Congratulations to the #NIH_IRP's newest recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers: Drs. Sadhana Jackson, @NIH_NINDS ; Yogen Kanthi, @nih_nhlbi; Hugo Tejeda, @NIMHgov; Sonja Scholz, NINDS; Nirali Shah, @theNCI; and Benedict Anchang, @NIEHS. This is the highest honor awarded by the U.S. Government to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers: https://t.co/7Xa8JrchVK
New trend for this year?
#Absolute_Neurophysiology
This year, I'll post classic neurophysiology stories you might not have ever heard of, but probably inform a lot about how we think about 2020s neuro...
We start with the coolest patch clamp figure, maybe ever...
Exciting work from the lab on unique DA subpopulation! SN pars lateralis DAN firing differs from SNc in super interesting ways. We find robust auditory CTX input and test in threat behavior. Congrats to Lorenzo Sansalone (@newrochemist), @cellularscale@e_twedell, Sherry Zhang!
New preprint led by @sambrillweil. Axonal GABA-AR control of nicotinic input to DA axons. Careful analysis of picrotoxin off-target inhibition of nAChRs (a6 and non-a6). Huge congrats to Sam, special thanks to @XOanAxon and coauthors @neurochapin, @FayeClever, & Sherry Zhang
Excited to share my first, first-author paper from back during my time as a postbac with @KhaliqLab! Here, we examine how two presynaptic receptors interact to shape DA axon physiology and excitability. 1/n👇 https://t.co/ba65bFl9gC
It's official! We are thrilled to share that@iaahmed123 Ismail Ahmed will join us as faculty on 09/01. He will launch his program developing novel chemical tools to determine how neuropeptide signaling modulates behavior and physiology in the context of health and disease.
We’re happy to announce that Dr. Yarimar Carrasquillo (@YarCarLab) of our Division of Intramural Research has been granted tenure! Dr. Carrasquillo studies the brain mechanisms underlying the complex experience of pain. Join us in celebrating this momentous milestone!
Delighted to see @AnnMGraybiel from @mcgovernmit@MIT inducted into the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson today as an Honorary Member- A true pioneer of circuit neuroscience and whose mother was Irish. ☘️
I am honored to announce that today, @POTUS@WhiteHouse@WHOSTP announced my pending appointment to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Truly never imagined that I would have an opportunity to help inform our nation's cancer research program. @NBTStweets https://t.co/qiXRcuDfCD
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Three virtual info sessions here including June 5.
Feel free to attend, ask questions and meet current students and postdocs.
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Happy to see this out in @NeuroCellPress. Huikun Wang, a staff scientist in our lab, demonstrates that ventromedial prefrontal cortical dynorphin signaling constrains threat-driven passive defensive behavior and switches in network states. Thread below.
https://t.co/5BvgJqDOKH
Biggest congratulations to Anthony Yáñez @neurochapin for winning the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship #NSFGRFP ! Starting off with bang, the only way to do it! Great news indeed, we are super excited for this accomplishment!
BRAIN-funded research allows scientists to embrace the complexity of the brain. @NINDSdirector Dr. Walter Koroshetz explores what makes the BRAIN Initiative unique in this new blog post series: https://t.co/s6W8oSmKw4 #studyBRAIN#NIH