Ed van Veen
@edvanveenphd.bsky.social
Double A Prof@UCLA. Women’s health researcher: ‘Roids, brains, and DNA. One of Forbes Canada's 47 expats who are exactly 47.
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Ed van Veen
@edvanveenphd.bsky.social
· Aug 31
A bifunctional optical reporter for tracking estrogen response dynamics in neurons
Cara, Guthman, et al. present neuro-seeER, an optical tool for monitoring how neurons
respond dynamically to the hormone estrogen. By tracking these dynamics across the
reproductive cycle in female mi...
www.cell.com
1/3 Our seeER paper is out in Neuron! 🎉
We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed.
Paper:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resources:
jevanveen.github.io/resources/
We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed.
Paper:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resources:
jevanveen.github.io/resources/
Reposted by Ed van Veen
Congrats to Jordan Hamden and co-authors! Nice to see this one out. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The parental intestinal microbiome modulates systemic and local glucocorticoid levels in neonatal mice
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones predominately produced by the adrenal glands and secreted into the blood, but are also produced locally within some target tissues. During early development ...
dx.plos.org
September 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Congrats to Jordan Hamden and co-authors! Nice to see this one out. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Reposted by Ed van Veen
We love to see it! 👀 Neuro-seeER is a fluorescent reporter for tracking neuronal estrogen response dynamics in vivo. Thanks @endoeartha.bsky.social, @acara333.bsky.social, @edvanveenphd.bsky.social et al. for sharing!
Learn more 👇 and find the plasmids here 🧬: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...
Learn more 👇 and find the plasmids here 🧬: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...
September 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We love to see it! 👀 Neuro-seeER is a fluorescent reporter for tracking neuronal estrogen response dynamics in vivo. Thanks @endoeartha.bsky.social, @acara333.bsky.social, @edvanveenphd.bsky.social et al. for sharing!
Learn more 👇 and find the plasmids here 🧬: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...
Learn more 👇 and find the plasmids here 🧬: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...
Me while writing: You know what this proposal needs? More abbreviations.
September 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Me while writing: You know what this proposal needs? More abbreviations.
Amazing work Dr. Cortes! This study has it all: pregnancy loss, the heat of the rhythms of the night, some real knockout data, and MATH!
My postdoc work at @uclacollege.bsky.social in the #CorreaLab is now published at @pnas.org! 🙌 Our broad question was - do estrogens act on the brain to coordinate thermoregulatory adaptations during pregnancy? 1/8
September 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Amazing work Dr. Cortes! This study has it all: pregnancy loss, the heat of the rhythms of the night, some real knockout data, and MATH!
1/5 I* made a command-line DNA toolkit called cedna: Captain Ed’s DNA tools. I named it this because I am a deeply unserious person. 🏴☠️🧬
*codex wrote it, but I was there too
github.com/jevanveen/ce...
*codex wrote it, but I was there too
github.com/jevanveen/ce...
GitHub - jevanveen/cedna: Captain Ed's command-line tools for designing, editing, and analyzing DNA sequences
Captain Ed's command-line tools for designing, editing, and analyzing DNA sequences - jevanveen/cedna
github.com
September 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
1/5 I* made a command-line DNA toolkit called cedna: Captain Ed’s DNA tools. I named it this because I am a deeply unserious person. 🏴☠️🧬
*codex wrote it, but I was there too
github.com/jevanveen/ce...
*codex wrote it, but I was there too
github.com/jevanveen/ce...
1/3 Our seeER paper is out in Neuron! 🎉
We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed.
Paper:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resources:
jevanveen.github.io/resources/
We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed.
Paper:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resources:
jevanveen.github.io/resources/
A bifunctional optical reporter for tracking estrogen response dynamics in neurons
Cara, Guthman, et al. present neuro-seeER, an optical tool for monitoring how neurons
respond dynamically to the hormone estrogen. By tracking these dynamics across the
reproductive cycle in female mi...
www.cell.com
August 31, 2026 at 5:47 PM
1/3 Our seeER paper is out in Neuron! 🎉
We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed.
Paper:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resources:
jevanveen.github.io/resources/
We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed.
Paper:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resources:
jevanveen.github.io/resources/
Reposted by Ed van Veen
Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬
paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/
#neuroskyence 🧪
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paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/
#neuroskyence 🧪
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August 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬
paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/
#neuroskyence 🧪
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paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/
#neuroskyence 🧪
1/10
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In vivo estrogen imaging is here! Construct is up on addgene, and lots of other imaging constructs are currently in validation. Get in touch if you want advice about how to set up. We are happy to help! Thanks so much to @alleninstitute.org and @onemindorg.bsky.social for their support 😍
Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬
paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/
#neuroskyence 🧪
1/10
paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/
#neuroskyence 🧪
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August 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
In vivo estrogen imaging is here! Construct is up on addgene, and lots of other imaging constructs are currently in validation. Get in touch if you want advice about how to set up. We are happy to help! Thanks so much to @alleninstitute.org and @onemindorg.bsky.social for their support 😍
If anyone doing Alzehiemer's research is looking for a talented post-doc, please contact me at [email protected] . Due to a recent unexpected death, a successful post-doc in my home department is on the job market
January 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM
If anyone doing Alzehiemer's research is looking for a talented post-doc, please contact me at [email protected] . Due to a recent unexpected death, a successful post-doc in my home department is on the job market
Me too. I like to understand one thing rather than describing everything
Toy models, just in time for Christmas!
Excited to share my first article for @thetransmitter.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
Excited to share my first article for @thetransmitter.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs, writes @marcusghosh.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Me too. I like to understand one thing rather than describing everything
Reposted by Ed van Veen
Want to track the dynamics of estrogen in the brain across long periods of time? New paper as part of very fun collab with team UCLA Ed Van Veen and Steph Correa! We use a specialized optical reporter and show that this is possible and actually very easy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Want to track the dynamics of estrogen in the brain across long periods of time? New paper as part of very fun collab with team UCLA Ed Van Veen and Steph Correa! We use a specialized optical reporter and show that this is possible and actually very easy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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@correalab.bsky.social at it again!!
A bifunctional optical reporter for tracking estrogen response dynamics in neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.14.694224v1
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
@correalab.bsky.social at it again!!