Yale Neuroscience
@yaleneuro.bsky.social
Yale Department of Neuroscience
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Hi Bluesky 🦋, this is the Department of Neuroscience at Yale! 🎉 We’re a vibrant community of researchers👨🔬, students 👩🎓, faculty 👩🏫, and staff dedicated to deciphering the mysteries of the nervous system 🧠
Follow us for updates on cutting-edge #neuroscience research, events, and opportunities!
Follow us for updates on cutting-edge #neuroscience research, events, and opportunities!
In a new @insight.jci.org study co-led by @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Amy Arnsten, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social researchers uncover how the brain 🧠 uses GLO1 protein to buffer calcium buildup & protect 🛡️against neurodegenerative diseases like #Alzheimer's!
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How the Brain Protects Itself from Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers discovered a protective mechanism used by the brain to mitigate calcium dysfunction, a risk factor for neurodegeneration.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In a new @insight.jci.org study co-led by @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Amy Arnsten, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social researchers uncover how the brain 🧠 uses GLO1 protein to buffer calcium buildup & protect 🛡️against neurodegenerative diseases like #Alzheimer's!
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In a new @npr.org article, @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Rajita Sinha, PhD, comments on emerging research suggesting that cannabinoids 🍃 may—at least in the short term—reduce alcohol consumption🍸🍾.
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Can weed help you drink less? Scientists study how well 'California sober' works
It's trendy in some circles to replace drinking with consuming cannabis. But can it help people with a drinking problem cut back? Scientists set up a bar in the lab to find out.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In a new @npr.org article, @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Rajita Sinha, PhD, comments on emerging research suggesting that cannabinoids 🍃 may—at least in the short term—reduce alcohol consumption🍸🍾.
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Join us Monday (11/24) 🗓️for a seminar with Bradley T. Hyman, MD, PhD 🥼 from Massachusetts General Hospital on "Questioning Assumptions About #Alzheimer's Disease" 🧠
Thank you to Amy Arnsten, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
We hope to see you there!
Thank you to Amy Arnsten, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
We hope to see you there!
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Join us Monday (11/24) 🗓️for a seminar with Bradley T. Hyman, MD, PhD 🥼 from Massachusetts General Hospital on "Questioning Assumptions About #Alzheimer's Disease" 🧠
Thank you to Amy Arnsten, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
We hope to see you there!
Thank you to Amy Arnsten, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
We hope to see you there!
Congratulations 🎉 to @yaleneuro.bsky.social Dr. Stephen Waxman🥼 who was recently awarded the Sharpey-Schafer Prize 🏆 for his crucial role in developing the first non-addictive pain medication! 💊
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Dr. Stephen Waxman awarded Sharpey-Schafer Prize for pain research
Awards & Career Milestones
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November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Congratulations 🎉 to @yaleneuro.bsky.social Dr. Stephen Waxman🥼 who was recently awarded the Sharpey-Schafer Prize 🏆 for his crucial role in developing the first non-addictive pain medication! 💊
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TOMORROW 🙌 kicks off the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting—the world’s largest gathering of neuroscientists—in San Diego, Nov 15–19! 🧠☀️
Keep an eye out for all the members of the @yaleneuro.bsky.social community who are presenting their research! 💙 #SfN2025 #SfN25
Keep an eye out for all the members of the @yaleneuro.bsky.social community who are presenting their research! 💙 #SfN2025 #SfN25
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
TOMORROW 🙌 kicks off the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting—the world’s largest gathering of neuroscientists—in San Diego, Nov 15–19! 🧠☀️
Keep an eye out for all the members of the @yaleneuro.bsky.social community who are presenting their research! 💙 #SfN2025 #SfN25
Keep an eye out for all the members of the @yaleneuro.bsky.social community who are presenting their research! 💙 #SfN2025 #SfN25
In a new @natcomms.nature.com study, @yale.edu's @paulsenlab.bsky.social uncovers how the protein calmodulin regulates pain signaling! ⚡ This breakthrough could lead to better pain management strategies 💊
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Unraveling a painful mystery: Protein plays key role in modulating pain response
A new Yale study has uncovered the hidden mechanical move that may regulate pain signaling in the human body — and why it sometimes goes awry.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In a new @natcomms.nature.com study, @yale.edu's @paulsenlab.bsky.social uncovers how the protein calmodulin regulates pain signaling! ⚡ This breakthrough could lead to better pain management strategies 💊
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🎉Congrats to @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD, whose groundbreaking work on how the hypothalamus regulates metabolism has earned him a well-deserved spot in the National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu)! 🙌
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Brueckner, Chen, and Horvath Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Martina Brueckner, MD, Lieping Chen, MD, PhD, and Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🎉Congrats to @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD, whose groundbreaking work on how the hypothalamus regulates metabolism has earned him a well-deserved spot in the National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu)! 🙌
