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…

Our latest study identifies a specific cell type and receptor essential for psilocybin’s long-lasting neural and behavioral effects 🍄🔬🧠🐁 Led by Ling-Xiao Shao and Clara Liao Funded by NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 📄Read in nature - nature.com/articles/s4158… 1/12

The Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building is nearing completion, and we couldn’t be more excited to move into our new home!

Excited to share our new study: "Cold memories control whole-body thermoregulatory responses" by Andrea Muñoz Zamora, Aaron Douglas & team at Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with Lydia Lynch & Christine Ann Denny Ryan Lab nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Really fun talk from Ismail Ahmed to end our seminar series year at UAB Neurobiology UABNeurobiology. New uncaging and sensor tools are giving me hope we might understand the diverse roles of neuropeptides sooner rather than later!

Meet 5 UAB neuroscientists whose research is advancing brain health: Drs. Linda Overstreet-Wadhiche, Alecia Gross, Kristina Visscher, & Farah Lubin of UABNeurobiology & Dr. Rita Cowell of @UAB_Neurology! 📰 buff.ly/TjNa6rr 📸: @maryefehr on Instagram

🧠 🍄 ⚡️🐭 Now published in Nature Neuroscience … Psilocybin enhances fear extinction by reshaping retrosplenial cortex ensembles—suppressing fear neurons, recruiting extinction neurons + boosting plasticity to enable behavioral flexibility nature.com/articles/s4159…

Neuroscientists, please start consulting biostatisticians for your sequencing experiments. You can’t just copy and paste Seurat pipelines for everything.

Interested in learning more about the neuroscience underlying GLP-1 weight loss medications like Wegovy and Ozempic? Attend this FREE event featuring UAB expert Dr. Andrew Hardaway! Brain Chats are CNC-sponsored events at the Avondale library that are open to everyone!

Our latest profile is here! Dr. Sasha Fulton (Sasha L. Fulton) studies cellular mechanisms of peripheral nerve damage repair and regeneration. Follow the link below to listen and learn more! storiesofwin.org/profiles/2025/… #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience

This was a really cool talk on both Corey’s personal journey to science and also development of cell types that populate the septum. Both were fascinating and full of great lessons!

So you want to change transgene expression: just change your promoter, right? Changing the promoter increases RNA and thus protein levels. What more could be happening? [1/n] Well, promoters don’t just set RNA levels; they uniquely transform how RNAs are transmitted into protein

Excited to share the first 2(!) preprints from the Kebschull Lab. The amazing Hyopil Kim developed MAPseq2 & POINTseq and used them to map the dopaminergic cells of VTA and SNc. tl;dr MAPseq2=10x cheaper, 4x better; POINTseq=easy cell type specific barcoding; DA neurons=very cool

Vipin M. Vashishtha Another adult-onset neurological disorder that appears to be caused by a virus. Shingles - VZV Alzheimer's - VZV, HSV Multiple sclerosis - EBV I've long felt that we should be looking at human brain sequencing data at reads that do not map to the human genome.

Double-blind placebo controlled trial (led by UAB faculty Dr. Timothy Garvey) demonstrates >20% weight loss with co-administration of cagrilintide (which targets amylin receptors) with semaglutide (which targets GLP-1 receptors). nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope! Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals. Read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… (1/9)

Rumors are swirling on UAB campus about potential cuts/layoffs with uncertainty surrounding NIH funding, and now Senator Katie Boyd Britt & 13 other GOP senators publicly pushing OMB to release already-appropriated NIH funding britt.senate.gov/news/press-rel…

After a sudden diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) turned her world upside down, Abigail Boone found hope and healing at @uabpsychiatry with Dr. Aaron Fobian. Through innovative therapies like ReACT, she’s reclaiming her life. buff.ly/ocULzQG IRONMAN Triathlon

Congratulations to Elliott Ferris, Susan Steinwand, Coni Hoerndli, Josue Gonzalez Murcia, Cristina Rodriguez, Jared Emery and the other outstanding members of the lab and our team on their two back-to-back Science papers out today!!

Are you a faculty, student or researcher in the neurosciences at UAB? 📢 You won’t want to miss this event! Registration is still open for the 2025 CNC Retreat, but will be closing soon. Register today at, uab.edu/medicine/cnc/n…