Latest from the lab now out in #JNeurosci@SfNJournals. Protein 4.1N plays a cell type-specific role in hippocampal synaptic regulation. Immensely proud of our graduate student Anna Pushkin for carrying out this very impressive study.
https://t.co/6IZ8t4hgGj
Sweet, salty, umami, sour, bitter... and ________.
USC Dornsife neuroscientist @emily_liman and her team have discovered evidence of a sixth basic taste.
https://t.co/qpnpshV9VL
OTOP1 is not just a sour receptor, it also mediates ammonium chloride taste. Never tasted NH4Cl? It’s in salty licorice – beloved in Scandinavian countries. Our paper in @NatureComms goes from channel biophysics to behavior. https://t.co/BiuDJZmzqM.
Congratulations Alex (Jin Hyung) Chung and Bryce Lorenz, recipients of the USC Dornsife Neuroscience Student of the Year Award.
Fight On! #USCDornsifeGrad