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Yale Department of Neuroscience
https://medicine.yale.edu/neuroscience/
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Hi Bluesky 🦋, this is the Department of Neuroscience at Yale! 🎉 We’re a vibrant community of researchers👨🔬, students 👩🎓, faculty 👩🏫, and staff dedicated to deciphering the mysteries of the nervous system 🧠 Follow us for updates on cutting-edge
#neuroscience
research, events, and opportunities!
10 months ago
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The
@colon-ramos-lab.bsky.social
is hiring a postdoc to study the cell biology of energy metabolism in neurons and in vivo. To apply and for more info, follow the link below.
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1 day ago
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In a new
@natcomms.nature.com
study,
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
's Nicola Micali from the Rakic lab, alongside a team of researchers
@prbb.org
, found that many genes 🧬 linked to mental illness 🧠 are turned ON in neural stem cells as early as the first trimester.👶
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Origins of mental illness, fast gas for a black hole
Yale researchers discover a gas guzzling black hole, learn that mental illness may start to develop earlier than once thought, and explore why some brain seizures cause a loss of consciousness.
https://news.yale.edu/2025/09/09/origins-mental-illness-fast-gas-black-hole
4 days ago
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🚨 Only 3 days left to register! 🚨 Yale postdocs, don’t miss the Oct 9th
@kavliatyale.bsky.social
Chalk Talk event, featuring tips by
@schandralab.bsky.social
& a mock talk by
@trevorsorrells.bsky.social
! Register Today!👇
yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
5 days ago
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In honor of
#NPAW25
,
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
Postdoc Committee is welcoming
@chris-dulla.bsky.social
from
@tufts.edu
for a✨ special seminar ✨on his cutting-edge research 🔬 and mentoring philosophy 💡 Check out the flyer for more info. We hope to see you there!
8 days ago
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Don't forget to check out this Q&A with
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
's Amy Arnsten on the state of
#Alzheimer's
research, current treatments, & a new blood biomarker that could enable earlier diagnosis—marking a pivotal point in the fight against the disease.
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‘A tipping point’: An update from the frontiers of Alzheimer’s disease research
In a Q&A, Yale neuroscientist Amy Arnsten discusses the state of Alzheimer’s disease research, exciting treatment breakthroughs on the horizon, and the key role of NIH funding in making it all happen.
https://news.yale.edu/2025/08/08/tipping-point-update-frontiers-alzheimers-disease-research
9 days ago
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📢 Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee Happy Hour 🥂 celebrating
#NPAW25
! 🎉 Stop by to grab food 😋 or stay for longer and meet some of the other amazing members of the
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
postdoc community!
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10 days ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Michael Hanna
15 days ago
New paper alert! I’m very excited to share our paper published in
@embojournal.org
!
@pdc-lab.bsky.social
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
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In memory of his mentor, Gordon M. Shepherd,
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social
's Alumni, Michael Singer, has generously donated $3 million 💰 to establish a professorship in
#Neuroscience
at
@yale.edu
. 🎓✨ Read More Here 👇
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Yale School of Medicine Alumnus Entrepreneur Gives $3 Million to Establish Professorship in Neuroscience at Yale in Memory of Mentor
Michael Singer, YC ’95, PhD ’00, MD ’02, a biotech entrepreneur, has donated $3 million to Yale School of Medicine to establish an endowed professorship in
https://medicine.yale.edu/neuroscience/news-article/yale-school-of-medicine-alumnus-entrepreneur-gives-dollar3-million-to-establish-professorship-in-neuroscience-at-yale-in-memory-of-mentor/
15 days ago
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Save the date! Join the Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee on Sept 18 🗓️, 4–6 PM 🕓 for a Postdoc Happy Hour celebrating
#NPAW25
! 🎉 🍹 Drinks • 🍔 Food • 🎲 Games — what more could you want? We hope to see you there! 👀 Check the flyer to register + get all the details 👇
16 days ago
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Just published: the
@pdc-lab.bsky.social
, led by
@anbangdai.bsky.social
, sheds light on the localization and function of BLTP2, a bridge-like lipid transfer protein: BLTP2 is found at contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) & plasma membrane (PM), and plays a key role in PM dynamics.
