https://www.kristinaosmiley.com/welcome daily 0.75 2017-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1497823576207-SUBLI5YN16BG00PG7PQ0/zf.jpg Welcome https://www.kristinaosmiley.com/research daily 0.75 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/b40f7f65-1acc-4489-a4b1-a1202d32fbb3/prl+dist+fig.png Research - Make it stand out Prlr distribution in breeding (pink) and non-breeding (blue) zebra finch brains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/fc4aef4f-4cd4-4330-b4d4-e56d20e4bfa4/bromo+graph.png Research - Make it stand out Treating male and female zebra finch parents with bromocriptine, a pharmacological suppressor of prolactin, drastically reduces parental behavior, including chick feeding behavior (red), relative to control parents which normally high circualting prolactin levels (black). Data from Smiley et al., 2018 Horm Behav. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/ddf4db80-75cc-452c-a35b-4ee3813aea0a/GCE+cover.gif Research - Make it stand out Our paper made the cover of the journal! (Volume 301, 15 January 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/fd69c342-4358-45e9-acf5-f494b5b0249c/chick+recording.png Research - Make it stand out Recording a day 6 old chick’s begging call into a microphone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/7fecd3db-f965-489d-a6bd-6daceddca243/Smiley+et+al%2C+2023+-+Mating-induced+prolactin+surge+is+not+required+for+subsequent+neurogenesis+in+male+mic.jpg Research - Make it stand out Prolactin increases cell proliferation in the SVZ in recently mated males. Mated males that received a prolactin rescue injection had more BrdU positive cells in the dorsal and lateral regions of the rostral and the caudal SVZ relative to the control and bromocriptine (bromo, a prolactin suppressor) treated males. Data from Smiley et al., 2023 Front Behav Neuro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/6801d058-0a84-44c6-81f9-dea316e23f70/Smiley+et+al.%2C+2022+prl+in+male+mice.jpg Research - Make it stand out Mated male mic with a the prolactin receptor knocked out of forebrain neurons (CKC, blue) show reduced pup retrieval behavior, relative to control males with functional prolactin receptors. Data from Smiley et al., 2022 J Neurosci. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/7fbdc2ff-50bb-43bf-9bdb-5c863ef9b8b0/chick+trace.png Research - Make it stand out In-vivo electrophysiology recording of a single unit in an adult bird listening to a begging call. Top panel is a raster plot of spike activity 2 seconds before the stimulus onset, during the 4 second playback (pink), and 2 seconds after the offset of the stimulus. Bottom panel is an average instantaneous firing rate activity across the stimulus period described above. Spectrogram of begging call played is above the top panel. https://www.kristinaosmiley.com/pagecv daily 0.75 2025-05-06 https://www.kristinaosmiley.com/outreach daily 0.75 2022-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589277832039-JN8EGXXDLX8G1ZQTY1QF/brain+3+-+no+kids.jpeg Outreach - The inflatable brain!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589276823461-V86FR5AS9ZI2XJEXRDR8/Tfk+event.jpg Outreach Dr. Rodriguez Ferrere speaking at a Thirst for Knowledge event at Ombrello’s Bar & Kitchen (Dunedin, New Zealand) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589278208055-4ORJPU2P0S6GQHN7H799/brain+2.jpeg Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1497924190825-TPSNHRRT5U4J2BF50Z1K/image-asset.jpeg Outreach 2013 EYH Brains! Workshop. Photo by Curran Muhlberger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1666811458315-LBJQ7JHLE42WL2AG3S6N/RES-CS138-Thirst+for+Knowledge+Logo+FB+Cover-0121.png Outreach - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1497923169932-42R3OFGLNM1RAYXNDP4X/EYH+2017+-+Photo+by+Aubrey+Kelly Outreach EYH 2017 Brains! Workshop: Kristina points out brain structures to 9th grade girls during the sheep brain dissection. Photo by Aubrey Kelly. https://www.kristinaosmiley.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1498016625407-YR53ETT7MCA2K7K1D1G0/image-asset.jpeg Contact Male zebra finch at Fowler's Gap Research Station in NSW, Australia. Photo by Kristina O. Smiley. https://www.kristinaosmiley.com/home daily 1.0 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/a65cfc23-d6c4-4b9f-8241-100e008c3dce/TCP_6686-Edit.jpg Home - Hi! My name is Kristina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1746491136988-3ED21MU5XDW4L6UT4HL2/zf_UM.jpg Home Jan 2025: I started my new position at the University of Michigan this semester! The lab is currently under construction and expected to open in the Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1717532159138-6NO4TBPENJU0P8GXFFAB/Umich.jpg Home May 2024: Officially accepted an Assistant Professor position in Biopsychology at the University of Michigan starting Jan 2025! