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Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, January 2027, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
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Working with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, this January! Join us to explore emerging research in Breckenridge! keysym.us/KSNeuralPlast27 #KSNeuralPlast27
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A message from our Theme leader @annechurchland.bsky.social representing @dgsomucla.bsky.social at a rally for medical research in Washington D.C. #rallyformedicalresearch #neuroscience #cancerresearch #advocacy
September 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A message from our Theme leader @annechurchland.bsky.social representing @dgsomucla.bsky.social at a rally for medical research in Washington D.C. #rallyformedicalresearch #neuroscience #cancerresearch #advocacy
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Huge thanks to my co-authors and the amazing team at UCLA! (porteralab.dgsom.ucla.edu)
Thanks for reading, and remember: Dale a tu cuerpo alegría _____! 🙌
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.64898/202... 📄
Thanks for reading, and remember: Dale a tu cuerpo alegría _____! 🙌
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.64898/202... 📄
Portera-Cailliau Research Lab
The Portera-Cailliau Lab studies neurodevelopmental disorders, using circuit neuroscience to identify therapies for autism and intellectual disability.
porteralab.dgsom.ucla.edu
September 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Huge thanks to my co-authors and the amazing team at UCLA! (porteralab.dgsom.ucla.edu)
Thanks for reading, and remember: Dale a tu cuerpo alegría _____! 🙌
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.64898/202... 📄
Thanks for reading, and remember: Dale a tu cuerpo alegría _____! 🙌
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.64898/202... 📄
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Calling all neuroscientists 🧠 $1500 scholarship app + short talk deadlines are approaching!
Sept 22: Sensory Systems + Appetite Control
Sept 24: Neurodevelopmental Disorders + Neural Plasticity & Recovery
4 Neuro meetings, 1 week in January, 30 min apart in the CO Rockies.
Sept 22: Sensory Systems + Appetite Control
Sept 24: Neurodevelopmental Disorders + Neural Plasticity & Recovery
4 Neuro meetings, 1 week in January, 30 min apart in the CO Rockies.
September 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Calling all neuroscientists 🧠 $1500 scholarship app + short talk deadlines are approaching!
Sept 22: Sensory Systems + Appetite Control
Sept 24: Neurodevelopmental Disorders + Neural Plasticity & Recovery
4 Neuro meetings, 1 week in January, 30 min apart in the CO Rockies.
Sept 22: Sensory Systems + Appetite Control
Sept 24: Neurodevelopmental Disorders + Neural Plasticity & Recovery
4 Neuro meetings, 1 week in January, 30 min apart in the CO Rockies.
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Sensory Systems 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Q6m0
Appetite Control 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Q880
Neurodevelopmental Disorders 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qp40
Neural Plasticity & Recovery 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qxb0
Appetite Control 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Q880
Neurodevelopmental Disorders 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qp40
Neural Plasticity & Recovery 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qxb0
September 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Sensory Systems 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Q6m0
Appetite Control 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Q880
Neurodevelopmental Disorders 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qp40
Neural Plasticity & Recovery 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qxb0
Appetite Control 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Q880
Neurodevelopmental Disorders 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qp40
Neural Plasticity & Recovery 🔗 hubs.la/Q04x3Qxb0
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Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2
September 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2
Deadlines are approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, this January in Breckenridge! See scholarship, abstract and discount reg dates: keysym.us/KSNeuralPlast27 #KSNeuralPlast27
Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, January 2027, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
September 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Deadlines are approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, this January in Breckenridge! See scholarship, abstract and discount reg dates: keysym.us/KSNeuralPlast27 #KSNeuralPlast27
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Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296
Open-rank tenure-track faculty position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
September 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296
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How does early scientific discovery become real hope for patients? The 1st UCLA Neurology newsletter is here, illuminating @dgsomucla.bsky.social discoveries that can change lives. ✨ Read about researchers developing therapies for #Alzheimers, studying #Parkinsons disease, & more! t.co/ABSlAls3Uv
September 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
How does early scientific discovery become real hope for patients? The 1st UCLA Neurology newsletter is here, illuminating @dgsomucla.bsky.social discoveries that can change lives. ✨ Read about researchers developing therapies for #Alzheimers, studying #Parkinsons disease, & more! t.co/ABSlAls3Uv
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🚨If you are a CA resident, please be aware of Prop 38, which is on the ballot this Nov. This initiative will provide $8.4 billion to advance breakthrough immunology research and treatments w/ half the funds dedicated to Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease 1/
August 31, 2026 at 7:52 PM
🚨If you are a CA resident, please be aware of Prop 38, which is on the ballot this Nov. This initiative will provide $8.4 billion to advance breakthrough immunology research and treatments w/ half the funds dedicated to Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease 1/
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Getting NIH funding has always been crazy & now nearly impossible. My reaction was fuck that, I'm not doing this anymore.
I learned UCLA has maintained our same amount of $$ NIH funding this past year, bc researchers have submitted TWICE as many grant proposals. Such resilience that I don't have.