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Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics - PubMed
BLTP2/KIAA0100, a bridge-like lipid transfer protein, was reported to localize at contacts of the ER with either the plasma membrane (PM) or recycling tubular endosomes depending on the cell type. Our...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40899996/
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Anirvan Nandy
30 days ago
Super excited about this collaborative project with
@stevewcchang.bsky.social
and Monika Jadi! We show that marmosets possess an arsenal of flexible strategies they use for cooperation.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Diverse and flexible strategies enable successful cooperation in marmoset dyads
Meisner and Shi et al. show that common marmosets flexibly coordinate with partners using both gaze-dependent and rhythmic strategies. Cooperation depends on active social monitoring and is shaped by ...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01036-X
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience
about 1 month ago
Aberrant splicing exonizes C9orf72 repeat expansion in ALS/FTD
@junjieguo.bsky.social
@yalerna.bsky.social
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Aberrant splicing exonizes C9orf72 repeat expansion in ALS/FTD - Nature Neuroscience
By selectively isolating and sequencing the rare RNA transcripts containing C9orf72 repeat expansion from ALS–FTD neurons, the authors uncover an alternative splicing mechanism that explains the reten...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02039-5?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=neuro
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Less than 2 weeks left to apply to SYNAPSES!
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about 1 month ago
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Fantastic day of discussions with
@shariwiseman.bsky.social
, Yale INP alum and chief editor at Nature Neuroscience. Thanks for coming, and thank you to the postdocs of the YNPC for organizing!
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about 1 month ago
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The thalamus has been thought to be a relay for information in the brain 🧠. But a new study in Neuron
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
, led by Yue Fei in the lab of Liang Liang @yaleneuro.bsky.social, finds it plays a more important computational role for visual information than previously recognized.
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From Train Station to Control Center—The Thalamus’ Role Gets an Upgrade
The thalamus has been thought to be a relay for information in the brain. But a new study finds it plays a more important computational role for visual
https://medicine.yale.edu/neuroscience/news-article/from-train-station-to-control-centerthe-thalamus-role-gets-an-upgrade/
about 1 month ago
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Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
, shares in an interview the current state of Alzheimer's research, where the field is going, and the importance of NIH funding to keep making progress towards treatments.
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‘A tipping point’: An update from the frontiers of Alzheimer’s disease research
In a Q&A, Yale neuroscientist Amy Arnsten discusses the state of Alzheimer’s disease research, exciting treatment breakthroughs on the horizon, and the key role of NIH funding in making it all happen.
https://news.yale.edu/2025/08/08/tipping-point-update-frontiers-alzheimers-disease-research
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Sreeganga Chandra Lab at Yale
about 2 months ago
Postdocs: Apply now for the SYNAPSES series
@kavliatyale.bsky.social
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
! Deadline to apply is September 7th
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Junjie Guo
about 2 months ago
Congratulations to Yale INP student in the lab, Denethi Wijegunawardana, and all other 2025
@hhmi.org
Gilliam Fellows!
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
@yalerna.bsky.social
www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...
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The 2025 Gilliam Fellows & Advisors | HHMI
The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.
https://www.hhmi.org/programs/gilliam-fellows/2025-fellows
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📢 Calling all senior neuro postdocs: SYNAPSES brings postdocs from around the world to Yale to share their work during an in-person symposium on October 23, 2025. Apply today to present your research, talk with faculty members in 1:1s, & interact with Yale postdocs! 🧠🧪 Deadline Sept 7.
#neuroskyence
about 2 months ago
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In a new study published in
@pnas.org
, the lab of
@dacolon.bsky.social
at
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
shows how brain cells store their own sugar in a "backup battery" that kicks in to keep the brain running in times of high metabolic stress.
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Neurons use built-in ‘backup batteries’ that fuel the brain under stress
A new Yale study reveals that neurons store their own sugar reserves that kick in to keep the brain functioning during metabolic stress.
https://bit.ly/3TTgHi5
about 2 months ago
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New work @currentbiology.bsky.social from the labs of James Jeanne @yaleneuro.bsky.social and Thierry Emonet
@mcdb-yale.bsky.social
show that some fruit fly neurons 🧠 can be multifunctional: the same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk towards the smell of rotting fruit and speed up.
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Two For One: Researchers Find One Neuron Can Send Multiple Messages
In fruit fly brains, one neuron can trigger two different types of behavior in response to an attractive odor.
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/two-for-one-researchers-find-one-neuron-can-send-multiple-messages/
2 months ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
2 months ago
This week's
#TraineeTuesday
is Aya Khalaf, PhD! Aya is a postdoc in the Blumenfeld lab in
#Yale
Neurology. She recently published an article in NeuroImage showing how different senses—vision, hearing, touch, and taste—activate the same deep brain regions during transitions in attention [1/5]
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Shared subcortical arousal systems across sensory modalities during transient modulation of attention
Subcortical arousal systems are known to play a key role in controlling sustained changes in attention and conscious awareness. Recent studies indicat…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925002277"
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Suel-Kee Kim
3 months ago
Excited to share our latest work, Mato-Blanco et al.,
nature.com/articles/s41...
