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Using synthetic biology to reveal how the brain adapts to drug use and stress experience. https://hamilton-lab.weebly.com/

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In a new paper, we analyze published RNAseq and discover impact to the expression of transposable element transcripts in the brains of people with major depressive disorder. Natalie Truby, a recent-grad from the lab, spearheaded this work.

Read about it here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

05.09.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In this preprint, grad students Kijoon Kim and Corinne Smith re-programmed the function of the KZFP-interacting protein TRIM28. We discover that TRIM28 disfunction in mouse PFC releases TEs and impedes complex social behaviors. The work is an ode to community. Read about it below!

04.04.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @ericjnestler.bsky.social on being named Interim Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine! As we express great enthusiasm for Dr. Nestler becoming Dean & the exciting time ahead, please join us in thanking Dean Charney for his extraordinary service & commitment to Mount Sinai.

25.03.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Open-Rank Faculty Cluster Hire in Depression Research University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

Pls share AMAZING opportunities! Studying Depression? its biology? UCI’s new Depression Res Ctr is hiring 1) Preclinical Models: systems mechanisms of vulnerability, resilience 2) Child Adolescent, Adult Depression 3) Biomed Engineer Deep Phenotype, Intervention recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09510 508, 507

11.03.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
Academic Joint Departments-Open Rank/Tenure-Neurobiology The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine invites applications for 4 open-rank faculty positions in the Department of Neurobiology. We are seeking candidates who apply ...

UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community!
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11.03.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

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