Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #AcademicValentine
Most recents (2)
I am gonna document the #52weeks as a #PhDStudent in 2021 in this thread.
Week 1: Small, university-level grant submitted. Inducted as Green Fund Committee member at the university.
Week 2: Accepted a guest lecture invite in the department. Its about #schoolnutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic Inducted as Volunteer Mentor for Student Success at the university. #phdlife #52weeks
It’s #ValentinesDay, which means there’s a lot of talk about oxytocin—the so-called “love hormone” ❤️ But despite the appeal of this label it’s a little misleading.
So let me walk you through this hormone’s history & why the actual role of oxytocin is MUCH more interesting...
So let me walk you through this hormone’s history & why the actual role of oxytocin is MUCH more interesting...
Oxytocin-like hormones are ~600 million years old, which is a LONG time before there was any evidence of “love”, or couple bonding. The sea sponge, considered the most ancient animal species, has no oxytocin-like signaling, suggesting it emerged in more modern species 
The sea squirt, which is OLD but not as old as sea sponges, uses oxytocin-like signaling, but what’s its purpose if there’s there’s no sea squirt couple bonding?
Well, it turns out oxytocin-like signaling regulates tissue contraction for salt regulation ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18583415
Well, it turns out oxytocin-like signaling regulates tissue contraction for salt regulation ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18583415
