Photocontrol of ion channels and receptors for treating blindness and understanding the brain. Opinions are my own.

Joined February 2019
Vision loss in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is not just about death of rods & cones--it also involves hyperactivity of downstream neurons, triggered by retinoic acid (RA). Hence RA inhibitors can revive vision in RP mice. Now online in Science Advances🧵1/15 bit.ly/358XFyu
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This is election interference.
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Hey, visual neuroscientists 👋 Interested in hands-on training in modern techniques and building a lifelong network of colleagues and friends? Look no further! 🧠 Apply for the MBL's Visual Neuroscience course by March 19: bit.ly/4kn48HH #ScienceStartsHere
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President Trump and Elon Musk’s funding cuts to groundbreaking medical research do NOT Make America Great. That’s why I’m on the Senate floor introducing a resolution pledging support for NIH & asking for immediate passage. Watch. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1lDxLzWgw…
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PhD programs are pausing admissions to graduate school due to NIH indirect cost cuts. See the growing number of programs here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets… How is science supposed to advance with fewer trainees, less $ for research? This is devastating.
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In @elife: A toolbox for ablating excitatory and inhibitory synapses doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103757… Congratulations Don and Aida!
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Announcing the first annual Visual Neuroscience summer course, Woods Hole, MA, Aug 1-16, 2025. Come for an eye-opening, hands-on experience with inspiring faculty and students from around the world. Please help spread the word!
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Check out our preprint on new recombinant tools for reversibly ablating excitatory and inhibitory synapses. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… Thanks to amazing first author @AidaBareghamyan and collaborators @RichKramerLab , Dave Chenoweth and Robert Campbell.
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We are seeking new colleagues! @fsubio @FSUNeuroscience @FSUCTP @AchemsInfo TWO TT Asst Prof in Neurosci w focus in Chemosensory/Systems or Cell/Molecular - join expanding NS major, mentor in our NIH training programs, & collaborate w creative scholars neurojobs.sfn.org/job/38211/…
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Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a letter Friday endorsing Kamala Harris for president, including the CEOs of Costco, Ford, American Express, Merck, PayPal, Autodesk, Lyft, Yahoo, Docusign, Yelp, DuPont, Sony, Pepsi, Zillow, Twilio, and LinkedIn. cnbc.com/2024/09/06/harris-e…
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This makes me like and trust Harris 1000% more.
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I had an interesting experience with Marjorie Taylor Greene today. Apparently, she got tired of hearing all the jokes about her being dumb. She decided to prove a point and went home one night to study all the world capitals of every country. Today at work she overheard myself and one of my colleagues who shall remain anonymous making a joke about her. I felt bad because she caught us dead to rights. She said, "You know that's just wrong. I am actually quite educated and intelligent. As a matter of fact, I can tell you the capital of any country in the world." Intrigued, my colleague asked, "Alright then, what's the capital of Spain?" MTG quickly replied, "Easy, that one's an 'S'." We just smiled and nodded.
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Rich Kramer retweeted
10 years ago, I got divorced, lost my job, so me and my buddy got on our motorcycles and rode North to the Alaskan Arctic until the road ran out.
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Have you ever wondered what our MBL scientists are working on? Check out this #ScienceShort featuring MBL Associate Scientist Andrew Gillis (@GillisLab)!
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I love Barcelona. How many cities have quotes by neuroscientists gracing their streets?
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Great day visiting Neuroscience at UC Berkeley! Here's David Weisblat teaching me about leeches. Great time catching up with @SteveBrohawn @Bautista_DianaM @EllenLumpkin @RichKramerLab @DanFeldmanPhD and meeting @IndigeNerd and students including @DocterTrevor @AntonyLurie et al.
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Rich Kramer retweeted
👀 Environmental acclimation in HOURS via RNA editing!!?? @CellCellPress @MBLScience sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congratulations Erik Jorgensen of @UUtah, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS160 #neuroscience #physiology
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