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Andrew Boyce

@andrewboyce.bsky.social

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Assistant Professor @UNMHSC Neurosciences Exploring spreading depolarization during seizure & stroke using optogenetics, ephys, photometry, & microscopy. Enthusiastic but mediocre runner & climber. Thompson, NΓ€gerl & Swayne lab alumnus. (he/him)

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Congrats to you & Katarzyna!

23.07.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds very interesting! Looking forward to giving it a read today. Congrats to you and your team!

19.06.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retrograde and anterograde trans-synaptic viral tracing of neuronal connections reveals local and distant effects of ischemic stroke on dendritic spines - Myrthe Van Sprengel, Jenna Butterworth, Patri... Focal stroke leads to complex neurological disturbances with variable recovery. One explanation for this variability is that stroke disrupts local and remote ne...

Happy to share new paper from MSc grads Myrthe and Jenna. We asked the question, when part of the brain dies during stroke, what happens to local and distant cortical neurons that innervate the stroke site (in S1 cortex) or those that receive outputs? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

27.05.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So excited to see this out! Congrats Zach!

19.05.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Electroconvulsive therapy generates a postictal wave of spreading depolarization in mice and humans - Nature Communications The underlying mechanism of electroconvulsive therapy remains not fully understood. Here, the authors use optical neuroimaging in mice and humans to show that electroconvulsive therapy elicits a secon...

Hot off the press! We found that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces a previously undescribed, second brain event after seizure, called cortical spreading depolarization (CSD), using optical neuroimaging in both a mouse model to human patients. 🧡 below!

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

18.05.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Beautiful work! Congrats to you, Sangyoon, and the rest of the team.

14.05.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Hippocampus Book Abstract. The Hippocampus Book investigates the structure, function and pathology of the hippocampus and related cortical areas. It highlights the importan

As I transition over to Bluesky I have to plug our new #book. If you haven't already, check out the 2nd edition of The #Hippocampus Book!

academic.oup.com/book/59509?s...

26.04.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral fellow - Seizure, spreading depolarization, and memory interactions - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque job with Boyce Lab, Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico | 387... Soon to graduate/recently graduated PhD? Interest in memory disruption? The Boyce lab is recruiting a postdoc! In vivo opto, photometry, ephys!

The postdoctoral position in my lab at UNM is now posted on NeuroJobs! Check it out if you have experience in in vivo opto, ephys, and/or fiber photometry in behaving mice and an interest in seizure, SD, or memory!

neurojobs.sfn.org/job/38785/po...

10.04.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have an opening in my lab for a postdoctoral fellow to work on projects that relate to the mechanisms of neurotransmitter release by dopamine neurons and/or on how inflammatory signals infuence the functionning of these neurons. Please share.

24.04.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A highly stable monomeric red fluorescent protein for advanced microscopy - Nature Methods The red fluorescent protein mScarlet3-H is bright, photostable and very robust to high temperature, chaotropic conditions and oxidative environments. mScarlet3-H works well in correlative light and el...

mScarlet3-H (aka mYongHong), a highly stable monomeric red fluorescent protein, works well for long-term super-resolution imaging, rapid tissue clearing, and CLEM www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.04.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mark Cembrowski

Mark Cembrowski

We are very proud to announce the winner of the 2025 CAN New Investigator Award: Dr. Mark Cembrowski, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia - Read his profile here: can-acn.org/awards/new-i...

15.04.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

Thrilled to share new work from the lab, led by Adam Ramsaran:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kva73QW8S...

10.04.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks buddy! Looking forward to connecting in Montreal!

10.04.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral fellow - Seizure, spreading depolarization, and memory interactions - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque job with Boyce Lab, Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico | 387... Soon to graduate/recently graduated PhD? Interest in memory disruption? The Boyce lab is recruiting a postdoc! In vivo opto, photometry, ephys!

The postdoctoral position in my lab at UNM is now posted on NeuroJobs! Check it out if you have experience in in vivo opto, ephys, and/or fiber photometry in behaving mice and an interest in seizure, SD, or memory!

neurojobs.sfn.org/job/38785/po...

