@FrancisLab4

Our laboratory investigates molecular pathways that sculpt the connectivity of circuits, alter their performance, and shape behavior. @UmassMedical

 Worcester, MA
umassmed.edu/mfrancislab/
Joined September 2019
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Early career scientists check out the newly established UMass Chan Early Independence Fellows Program that offers 3 years of research support for your new lab! umassmed.edu/research/basic-… #NeuroJobs #NeuroTwitter #BlackinNeuro #LatinxinNeuro #QueerinNeuro #WomeninNeuro #SACNAS
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Another terrific #ceneuro24 topics meeting in the books! Highlights included: Session keynote from Mike Poster from @Samuel_Liu_ Catching up with old friends @alison_marie1 @NavonilBanerjee
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Congrats to our PREP student Caroline Moore on a great final presentation to the whole PREP program! @NeurobioUMass #UMassChanPREP
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Kasturi Biswas@KasturiBiswas922 Mar 2024
Presented a short and simple adaptation of my thesis, in 3 min with only one slide. 3MT finalist. UMass Chan Medical School
Michael Francis Lab@FrancisLab422 Mar 2024
Well done @KasturiBiswas9 on a fantastic #3minutethesis presentation! Stress Wars: Neurons Strike Back
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Well done @KasturiBiswas9 on a fantastic #3minutethesis presentation! Stress Wars: Neurons Strike Back
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SchaferLabUMassChan@SchaferLabUMass3 Nov 2023
Our lab’s new publication in @NatureComms by Jacob Stillmam @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan @UMassChanGSBS and Francisco Mendes Lopes. A great joint effort to show how lipofuscin-like autofluorescence can confound microglial engulfment analyses. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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@NeuralCell20 Nov 2023
🔬 The Francis Lab (@FrancisLab4) at @UMassChan defines an unappreciated role for DVE-1 in directing #synapse elimination during circuit remodeling, likely through transcriptional regulation of protein degradation processes. @NatureComms | bit.ly/3RhmI7T
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Excited to share our new paper that defines a synapse elimination program during circuit remodeling directed by the homeodomain transcriptional regulator, DVE-1. Out in @NatureComms! Fantastic work @KellianneAlexa1 @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

The homeodomain transcriptional regulator DVE-1 directs a program for synapse elimination during...

Nature Communications - Synapse elimination is a critical process in the maturation of brain circuitry. Here the authors identify a key transcriptional program in Caenorhabditis elegans that...

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Come to the @UMassChan @UMassChanGSBS booth #56 @SfNtweets
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Started Day 2 at #SfN23 with a talk from Ailsa from the Lodato Lab @UMassChan @UMassChanGSBS
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Go checkout our senior graduate student, Kasturi Biswas, thesis project at SFN PSTR394 BOARD D68! @SfNtweets @SfN_Events @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro
Kasturi Biswas@KasturiBiswas911 Nov 2023
If you are attending Neuroscience 2023 SfN annual meeting please consider checking my poster (PSTR394. Board D68) on Tuesday, Nov 14 th 1-5 pm at WCC hall A-C. Excited and looking forward to interacting with you about my research on neuro modulation of oxidative stress response.
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A new position is available in our department! @NeurobioUMass @UMassNeuro @UMassChanGSBS @UMassChan Come join us! We are a vibrant group of world class scientists in a collaborative and collegial environment. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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Congratulations to our former lab member Dr.@KellianneAlexa1 , for her accepted manuscript to @NatureComms ! We are very proud! Check back here soon for a link to the published article! @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan
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Celebrating @KellianneAlexa1 last day! We are so proud and wish you good luck in your new postdoc position @BrighamResearch!
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Excited to share that @Samuel_Liu_ officially received the prestigious NRSA F31 award from @NINDSfunding!!! Congrats Sam! @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan @UMassChanGSBS – at Worcester, MA
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Congratulations Dr. Alexander!Fantastic defense talk! @KellianneAlexa1 @UMassChan @NeurobioUMass @UMassChanGSBS
Dr. Alexander presenting her thesis work at her PhD defense.

ALT Dr. Alexander presenting her thesis work at her PhD defense.

Dr. Alexander celebration party.

ALT Dr. Alexander celebration party.

Dr. Alexander and Dr. Francis celebrating a successful PhD defense.

ALT Dr. Alexander and Dr. Francis celebrating a successful PhD defense.

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Way to go @Samuel_Liu_ ! Great to see @NeurobioUMass represented!
UMass Chan Medical School
@UMassChan23 Nov 2022
Advance discoveries to treat and prevent diseases as a PhD student at UMass Chan Medical School. Apply to the Biomedical Sciences PhD Program by Thursday, Dec. 1: bit.ly/3tSkCig
PhD student Sam Liu at the microscope

ALT PhD student Sam Liu at the microscope

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We are thrilled that Stephanie M Ortiz Espaillat, a @UPR_Oficial student, presented her summer work from our lab at @SfN_Events ! Great to see you again and best wishes on your future endeavors! @NeurobioUMass #SfN22
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We are thrilled that Hailey McKillop, an @AssumptionNeuro student, represented both the @Mic_Lemon lab and our lab at @SfN_Events in San Diego! Amazing job! #SfN22
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Isabel Beets@isabelbeets1 Nov 2022
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 doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.30.5… Resource: doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.30.5… 🧵
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