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Kenta M. Hagihara
@kentamhagihara.bsky.social
Neuroscientist
@HFSP research fellow @AllenInstitute for Neural Dynamics; M.D. @KyushuUniv_EN; Ph.D. @FMIscience; A native skier born in Sapporo who is learning BCskiing in PNW
Tw:@KentaM_Hagihara
https://www.kentamhagihara.com/
Reposted by Kenta M. Hagihara
We have an open position for a Scientist I at the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. Come join our exciting research environment @alleninstitute.org. Please share!

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July 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reposted by Kenta M. Hagihara
Congrats to @kentamhagihara.bsky.social on being named a Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar!

The prestigious award recognizes Hagihara's creativity and supports his research on the roles of neuromodulators, like dopamine and serotonin, in flexible learning.

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May 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Glu sensors are not only for 2-photon imaging!
iGluSnFR3 was already pretty good but "too fast" for bulk fiber photometry measurements. Take a look at Fig5 of this preprint, the new "slow" variant gives you 2~3x better signals in FP.
🚨iGluSnFR4 is finally out!🚨🧪

We present iGluSnFR4f and 4s, a novel pair of genetically-encoded glutamate indicators designed for high-fidelity imaging of synaptic activity in the living brain. ⬇️

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎥 Below: iGluSnFR4s detecting minis in cultures w/ TTX

#Neuroscience
March 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reposted by Kenta M. Hagihara
🚨iGluSnFR4 is finally out!🚨🧪

We present iGluSnFR4f and 4s, a novel pair of genetically-encoded glutamate indicators designed for high-fidelity imaging of synaptic activity in the living brain. ⬇️

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎥 Below: iGluSnFR4s detecting minis in cultures w/ TTX

#Neuroscience
March 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reposted by Kenta M. Hagihara
How to rebuild your network on @bsky.app and improve your experience here?

I made a short starter guide with resources.
www.neuronaldynamics.eu/resources/bl...

Also, a thread 🧵 below.
November 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
A comprehensive review/perspective on Amygdala Intercalated Cells by @ingrid_ehrlich @Luthi_FMI et al.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Amygdala intercalated cells form an evolutionarily conserved system orchestrating brain networks - Nature Neuroscience
This comprehensive review of amygdala intercalated cells (ITCs) proposes a revised model of ITCs as a highly coordinated system that integrates diverse inputs to orchestrate brain-wide networks and sh...
www.nature.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:46 PM