Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD

Fluorescent neurons on black background. We're hiring! PhD Student

🚨 We are #hiring a PhD Student to study cerebellum-like circuits in #Drosophila.

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Thanks, Sam 😊

🧠🔋Boosting brain power and memory by increasing mitochondrial calcium ⚡🧪🔬

This was a fun collaboration with Jaime (@jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social) and Anjali (@amrapalianjali.bsky.social). Thank you to Ruolin and Riya (@riyaneuro.bsky.social) in our lab @mpfneuro.bsky.social for driving this project.

Looking forward to sharing our lab's latest, exciting results on how the brain is powered 🧠 🔋 🪫 🔬 🧪
#Sunposium2026 @mpfneuro.bsky.social

Please spread the word🔊My lab is looking to hire two international postdocs. If you want to do comp neuro, combine machine learning and awesome math to understand neural circuit activity, then come work with us! Bonn is such a cool place for neuroscience now, you don't want to miss out.

New year, new look! ✨🧠🔬🧪

Kicking off 2026 with the launch of our brand-new lab website. Check it out for the latest on our research, meet the team, and see what we are up to in the lab:
rangarajulab.org

@mpfneuro.bsky.social @nitheyaas.bsky.social

New year, new look! ✨🧠🔬🧪

Kicking off 2026 with the launch of our brand-new lab website. Check it out for the latest on our research, meet the team, and see what we are up to in the lab:
rangarajulab.org

@mpfneuro.bsky.social @nitheyaas.bsky.social

Yay!! Congratulations 🥳

Congrats to Dr. Ilika Ghosh of MPFI’s Rangaraju Lab, who was selected to speak at #CellBio2025 and awarded an ASCB Travel Grant! Attending the meeting? Don’t miss her Dec 8 talk in the Compartmentalized Signaling in Neurons symposium.

You are so kind 😊🙏

Congrats 👏🥳

📢 🚨 Technical Assistant Opportunity in Neuroscience 📢 🚨
Join us at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and support research on how neural circuits 🧠 drive adaptive behavior!
⏳ Deadline: 15. November 2025
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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week, and every day, we celebrate the amazing postdocs at @MPFneuro. Your hard work, brilliant minds, and dedication are the backbone of our research. Thank you for all you do to shape the future of neuroscience! #PostdocAppreciationWeek #Postdocs

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New preprint alert! 🚀

We show that mitochondria dynamically remodel near synapses during brain plasticity for learning 🧠🧪

Led by Monil Shah, MPFI IMPRS PhD student, (@mpfneuro.bsky.social) using advanced microscopy & new algorithms, revealing stunning neuronal beauty! 🔬

Thanks to the whole team!

Thank you, Sam 😊

Thank you, Raffaele!

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New preprint alert! 🚀

We show that mitochondria dynamically remodel near synapses during brain plasticity for learning 🧠🧪

Led by Monil Shah, MPFI IMPRS PhD student, (@mpfneuro.bsky.social) using advanced microscopy & new algorithms, revealing stunning neuronal beauty! 🔬

Thanks to the whole team!

Spread the word - we at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social are searching to fill a new junior faculty at the interface of molecular and computational science. See link below!

Bittersweet goodbyes to some talented trainees from my lab. Congrats to 🎉

Deva Bhuyan: Off to a Biology PhD at UAB 🎓 🧪
Rasya Bhat: Master's student, established our first human models 🧠
Luca Pishos: High school student, off to a BE at UF 🎓. Watch out for his preprint!

Wishing them all the best! ✨

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My alma mater is hiring a microbiologist! Assistant/Associate Prof. 👇👇

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Come be my colleague! We have three open positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level for candidates in all areas of the biological sciences.

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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

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EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond.
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Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications!

We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.

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