. Thanks to the incredible collaboration with Nicola Micali, Rakic lab, Sestan lab, Vaccarino lab
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
@santperelab.bsky.social
@carlocolantuoni.bsky.social
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Early developmental origins of cortical disorders modeled in human neural stem cells - Nature Communications
The implications of early telencephalic development in cortical disorders remain elusive. Here, the authors define risk gene dynamics and perturbation effects in neural stem cells, revealing vulnerabi...
https://nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61316-w#citeas
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Meet this week's
#TraineeTuesday
, Michael Hanna, PhD,
@mike-hanna.bsky.social
! Mike is a postdoc in the
@pdc-lab.bsky.social
& will start as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State University in January 2026. Congratulations! [1/5]
3 months ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Junjie Guo
3 months ago
Excited to welcome Dr. Katie Copley as a new postdoc in our lab
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
! She recently completed her PhD in the Shorter lab at UPenn and did amazing work on designing small RNA chaperones to counteract TDP-43 pathology in ALS-FTD.
@yalerna.bsky.social
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Dan Levenstein
3 months ago
On that note, I'll be looking for postdocs, students, and likely a computational lab tech/lab manager or research software engineer. Please share, and if this kind of work (and the prospect of helping get a new lab off the ground) sounds interesting to you, please reach out!
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Dan Levenstein
3 months ago
Thrilled to announce I'll be starting my own neuro-theory lab, as an Assistant Professor at
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
@wutsaiyale.bsky.social
this Fall! My group will study offline learning in the sleeping brain: how neural activity self-organizes during sleep and the computations it performs. 🧵
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Congrats to
@berrakugur.bsky.social
from
@pdc-lab.bsky.social
for being granted the 2024 Rare Epilepsy Partnership Award, co-funded by
@cureepilepsy.bsky.social
& FAM177A1 research fund! She will use patient-derived neurons and brain organoids to study FAM177A1-related neurodevelopmental disorder
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Functional Outcomes and Advancing Therapy for FAM177A1-related Neurodevelopmental Disorder Using Patient-derived Neurons and Brain Organoids
CURE Epilepsy awards grants to support the most promising epilepsy research.
https://www.cureepilepsy.org/grant_type/functional-outcomes-and-advancing-therapy-for-fam177a1-related-neurodevelopmental-disorder-using-patient-derived-neurons-and-brain-organoids/"
4 months ago
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Join us today at noon for the last @yaleneuro.bsky.social seminar of the academic year! We will hear from David Holtzman, MD (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis), who will talk about the role of APOE and immune response in neurodegeneration.
4 months ago
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Join us TODAY AT NOON 🕛 for a seminar by Zu-Hang Sheng, PhD from NINDS/NIH titled "Energy Matters: Reprogramming Mitochondrial Transport & Energy Metabolism to Power Synaptic Transmissions & Axonal Regeneration" Thank you to Marc Hammarlund for hosting. See you there!
4 months ago
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We recently celebrated our annual Neuroscience Retreat🧠👥 Thank you so much to everyone who came and made it such a memorable retreat full of science, collaboration, and community🤝🤗📸👇
4 months ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
4 months ago
Mark your calendars 🗓️ for June 23 for a Kavli Awards Research in Progress!🧠 Hear from Drs. Bhaskar (
@krishnaswamylab.bsky.social
),
@lashaeneuroxp.bsky.social
, Chen (
@emonetlab.bsky.social
), Martinez-Magaña (
@janitzamontalvo.bsky.social
),
@kuanawanda.bsky.social
, Teefe, & @haohy.bsky.social.
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Join us TOMORROW at 4 pm 🕓 for a
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
Postdoc Happy Hour! 😃 Come for the drinks 🍻, food 🌮, & community 👥—stay for the raffle 🎟️ and earn the chance to win a prize! 🎁✨ See you there! Check out your Yale emails to register
4 months ago
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Meet this week’s ✨#TraineeTuesday✨, Ali Hamodi, PhD 🙌 Ali is a
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
associate research scientist who just made a major leap—from studying how the brain wires itself before birth 🧠👶 to Project Manager at PreScouter! Let’s look at his journey!⬇️ [1/5]
4 months ago
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The
@dacolon.bsky.social
lab is accepting applications for a full-time
#undergraduate
research summer
#internship
! 🗓️ 8–10 weeks | 🧠 Remote or In-person ✍️ The application is *extended until Wed, May 21* — apply ASAP for consideration!
5 months ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
5 months ago
In 1️⃣ week! On May 20th, we are delighted to host Erika Holzbaur, PhD, from
@pennmedicine.bsky.social
, who will give the 2025
@kavliatyale.bsky.social
Distinguished Lecture ✨ This event is open to all Yale affiliates, and a reception will follow.
