PhD of Biology, NIH, Hattar lab. Former University of Virginia, Guler lab. Circadian, feeding, metabolism, dopamine, and now ipRGC! Opinions are my own

Joined December 2017
A new paper from my lab. I will have a full description soon. rdcu.be/eX1Ld
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Check out our new article. Neuron signals often mix slow+fast components over long recordings. We introduce a standardized framework to record and analyze them. A collaborative piece with @jojoNcook and @jonesjeffr. Also big support from @MariaEYurgel and boss @SamerHattar 😉
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We’re entering a new era in brain modulation where we may able to treat brain disease and improve mental health with no wires and no genetic engineering. This study shows that it’s possible to noninvasively rewire neural activity using near-infrared light and systemically delivered nanoparticles. No viruses. No opsins. Just light. This marks an exciting turning point in #Neuroscience. Photons are joining electricity and magnetism as core biophysical modalities the brain may use to shape awareness, plasticity, and function. 🔗to full paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Check it out! Input from PVT to SCN. The first glutamatergic input I know besides retina. Has to be special! Kudos to @MariaEYurgel and the team. Honored to contribute a little.
A new study in mice uncovers a stress-sensing circuit that interacts with light to influence circadian outputs. The work offers a roadmap for exploring the circuits linking light, circadian/sleep, and stress-related psychiatric disorders. scim.ag/4kV9GcA
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Honored to be a judge. So many amazing work and good presentation!
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Also check out my second time wearing a suit. 🤣
Replying to @SamerHattar
@SamerHattar this is the pro (@Mouse_QT) you are getting: Mind Over Mealtime: Research Reveals How the Brain Sets Your Body’s Dinner Clock shar.es/agn1Aw
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Thank the DREADDS 😊
This direct DMHLepR-SCN connection is well situated to integrate the metabolic and circadian systems, facilitating mealtime anticipation. science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Introducing the Allen Brain Cell (ABC) Atlas [ʙᴇᴛᴀ] representing ~5,200 newly transcriptomic-defined cell types and their spatial locations across the whole mouse brain. 🧵 Access ABC Atlas data visualization & pre-publication #openscience datasets: knowledge.brain-map.org/data…
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Can't wait to share our new story, so decided to put up the preprint first. A big collaborative story with @BrandonPodyma @LizzieGodschall, at @GulerLab @AUGCsoup @deppmann labs. 🤪
A leptin-responsive hypothalamic circuit inputs to the circadian feeding network biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Qijun Tang retweeted
Arcuate #dopamine signal in response to food! Dopamine receptor 1 (Drd1) signaling in AgRP neurons promote food intake. Work led by talented @qizhang1219; you can find details here: tinyurl.com/434m6w5p @CellReports funded by @NIGMS
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I am Jeff's fan!
We are hiring a postdoc to study circadian output circuits! Experience with neuroscience preferred, but not required. Opportunity to learn cellular, circuit, and behavioral methods and develop your own projects. If interested DM me or contact me here: jones-lab.org/contact
My cells look not happy today.☹️
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My poster is up! Wondering where and how food time entrain the brain? Please stop by my poster 102. #SRBR2022 A centery since the discovery of food anticipatory activity. 🤪
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Great talk about history and basics of chronobiology from professor Takahashi @CircadianClocks . Looking forward to the following events #SRBR2022
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Replying to @BeyeneAbraham
Here is a first of its kind visualization of evoked release from a dendritic process of a dopamine neuron:
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Qijun Tang retweeted
Diet and exercise is not only good for your waistline but also your #dopamine system. Exceptional effort from Everett Altherr @uvaneuro and Aundrea Rainwater (now @UVASON ) with contribution from @Mouse_QT and Darian Kaviani. Freely available at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1dSSM…
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Communicating with IACUC this week has been my best language practice ever. 🙃
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