Melina A. Agosto

Assistant professor at Dalhousie University. We study physiology, cell biology, and biochemistry of the retina. Opinions are my own.

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

A few days left to apply for the Visual Neuroscience position at Dalhousie University in Canada. New deadline Jan 31.

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

This could be the view from your office! We're recruiting a #tenuretrack Assistant or Associate Prof in the Retina and Optic Nerve Research Group at Dalhousie University. #Hiring #VisualNeuroscience
https://t.co/OpcEzNExVb

[LifeScienceAlliance @LSAjournal]

New results explain mGluR6 dysfunction in congenital stationary night blindness @DalhousieU @AgostoLab https://t.co/h4kANPWAp1

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

Had a great and educational time at #ISER2024 in Buenos Aires!

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

@ChoroidLab ELFN1 (hough it looks like it might be detecting ELFN2 as well)

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

That rare and wonderful moment when you test a new commercial antibody and it actually looks good
#MicroscopyMonday

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

A cautionary tale

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

@Cupiennius Beautiful!

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

This could be the view from your office! We're recruiting a #tenuretrack Assistant or Associate Prof in the Retina and Optic Nerve Research Group at Dalhousie University. #Hiring #VisualNeuroscience
https://t.co/OpcEzNExVb

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

Sunset in the cell culture room

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

New group photo!

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

@jdpereira Here's mine: PhD - postdoc 0.5 - postdoc 1 - instructor - research asst prof - tt asst prof

I learned a lot during all of those years and the extra experience is certainly helping me now!

[Tibor Rohacs @RohacsTibor]

Warm conformation of the calcium-activated nonselective cation channel TRPM4 driven by a temperature-dependent calcium-binding site. https://t.co/4cIyGtNMBh

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Researchers have generated a nanoscale-resolution reconstruction of a millimeter-scale fragment of human cerebral cortex, giving an unprecedented view into the structural organization of brain tissue at the supracellular, cellular, and subcellular levels. https://t.co/mm6b4swBvn

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

Great to meet up with colleagues old and new at #ARVO2024, and especially cool to meet some of the @alecia144g lab and @RobichauxLab trainees. Bye, Seattle!

[Victoria E. Abraira @VAbraira]

🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬 https://t.co/GaH4XHv6Hi

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

@BWJones The "barfing fish" is cute and disturbing at the same time 😂

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

@AIneurolab @MSVU_Halifax @szaborogers @AnatomyOrg @DevelopmentalDy Could you post a clickable link?

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

First paper from the Agosto lab is out! Co-authored by undergraduate students Michael Miller and Mustansir Pindwarawala. We showed that N-glycosylation is important for mGluR6 interactions with ELFN proteins and localization in retina.
https://t.co/kxXkSl8CGG

[Melina A. Agosto @AgostoLab]

@breakliquid I always worry about non-complimentary sequences hindering target recognition. That said, companies sell shRNA plasmids with extra G's hanging off the 5' end (anything in a pLKO.1 vector for instance), which many people use.