Restrepo Lab

Systems neuroscientist interested in olfaction, decision making and learning, biophysics, neurophotonics

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Beautiful utility of chaotic protein dynamics

[Zihai Li, MD, PhD @Zihai]

Wow, what a powerful reminder that chaos is not a flaw in biology. This beautifully written story of the “disorderly” QCR6 protein shows how its structural unruliness actually enhances ATP production within the respiratory chain. https://t.co/IHeQgGUpwB

[Simons Foundation @SimonsFdn]

Applications are now open for the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2025–26 academic year. The SURFiN program aims to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students who have not had access to research opportunities. The paid fellowships will run from Sept 2025 - May 2026. Deadline to apply: May 1. For more info: https://t.co/EPXAj5dTRd

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

@tweeter Christy's manuscript on intranasal HSV-1 infection was featured as the cover in the Journal of Virology! https://t.co/59TT7jTBmn. Take a look at those angry microglia!

[Christopher Michel @chrismichel]

.@theNASEM New Heroes: @KarlDeisseroth. One of the most interesting scientists on the planet. Find out why: https://t.co/fCOU1KOTX2

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

This is a disaster

[Olivier George @brainaddiction]

Last night my brilliant friend with 20 years of expertise in Neuroscience including a decade at NIDA was fired because she was recently promoted for her outstanding performance and it triggered the probation period.

This is not making NIH more efficient, this is not making us healthier, this is not punishing the people who misled the public, this is destroying America’s talent.

Her work is instrumental for testing whether new medications to fight addiction are safe and efficacious before they are tested in humans. now that research is at risk.

She was the backbone of the lab the most senior person. So much knowledge, talent, know how, wasted, so much science destroyed for the wrong reason.

Sigh…

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

I am really sorry for the ~4000 staff who were fired at NIH this morning. This is a major unjustified hit to a premier research institution that weakens science in the US. My heart is breaking for you.

[@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab]

My heart is breaking for the ~4000 staff that were fired at NIH this morning and the ones in intramural research awaiting emails telling them if they too are being fired. This includes anyone probationary:Research Fellows, Staff Scientists, GS employees, Tenure-tracks

[Lindsay Osso @LindsayOsso]

Excited to share our work published this week! Led by myself and world class co-first @gdfnunes working in the @EthanHughesLab in collaboration with Dan Denman: https://t.co/HH9RKGY4ar. A short 🧵

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Congratulations!! Well deserved!

[Paule Joseph, PhD, MBA, CRNP, FAAN @Dr_Paulevj]

Proud of my wonderful partner all around @NeuroTejeda for being amongst this cohort of exceptional scientists receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)! You are a star ⭐️ well deserved! @NIMHgov @IRPatNIH @NIH

https://t.co/H5HOHko31O

[Joseph Walker @evojfwalker]

Excited to see this come out! Miles, an undergraduate in the lab, led this project and plans to keep it maintained and up to date as he transitions to being a graduate student. https://t.co/8qsKgpXEZc

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

The study documenting that intranasal HSV-1 infection elicits microglial activation, but no infection in the olfactory bulb was published! Congrats Christy and Laetitia! https://t.co/XZk16pzGDT
https://t.co/YDXy7lMN7K

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Thanks Justin!

[Justin O'Hare @JustinKOHare]

2p micromirror-scanned functional imaging and holographic optogenetics...in freely moving animals! Wonder where we'll be in 20 years. https://t.co/lbJ3mzLbd3 👀

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Congrats!!

[Science Gambino @egstokes7]

Wassup y’all, my first manuscript from the @Aoto_Lab is out! Despite being discovered over 30 years ago, α-Nrxn influence on synapses remain enigmatic. Here, we investigate how different mutations in Nrx3α affects synaptic properties. Check out this study— https://t.co/YvfOdRGaEh

[Ingie Hong @Ih_current]

Why are some neurons more selective than others? We report now in @Nature how calcium permeable-AMPA receptors in PV neurons make them less selective to sensory features https://t.co/Y7sXbtE8I3 Long live the geniuses behind this🧠🔍https://t.co/87BqmXxYje @thainmueller @rhuganir

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Our JoVE video article on imaging CA1 in mice engaged in odor plume navigation is out!

[JoVE @JoVEJournal]

⭐ Behind the Scenes with Our Latest JoVE Video Article Publication! 🧠

We’re excited to give you a look at research from Fabio Simoes de Souza, Ryan Williamson, Connor McCullough, and their colleagues at the @CUSystem Anschutz Medical Campus, exploring how hippocampal CA1 neurons contribute to mice navigating odor plumes. Using advanced miniscope technology to record calcium signals, this team is uncovering new insights into how the brain processes spatial and olfactory information.

Key Finding:
“It’s possible to decode the trajectory of a mouse navigating an odor plume based on neuronal ensemble calcium signals in dorsal CA1,” the researcher shares.
📄 Learn more here: https://t.co/C09MS5psbe

@LabRestrepo

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Exciting study of intransal infectivity by HSV-1! Thank you all @CSNiemeyerPhd #Hsv1

[Dr. Kimberley D Bruce @kimberleydbruce]

Congratulations @CSNiemeyerPhd @LabRestrepo and all! Such careful work, excited to be part of the story! #microglia #Hsv1 🧠 https://t.co/cX17CftrLv

[AChemS @AchemsInfo]

Did you know that expectation of how a food should taste influences what you think it tastes like? Our expectations, drawn from previous experiences, are very important in enhancing or diminishing how we perceive the foods and beverages we eat and drink.
https://t.co/VI42W4vGsp

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Cool!

[Takaki Komiyama @takaki_komiyama]

Our new paper by @BioIntelligeNet showing that olfactory bulb-projecting cholinergic neurons enhance odor representations in a context- and modality-specific manner

https://t.co/21F3nyBOvq

[Prof. Michael Lin @MichaelLinLab]

Exciting times for voltage imaging!

In a new study published today, our collaborators @attila_losonczy and @a_negrean find that behavior regulates electrical signals in neuronal dendrites in a structured but dynamic way.

https://t.co/PlDrWIkG8a

[Restrepo Lab @LabRestrepo]

Cool!

[Peyman Golshani @pgolshani]

Congrats Denise and Daniel!

[Kay M Tye PhD @kaymtye]

Hey Neurotweeps!! What are Youuuuu doing to revive the BRAIN initiative?

Thanks to @CoryMillerMarmo and @ardemp for leading the charge in opening up a dialogue about the importance of BRAIN Initiative funding, which is much needed to get all the essential neuroscience that falls thru the cracks of funding mechs at NIH (like tech, or multidiscipl), to train new generations, to be the connective tissues that makes the most of an investment initiated a decade ago to do everything from cure disease to improve AI.