Neuroscientist at CU Boulder 🦬
Boulder, CO
Joined July 2011
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Although neurons are often categorized by brain location, a new study in mice reveals classifying VTA dopaminergic neurons by glutamate transmission can better predict their properties and role in learning and reward-motivated behavior. @CUPsychandNeuro scim.ag/4xQGFVt
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New work in @SciSignal shows that neurons in the brain’s VTA region can be classified by their associated neurotransmitters—a finding that reshapes our understanding of these cells and may inform treatments for psychiatric conditions such as addiction. scim.ag/45DxxHA
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My lab is hiring a Research Assistant @IBG_CUBoulder @CUPsychandNeuro ! This is a great opportunity to gain experience with cutting-edge systems neuroscience techniques in a collaborative research environment. Check more details below:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDe…
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$6,169.69 RAISED FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH 🧠 @BBRFoundation
Huge thank you to all the artists involved — we made a real impact 💞 250 HOURS. 50-hour marathon. Goals crushed.
#charity #dnb #drumandbass #twitch
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We're kicking off 2026 with a special episode! Check out our panel discussion from our in-person event: Defining Your Legacy in Science and Beyond featuring @TheErinCalipari, @denisejcai & @Huda_Akil1 💜
Listen below:
storiesofwin.org/profiles/20…
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Come join us!!! We have TWO Future Faculty Fellowship positions at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University. Applicant materials and/or questions about the program or intent to submit an application should be directed to [email protected]. To apply: lnkd.in/eXQDNX9A
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The Elsaafien laboratory is actively #hiring!
We are looking to recruit a postdoctoral fellow with a background in autonomic neuroscience and cardiovascular disease:
lsuhsc.edu/shv/CareerOpportu…
Send inquiries to: [email protected]
@APSPhysiology @American_heart
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Please chk out the lab's newest paper, a labor of love it was. From @aluskin & @dilithium21, w/ @madisonmartin @Braininajarr @mouse_braind @GoldenNeuron @gstuber & others. We report a new road map for the LC-NE & peri-LC systems. Thx @NIMHgov @NIDAnews nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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📢 New paper : Amygdala hyperactivity is a hallmark of anxiety, but how it happens remains a mystery. Using a mouse model of social stress, we uncovered key mechanisms behind this shift.
Amazing collaborators in Bordeaux, Baltimore, and Buenos Aires 🧠⚡
biologicalpsychiatryjournal.…
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Excited to share our single-cell study on aging mouse brain published in Nature today! We found an aging hotspot in specific hypothalamic cell types involved in energy homeostasis, which show both decreased neuronal function and increased immune responses. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-0…
New brain aging study is out today in | @Nature
The largest single-cell RNA seq dataset of mouse brain aging reveals incredible insights and could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the impacts of the aging process. 🧵 #studyBRAIN
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Excited to share my profile on @storiesofwin after a wonderful conversation with @DrNancyPadilla about my path in neuroscience & what’s ahead for our lab at @MPFNeuro!
Feeling honored to be featured alongside so many inspiring women in the field 🧠✨
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13 years ago, I was dying from OUD. The 12 steps saved my life, without any need for a belief in god. I learned a way of living that provided freedom from my addiction and the prison of emotional entanglement. If you’re struggling, my DMs are always open. 🙏
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It is more important than ever to spend time talking to people about science.
Communicate its value, and its objectivity.
Talk to your neighbors, your bartenders, your barbers, your congressmen. Talk kindly to people whose political views differ from yours.
Protect science.
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"Cinematic start to science" :). Had a lot of fun with this interview!
What if traumatic memories could be erased?
In a Q&A, Beckman Director Steve Maren (@StephenMaren) reflects on his cinematic start to science, explains his fascination with the amygdala and explores on emotional memories both personal and scientific. 💬
go.beckman.illinois.edu/Mare…
ALT Beckman Director Steve Maren photographed outside the Beckman Institute.
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My PhD work is finally out in @NeuroCellPress! "Heightened lateral habenula activity during stress produces brainwide and behavioral substrates of susceptibility" w/ amazing team @IlanaWitten @ZimmermanNeuro @lindsaywillmore @Neurrriot @alexpan_neuro cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
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New preprint w/ @lab_plotkin about cholinergic interneurons causing local serotonin release in striatum and how this is related to obsessive-compulsive disorder
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
For the story, read on 1/9
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Does Drug Intake Despite Adverse Consequences Really Measure Compulsivity?
There’s a big debate in addiction research: is drug use despite adverse consequences (like punishment) a standalone measure of compulsive behavior, or just part of a larger addiction profile? This new study from the lab suggests it’s the latter — tightly connected to other addiction behaviors.
doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90422 @eLife @UCSDHealth @PsychiatryUcsd @UCSDPharmacy
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Synchronous activation of striatal cholinergic interneurons induces local serotonin release biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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Pls Chk out the lab's recent work from Eric Zhang (not on X), now in press & pre-printed. "Dentate Gyrus Norepinephrine Ramping Facilitates Aversive Contextual Processing". Thanks to @yulonglilab for the early collab using GRAB-NE2m.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…