Vicente Rodriguez

Rewiring Addiction With Designer Proteins By custom engineering proteins in the brain, scientists at UC San Diego have shown that addiction can be rewired at the molecular level without negatively impacting enjoyment of normal activities.

Out now in @Nature.Com: Researchers from @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social develop engineered proteins to selectively reduce #cocaine-seeking behavior without affecting natural rewards. This innovative method may lead to new gene therapies for cocaine #addiction

buff.ly/2LEPha8

Very cool paper published by the lab on a chemogenetic cocaine activated receptor that we created and showed selectively clamps dopamine release to oppose drug seeking behavior!

Very happy to say I get to benefit from this for my fall graduate applications! So excited to share I was selected to be a GSMI Scholar this year ✨huge thanks to @cientificolatino.com for the support 🌟

(1/n) Why is it so hard to stop eating when something tastes amazing? Our new @ science.org paper reveals that dopamine helps sustain our drive for tasty treats—and may explain how anti-obesity Ozempic tames those urges. doi.org/10.1126/science.adt0773

Congratulations!!! Truly grateful for your outstanding contribution!

Congratulations to @zhenggang.bsky.social on this major accomplishment! Excited I get to say this is my first publication!

Excited to present the latest from the lab out today in Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex.... See Thread! 1/8

Our paper @dulaclab.bsky.social on social homeostasis is online today! We characterized “social rebound” behavior after social isolation in multiple mouse strains and revealed its neural basis. Intriguingly, soft touch plays a key role in satisfying social need!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sunday ponderings at the microscope on how to convince the average American that knowing the mysteries buried within this image (and others) is important and that sustained public funding (including sufficient indirect support) remains as important as ever.

If you can, go hear Laura’s seminar (it’ll be great). If you can’t make that, check out her recent preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) Podcast Episode · Acquired · 01/22/2024 · 3h 42m

Listened to a ~4-hour podcast on the remarkable history of Novo Nordisk (makers of Ozempic)… all during my two-hour walk to work this morning.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Our next multi-agent behavior challenge launches in <2 months! Will share bits of info here in the meantime. First, the basics:
- 226 hours of top-down video of socially interacting mice
- 15 contributor labs
- all vids fully manually scored for behavior
- 45 unique behaviors across videos (!)

Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚

#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 3

Picture of textbook cover with title "Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience"

Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.

openstax.org/details/book...

Would love to join!

So cool! Would love to join 🙋🏻‍♂️

thank you!! I appreciate that 🤝

New here from twt and I’m already loving this algorithm. These recommended starter packs are saving me all the trouble of finding the people I’d already followed on twt. Plus they come w the added benefit of finding new ppl to interact with. Big fan. 🧪🧠