Wei Lu

Neuroscientist, GABAergic synapses, GABA-A receptors, behavior and cognition

[Saurabh Pandey @PandeySaurabh45]

Our paper on the critical role of Neuroligin 2 in social behaviors and OCD has been published at @SfNJournals early release. Thanks @WeiLuLab and team for their hard work and support!
A critical role of Neuroligin 2 C-terminus in OCD and social behavior https://t.co/BWCsJyuD0R

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@PandeySaurabh45 @SfNJournals Great job Saurabh! Congrats!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@dion_synapse Congrats!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

Congrats, Guohao!!! Thank you, @ghwang85 and the team！@dcast421 @AngeloKeramidas @Martin17436419 @wenyan_han @MiriamERM and X-less Shixiao Peng, Qingjun Tian, Lijin Dong and Yan Li!

10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.006

https://t.co/GpDJnbTh19

[ghwang85 @ghwang85]

Very happy to share our recent work that shows a new transmembrane protein, TMEM132B, binding to GABA-A receptors and regulating alcohol-related behaviors @WeiLuLab https://t.co/J4SOlSXl8C

[Cell @CellCellPress]

Now online! The TMEM132B-GABAA receptor complex controls alcohol actions in the brain https://t.co/W2BIe3H5dc

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

Researchers discovered that chronic stress disrupts a brain pathway, increasing anxiety, but blocking a key protein in this pathway reversed anxiety symptoms in mice. https://t.co/a9SJdiODER

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@PandeySaurabh45 @bigthink nice!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@igreger1 Nice work, congrats!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@PandeySaurabh45 @PNASNews Excellent work, Saurabh! All your hard work has paid off! Congrats! @WeiLuLab

[Saurabh Pandey @PandeySaurabh45]

Thrilled to announce our publication in @PNASNews! We've uncovered a key stress-responsive signaling pathway manifesting anxiety and depression, paving the way for novel therapeutics development. Huge thanks to my amazing mentor @WeiLuLab and the team.
https://t.co/Cv7MJJeOEK
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[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@dcast421 Congrats David! You did a great job in presenting your work and answering questions!

[Rachel Babij @rachelbabij]

So excited that this study is finally out in @NeuroCellPress! @AliciaYChe @amandambuch @Ben_S_Huang @TedSchwartz13

https://t.co/Sq3BYf4Jby

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@SiddiquiLab @Martin17436419 @wenyan_han Thank you, Tabrez!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

#PLOSBiology: Sleep and wake cycles dynamically modulate hippocampal inhibitory synaptic plasticity https://t.co/LH7jGAjDS1
In this work we @Martin17436419 @wenyan_han show a wake-specific enhancement of inhibitory synaptic plasticity at PV-synapses onto CA1 pyramidal neurons.

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@Katrine92658231 We are working on compound screen targeting GABAAR/Shisa7 complex, so fingers crossed :)

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@dcast421 Congrats!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

Thanks Angelo for your critical contributions!

[Gord Fishell @GordFishell]

Check out our new biorxiv paper led by @JJSherryWU and @ekfishy targeting the breadth of cortical somatostatin cells and showing their remarkably selective circuitry. https://t.co/7JSLG4BJq5

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

@GordFishell @JJSherryWU @ekfishy Very interesting!

[Wei Lu @WeiLuLab]

We have a postdoctoral position available at NINDS, NIH to study GABA-A receptors and GABAergic synapses. Please contact me if you are interested! Please retweet!