Officially Dr. Brandon Hughes! Thank you
@ChristophWCowan
for your amazing friendship/mentorship- truly my favorite family member! Also ty
@MakotoTani1
and
@neuron_nerd
, as the best lab mates/mentors possible. Couldn’t have done it without y’all and will miss EVERYONE in the lab!
📢 Calling senior PhD students! Apply for the Emerging Scholars Program (see below👇 ) and receive $1000 + expenses paid trip to
@SinaiBrain
in
#NYC
. We encourage those of underserved backgrounds to apply❗️Deadline approaching…
#PhDStudents
#DiversityInclusion
Exciting first day in the
@EricJNestler
Lab! Desk is set up with a very nice view, even on a rainy day! Thanks for leaving some supplies behind for me
@CollinDTeague
! 😁🧰💉
𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 on my dissertation research with
@ChristophWCowan
in
@biorxiv_neursci
‼️
NAc NPAS4 maintains the D1/D2 activation balance critical for drug seeking triggered by prepotent drug-associated cues and context.
I am extremely honored and grateful to receive this distinguished award. Thank you to everyone
@musc_cgs
,
@neuro_MUSC
, all members of the
@ChristophWCowan
and
@MakotoTani1
Labs, my committee members, and amazing collaborators. It was truly a team effort! 🥳
Thank you
@MakotoTani1
and
@ChristophWCowanall
for your wonderful mentorship and dedication to this project, as well as all co-authors! I am happy to have played a major role in this publication!
Kudos to
@MakotoTani1
&
@ChristophWCowan
for their new paper on chronic stress-induced anhedonia!
"NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates chronic social defeat stress-induced anhedonia-like behavior and reductions in excitatory synapses"
Words can’t express my gratitude for your unwavering guidance and support. Your mentorship has been invaluable, and I'm grateful for the many ways you've helped me grow both professionally and personally. Thank you for being an amazing mentor and friend!
@neuro_MUSC
@musc_cgs
So proud of PhD Graduate
@BrandonHughes90
! Winner of a distinguished graduate student award, and all-around great scientist and human being. So happy to share this important moment in his life.
If you're looking for a good electric bike, Ride1Up has a variety of options barely over $1000. I love my Core5 and can bike around
#NYC
faster than a car.
#ebikes
#bikenyc
#Manhattan
Excited to present my poster today (Thursday @ 3:30) at
#WCBR2022
!
Come by to hear the chronicles of cocaine-induced Npas4 in the NAc. I’ll make sure to thaw out my beard..
@ashleyruba_phd
Can’t say I worked less than 40 hours a week, but I certainly took time to spend time with my friends and family - whether it was going to the beach, kayaking, fishing, nature walks, etc... Mental health is key!
I’m delighted to be a part of this wonderful team in the
#NestlerLab
! Everyone has been so kind and helpful. Ready to start generating some data
@SinaiBrain
!
I have been incredibly fortunate to have had and continue to have so many outstanding postdocs work in my lab over the years. A tremendous and heartfelt thank you to my past and current postdocs. You make it all happen.
#SINAINPAW22
#NPAW
@SinaiBrain
I had a great time hosting and training Dr. Zach Hough from
@UMMedNeuro
this week
@SinaiBrain
! One of the best friends a person could ask for.. and we all haven’t seen each other in a couple years! Might crash Thanksgiving 2024
@geekwearz
!
#bestfriends
in
#neuroscience
from
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Dr. Sade Spencer is the proud recipient of the NIH NIDA R01 Grant Award for groundbreaking research on "Glutamatergic plasticity driving cannabinoid withdrawal and craving."
@SpencerLab_UMN
# UMNPharmacology
#UMNPROUD
#NIHGrantWinner
🏆
Come check out my
#SfN22
poster at 8am TOMORROW! A new mouse model for studying neuron-specific ensembles + the NAc MSN transcriptome and activation balance required for cocaine seeking (and a hint at my upcoming plans in the
#NestlerLab
@SinaiBrain
!)
