https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/new-cover-page daily 1.0 2022-01-11 https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/about daily 0.75 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1561424889703-WV2JYTBFUSMRVD258019/IMG_1850-2.jpg About https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/news-links daily 0.75 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/a8781c75-b4a2-4a95-846b-6eedb5d0ef55/Screenshot+2026-07-21+at+4.07.34%E2%80%AFPM.png News & Media - Investigating Lingering Impacts of Adversity Eight Bowdoin Research Fellows spent the summer investigating how early life adversity leads to lingering impacts on later brain and behavior - and the important role of sex as a biological variable in these outcomes. Click below to hear the students describe their projects! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/04486bc1-760d-4a0f-bb99-d5b7e318c9ed/Screenshot+2026-07-21+at+4.17.47%E2%80%AFPM.png News & Media - RAT Lab Goes to Scotland - And Receives a Poster Award! The Honeycutt lab emerged from the pandemic and attended it’s first in-person (and international!) conference in Glasgow for the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society! Honeycutt chaired a symposium and gave a talk, and students brought home a best poster award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/d581e383-2d16-436d-af0b-663fd9f8cac9/Separation_FullRes.png News & Media - The Honeycutt Lab Receives Maine INBRE Funding! The Honeycutt Research in Affective and Translational [RAT] Neuroscience Lab has received a Maine INBRE Investigator Award (funded through NIH NIGMS) to investigate the behavioral, neural, and epigenomic consequences of early life adversity. This award will support the lab’s research for 3 years, providing research opportunities for Bowdoin’s undergraduates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/3078fd6c-2189-4f5f-b042-d75f5f6ce941/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+3.33.46+PM.png News & Media - Award-Winning Student Research Talks Summer 2021 RAT Neuro Lab research students gave compelling talks at the annual Northeast Regional IDeA Conference (NERIC)! Congratulations to Emma Noel (‘23) for Best Translational Research Talk, Sydney Bonauto (‘23) for taking 2nd in undergraduate Research Talks, and Seneca Ellis (‘22) for earning Honorable Mention for her Research Talk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1642134302678-6366SIQO222ZJAJDO35D/unsplash-image-VZILDYoqn_U.jpg News & Media - Radio Canada Interview 5/16/2021 - Dr. Honeycutt was recently interviewed for a segment on Radio Canada’s Science Program Les Années Lumière to discuss the biological and neuroanatomical impact of early life adversity and maltreatment on children and their development and wellbeing. Click here for the synopsis and segment (segment in French) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1629774683997-EM3VJ6N3K55KFM24DWZQ/honeycuttbowdoin.jpg News & Media - Full-Circle: Student Returns to Maine as INBRE-Funded Assistant Professor By Kris Reaman (MDIBL) “We welcome Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt in her return to Maine as an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Bowdoin College and newly-funded INBRE investigator.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1629773394690-YCUE5E9Y9022GOH6EYPR/inbre.png News & Media - 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/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1629773853677-TZJF996B5BWZV6RZARSY/unsplash-image-rNDjtoR_VRM.jpg News & Media - Honeycutt Lab awarded Maine INBRE funding! Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt has received funding from the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) to conduct research alongside her undergraduate students at Bowdoin College. The funding will support the research aimed at understanding the intersection of anxiety-like behavior and genomic risk (via DNA methylation) following early life adversity. Click HERE to read more about this research! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1610038121085-PF3BBKDQFYDLHCUH220X/Screen+Shot+2020-12-17+at+8.33.10+PM.png News & Media - Neuro at Home: Remote Brain Kits Bowdoin Assist, Professor Jennifer Honeycutt, along with Lab Instructor Anja Forche, were featured for their efforts in creating experiential lab opportunities that could be completed in students’ homes during COVID remote learning. Shown here is a remote rat brain mounting lab being completed by students in Honeycutt’s Affective Neuroscience Lab course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/737b6525-713f-4352-954d-aa99a452db0b/JenniferPortrait-FullRes.jpg News & Media - Family Connections: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt “An illustrated interview with Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt, Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Bowdoin College. We talk about her research on the consequence of early life adversity.” Artwork by Valentina Ferro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1596052647161-4HY34ISTKGQ9FOQ29WFS/image-asset.jpeg News & Media - Not all pandemic heroes wear capes Science help for homebound kids. ”…good-hearted trainees and faculty have stepped up for families as well. Drs Jennifer Honeycutt and Audrey Hammack both reached out to their friends and family via social media offering different kinds of help to beleaguered families and offered some protips on how you can do the same.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1583766553694-B2O2940AR5LI2FEHBEJT/Honeycuttimmuno.jpg News & Media - Childhood trauma changes your brain. …But it doesn’t have to be permanent. Coverage of our latest paper out in eLife detailing the developmental trajectory of corticolimbic connectivity in male and female rats following early adversity. Click below to read the article! