Associate Professor, @PNBUConn. Cells, synapses and circuits in the hypothalamus. Canadian transplant, Dad x2, tweets are my own, he/him.
McGill/Harvard/UCSF/UConn
Joined March 2019
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New work stemming from an amazing collaboration with @addisonwebster0 and @AUGCsoup using a combination of rabies mapping and single cell sequencing to identify a GLP1R-expressing local input to AgRP cells that curbs appetite rdcu.be/d2gB5
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Many Black scientists fall through the cracks during their postdoc; I almost did myself. Last month, 70+ @natblackpostdoc members met for the 1st time to strengthen our community.🙏🏾RT to help us reach new members/sponsors so we can continue to grow no matter the political climate
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New preprint from @kuldeepshrivas3 looking at how BNST and lateral hypothalamic glutamatergic neurons coordinate reward seeking based on energy state.
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I am excited to share our new paper published today @CellCellPress (link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jw%7…). This is one of my favorite studies and took ~7 years to complete. In early 2018, we started the project, aiming at understanding the neural plasticity of the Winner effect. 1/6
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Excited to be attending #SfN24 this year in Chicago. Bean Lab has not 1 but... 4 posters this year!!
Come drop by, say hi and see what we've been up to. All posters are on Sunday, 10/6 from 8 am to 12 pm.
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Check out this amazing community! 🤩 A heartfelt thanks to all of you for making this such a special meeting! See you in 2026!! #HypoGRC
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Very much enjoyed the #HypoGRC conference. Here our temperature session with Thomas Kilduff (chair), @FrontalCortes, @NatMachado_PhD, @AdamNels1 and @hrvatin_sinisa demonstrating huddling (to keep warm)
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Thursday Evening session
Chair: #ThomasKilduff
1st talk: A Heat Acclimation-Induced Hypothalamic Plasticity Mechanism that Drives Heat Tolerance and Resilience to Hot Environments - @JanSiemens2
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Alexander Jackson retweeted
Inspired, tired, and full of lobster after the last day of #HypoGRC. Has been an amazing experience to spend almost a whole week at "Camp Hypothalamus" with fellow brain-homeostasis nerds. Now back to LA to integrate what I've learned!!
Alexander Jackson retweeted
I am grateful for the opportunity to share my research with the hypothalamus community at #HypoGRC, it was a terrific meeting full of great science and friends!!! Thanks to the organizers @__Matt_Carter__ @JacksonLabUConn @Profa_Correa
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It’s a wrap for the #HypoGRC and GRS! It was an honor to chair the GRS alongside the amazing @yung_neuro! Thanks to the #HypoGRC chairs @__Matt_Carter__ @JacksonLabUConn @Neurrriot @Profa_Correa for the support and to the talented trainees that attended and shared their work✨
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What an amazing, fun-filled day with so many cutting-edge hypo talks #HypoGRC. Grateful and excited for the opportunity to share our multi-ancestry work from @rsaxenalab #BINW24 @hmsbpa @natblackpostdoc @blackinsleep
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The amazing @Cynthia_Tchio showing us that ancestry is as important as sex and age to describe variability in sleep traits at #hypoGRC before blowing us away with all the new genetic associations shes been finding across homeostatic function #BINW24 @HypothalamusGrc
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Excited for the 2024 Hypothalamus GRC meeting! Amazing scientific stories this week. #HypoGRC @JacksonLabUConn @Profa_Correa @Neurrriot
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So happy to share our new work that is now out @sciencemagazine: We show how neurons in the mouse zona incerta (ZI) modulate infant social behaviors and learning. This work was led by the AMAZING graduate student Yuexuan Li @yuexuan_li. 🎉science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126… #ScienceResearch
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Sad to be missing #HypoGRC this week. 2 years ago I presented this now-published AgRP neuron ATAC-seq data 👇🏿, made career-changing connections, and heard fascinating talks. Wishing the @HypothalamusGrc organizers & attendees well and excited for my group to attend the next one!
My postdoc work is FINALLY out in @NatureComm!🙌🏾 AgRP neurons control appetite, but their transcriptional regulation is a mystery. Here, we generated AgRP neuron RNA-seq & ATAC-seq profiles and show that IRF3 mediates leptin’s hunger-suppressing effects
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I’ll be talking about my research in the @AmarSahay_ lab at the upcoming hypo GRS (this Saturday)! #HypoGRC
Looking forward to seeing everyone! Many thanks to the organizers! @JacksonLabUConn @__Matt_Carter__ @Profa_Correa @Neurrriot @julieta__lis @yung_neuro
🚨🚨🚨Attend the 2024 Hypothalamus GRC (Jul 28th-Aug 2nd)!! Spots are still open for posters and short talks, deadline to submit extended to Mar 15th. Don't miss the opportunity, apply now!! Please RT and spread the word!! #HypoGRC
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A thread acknowledging the many contributions of the @UCSF @UCDavisHealth team for our study, out online at go.nature.com/3S0vrLC
1/7—We identify a new hormone, CCN3, produced in the hypothalamus to build bones and offset bone loss during lactation - a 5-year journey. One cover idea 👇.
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🔥 Abraira Lab @RutgersU seeks postdoc to study somatosensory system with molecular genetics. 🧬🧠 Apply now! 🌟 abrairalab.org/join-our-team… 🔬🧪
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