Research lab (PI @BenSaunders) at the University of Minnesota @UMN_MDTA, @UMNeurosci, investigating the neuroscience of learning and motivation
Minneapolis, MN
Joined July 2017
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The latest @berke_lab paper in @PNASNews by my bff @DuhneMariana (with some contribution by yours truly) on cholinergic pauses in the striatum and the dopamine signal... What does the silence mean?
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🚨 NEW @npp_journal paper alert 🚨
Barbano, Morales, & team report that VTA glutamatergic projections to the nucleus accumbens suppress psychostimulant-seeking behavior in 🐭
nature.com/articles/s41386-0…
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Chk out our newest collab paper co-led w/ @tpatriarchi, & others. We developed & characterized a nociceptin opioid peptide sensor. Congrats to Xuehan, @carriestineUW (student in my lab) who co-led effort. DM to try. @NIMH @NIDAnews @NAPECenter
Link: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Our new sensor for the neuropeptide #nociceptin is now out in @NatureComms Fantastic teamwork with the @mbruchas lab and many other super collabs! Very proud of our student Xuehan for her PhD work! Check it out: rdcu.be/dLO3m
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New preprint led by @sambrillweil. Axonal GABA-AR control of nicotinic input to DA axons. Careful analysis of picrotoxin off-target inhibition of nAChRs (a6 and non-a6). Huge congrats to Sam, special thanks to @XOanAxon and coauthors @neurochapin, @FayeClever, & Sherry Zhang
Excited to share my first, first-author paper from back during my time as a postbac with @KhaliqLab! Here, we examine how two presynaptic receptors interact to shape DA axon physiology and excitability. 1/n👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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#eNeuro: Results from Wolff and @bensaunders support a framework where dopamine can have some base value as a reinforcer, but the impact of this signal is modulated heavily by the sensory learning context.
@SaundersLab_ @UMN_MDTA @UMNeurosci
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Grateful and excited!!
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I’m so thrilled to receive an Avenir Award for Chemistry and Pharmacology of Substance Use Disorders (DP1) from NIDA (@NIDAnews). Our lab will investigate mitochondrial signaling dynamics in SUDs. Thankful for the amazing collaborators and colleagues who made this possible!
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VTA dopamine neurons drive spatiotemporally heterogeneous striatal dopamine signals during learning biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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So excited to share this @SaundersLab_ preprint!
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#UMNProud of MD/PhD student @AdrinaKocharian who has been offered a @FulbrightPrgrm award to investigate transgenerational trauma in Armenia. She will study records and conduct surveys in collaboration with the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute and other partners. @umnmedschool
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Please join us in congratulating @TheErinCalipari on her promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure! We are extremely proud of her accomplishments and look forward to seeing what her future holds! @VUBasicSciences @VCARScience @VanderbiltBrain
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Happy to share that I’ve started my lab in the Center for Drug Discovery at Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in North Carolina! Grateful to all the mentors, colleagues, friends, and family who have provided so much support and guidance along the way.
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I want to remind professors how EASY it can be to support Black and other marginalized researchers ✨
I emailed my class about @bjmarlin and Yasmin Hurd’s webinar tonight & some of them are SO excited to tune in ❤️
I offer extra credit for attending @BlackInNeuro seminars &
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Relatedly, right now thousands of scientists writing their members of congress requesting passage of a federal budget that includes at least $49b for @NIH and $10.3b for @NSF.
If you're a neuroscientist interested in helping, see here (thanks @SfNtweets):
sfn.org/Advocacy/Advocacy-Ne…
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Checkout the @SaundersLab_ poster lineup for #SfN22! @engel_liv @KaisaBornhoft @megan_brickner @MargeStelzner @CarliLPoisson
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Applying to neuroscience PhD programs? Join us for virtual open house events on Sept 20th and Nov 3rd. Learn about the program and meet students and faculty! Register here: tinyurl.com/GPNVirtual 🧠
ALT Minnesota neuroscience graduate program open house flyer. Visit neuroscience.umn.edu for details.