Julia Morud Lekholm

Neuroscientist trying to understand neuronal function using the amazing little worm C. elegans | Now @goteborgsuni | Before @MRC_LMB

[Julia Wiktor @julia_wiktor]

What a great evening it was 🎹 🐈

[Iris Hardege @IHardege]

Our latest manuscript is out for early release! Thank you to @JuliaMorud @AmyCourtneyy and @LabSchafer for another successful collaboration 🎊
A Novel and Functionally Diverse Class of Acetylcholine-gated Ion Channels https://t.co/rBQfX6o54s

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

Last day today to apply to two open postdoc positions in my group in Gothenburg, Sweden. 2+1 year contract at a department with great resources and super collaborators! Please share! https://t.co/za1lVimaQH

[Boyce Thompson Inst @BTIscience]

Neat paper from BTI's Schroeder lab and colleagues at MRC LMB and KU Leuven describes how betaine acts to control behavioral states in C. elegans 🪱 @group_schroeder @jingfang_yu @MRC_LMB @CornellCAS @KU_Leuven @PNASNews @JuliaMorud @IHardege @LabSchafer https://t.co/DbYMBneGSj

[Kristin Webster, Ph.D. @KristinMWebster]

It's true - catching up with @IHardege & @JuliaMorud at #SfN2022 was definitely one of my highlights!

https://t.co/MoSGomkxBr

[James Lee @littlebrain302]

Excited to be able to share this now! Worms learn to avoid odors that they smell during starvation. In our new paper, we describe how insulin/IGF signaling in a single olfactory neuron can generate the aversive memory needed for this type of learning.
https://t.co/r8A6bxX6ay

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[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

Our latest paper describing a betaine-gated ion channel involved in controlling behavioural states is now out in @PNASNews! @IHardege spent many many months on those food search traces! Great collaboration between @LabSchafer and @group_schroeder. https://t.co/9JPjWI60lE

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

We now have 2 open postdoc positions in my lab, please spread the word to people interested in worms, ion channels and signal transduction. https://t.co/za1lVi4zZ9

[Isabel Beets @isabelbeets]

Finally out! Check our new resource of neuropeptide-GPCR interactions in C. elegans. We identify 461 peptide-GPCR pairs that allow mapping peptidergic circuits. See also this application on the worm's peptide connectome https://t.co/tJKkM8Yw4Z
Resource: https://t.co/0svLDdoxSg 🧵

[Lidia Ripoll Sánchez @Lidia_Ripoll_S]

Finally out! Proud to present the collaborative effort where we systematically mapped neuropeptide-GPCR interactions biochemically (https://t.co/utkoytWUqC) and constructed an in silico map of neuropeptide signaling in the worm brain https://t.co/e0j10fNUB2

[Kristin Webster, Ph.D. @KristinMWebster]

@wormychew I particularly loved your shoutout to the other #postdocs at @MRC_LMB & comments on changing #ResearchCulture - so thankful we had @Denise_S_Walker @IHardege @JuliaMorud @isabelbeets @EvaKaulich @Genes_GigglesDr & others! I treasure the #fellowship of #femalescientists we built

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

I am honoured to be appointed as a 2022 ”Research Leader of the Future” by @strategiskaSSF, giving me the opportunity to expand my research group.

https://t.co/C1KE4GBKIM

Send potential PhD/postdocs in biochem/neuro my way since several openings will be coming up in autumn!

[bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv_neursci]

Neuropeptide signalling shapes feeding and reproductive behaviours in male C. elegans https://t.co/ZPdTJvgA7P #biorxiv_neursci

[Itamar Lev @itamar_lev]

important work that explains why gap junctions should always be taken into consideration and why ablation and inhibition of a neuron could result in two opposite effects

[Cori Bargmann @betenoire1]

Excited to say that Aylesse Sordillo’s thesis work is published! It shows that one neuron shapes behavior both when active and when silent. Active, mostly through chemical synapses. Silent, through gap junctions that stabilize an opposing circuit state. https://t.co/7hH3NfLjiH

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

@wormychew @group_schroeder @IHardege @LabSchafer That question remains to be established in the follow up paper! Also @IHardege really deserves most of the credit for this paper, quantifying that phenotype was far from easy and straightforward.

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

Check out our latest preprint! We show betaine to be a real transmitter and describe a role for it in vivo! We also identify a pathway for neuronal production of betaine. Great collaboration with the Schroeder lab! @group_schroeder @IHardege @LabSchafer
https://t.co/jkdVjTaAyc

[Iris Hardege @IHardege]

Our latest preprint is just out! We discover that betaine acts in the nervous system of worms to alter their behaviour, cool right?! Another great team project from @labschafer & @juliaMorud

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

Check out this very nice dispatch in Current Biology @CurrentBiology of our recent publication written by Catharine Rankin @wormslearn and Alex Yu. https://t.co/8zJHJUcN1O

[Julia Morud Lekholm @JuliaMorud]

@wormychew @IHardege @LabSchafer Same!