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In a new study, @yale.edu researchers led by Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD, & @dscheinost.bsky.social, PhD🥼 found robust connectivity in the social perception pathway just weeks after birth👶, highlighting how early brain development may shape later social interactions!👇
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Brain Network Active at Birth is Linked to Social Behavior Later in Life
A brain network linked to social attention is functional in newborns, a Yale study finds. It may underlie some of the social vulnerabilities associated with
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November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In a new study, @yale.edu researchers led by Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD, & @dscheinost.bsky.social, PhD🥼 found robust connectivity in the social perception pathway just weeks after birth👶, highlighting how early brain development may shape later social interactions!👇
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Join us this Monday (11/3) for a seminar by @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's Anne Brunet, PhD on the (@brunetlab.bsky.social) "Dynamic and Quantitative Analysis of Aging & Longevity!"
Thank you to @schandralab.bsky.social and Angeliki Louvi, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
See you there!
Thank you to @schandralab.bsky.social and Angeliki Louvi, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
See you there!
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join us this Monday (11/3) for a seminar by @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's Anne Brunet, PhD on the (@brunetlab.bsky.social) "Dynamic and Quantitative Analysis of Aging & Longevity!"
Thank you to @schandralab.bsky.social and Angeliki Louvi, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
See you there!
Thank you to @schandralab.bsky.social and Angeliki Louvi, PhD, for hosting! 🙌
See you there!
Join us tomorrow (10/28) for an ✨#Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Seminar✨ by @heatherdsnell.bsky.social, PhD
This event is open to the @yale.edu community only. 📩 The Zoom link is available via email.
We hope to see you there! See flyer for more 👇
This event is open to the @yale.edu community only. 📩 The Zoom link is available via email.
We hope to see you there! See flyer for more 👇
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join us tomorrow (10/28) for an ✨#Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Seminar✨ by @heatherdsnell.bsky.social, PhD
This event is open to the @yale.edu community only. 📩 The Zoom link is available via email.
We hope to see you there! See flyer for more 👇
This event is open to the @yale.edu community only. 📩 The Zoom link is available via email.
We hope to see you there! See flyer for more 👇
Tomorrow, 10/28, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social & Korea University College of Medicine are hosting a joint neuroscience forum. Topics include: Alzheimer's, EEG, neurodevelopmental genetics, and rare syndrome models 🧠
Access the online forum here 👇
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2025 Yale-KU Forum: Clinical and Basic Neuroscience
Yale School of Medicine and Korea University will co-host the 2025 Yale-KU Forum, showcasing research on clinical and basic neuroscience.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Tomorrow, 10/28, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social & Korea University College of Medicine are hosting a joint neuroscience forum. Topics include: Alzheimer's, EEG, neurodevelopmental genetics, and rare syndrome models 🧠
Access the online forum here 👇
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Access the online forum here 👇
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"TOMORROW @yaleneuro.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social Yale present #SYNAPSES, our senior postdoc symposium! 🙌
Hear from four incredible researchers 👩🔬🥼 as they share their latest discoveries and insights! 🗣️
You won't want to miss it! 🗓️"
Hear from four incredible researchers 👩🔬🥼 as they share their latest discoveries and insights! 🗣️
You won't want to miss it! 🗓️"
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"TOMORROW @yaleneuro.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social Yale present #SYNAPSES, our senior postdoc symposium! 🙌
Hear from four incredible researchers 👩🔬🥼 as they share their latest discoveries and insights! 🗣️
You won't want to miss it! 🗓️"
Hear from four incredible researchers 👩🔬🥼 as they share their latest discoveries and insights! 🗣️
You won't want to miss it! 🗓️"
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New article @natneuro.nature.com by @yaleneuro.bsky.social Suzhou Yang & @kavliatyale.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow @zhenlei.bsky.social, highlighting studies by @frattalab.bsky.social Gitler & La Spada labs on the role of TDP-43 on mRNA 3' end in ALS @yalerna.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TDP-43 loss brings RNA to a twist ending - Nature Neuroscience
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), nuclear depletion and cytoplasmic aggregation of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43 cause widespread dysregulation of mRNA splicing. Two recent studies have now rev...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New article @natneuro.nature.com by @yaleneuro.bsky.social Suzhou Yang & @kavliatyale.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow @zhenlei.bsky.social, highlighting studies by @frattalab.bsky.social Gitler & La Spada labs on the role of TDP-43 on mRNA 3' end in ALS @yalerna.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Recent @yale.edu research led by @adwolfe.bsky.social, Milind Singh & @dacolon.bsky.social reveals neurons' ability to store glycogen as a backup fuel ⛽️, keeping the brain running under stress — a process called “glycogen-dependent glycolytic plasticity” (GDGP).