@10xGenomics
@neuro_MUSC
If you’re
@SfNtweets
this week, check out our lab posters! Enhancer RNAs, D1/D2-MSN activation balance, and Mef2c in interneurons. Good stuff!!
@neuro_MUSC
Hardest part of my postdoc so far: 3 family members hospitalized simultaneously.
Their resilience, coupled with the support of friends and colleagues, have been incredibly grounding.
#PostdocLife
#SupportSystem
#NestlerLab
🫶
NPAS4 supports drug-cue associations and relapse-like behavior through regulation of the cell type-specific activation balance in the nucleus accumbens
📢 Calling senior PhD students! Apply for the Emerging Scholars Program (see below👇 ) and receive $1000 + expenses paid trip to
@SinaiBrain
in
#NYC
. We encourage those of underserved backgrounds to apply❗️Deadline approaching…
#PhDStudents
#DiversityInclusion
Check out our latest preprint unveiling sex-specific regulation of stress susceptibility by the astrocytic gene Htra1, shedding light on the crucial role of the extracellular matrix. Huge thanks to coauthors and supporters for making this possible!
Very excited to present at my first
@ACNPorg
on Wednesday at 3pm EST. Come see my poster (W145) on reducing cocaine-conditioned behaviors via genetic manipulation of accumbal D2-MSNs!
#ACNP2020
Thank you
@ResearchMUSC
for the invite to speak to 1st-year
@musc_cgs
students - I had a wonderful time! Got emails from several students, especially about
@neuro_MUSC
programs! Keep connecting! ⭐️🥇🧠
Excited to share my new work
@SinaiBrain
too!
#MUSCgrads
📢 Calling all senior neuroscience postdocs! Apply by 8/18 to present your work
@SinaiBrain
#MSNseminars
and meet with prominent researchers in the field! 🧠🧠🧠
#MSNseminars
APPLICATIONS now open! Senior postdocs in all fields of
#neuroscience
, especially from URM backgrounds, are encouraged to apply for an INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY to share your research, visit Mount Sinai & meet w/ faculty/trainees! APPLY NOW👉
Insightful talk
@neuro_MUSC
by
@nanopharmNC
(Zoe McElligott)! Beautiful data/interpretation from your lab and I can’t wait to see what’s next! Neuropeptides and their influence on reward circuitry still seem well-understudied.
Exploring the idea: 22% are hesitant about children at conferences. What if we viewed it as a chance to inspire the next generation? Could structured, kid-friendly sessions enrich both their experience and ours? Open to thoughts on balancing professional and family-friendly
After yesterday, it seems I have to ask:
Should scientists be allowed to bring their children to a conference, including allowing them at presentations and poster sessions?
🧠At NACS Seminar tomorrow, Dr. Chris Cowan (
@ChristophWCowan
) will tell us about "Transcriptional control of drug-cue associations in preclinical models of substance use disorders." The talk is at 10:15am in 1103 BRB. See below for more info!🧠
MEF2C hypofunction in GABAergic cells alters sociability and prefrontal cortex inhibitory synaptic transmission in a sex-dependent manner - Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science
GREAT EVENTS COMING in 2024! On Thursday, January 18, 3PM, JOIN Drs.
@BrandonHughes90
&
@divyajain_94
when they host Dr.
@TravisFaust2
at
#MSNSeminars
. DON'T MISS the Student & Postdoc Lunch (10 person max): 1st come, 1st served, reserve your spot today .
Thanks, Chris! Awesome research from an amazing mentor. Also, I think you’d do well in grad school again - I’ve seen you at the bench AT LEAST 3 times
@neuro_MUSC
! 😁
Great time at the
#AddictionGRC
this week. Fabulous and thought-provoking talks and posters. I presented a poster on
@BrandonHughes90
awesome research findings. My first poster session in ~10 years. I felt like a grad student again, which was a great feeling!!.
