Justin Lines

Neuroscientist. Plays with microscopes and ECoG to study network activity in health and disease. Postdoc in the lab of @denisejcai
I also 🎮 and ⛹️

[Lisa Chesner, PhD @LChesNerd]

I am thrilled to share that I have joined the faculty in the Department of Urology at UCSF!

I am so grateful for the support of my exceptional mentors, colleagues, and trainees who have contributed to this milestone. 

Looking forward to what’s ahead for the Chesner Lab!

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

#burritos

[Michael Wenzel @Maikl_Wenzel]

A milestone of our photopharmacology ERC project, just up on bioRxiv! Light-dependent control of network activity in human brain tissue of patients with epilepsy &/or brain tumors using lidocaine photoswitches & a novel photocaged propofol. 1/2

https://t.co/XkMQbNgSur

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

Did you see him help someone?
Did you see him try to run?
Did you see them six-on-one?
Did you see them take his gun?
Did you see that it was done?
Did you see him get shot a dozen
times in broad daylight?

Do you think they'll kill again?

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

@meschro @NeuroCellPress @fennamk @eboyden3 So cool! Congratulations 👏🏻

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

#Sfn2025 PARTY tonight!!

[Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai]

🎉 Join us on Monday for the best party of the year!

The Cai-Tye Collective is throwing a bash at #SfN25 and everyone is invited!

🎉 November 17, 9pm at Parq Nightclub in San Diego. See you all there!

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

If you're at #Sfn2025 , check out posters from my labmates!!

[Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai]

🧠 The Cai Lab will be at #SfN25!

Be sure to stop by the poster sessions to check out @Hailey_lr's work on decision-making, Zach's work on stress & the amygdala, @ZoeChristenson's work on seizures, Alexa's work on cocaine seeking, and Sandra's work on context representations 🤓

[Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai]

Are you at #SfN25 and want VIP access to the Cai-Tye Collective event on Nov 17?

Come by my lab members' posters for a bracelet!

Hailey Rosenblum: Nov 15, 1-5pm PSTR040.05/BB6
Zoé Christenson Wick: Nov 17, 8am-12pm PSTR192.01/RR13
Zach Pennington: Nov 17, 1-5pm PSTR234.05/CC7

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

@JunNagaiLab Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

Such a cool study showing the involvement of astrocytes in memory!

[Jun Nagai @JunNagaiLab]

Just out! “The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory.” We identified astrocytic ensembles that link experiences across days to stabilize memory https://t.co/po9zIlZvPb. New astrocyte tools are openly available at Addgene: https://t.co/OXCmcYSleI. 1/8

[Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai]

Working with trainees is a highlight of my own research and a main goal of the New York Memory Hub. I'm looking forward to a great afternoon of discussion with a group of brilliant trainees. Space is limited, register soon!

[Gertru Perea @GertruPereaLab]

Presidential Lecture at #senc2025 by Prof Alfonso Araque. The live history of Tripartite Synapse and revolution in Neurosciece. Very proud of Spanish Science! @LabAraque @InstitutoCajal @CSIC @SENC_

[Tristan Shuman @tristanshuman]

New paper out in @CellReports! Led by @susie_feng, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory deficits.
https://t.co/26cGcv1HBg

[Tristan Shuman @tristanshuman]

New preprint from the lab! @laurenmvetere found disrupted MEC-hippocampal synchronization that paralleled the emergence of memory deficits in the 3xTg mouse model of AD pathology!

Check it out and let us know what you think.

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

Astrocyte physiologists and computationalists!

Imaging astrocyte structure and function, we discovered and quantified a spatial threshold to astrocyte calcium surge ⭐

https://t.co/Jv8Ph6dn6k

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

https://t.co/fmkHBisdut

So long ya bot infested hellscape

[Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai]

🌟 Cai Lab @Nature paper alert! In new work led by @mysteriousjoe_, we find that rest periods after learning not only stabilize new memories BUT ALSO integrate new memories with older ones from days past! (1/9)

Read it here: https://t.co/Ur8dbGfuP3

[Justin Lines @lines_jw]

@geewhiz_ephys Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai]

📣 New Cai Lab paper in @CellReports!

We show that a stressful experience can produce different types of memories! We also find that the basolateral amygdala (BLA) & ventral hippocampus (vHC) differentially contribute to these memories 🧠
https://t.co/GV9gyu4Gmf

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