Neurons use built-in ‘backup batteries’ that fuel the brain under stress
A new Yale study reveals that neurons store their own sugar reserves that kick in to keep the brain functioning during metabolic stress.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Recent @yale.edu research led by @adwolfe.bsky.social, Milind Singh & @dacolon.bsky.social reveals neurons' ability to store glycogen as a backup fuel ⛽️, keeping the brain running under stress — a process called “glycogen-dependent glycolytic plasticity” (GDGP).
Join us next Thursday (10/23) for #SYNAPSES, a senior postdoc symposium @yaleneuro.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social
Talks will be given by:
- @annrosebright.bsky.social, PhD👩🔬
- Peter Hasenhuetl, PhD 🔬
- Minhyeok Chang, PhD 🧑🔬
- @zhenggang.bsky.social, PhD 🥼
Register Today! Yale only.
Talks will be given by:
- @annrosebright.bsky.social, PhD👩🔬
- Peter Hasenhuetl, PhD 🔬
- Minhyeok Chang, PhD 🧑🔬
- @zhenggang.bsky.social, PhD 🥼
Register Today! Yale only.
October 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us next Thursday (10/23) for #SYNAPSES, a senior postdoc symposium @yaleneuro.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social
Talks will be given by:
- @annrosebright.bsky.social, PhD👩🔬
- Peter Hasenhuetl, PhD 🔬
- Minhyeok Chang, PhD 🧑🔬
- @zhenggang.bsky.social, PhD 🥼
Register Today! Yale only.
Talks will be given by:
- @annrosebright.bsky.social, PhD👩🔬
- Peter Hasenhuetl, PhD 🔬
- Minhyeok Chang, PhD 🧑🔬
- @zhenggang.bsky.social, PhD 🥼
Register Today! Yale only.
A new @natcomms.nature.com study led by @yaleneuro.bsky.social's @vidyadharadj.bsky.social 🥼 suggests that a mutation in a gene called GBA 🧬 might be behind the observed cognitive decline 🧠📉 in #Parkinsons disease.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A new @natcomms.nature.com study led by @yaleneuro.bsky.social's @vidyadharadj.bsky.social 🥼 suggests that a mutation in a gene called GBA 🧬 might be behind the observed cognitive decline 🧠📉 in #Parkinsons disease.
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Thank you to everyone who joined this year’s @kavliatyale.bsky.social Chalk Talk - there were many of you!
And a big thank you to our incredible speakers @schandralab.bsky.social and @trevorsorrells.bsky.social, and all the faculty who gave feedback to postdocs during their mock chalk talks.
And a big thank you to our incredible speakers @schandralab.bsky.social and @trevorsorrells.bsky.social, and all the faculty who gave feedback to postdocs during their mock chalk talks.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined this year’s @kavliatyale.bsky.social Chalk Talk - there were many of you!
And a big thank you to our incredible speakers @schandralab.bsky.social and @trevorsorrells.bsky.social, and all the faculty who gave feedback to postdocs during their mock chalk talks.
And a big thank you to our incredible speakers @schandralab.bsky.social and @trevorsorrells.bsky.social, and all the faculty who gave feedback to postdocs during their mock chalk talks.
New @nature.com article from the @jess-cardin.bsky.social lab: the team, led by @q-perrenoud.bsky.social, identified where gamma activity emerges and how it relates to behavior. "This could lead to an early biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease that is easily accessible in humans."
