Neuroscientist šØš¾āš¬ | Assistant Professor @UCLA š» | @SCglobalbrain TTI Fellow | @NIH DSPAN F99/K00 scholar
Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2018
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Year 1 as an Assistant Professor is officially complete! This has been a dream of mine, and I feel fortunate to have landed in such a supportive environment, surrounded by amazing senior faculty mentors and an exceptional multidisciplinary team. š
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We're ranked the #1 public university in the nation! This is a win for every Bruin who makes UCLA extraordinary. We couldnāt have done it without you. šš ucla.in/4he2HL2 #1UCLA
ALT Blue graphic featuring UCLA's Royce Hall and a bear statue in the background. Bold yellow text reads "#1 Public University."
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What happens when the brain loses its ability to experience pleasure? At @dgsomucla Austin Coley studies anhedonia: the inability to feel pleasure, a debilitating symptom of depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders. By uncovering how stress and brain circuits alter our capacity for reward, his work could help pave the way for more precise treatments for mental illness. neurobio.ucla.edu/people/ausā¦
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Neuroscience subfields are often siloed. Embracing an integrative approach during training can help change that, @AustinAColey explains.
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Special lab meeting this week. A mixture of science, team building and awards.
2-Photon imaging lecture ā
: 2P calcium teaching session.
Professional Development workshop ā
: get to know the team.
Trophy Ceremony ā
: Team showing elite mini golf skills.
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In these difficult times (all grants frozen) it is good to recognize the good that science can do. Very proud of our new paper on open-source 2P miniscopes! They can image dendrites in cortex and dentate granule neurons through an intact CA1. nature.com/articles/s41467-0ā¦
The best part of the job is designing creating/implementing new ideas š” with the team during our project development and technical development meetings, as well as establishing a new culture for next generation of scientists.
Congrats Assaf and Takaki! š„³š„³
Thrilled to share my postdoc work from @takaki_komiyama lab, showing how motor learning reshapes thalamic influence on motor cortex to enable learned movements. Hats off to our collaborators and co-authors for their incredible contributions!
nature.com/articles/s41586-0ā¦
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Applications are now open for the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2025ā26 academic year. The SURFiN program aims to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students who have not had access to research opportunities. The paid fellowships will run from Sept 2025 - May 2026. Deadline to apply: May 1. For more info: bit.ly/4l2YAlY
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See the amazing line up of speakers for the Catecholamines GRC! Apply for GRC grc.org/catecholamines-confeā¦ & GRS grc.org/catecholamines-grs-cā¦. In these uncertain times we appreciate any donation to support the participants in the GRC my.grc.org/p/contributions/1ā¦ & GRS my.grc.org/p/contributions/1ā¦
It has been incredibly rewarding to build the lab with my team.
We got 2 new lasers installed and beaming!
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The NIH has been at the forefront for funding critical scientific discoveries, especially for the prevention and treatment of disorders.
Hoping it remains strong through the current turmoil.
#ProtecttheNIH šš¾
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Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans.
By @avaskham @claulopezneuro @callimcflurry
thetransmitter.org/funding/aā¦
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As the worldās leading public research institution, UC depends on @NIH funding for scientific advances that save lives and improve healthcare. UC has submitted a declaration in support of the California Attorney Generalās suit to block NIH cuts. bit.ly/4hs4pY0
President Trump isĀ unlawfully decimatingĀ funding for medical and public health research that helps to develop new cures and treatments for diseases like cancer and Alzheimerās.
Weāre suing.
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ALT I will not allow the Trump Administration to jeopardize the extraordinary work being done right now by scientists, scholars, medical professionals, and other workers
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The winner of the 2025 Pradel Research Award is Anne Churchland of @UCLA! She is being honored for expanding understanding of the neural circuits that support decision making. Learn more about her discoveries: nasonline.org/award/pradel-rā¦ #NASaward #neuroscience
Check out my new preprint:
Predicting Future Development of Stress-induced Anhedonia From Cortical Dynamics and Facial Expression š«
New study out of the @kaymtye
Lab. With my super team @BatraKanha @science_is_hard L. Keyes @rvpamintu @AssafRamot et al
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And a super big shout out to my funding for supporting this research over the years @NIH DSPAN award, @NIH_LRP , and @SimonsFdn