SO SO incredibly excited to share that my thesis work from Jonah Chan's lab is published TODAY in Neuron. We found that dynorphin mediates experience-dependent and developmental myelination. And more! (Free here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…) cell.com/neuron/fulltex… 1/14

Independent observations in fish, mouse & human oligodendrocytes describe an amazing method of myelination: the paranodal bridge. Fun collab with @SarahNeely18, Owen Gwydion James, Jason Early, @lyons_lab, @AnnaWilliamsLab & Chandran lab that will make you rethink how myelination works

Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.

We are hiring postdocs! Are you interested in discovering the enigmatic functions of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the formation and function of neural circuits, using zebrafish genetics, imaging, physiology & behaviour? Get in touch with the usual information. Please RT!

Vollum Institute's Co–Director, Dr Kelly Monk, will give the keynote speech titled "Mechanisms of Neuron-Glial Interactions" at Gordon Research Conferences's Building the Nervous System: Cell Diversity, Circuit Assembly & Disease seminar this weekend. Dr Monk's talk is 8:30pm on 8/6. @MonkLab1

🚨Research Tech Position🚨 Come work with us at the Bergles Lab (Hopkins Neuroscience) and fall in love with glial cells! Join us in exciting projects involving FACS, ISH, microscopy, single-cell sequencing, and more. Apply TODAY! Link: jobs.jhu.edu/job/BALTIMORE-…

My latest research is on bioRxiv now! Proud to present the amazing OPC Ca2+ dynamics in the cortex that’s not known to us till now. NE plays a surprising role in driving those beauties! Thanks Eric Hsu I’m also on the market now. Plz rt! #glia

Monthly global temperature anomalies, 1880-2021 Source: NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975

I got an absolutely gorgeous oligodendrocyte Korean flag painting from Cody Call for my birthday!❤💙🤍🖤 Just in time for the miraculous qualification to the round of 16 in the World Cups!🥳

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Excited to have this work from my postdoc out in print! Thanks and congrats to @AlexLassetter Sue Aicher and twitterless co-authors Jo, Amy, and Marc!

Final version of our glowscope project is now out at go.nature.com/3mD7j4S The paper adds inexpensive fluorescence capability to the wonderful smartphone scopes that Microscopes Workshop developed and tirelessly brings into classrooms and science outreach settings.

We were excited to bring Science at the Market back to the Waverly 32nd Street Market last weekend! @M_f_keles led a fascinating demonstration on how the electrical signals from your own muscles can be used to control a mechanical claw! 💪⚡️ #scicomm #Baltimore

The road to a more equitable and just society must include promoting diversity and inclusion in our communities. I’m humbled and honored to receive the 2023 Community Ambassador Award for Diversity and Inclusion from Johns Hopkins University’ yesterday! 🤩🫶🏼

Does it mean that neurons… are… in fact… specialized glia….?? 🤪

CECAD Cologne 🙏Thanks for all the positive feedback! 📢 Latest update: As expected: A reduction from -80 to -70°C reduced the consumption in this specific case by ~28% (from ~13 to ~9,4 kWh per day). So this will save ~1300 kWh per freezer per year! #Sustainability #GreenLab #Nachhaltigkeit

With much gratitude and excitement, I here announce that I will start my own lab UVA Dept. of Neurosci. Neuroscience Graduate Program at UVA this September! It takes a village to land a TT faculty job and thank y'all for helping me achieve this dream of mine. Look out for the Lu lab & more OPC/glia news!

Hiring Alert!! I am looking for a tech w/ lab experience (meaning PCR...) & interested in gaining research experience in glial biology! You'll be the 1st to pick ur fav project from the 10+ that I have in mind 😌so plz RT and apply! uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/Ch…

My second manuscript from graduate school is now on bioRxiv! We generated a comprehensive scRNA-seq dataset of mouse OPCs from young adult to aged animals with the hope of providing a reference dataset for everyone to dig into! tinyurl.com/aging-opcs