Flexible perceptual encoding by discrete gamma events - Nature
Using a new analytical method for tracking gamma band events in mouse visual cortex, flexible encoding of visual information according to behavioural context is shown.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New @nature.com article from the @jess-cardin.bsky.social lab: the team, led by @q-perrenoud.bsky.social, identified where gamma activity emerges and how it relates to behavior. "This could lead to an early biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease that is easily accessible in humans."
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(1/8) My latest study is out in @nature.com ! Kudos to coauthors especially @jess-cardin.bsky.social and to @kavliatyale.bsky.social and @wutsaiyale.bsky.social for support. We find that gamma power in mouse visual cortex is caused by brief events of visual processing www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Flexible perceptual encoding by discrete gamma events - Nature
Using a new analytical method for tracking gamma band events in mouse visual cortex, flexible encoding of visual information according to behavioural context is shown.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(1/8) My latest study is out in @nature.com ! Kudos to coauthors especially @jess-cardin.bsky.social and to @kavliatyale.bsky.social and @wutsaiyale.bsky.social for support. We find that gamma power in mouse visual cortex is caused by brief events of visual processing www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to see this beautiful art, commissioned from the Chinese artist 懒云居画 (@subaiweipainting on Instagram), on this month's cover of Nature Neuroscience! @natneuro.nature.com @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Excited to see this beautiful art, commissioned from the Chinese artist 懒云居画 (@subaiweipainting on Instagram), on this month's cover of Nature Neuroscience! @natneuro.nature.com @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
Join us this Monday (10/6)🗓️ for a seminar with @harvard.edu's Jeff Lichtman, MD, PhD, titled "Connectomics: Past, Present & Future"
Thank you @kuanawanda.bsky.social for hosting. We hope to see you there.
See flyer for more info 👇
Thank you @kuanawanda.bsky.social for hosting. We hope to see you there.
See flyer for more info 👇
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Join us this Monday (10/6)🗓️ for a seminar with @harvard.edu's Jeff Lichtman, MD, PhD, titled "Connectomics: Past, Present & Future"
Thank you @kuanawanda.bsky.social for hosting. We hope to see you there.
See flyer for more info 👇
Thank you @kuanawanda.bsky.social for hosting. We hope to see you there.
See flyer for more info 👇
In a new @natcomms.nature.com study, Yale's @schandralab.bsky.social found that mutations in the GBA gene 🧬 may drive the cognitive decline 🧠 seen in individuals with #Parkinsons, as opposed to a buildup of alpha-synuclein as previously thought.
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How Gene Mutations Drive Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease
New findings reveal motor and cognitive deficits arise through separate mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease, challenging previous thinking.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In a new @natcomms.nature.com study, Yale's @schandralab.bsky.social found that mutations in the GBA gene 🧬 may drive the cognitive decline 🧠 seen in individuals with #Parkinsons, as opposed to a buildup of alpha-synuclein as previously thought.
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"Impaired hematopoiesis and embryonic lethality at midgestation of mice lacking both lipid transfer proteins VPS13A and VPS13C" out now in PLOS Biology
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Impaired hematopoiesis and embryonic lethality at midgestation of mice lacking both lipid transfer proteins VPS13A and VPS13C
VPS13A and VPS13C are bridge-like lipid transport proteins with distinct subcellular localization and function, and their absence is linked with chorea-acanthocytosis and Parkinson's disease, respecti...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Impaired hematopoiesis and embryonic lethality at midgestation of mice lacking both lipid transfer proteins VPS13A and VPS13C" out now in PLOS Biology
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📢 TOMORROW at NOON
Join us as @chris-dulla.bsky.social from @tufts.edu shares insights from his latest research!
Organized by the Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee.
Join us as @chris-dulla.bsky.social from @tufts.edu shares insights from his latest research!
Organized by the Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee.
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 TOMORROW at NOON
Join us as @chris-dulla.bsky.social from @tufts.edu shares insights from his latest research!
Organized by the Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee.
Join us as @chris-dulla.bsky.social from @tufts.edu shares insights from his latest research!
Organized by the Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee.
The @colon-ramos-lab.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc to study the cell biology of energy metabolism in neurons and in vivo. To apply and for more info, follow the link below.
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The @colon-ramos-lab.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc to study the cell biology of energy metabolism in neurons and in vivo. To apply and for more info, follow the link below.