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Join us today at noon 🕛 for a seminar by
@michael-e-ward.bsky.social
, MD, PhD, from NIH/NINDS, on neuronal lysosomes in health and disease. Thank you to
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
's Shaul Yogev and
@sugarrayy.bsky.social
for hosting! We hope to see you there!
5 months ago
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Join us today at noon 🕛 for a seminar by
@ucsandiego.bsky.social
's Scott Sternson on "Algorithms for Appetite" 💻🤝🍔 Thank you to
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
's Rui Chang for hosting 🙌 We hope to see you there!
5 months ago
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Reminder! 🚨 TOMORROW at NOON 🕛,
@ox.ac.uk
's Annie Park will be presenting a
#SYNAPSES
seminar! 🧠✨ Come join us—you won’t want to miss it!
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5 months ago
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🚨NEXT THURSDAY (5/1)🚨 Annie Park, PhD, from
@ox.ac.uk
will be presenting a
#SYNAPSES
seminar on "Neurophysiological Principles of Reward" 🧠 🤩 Thank you to Poonam Mishra for hosting 🙌 Mark your calendars 🗓️ and we hope to see you there 👀 Sponsored by Yale Neuroscience &
@kavliatyale.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Since its launch last year, the Ludwig Program for Neuroimmune Interactions in
#Dementia
🧠 —led by Drs. Strittmatter &
@laurenhsansing.bsky.social
at Yale— has united top minds via seminars, grants & events to better understand
#Alzheimers🙌
Read More 👇
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Memory Loss | For HumanityFacebookLinkedInTwitter
https://forhumanity.yale.edu/news/unlocking-mysteries-memory-loss
5 months ago
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In a new
@naturecellbiology.bsky.social
paper,
@pdc-lab.bsky.social
,
@xinbowang.bsky.social
, &
@shawnferguson.bsky.social
found that proteins VPS13C & LRRK2 react to lysosomal damage to repair it— an inability to repair damaged lysosomes may be one mechanism that contributes to Parkinson’s disease 🧠
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Damaged Cell ‘Trash Cans’ May Contribute to Parkinson’s Disease
A new study on a gene called VPS13C adds to growing evidence that lysosomal dysfunction may be one mechanism through which Parkinson’s disease arises.
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/damaged-cell-trash-cans-may-contribute-to-parkinsons-disease/
5 months ago
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🎉 Meet Suzhou Yang — this week’s
#TraineeTuesday
! Suzhou is a Ph.D. candidate in the
@junjieguo.bsky.social
Lab who just defended his thesis 🙌 With his groundbreaking work soon to be published, let’s explore his story! 🔬📚 [1/5]
5 months ago
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This week's ✨
#TraineeTuesday
✨ highlights Yue Fei, a grad student in
@yale.edu
's Liang Lab! 🙌 Yue recently defended his PhD thesis on motion perception 🏃 To celebrate this milestone, let's dive into his journey and see how he got here! [1/5]
6 months ago
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🎉 Join us in celebrating
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
's Dr. Mike Schwartz’s retirement! 🎉 Having served as
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social
's Dean of Curriculum & Innovation Director, he’s been a beloved leader & mentor whose impact will be felt for years to come!👏
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Celebrating Mike Schwartz
On March 27, 2025, a large group of current and former colleagues and students of Michael Schwartz, PhD, gathered in the team-based learning room in the
https://medicine.yale.edu/neuroscience/news-article/celebrating-mike-schwartz/
6 months ago
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Looking forward to the Gordon Shepherd Lecture by Liqun Luo, PhD, this afternoon!
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6 months ago
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reposted by
Yale Neuroscience
Zachary H. Gursky
6 months ago
I'm excited to host Dr. Pandey tomorrow for what will certainly be an outstanding talk! Thanks to
@kavliatyale.bsky.social
and
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
for providing the opportunity to bring in our scientific peers and connect postdocs and facilty across institutions
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TOMORROW (4/3) Kiran Pandey, PhD 🥼 from
@weillcornell.bsky.social
will be presenting a
#SYNAPSES
seminar 🗣️ on "Pericyte-Neuron Interactions in Long Term Memory" 🧠 Thank you to
@zachary-gursky.bsky.social
for hosting 🙌 We hope to see you there! 👀 Co-sponsored by
@kavliatyale.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Meet Calvin Fang🧑🔬 --this week's✨#TraineeTuesday✨ spotlight! Calvin is an MD-PhD student 🥼 in the Cardin lab and has just defended his dissertation! Let's take a look at his journey 👇 [1/5]
6 months ago
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Join us today at noon 🕛 for a seminar by
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
's Volker Haucke, PhD on "How the Synapse Forms and Functions" 🧠 Thank you to
@pdc-lab.bsky.social
for hosting! 🙌 We hope to see you there! Check out the flyer for details 👇
6 months ago
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