@neuro_MUSC
Had to finish my pilot surgeries early today to hang out with my favorite little man/nephew. He was SO excited he got to come to Charleston to see monster trucks with his parents today!
Defining my PhD in Neuro? Transformative! Growth, discovery, and deep dives into brain science, along with invaluable mentoring experience.
#PhDLife
#Neuroscience
Re-X-ing.
I am looking for a postdoc with ML experience and interested on working with spatial transcriptomics & single cell from human post-mortem brain tissues and organoids.
Here the full description.
JOIN US!
@SfNtweets
@FENSorg
@AcademicJobs
Be there or be square 🟦❗️
Discover how meta-analysis of humans with neuropsychiatric disorders sheds light on the genetics of
#ChronicPain
. Don't miss out on this insightful discussion next Thursday
@SinaiBrain
!
#Neuroscience
#GWAS
(Don’t forget to sign up for lunch and save
I am especially honored by this recognition and want to thank the many PhD students and postdoctoral fellows who have been part of my lab over the years and who performed the work for which I'm being recognized.
So glad we were finally able to have the Neuroscience Graduate Student Retreat in person! It was a huge success and we couldn’t have done it without
@DrJRink
!
@neuro_MUSC
@musc_cgs
I am looking for a technician to help me start up my lab at MUSC! My lab will study the neurobiological mechanisms mediating social dysregulation in mouse models of addiction, anxiety, and depression. Please share to help me get the word out!
Came across this picture from last year's MUSC Student Research Day with 1st place overall awarded by MUSC and Dr. Perry Haluskha
@neuro_MUSC
@MuscNeuro
@CodySiciliano
As a foster child with parents who were high school dropouts, I really appreciate this. Congrats on sharing your story and encouraging those with similar struggles and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. Learning how to learn can be very difficult.
@postandcourier
I definitely agree to limit the number of tourists coming to the beach. But locals standing in a big group together to protest is certainly not the way to prevent spread of the virus.
I miss leading the GROWS program
@neuro_MUSC
(Graduate Students Reaching Out With Science)! Such an exciting experience to show middle- and high-school students the structures in a REAL human brain and spinal cord! I’m sure
@ChristophWCowan
and
@TheyCallMeDWood
crushed it 😉
The Minds leadership thanks everyone who volunteered and supported our Brain Fair! We couldn’t do it without you! You rock! We are so happy everyone had lots of fun! We will see you next year! 🧠💕
📢📢📢
I am thrilled to announce that I will open my research group at
@nyulangone
@NYULH_Neuro
this fall.
We will perform basic and translational research exploring the role of non-coding RNAs in stress, depression, and chronic pain.
The Rinker Lab is looking for a technician - a really excellent opportunity for recent grads to gain experience b4 grad school! Learn stereotaxic surgery, calcium imaging, opto, DREADDs, and join a team of really awesome folks.
Want to use data from our published snRNA-seq datasets in your presentation, paper, or grant application? You can now download .png or .pdf versions of the feature and violin plots directly from our browser! Thanks to
@UAB_BDS
for making this happen!
bioRxiv is almost 10 years old and medRxiv just turned 4! 🎉 Tell us how we’ve done so far & how to keep improving by answering the bioRxiv & medRxiv survey!
Deadline: December 10th, 11:59 PM EST
Length: 15-20 mins
🔗
Thank you!
#biorxiv
#medrxiv
#preprints
Carolina Wren hatchlings above our front door! The yellow is their beaks wide open for food. Mom and Dad have been hanging out for a few months.
@AudubonSC
#babybirds
Another important paper from Romain Durand-de Cuttoli and Brian Sweis which demonstrates the lasting influence of chronic social defeat stress in mice on economic decision making, under conditions of resource scarcity, in their "Restaurant Row" task.
@SinaiBrain
@MadS100tist
Next up in lab fashion: Cowboy boots for your Bunsen burners! Because every good scientist knows that even the hottest flames need a little 'wild west' flair.
#LabLife
#ScienceStyle