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1567110284684-XWZ96EJ4U1WMGGIXZXML/IMG_2078.jpg News & Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1535319830568-N2SCGS2X5Y9PMRAWKUG3/1280px-Ursula_%28detention_center%29_1.jpeg News & Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1535319780329-H8MZTWI9Y2N9WWQYET6Q/Brain_Behavior_Research_Foundation_logo.png News & Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1536108182595-NVHARLNTYP8DTNQWNACJ/ChapterFigure.png News & Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1536107778496-CBWYI0B9W5PCWL3A23UZ/honeycutt_j2.jpg News & Media https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2026-07-21 https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-07-30 https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/teaching daily 0.75 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1610047898007-2PJWMMYW1BZ1OE9TKAO4/image-asset.jpeg Teaching - TEACHING RESOURCES https://jenniferhoneycuttphd.com/new-page daily 0.75 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/90e6f7ca-a75f-4a3b-a613-5fb8c0f5de85/PXL_20230627_021705111.MP.jpg Our Team - Lindsay Golan (‘27) Honors Project Researcher (Neuroscience) I am a Neuroscience major and Asian Studies minor on the pre-med track from California. This is my second year working in the Honeycutt Lab, and I’m currently focusing on optimizing a new protocol for our lab utilizing DREADDs (Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs). The project’s goal is to establish causation between cellular changes and anxious behavior in a rat model of early life adversity. In my free time, I enjoy watercolor painting, theater, playing ukulele, and cooking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/4e6c9576-c5bf-421d-b2b0-3b40a8405362/IMG_6567.jpg Our Team - Feysal Abdirahaman (‘27) Research Assistant Hello! I am a current senior and a Neuroscience major from Lewiston, Maine. This is my first summer working in the Honeycutt Lab after previously completing an independent study in this lab. I am particularly interested in medical psychiatry and psychopharmacology, and I hope to pursue a career in medicine with a focus on psychiatry. Outside of the lab, I serve as the President of the Muslim Student Alliance and am passionate about supporting and advocating for underrepresented communities on campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/4205fb70-dd3b-4968-9087-e3b165c0ac35/Choi%26Shen+Edits+-+Google+Drive.jpg Our Team - Kyler Choi (‘28) Research Assistant I am from the San Francisco Bay Area and I am majoring in Psychology and Education. I am interested in child development, mainly how people (and rats) come to be who they are! I am also interested in sex differences and women’s health, and I love studying these topics in the Honeycutt Lab. I am also interested in the behavioral and neural effects of ketamine, particularly how ketamine interacts with parvalbumin and perineurional nets. After Bowdoin I hope to attend graduate school studying neuroscience or psychology and later work in a clinical setting. Outside of the lab I am on Bowdoin’s rowing team. I also love doing puzzles, camping, hiking, going to the beach, and cooking with my friends and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/3ee4b648-874d-4751-a36c-9b48ab757f8d/Screenshot+2026-07-21+at+3.29.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Our Team - Cherish Zhao (‘28) Research Assistant I am a Neuroscience and Math major with a minor in Government and Legal studies. I am interested in understanding how components interact in complex systems such as how early life adversity impacts specific neural pathways. Some of my hobbies include MMA (specifically Brazilian Jiu Jitsu), figure art, and jewelry making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/499d5cf9-d80e-402f-a5b2-52345294560e/IMG_5833.jpg Our Team - Haney Haidari (‘27) Honors Project Researcher (Neuroscience) I am a senior majoring in neuroscience with a minor in cinema studies from Portland, Maine. I have spent two summers in the Honeycutt RAT Lab, and this academic year I am working on my honors project analyzing oxidative stress, PNNs, and PV cells in tissue from a previous lab project. After Bowdoin, I hope to get my accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. I wish to become a psych RN and eventually a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner to help treat people with mental health disorders. In my free time, I enjoy reading classical literature, crafting, and watching films. Eventually, I want to get into gardening as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/e81d55b2-1fef-4ab0-9554-b5389ad7b27a/FullSizeRender.jpg Our Team - Maggie Blanding (Bates ‘27) Maine INBRE Summer Research Fellow I am a senior Biology major with a Psychology and Philosophy concentration at Bates College. I am from White Bear Lake, Minnesota and this is my first summer working in the Honeycutt Lab! I am particularly interested in childhood development, specifically the neuronal and behavioral changes that can occur from environmental adversity and drug toxicity early in life. In my free time I enjoy skiing, running, and spending time with friends and family! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/a067d008-a865-4a89-ad01-03e235507ac1/IMG_1535.jpg Our Team - Aiman Limbada (‘28) Research Assistant I am a Neuroscience and Anthropology double major from Houston TX. I am particularly interested in the impacts of early life adversity and prenatal stress in preclinical models, and understanding the underlying neural circuitry that alters neuroanatomy. I hope to take what I learn from the Honeycutt lab and apply it in a medical career, with a focus on women's health. In my free time, I enjoy reading, lifting, and baking. I also enjoy picking up new hobbies, including various crafts and playing the drums! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/676aab6a-de7c-404b-ba60-ea41bf46d9b0/IMG_6201.jpg Our Team - Sophie Zhang (‘29) Research Assistant I’m a prospective Neuroscience and English double major, Italian minor. This is my first summer at the lab and I really enjoyed optimizing the DREADDs procedure and looking at the relationship between parvalbumin interneurons and anxiety behavior in long evans rat! In my free time, I enjoy drawing, reading, biking, and being outdoors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b6a1636e2ccd1387c79f575/1631985857107-IXVJZZK84TIWR4AQXRF5/Image+from+iOS.jpg Our Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.