I learned UCLA has maintained our same amount of $$ NIH funding this past year, bc researchers have submitted TWICE as many grant proposals. Such resilience that I don't have.
August 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Getting NIH funding has always been crazy & now nearly impossible. My reaction was fuck that, I'm not doing this anymore.
I learned UCLA has maintained our same amount of $$ NIH funding this past year, bc researchers have submitted TWICE as many grant proposals. Such resilience that I don't have.
I learned UCLA has maintained our same amount of $$ NIH funding this past year, bc researchers have submitted TWICE as many grant proposals. Such resilience that I don't have.
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Why can't we remember things from infancy? New from @ladenardo.bsky.social @dgsomucla.bsky.social lab: brain region called retrosplenial cortex physically matures on same timeline memories shift from fleeting to permanent. Great insight on how architecture of #memory itself develops: t.co/m4Rsx1vsVV
August 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Why can't we remember things from infancy? New from @ladenardo.bsky.social @dgsomucla.bsky.social lab: brain region called retrosplenial cortex physically matures on same timeline memories shift from fleeting to permanent. Great insight on how architecture of #memory itself develops: t.co/m4Rsx1vsVV
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Interested in rehab, motor control, neurophysiology, and neuroengineering? Our group is recruiting a new PhD student for fall 2027. Funding is available via a research or teaching assistantship. See attached for info, and please share!
August 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Interested in rehab, motor control, neurophysiology, and neuroengineering? Our group is recruiting a new PhD student for fall 2027. Funding is available via a research or teaching assistantship. See attached for info, and please share!
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The developing brain isn't just a biological puzzle; it's a metabolic one. New paper from Aparna Bhaduri's lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social creates 1st metabolic atlas of early human cortex, revealing glucose metabolism plays direct role in shaping which cell types the brain produces: t.co/VcIW6QaWet
August 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The developing brain isn't just a biological puzzle; it's a metabolic one. New paper from Aparna Bhaduri's lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social creates 1st metabolic atlas of early human cortex, revealing glucose metabolism plays direct role in shaping which cell types the brain produces: t.co/VcIW6QaWet
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Join researchers exploring neurodevelopmental disorders—from single-cell genomics & gene–environment interactions to emerging therapies | @keystonesymposia.bsky.social
📅 Jan. 19–22 | Breckenridge
🎓 Scholarships + Short Talk Abstracts due Sept 24
keysym.us/KSNDDs27 #KSNDDs27
📅 Jan. 19–22 | Breckenridge
🎓 Scholarships + Short Talk Abstracts due Sept 24
keysym.us/KSNDDs27 #KSNDDs27
Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Mechanisms and Therapeutics | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Mechanisms and Therapeutics, January 2027, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
August 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Join researchers exploring neurodevelopmental disorders—from single-cell genomics & gene–environment interactions to emerging therapies | @keystonesymposia.bsky.social
📅 Jan. 19–22 | Breckenridge
🎓 Scholarships + Short Talk Abstracts due Sept 24
keysym.us/KSNDDs27 #KSNDDs27
📅 Jan. 19–22 | Breckenridge
🎓 Scholarships + Short Talk Abstracts due Sept 24
keysym.us/KSNDDs27 #KSNDDs27
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Twelve years ago today #RobinWilliams died. No one knew at the time he had #Lewybodydementia.
His wife Susan Schneider Williams wrote a powerful piece about Robin and the disease that had caused him so much pain.
His wife Susan Schneider Williams wrote a powerful piece about Robin and the disease that had caused him so much pain.
August 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Twelve years ago today #RobinWilliams died. No one knew at the time he had #Lewybodydementia.
His wife Susan Schneider Williams wrote a powerful piece about Robin and the disease that had caused him so much pain.
His wife Susan Schneider Williams wrote a powerful piece about Robin and the disease that had caused him so much pain.
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A new award from the @simonsfoundation.org recognizes research from @dgsomucla.bsky.social's João Couto. His ultra-high-throughput approach for measuring neural activity has the potential to tackle unanswered questions in #autism research. Learn more: www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/07/31/a... #UCLA
August 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
A new award from the @simonsfoundation.org recognizes research from @dgsomucla.bsky.social's João Couto. His ultra-high-throughput approach for measuring neural activity has the potential to tackle unanswered questions in #autism research. Learn more: www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/07/31/a... #UCLA
Working with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, this January! Join us to explore emerging research in Breckenridge! keysym.us/KSNeuralPlast27 #KSNeuralPlast27
Register now!
Register now!
Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, January 2027, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
August 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Working with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Neural Plasticity and Recovery after Traumatic CNS Injury & Stroke, this January! Join us to explore emerging research in Breckenridge! keysym.us/KSNeuralPlast27 #KSNeuralPlast27
Register now!
Register now!
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#TeamTuesday 🌱
CRN Team Khurana, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how pesticide exposures may shape #Parkinsons biology and clinical subtypes.
