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Daniel Castro

@flanbrain.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. We study endogenous opioids in affect, motivation, and metabolism. I love food and puppies.

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience @dpn-journal.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software"

@flanbrain.bsky.social & colleagues discuss how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold (which predict 3D protein structures) can facilitate drug discovery

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Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience

This article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we discover new treatments for brain and mental health disorders. Instead of relying solely on slow and complex lab work, sci...

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience @dpn-journal.bsky.social · Jun 30

🆕 perspective from @flanbrain.bsky.social et al on how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold, which predict 3D protein structures, can facilitate drug discovery in neuropsychopharmacology. Check it out!!

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Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Apr 29

@usasp.bsky.social here we are! Excited for the coming days and getting to see everyone in Chicago!! 🤩💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 don’t forget to see @katybraden.bsky.social poster tomorrow morning!! It has motivation, CRISPR, opioids, and pain! 😱😱👀👀😳😳🫢

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Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Apr 9

It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jan 9

Excited to host @flanbrain.bsky.social !

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Carrie Ferrario @cferrario.bsky.social · Dec 10

#acnp2024 open position at UM Pharmacology. Happy to answer questions!

Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Nov 18

OPEN RANK #FACULTY #POSITION in #Pharmacology & #Neuroscience with expertise in #behavioral pharmacology/neuroscience of relevance to substance use disorders. Review of applications will start immediately. Target start date is Fall 2025. Come join us!

Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor | U-M Careers

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Kathryn Braden, PhD @katybraden.bsky.social · Dec 12

To cap off an incredible week at #ACNP2024 I woke up to the Notice of Award for my NRSA!!!

I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!

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Sean Piantadosi @piantadosisean.bsky.social · Dec 11

If you are still at #ACNP2024 and are interested in the locus coeruleus and/or the amygdala, please stop by my poster from the @mbruchas lab examining how both nodes of this circuit mediate stress-induced anxiety-like behavior tonight (W169)!

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · Dec 9

Hey #ACNP2024 - we seem to have quite a few stellar early career researchers on (or about to be on) the job market

If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩
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Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Dec 7

Headed to @acnporg.bsky.social come see our panel on opioids and depression Monday morning, and DEFINITELY stop by our lab’s postdoc @katybraden.bsky.social poster to learn more!! 🤩🤩💃🏻💃🏻👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️

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