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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Assistant Professor at University of Michigan &#xA;Studying hormonal, neural, and sensory basis of parental behavior in zebra finches.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/prolactingrl.bsky.social</link><title>@prolactingrl.bsky.social - Kristina O. Smiley</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/prolactingrl.bsky.social/post/3mp2b5we57224</link><description>We have an opening for a Research Technician Specialist and/or Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on a NIH-funded project that examines neural responses to offspring vocalizations using a songbird model! 🧠🐦🐣More information and Links to the applications are below 👇</description><pubDate>24 Jun 2026 15:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:so372cb2ix4cegu6e26egces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2b5we57224</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/prolactingrl.bsky.social/post/3mmzbvbhyus2q</link><description>This year&#39;s Scripps National Spelling Bee winning word was “bromocriptine” 😱 (the drug that is used to lower prolactin 😜)&#xA;&#xA;https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2026/05/29/spelling-bee-winning-word-bromocriptine-shrey-parikh/90310261007/</description><pubDate>29 May 2026 19:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:so372cb2ix4cegu6e26egces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmzbvbhyus2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/prolactingrl.bsky.social/post/3m7iien4lnk2u</link><description>Just finished teaching my first class as a new assistant professor!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m feeling very happy but also….&#xA;https://media.tenor.com/yPQgU5i3_BAAAAAC/arrested-development-comedy.gif?hh=243&amp;ww=500</description><pubDate>08 Dec 2025 16:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:so372cb2ix4cegu6e26egces/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7iien4lnk2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/prolactingrl.bsky.social/post/3m5mh7kv7js2a</link><description>My first official post to say see you at #SfN2025! I&#39;m presenting some new ephys work with @healeylab.bsky.social looking at auditory responses to chick calls in zebra finch parents! 🐦🧠🔊🐣 Tuesday @ 2pm (PSTR346, Vocal/Social Communication). ALSO ~ my lab is opening soon and we&#39;re HIRING!! (see ⬇️)</description><pubDate>14 Nov 2025 19:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:so372cb2ix4cegu6e26egces/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5mh7kv7js2a</guid></item></channel></rss>