a highly-collaborative faculty! Join us!

Northeastern University is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Music, AI and Brain Health. 🧠🎶 Faculty have the chance to be part of the (smart, fun) Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health (and be my neighbor). Please help spread the word! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

We have longitudinal multimodal (EEG, MRI) datasets to richly characterize developmental plasticity and an interest in public health relevant prenatal factors (e.g. iron deficiency, prenatal stress) and postnatal factors: caregiving, music, and language experiences!

🚨🚨 NEW Assistant professor position at Northeastern! Do you study sound/language/music + brain + health? Apply! We're so excited to add a new faculty member to our community! Please post widely, we begin reviewing apps Dec 15! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Laurel has a fantastic lab and you also get to hang out with other amazing trainees including from the Department of Psychology and Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health (including from my lab)

Yes, PINE Lab is accepting doctoral applications this cycle in Psychology! Apps due Dec 1! Interested in early life human neuroplasticity? how early pre- and post-natal experiences/exposures (promotional/adverse) shape malleable brains? Current research here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wFZj...

If we haven't met yet, apparently I look like this (according to my toddler) 😂

Excited to head to @isdp.org this week! And thrilled that I'll be recruiting graduate students and postdocs this cycle to join PINE Lab! Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)