Their work combines cohort data, stem-cell models, alpha-synuclein biomarkers, and AI tools.
🔗 bit.ly/4wVuHt4
CRN Team Khurana, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how pesticide exposures may shape #Parkinsons biology and clinical subtypes.
Their work combines cohort data, stem-cell models, alpha-synuclein biomarkers, and AI tools.
🔗 bit.ly/4wVuHt4
July 28, 2026 at 4:14 PM
#TeamTuesday 🌱
CRN Team Khurana, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how pesticide exposures may shape #Parkinsons biology and clinical subtypes.
Their work combines cohort data, stem-cell models, alpha-synuclein biomarkers, and AI tools.
🔗 bit.ly/4wVuHt4
CRN Team Khurana, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how pesticide exposures may shape #Parkinsons biology and clinical subtypes.
Their work combines cohort data, stem-cell models, alpha-synuclein biomarkers, and AI tools.
🔗 bit.ly/4wVuHt4
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Meet the newest generation of UCLA neuroscientists. Last year's incoming PhD trainees are now joining labs & beginning research that will define the next chapter of brain science. They arrived full of curiosity & ambition during trying times & we are proud to have them at @dgsomucla.bsky.social!
July 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Meet the newest generation of UCLA neuroscientists. Last year's incoming PhD trainees are now joining labs & beginning research that will define the next chapter of brain science. They arrived full of curiosity & ambition during trying times & we are proud to have them at @dgsomucla.bsky.social!
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Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability & most survivors never fully recover. Tom Carmichael, chair of Neurology at @dgsomucla.bsky.social, has identified a drug that mimics physical rehabilitation by restoring brain rhythms disrupted by #stroke. A pill for stroke recovery. t.co/a646Zo6j5c
July 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability & most survivors never fully recover. Tom Carmichael, chair of Neurology at @dgsomucla.bsky.social, has identified a drug that mimics physical rehabilitation by restoring brain rhythms disrupted by #stroke. A pill for stroke recovery. t.co/a646Zo6j5c
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Parkinson’s disease can cause attention, memory, language and problem-solving difficulties, sometimes appearing at diagnosis and progressing slowly.
Learn about managing these PD symptoms: Parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/non-movement-symptoms/cognitive
Learn about managing these PD symptoms: Parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/non-movement-symptoms/cognitive
Cognitive Changes
Brain changes that lead to motor symptoms can also result in slowness in memory and thinking.
parkinson.org
July 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Parkinson’s disease can cause attention, memory, language and problem-solving difficulties, sometimes appearing at diagnosis and progressing slowly.
Learn about managing these PD symptoms: Parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/non-movement-symptoms/cognitive
Learn about managing these PD symptoms: Parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/non-movement-symptoms/cognitive
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Aficionado's corner: An aptamer is a short single-stranded piece of DNA or RNA that is designed to bind very specifically to a target molecule, much like an antibody does but with some advantages. The name comes from the Latin "aptus" meaning "to fit." The aptamer they use here is called 1R6.
July 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Aficionado's corner: An aptamer is a short single-stranded piece of DNA or RNA that is designed to bind very specifically to a target molecule, much like an antibody does but with some advantages. The name comes from the Latin "aptus" meaning "to fit." The aptamer they use here is called 1R6.
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Glioblastoma tumor cells behave like cells from a developing brain, proliferating w/o normal controls. Aparna Bhaduri's lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social is using what we know about cortical development to understand why & find new therapeutic targets. Neuroscience meets cancer biology. t.co/VLyfqOEpPv
July 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Glioblastoma tumor cells behave like cells from a developing brain, proliferating w/o normal controls. Aparna Bhaduri's lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social is using what we know about cortical development to understand why & find new therapeutic targets. Neuroscience meets cancer biology. t.co/VLyfqOEpPv
The Keystone meeting on neural plasticity after CNS injury is ~6 months away. Time to start planning and getting excited. We’ve got promos!
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July 10, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The Keystone meeting on neural plasticity after CNS injury is ~6 months away. Time to start planning and getting excited. We’ve got promos!
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#TeamTuesday 🌱
CRN Team Bronstein, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how environmental toxins and genetic factors may shape #Parkinsons progression.
Their work uses stem cells and animal models to examine vulnerability to faster progression.
🔗 bit.ly/4waZHVM
CRN Team Bronstein, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how environmental toxins and genetic factors may shape #Parkinsons progression.
Their work uses stem cells and animal models to examine vulnerability to faster progression.
🔗 bit.ly/4waZHVM
July 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
#TeamTuesday 🌱
CRN Team Bronstein, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how environmental toxins and genetic factors may shape #Parkinsons progression.
Their work uses stem cells and animal models to examine vulnerability to faster progression.
🔗 bit.ly/4waZHVM
CRN Team Bronstein, one of our new PD Heterogeneity teams, is studying how environmental toxins and genetic factors may shape #Parkinsons progression.
Their work uses stem cells and animal models to examine vulnerability to faster progression.
🔗 bit.ly/4waZHVM