10.04.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to wonderful collaborators & support from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta Innovates, CIHR, & Krembil Foundation.

10.04.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here, we demonstrate that regionally-isolated deleterious peri-infarct and remote seizure-associated beneficial spreading depolarizations can co-occur in the brain during acute ischemic stroke. Each driving a similar acute wandering behavior, but with distinct impacts on stroke recovery.

10.04.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Contralesional hippocampal spreading depolarization promotes functional recovery after stroke Nature Communications - Neural mechanisms underlying deep brain strokes are not fully understood. Here authors demonstrate that spreading depolarizations occur in the intact contralesional...

Excited to share the culmination of my postdoctoral work in the Thompson Lab out today in Nature Communications!

rdcu.be/ehfWU

10.04.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...

Science

Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants

#neuroscience

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

23.03.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please share! πŸ‘€ Postdoc opportunity in my lab at the University of New Mexico. Spreading depolarization & memory interactions.

18.03.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
The Boyce Lab

Website for the Boyce Lab is live! I couldn't help it and included a bit of a New Mexico colour scheme.

www.boyceneurolab.com

17.03.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

13.03.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 9
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Fun day combining work & a hike in San Lorenzo Canyon with colleagues Sam, David, & visiting speaker @olsenlab-vt.bsky.social

28.02.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood–brain barrier alterations - Nature Neuroscience The mechanisms of neurovascular adaptations underlying stress resilience remain unclear. Here the authors show that the astrocytic endocannabinoid system modulates the blood–brain barrier changes duri...

So excited to share the work of the fantastic Katarzyna, 1st πŸ§ͺPhD student of my lab 🧠, out in @natureneuro.bsky.social πŸ₯‚πŸ₯³
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

27.02.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 2
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It’s now the end of week 3 after opening my lab here at UNM.edu - It’s an understatement to say that it’s a weird time to be a Canadian starting a lab in the US. 🫠 Yet, I’ve felt so welcome and supported here. On top of that, a colleague just brought me this cool mug 😎 Psyched to get things going!

21.02.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loss of endothelial CD2AP causes sex-dependent cerebrovascular dysfunction Polymorphisms in CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) predispose to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we show th…

I am pleased to share our work showing a new role for the Alzheimer’s disease risk factor CD2AP in brain endothelial cells now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

31.01.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

PhD student? Postdoc? Staff scientist? It's your chance to learn more about fancy 🧠 neuroscience πŸ§ͺ imaging techniques, microscopes πŸ”¬ and hangout in Quebec City πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ for 2 weeks in June 😎
(no snow I promise πŸ€žβ˜ƒοΈπŸ˜†)

Please share, deadline is January 17 and link to apply is below

09.01.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A year ago today, Rachelle & I got married. It’s been a wild & fun year with so many changes. As scientists, particular during big transitions, we don’t make it easy on our partners. Rachelle is so supportive & game for (or creating her own) crazy ideas. So excited for our future together in ABQ!

31.12.2024 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Genetically Encoded Red Fluorescent Indicators for Imaging Intracellular and Extracellular Potassium Ions Potassium ion (K+) dynamics are vital for various biological processes. However, the limited availability of detection tools for tracking intracellular and extracellular K+ has impeded a comprehensive...

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

@piatkevich.bsky.social

29.12.2024 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A profile picture of Douglas Prasher from Martin Chalfie's Nobel Lecture

A profile picture of Douglas Prasher from Martin Chalfie's Nobel Lecture

Do you know who Douglas Prasher is? Many don't, even though he is the person who cloned the original #GFP gene in the late 1980s. In my short history of plant light #microscopy I also cover a bit of his story - & why he is relatively unknown today, despite the importance of his work. See this πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

20.05.2024 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 24
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What a year! #DLC3πŸ”₯ is up tested by many of you (πŸ‘€ watch out for a paper in 2025), we hit 750K downloads, and have over 120 contributors to the code! @deeplabcut.bsky.social

❄️⛷just dropped: new human pose models & high perf. models!

20.12.2024 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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