Happy to share our latest work with Jong-Woo Sohn in Cell Reports (cell.com/cell-reports/f…), where we identify Gαi/o-coupled serotonin (5-HT) 2C receptors (Htr2c) and determine their roles in feeding regulation. KAISTPR UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute UTSW Media Relations UTSW Neuroscience UTSW Science 1/

(1/2) Welcome manuscripts from these areas: 1) Microbiome in humans, animals, plants, and environment 2) Meta-omics methods/protocols development and application mc.manuscriptcentral.com/imeta

Soil fungal richness mediates the bacterial community assembly. Stochastic assembly processes decreased with increasing fungal richness. Increase in aridity reduced bacterial α‐diversity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

#centerforhypothalamicresearch UTSW Neuroscience annual retreat @TexasDiscovery

Happy to share our latest work with Jong-Woo Sohn in Journal of Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/article/21… where we report the appetite-suppressing effect of commonly used antimigraine drugs and illustrate the underlying neural circuit in mice. UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute UTSW Internal Medicine UTSW Neuroscience UTSW Science 1/

Serotonin dynamics in vivo! We now have new green and red serotonin (5-HT) GRAB sensors enabling detection of 5-HT dynamics in different brain regions and conditions, also suitable for dual-color imaging! #GRABSensors #serotonin Serotonin Society

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#CenterforHypothalamicResearch at UTSW Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat Texas Discovery Gardens!

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Several colleagues have asked for our protocol for preparing low-input samples for single nucleus multiome (gene expression + ATAC) sequencing. It is now available on STAR Protocols (star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/3006) so that everyone can give it a try. 1/7

My new lab Scripps Research is hiring at all levels. We study the neural mechanisms underlying visceral sensations. If you are going to #SfN2023 , come and see my poster PSTR272.13, AA13 on Monday afternoon. jobrxiv.org/job/postdoctor… Please RT!

Group photo of the 15th CADA annual meeting in Orlando, FL! We are looking forward to more people joining us!

Congratulations @Lowensteined Li Li 李立 Jason Le, Anna Gruzdeva 🇺🇦 pat o'neill @ForrestDRogers_ addison_webster Ivan Alcantara Laura R Cortés !! #HypoGRC

It was a delightful and enriching experience at GRC-Hypothalamus 2024! Looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2026. Cheers!🤟🤟

icomes2024 in Seoul was a great conference. Thank you, my Korean big brothers (aka doing postdoc in the same lab) and new friends, for your great hospitality. I really enjoyed Korea! I still don't know what this hands gesture though 😂

Really looking forwards to this stable isotope conference next week in Wisconsin. My first visit to the USA since 2018!

Thrilled to share our paper online nature (on my birthday)! We've identified a new population of LepR neurons (BNC2) in the hypothalamus ARC that acutely suppresses appetite by directly inhibiting AGRP neurons, decoding the missing LepR GABAergic neurons. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Excited to share Baijie’s work with Farooqi Lab in Science Translational Medicine (shorturl.at/CQ23Z). Our study uncovers a molecular deficit in patients with monogenic obesity and identifies a potential treatment. @UTSWNews UTSW Internal Medicine UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute UTSW Neuroscience UTSW Science 1/

Rare mutations in the transcription factor #Orthopedia cause early-onset #obesity by suppressing the melanocortin 4 receptor in the hypothalamus, shows research involving mice and UK Biobank data. Chen Liu Farooqi Lab UTSW Internal Medicine Baijie scim.ag/40hZulf