Very excited to have my first faculty grant funded by Tenovus Scotland (tenovus-scotland.org.uk). Thank you for supporting my work!

Exciting PhD Opportunity at the University of Glasgow! I’m thrilled to share that my PhD project with @mickcraig.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the College Future Themes PhD Programme within the College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (MVLS).

A new special issue entitled “Emerging Voices in GPCR Biology” is now available in Molecular Pharmacology, highlighting innovative research led by early-career investigators (ECIs) across key areas of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) science. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨PhD Studentship Opportunity in the Perry-Hauser Lab – University of Glasgow🚨 I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab through the NorthWestBio Doctoral Training Programme, under the theme of Underpinning Bioscience Discovery. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Excellent!

✨ The Art of Open Science ✨ This beautiful crossstitch was created by Leah Blankenship, an undergraduate student at the @uoregon.bsky.social! This meticulously embroidered art uses data from our Allen Brain Reference Atlases. #OpenScienceWeek

This looks like a great study!

Had a lovely time at the inaugural GPCR-UK meeting in Cambridge. Beautiful city and great science!

Now this is science publishing at its finest!

The 5th Transatlantic ECI GPCR Symposium is today at 10AM EDT (3PM BST)! Good luck to organisers Janelle Lanham, Tomasz Steniewski, and Edda Matthees. You can still register to attend this virtual, FREE event: event.fourwaves.com/gpcr2025/pages

Had a wonderful experience at the Scottish Neuroscience Group meeting in Dundee! Great series of talks and nice to hear about all the research.

Organized scientific fraud is growing at an alarming rate phys.org/news/2025-08... #ethics #research #science #fraud

(1/2) @maddipow.bsky.social draws an interesting comparison here regarding #PeerReview. I think this could really benefit bad reviews but probably not rogue reviews - the latter consisting of bias, rudeness & deliberate mishandling! One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Excited to share my latest work, now on bioRxiv: “Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice” 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Inspired by @mbeisen I've begun an experiment in open science. We are sharing our ongoing work on psychedelic signaling here: open.substack.com/pub/zendudes... I've decided to make this 'open' as the experiment are of immediate interest to the field and I'll write them up later.

The role of dopamine-sensitive motor cortical circuits in the development and execution of skilled forelimb movements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.20.660525v1

Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.660394v1

Adhesion GPCR community! We have a new SLACK workspace for aGPCR enthusiasts. Please reach out to me if you would like the link!

Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/betw... With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼‍🔬

Excited to present my work at the Inaugural GPCR-UK Network Meeting this September in Cambridge: gpcr-uk.org/programme/. Thank you to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic programme! Looking forward to meeting new GPCR enthusiasts and connecting with UK-based investigators. 🇬🇧

Excited to share our Science paper on HaloDA1.0-the first genetically encoded far-red dopamine sensor! 🥳It enables powerful multiplex imaging in neurons, brain slices, and live animals.🧠🔬 #GRABsensors #Dopamine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

⏰ Check out this inspiring pair of articles from @paulmasset.bsky.social and Margarida Sousa! Some dopamine neurons care about rewards far in the future more than others, allowing the brain to learn the timing of future rewards. Congrats to the authors! 🍾 🔓 links: rdcu.be/epxkE rdcu.be/epxkG

Exploring Heidelberg after the EMBO Lab Leadership session. Feeling very lucky to be here!

During Q&A, whenever someone asks a question about our "mice."

It was something I had to seriously consider become I made the change! Certainly a barrier

Sunny day at Loch Lomond

We've had advances in green genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators (GECIs), but what about red-shifted GECIs? @piatkevich.bsky.social &co present SomaFRCaMPi, a new soma-localized red #GECI that exhibits improved accuracy & sensitivity for in vivo neuronal imaging @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3YnCqRW

Happy I had a chance to learn from Josh when he was at Vanderbilt.

Northwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky wgntv.com/evanston/nor...

Faculty profile launched! www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mole...

The new directory for the Advanced Research Centre at Glasgow University has launched! www.gla.ac.uk/research/arc...

Surgery course today! Feels good to do something other than paperwork and grant writing!

🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US. "It hurts," they told me. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Beautiful Glasgow day!

PhD applicants: with 💙, navigate things carefully this year. Please read the 🧵 replies. Some schools are guaranteeing N years of support; others are doing so "contingent on funding"; others are offering provisional accepts (and sadly, some are rescinded). You are not alone. Get some good advice!

Thinking of all my colleagues at Columbia right now. I wish there was more I could do.

Settling in to Glasgow! Used my first Saturday to visit the Highland Coos (spelling intended!).

Doctored, a new book by Charles Piller, "is a dark, cautionary tale of the way frauds, cheats, and hustlers have undermined research into #AlzheimersDisease." Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/4gPaI71

Moving is not for the weak! I’m exhausted and we haven’t even gotten on the plane yet . . .

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Excited to share my latest research on aGPCR biology! 🎉 In this study, we show that extending or mutating the N-terminus of ADGRL3-CTF disrupts G protein signaling. Check it out: jbc.org/article/S002... #GPCR #CellBiology #ScienceTwitter

I can’t believe in less than a month I will be leaving NYC to start my independent lab in Glasgow. What a surreal feeling! Looking forward to the next adventure.

Delighted to highlight our new paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social entitled 'Synaptic basis of feature selectivity in hippocampal neurons' (thread below 👇): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Really loving SciDraw as a free resource for vector-based images! Try it out

Excited to share my first post here! Our new paper reveals a top-down breathing circuit that slows breathing to ease anxiety & fear. A step forward in understanding how brain-breathing interactions shape emotion. Published in Nature Neuroscience—grateful to my team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you are making starter packs, be inclusive. This things might end up making a difference for some career.

Happy to play a small role on the board for the Adhesion GPCR consortium! Adhesiongpcr.org

Awesome PhD with a great #NewPI (and us co-supervisors are okay too 🤣). Take a look! #NeuroSkyence #FindAPhD

🌟 Exciting PhD Research Opportunity in my lab at the University of Glasgow! 🌟 I am thrilled to announce a PhD research position available in my lab as part of the College Future PhD Program under the Fundamentals of Life theme. www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

Great to see that BlueSky is gaining traction! Will have to look around for neuroscience and GPCR handles!