Check out our paper on new mechanisms governing drug-cue associations and relapse-like behavior. @TheyCallMeDWood MUSC Grad Studies MakotoTaniguchi MUSC Department of Neuroscience Epigenetic control of an auxiliary subunit of voltage-gated sodium cha... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great findings lead by @TheyCallMeDWood ! Proud member of this team!

High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries go.nature.com/3WZVR2r

Last night my brilliant friend with 20 years of expertise in Neuroscience including a decade at NIDA was fired because she was recently promoted for her outstanding performance and it triggered the probation period. This is not making NIH more efficient, this is not making us

Congratulations to the winners of the COM Research Excellence Awards: Drs. Leonardo Ferreira, Thibaut Barnoud, and Makoto Taniguchi! Their significant research publications have appeared in Cell Reports, Cell Death & Differentiation, and Science. medicine.musc.edu/research/excel…

New paper out! We examined a novel role for a sodium channel subunit in the nucleus accumbens on heroin seeking behavior. Thanks to all the other authors for their excellent help! eneuro.org/content/early/…

Very honored to have taken part of this symposium! I met so many wonderful people doing great science! Excited to see what's to come!!

Please sign this Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068). Please share as well. chng.it/HSXj7nqS85

Only through robust research will people suffering from brain illnesses - which represent half of the top 10 causes of disease burden - find hope, new treatments, and eventually cures.

I’m going to be a psychiatrist!!🧠 Beyond grateful for everyone who supported me along this journey American University of Beirut Psychiatry_AUBMC MUSC Department of Neuroscience #Match2025

Check out MakotoTaniguchi and I's commentary on Swarup Mitra et al.'s novel Epigenetic Mechanism Promoting Heroin Relapse After Prolonged Abstinence - Biological Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-…

Excited to see this NIDAnews supported work led by Kasey Brida officially published! Kasey identified a marker of neurons that are responsive to the psychostimulant drug cocaine, and discovered that this marker is essential for cocaine reward. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congratulations Rose Marie Akiki for your brilliant achievement. So proud of you khalo

I defended my PhD!! Thank you to my mentors Chris Cowan MakotoTaniguchi for making a better scientist out of me, MUSC Department of Neuroscience , the lab, my committee, my friends and family for always supporting me! PS: not in a liberal arts PhD, still a scientist 👩🏻‍🔬

Our student Rose Marie Akiki did an excellent job on her defense!! Thanks to co-mentor, Chris Cowan, our lab members, and MUSC Department of Neuroscience for the warm support and encouragement. It was a wonderful day to celebrate an important step together.

Our study, led by Rose Marie Akiki with Chris Cowan and supported by our co-authors, reveals how long-non-coding RNAs translate emotional experiences into immediate early gene expression through R-loops and 3D chromatin loops. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Novel study in Society of Biological Psychiatry 's Biological Psychiatry on the biological basis of #addiction increases understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms in the brain that trigger #druguse relapse, points to new treatments. spkl.io/6017faV5U @christophwcowan MUSC Department of Neuroscience NIDAnews

New paper out today from Cowan Lab in Biological Psychiatry! Chris Cowan MUSC Grad Studies MUSC College of Medicine MUSC Research Epigenetic control of an auxiliary subunit of voltage-gated sodium cha... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Exciting new paper out today from the Cowan lab describing the novel role of SCN4B (and HDAC5) in relapse-like drug seeking! Chris Cowan MUSC College of Medicine MUSC Research Epigenetic Control of an Auxiliary Subunit of Voltage-Gated Sodium Cha... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Please RT: My lab in the Neuroscience Dept at MUSC is hiring a technician. We study oligodendrocytes — unique non-neuronal brain cells — using cutting-edge imaging. Recent grads especially encouraged to apply. Feel free to reach out! #neurojobs musc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MUSC/job/Charl…