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1657518227956-DWF4YM005LNPQD2W6F0B/umass.jpg Home - June 2022 - Moved to UMass Amherst! Officially moved to Amherst, MA to start my new post-doc in the Remage-Healey lab! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1657518482464-AVIDPD0FCW9Q0M0OIGT4/poser.jpg Home - June 2022: Presented at SBN 2022 - Atlanta For the first time in 3 years, I attended my first in-person conference at the annual Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology meeting in Atlanta, GA! I shared some preliminary findings on how prolactin and neurogenesis may be involved in the mating-induced transition to paternal behavior in mice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1605756839395-UJAAV5O6J9CVO1L43WD4/Grattan%2C+Brown%2C+and+Smiley+photo.JPG Home - Excited to announce I was awarded a 3-year Marsden Fast Start grant for my project on the effects of neurogenesis & prolactin during the transition to parental care! From left to right: Prof Dave Grattan (Mentor), Dr Rosemary Brown (Collaborator), and Dr Kristina Smiley (PI) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1605756663642-JE08AG2H5Z41YQM4FZ2V/cell+paper.png Home - Aug 2020: A very serendipitous collaboration with Stefanos Stagkourakis and Christian Broberger that lead to an explanation of why male mice show paternal care and male rat do not https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1605756436124-YAHPCG261VGDQUPK5C7N/junco+brains.jpg Home - New paper showing seasonal differences in central prolactin receptor densities in dark eyed juncos! Funny story on how this paper came to be on my twitter page… https://twitter.com/prolactingrl/status/1254533371633401856?s=20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589273928287-GWQLB2R9GD63GY536BP1/GH+PRL+meeting.jpg Home - July 2019: Speaking at the Growth Hormone/Prolactin in Disease and Biology meeting (West Palm Beach, FL, USA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589273626908-GHZYVLQPP4G9680YC9I9/SBN+2019.jpeg Home - June 2019: Presenting the latest prolactin and paternal care data at the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology meeting (Bloomington, IN, USA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589272609669-7XNKIG5QEE9RL9U3VUFJ/HNNA+prize.jpg Home - Sept 2019: Won 1st place poster prize at the Hypothalamic Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA) meeting (Queenstown, New Zealand) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1589272609050-KN8AVSIW5FA6JTOH07VM/Emerging+researcher+prize.jpg Home - Sept 2019: Honored to become the inaugural New Zealand Society for Endocrinology Emerging Researcher Award recipient https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1541653179858-S6W1OO5UKZG5Y92SDX22/sfn+talk.jpg Home - November 2018: Presenting my new work on prolactin and rodent paternal care at Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1541654326750-FNHA7YGGOFXA25IEC3EX/QRW.jpg Home - August 2018: Participated in a great symposium on hormones and social behavior at MedSci during Queenstown Research Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1532318740822-A9IILDEQIHKU5PK3WE80/Pb+talk.jpg Home - July 2018: Presenting at the Wiley Young Investigator Award Symposium during the Parental Brain 2018 Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1532318738318-UYHIW2HFUURUSD3QS4NJ/sbn+talk.jpg Home - July 2018: Incredibly honored to receive the SBN Young Investigator Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1532319524170-ELWTHTT91W6RGO9MMAYX/bromo+paper.jpg Home Jan 2018: New paper out in Hormones and Behavior - Lowering prolactin disrupts parental care in male and female zebra finches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1532319524179-TPY2G6AS82HD76ODR61T/vip+paper.jpg Home May 2018: New paper out in Behavioral Processes! Increasing prolactin in early incubating zebra finches makes male and female pairs’ parental behavior more similar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1515555026447-VGK9ZBF6CS3SHXW3WJIB/duendin.jpg Home - Nov 2017: Moved to beautiful Dunedin, New Zealand to begin a post-doctoral research position in the Grattan lab at the Centre for Neuroendocrinology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5946f31d17bffc848f8caf18/1510123585651-MLNL7FYUDDL8SID4ES28/ER1.JPG Home - August 2017: Dissertation defended! 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