Marla Feller

Research Technician Research Technician position available in the Grienberger lab at Brandeis University. We are a new neuroscience group studying the cellular basis of learning and memory in the mammalian brain. This is...

We’re looking for a new Research Tech! Our research tech is heading to graduate school (very exciting!), which means we’re recruiting someone new to join our team. The position involves hands-on neuroscience research in a collaborative environment.
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we are happening in SF - hope to see you all there!

The Rise of Eyes Began With Just One

Vision Science makes the front page of NYT!!
featuring work from @neurofishh.bsky.social and @denilsson.bsky.social with comments from Berkeley's own @karthikshekhar.bsky.social
#visionscience

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s...

Can't make it to #NJ12? Wherever you are, donate to my campaign!!. Wherever you are in the country, if you want to fight gerrymandering, defend science, and rebuild democracy, I'm on your side!

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anyone else see Bayes theorum in the superbowl ad?

I’m supporting @samwang.bsky.social (even though I don’t live New Jersey) - because he’s the type of scientist-as policy-maker that we so desperately need. Join me in helping him succeed!

Inspiring article
explaining why friend and colleague Sam Wang
is running for Congress. Lets help put a Neuroscientist into the halls of policy-making.

@karthikshekhar.bsky.social - want to weigh in here?

not sure of syntax (ducks?) but SAC DS is almost certainly conserved. whether the specific wiring of some processes to convey DS to downstream RGCs seems most challenging to preserve across species

Grab some popcorn and check out this fantastic "post-orial" from the soon-to-be-Dr. @miah-pitcher.bsky.social This story has everything: movies of retinal waves, explanations of dendritic integration, images of starburst cells. Enjoy!

yes!

finally - some good news!

Stand Up for NCAR! Link in our bio!

ipRGC properties prevent light from shifting the SCN clock during daytime Nature - The inability of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells to shift the circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus during daytime is caused by light-dependent depolarization...

A new paper from my lab. I will have a full description soon. rdcu.be/eX1Ld

G+D together with JHU worked to put together this cool video describing our latest work! Check it out!

Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type kappa (PTPRκ) regulates Superior ON-Direction Selective Ganglion Cell development, facilitating image stabilization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698158v1

is that gray in that beard?

Self renewing pools of mitochondria at axon branch points to support those loooooong axons. great thread and fascinating finding from colleague @samlewis.bsky.social Congrats to all!

Studying vision across light levels? Interested in rod photoreceptors and related (patho)physiology? Matteo Rizzi, Kate Powell and I wrote a review on rod photoreceptor activity at daylight doi.org/10.1016/j.vi... . Free access link here kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Degraded sensory coding in a mouse model of Scn2a-related disorder and its rescue by CRISPRa gene activation Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in SCN2A , a sodium channel gene expressed in cortical pyramidal (PYR) cells, lead to a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by autism, intellectual disabi...

New preprint on sensory cortex dysfunction in Scn2a+/- mouse. Profoundly degraded sensory tuning and maps in S1--most dramatic of any ASD model. And rescued in post-critical period adults with CRISPRa.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

congrats to all!

Creative and important study for understanding visual processing.

10+ years of vision 👁️research in mice 🐭recasts our ideas about the brain 🧠and sharing data 🧪📈... a brief guide 👇 Thanks to many colleagues and @gtresearch.bsky.social @gt-neuro.bsky.social for connecting us w @us.theconversation.com

Thanks @nicolecrust.bsky.social for forwarding the tweets and the perspective. What an incredible opportunity for an incredible scientist. Proud day for #neuroscience at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Our story on mechanosensation in baroreceptor cells of the kidney is finally out! Well worth the wait on this project we began in 2020 that turned into a massive collaborative effort within the kidney field. 🫘 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

Check out the newest Editors' (that would be me and Eunjoon Kim) Choice issue in Current Opinion in Neurobiology.

Superbly guest edited by Stephen Liberles and @zknight.bsky.social

>20 review articles on Interoception

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Application review launches on December 1, 2025. We want to read *your* application outlining a vision for a research program deciphering how membrane proteins collaborate to enable cell function, their biosynthesis, and the biophysics and structure of how membrane proteins change shape.

Announcing the Inaugural Fluorescence Advanced Imaging Research Workshop
sites.uci.edu/aimlfdworksh... A joint effort between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, bringing together the cutting edge talks of AIM and the intensive hands-on experience of the LFD Workshop. #microscopy #fluorescence

I cannot stop thinking about this video....heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing.

Support Basic Needs at Berkeley! Help UC Berkeley students access food during the government shutdown.

There is a matching campaign today for the Berkeley Basic Needs Center to help @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social students dealing with reduced CalFresh (SNAP) benefits. Give if you can! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/48580