New preprint from the lab! We conducted a systematic analysis of bistable optoGPCRs for presynaptic inhibition, which led to the characterization of PdCO: a bistable inhibitory OptoGPCR for multiplexed optogenetic control of neural circuits biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Great team effort with Ofer Yizhar 💔 lab, led by @JWietek: We show that PdCO is a potent, bistable Go-coupled GPCR suitable for precisely timed synaptic inhibition that can be combined with red-light mediated neuronal activation or far-red calcium imaging biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Faculty job alert! CSHL is hiring a faculty position in computational neuroscience, broadly defined. Deadline to apply is Sept 1, 2023 (the earlier the better). cshl.edu/about-us/caree… Yes, I snapped this view today, a 1 min walk from your new office!

If you're interested in the constructs described in our recent preprint on PdCO, they are now available here as AAV plasmids: addgene.org/Ofer_Yizhar/ and at the ETH Vector Core (vvf.ethz.ch) as Cre-dependent AAV aliquots. Link to the paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I am elated to share that I will be joining the Paris Brain Institute Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute to establish my research team Neuronal Circuits & Brain Dynamics team, as a tenured researcher at Inserm. We are already hiring at all levels. For more info, check the openings on our website: neuronaldynamics.eu

📢Job alert📢 🧠Calling for postdoctoral researchers to join our team Neuronal Circuits & Brain Dynamics team Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute to explore the principles of neuronal circuit organization and brain dynamics.🔬 🌐Read more: tiny.cc/postdoc_paris 🌐 neuronaldynamics.eu 🗣️Please share and RT!

Excited to announce our new upcoming Cajal training course in Bordeaux! Together with the amazing liefefenno, Anna Beyeler 🇺🇦 and a group of wonderful speakers and instructors. cajal-training.org/on-site/optoge… April 2-20, 2024. Applications open soon!

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Please RT - we have open postdoc/PhD positions! We are interested in circuit mechanisms of psychiatric symptoms in neurodegeneration. Projects include mouse behaviour, calcium imaging and spatial transcriptomics. You will be part of a CZI Science NDCN team @DZNE_en Bonn. More👇

Are you interested in how the brain plans and executes complex actions? If so, we have a postdoc position that might be for you. High-density probe recordings, patch ephys, voltage imaging and various manipulation techniques. Click below & apply 👇🏻 tinyurl.com/PostdocMotorCo…

🌟Exciting PhD & postdoc opportunities!🧠 Please retweet! Join our collaborative & friendly team and contribute to cutting-edge research on stress-related psychopathologies, bridging basic to clinical research with diverse exp' & comp' tools. weizmann.ac.il/brain-sciences…

Do you have a neuroscience research question but you are stuck without the tools to tackle it? Then this school is for you! Apply by the 10th of March!

New from the lab! A long journey that included development of a new optogenetic approach for non-invasive silencing in freely behaving untethered pups, and some cool discoveries about the role of oxytocin in early life. By Daniel Zelmanoff + wonderful team: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Many congratulations to Julian Hinz, who defended his PhD thesis earlier this month! During his PhD, Julian studied how a brain region called the basolateral amygdala, which is associated with cognitive and emotional behaviors, transforms and interprets sensory signals 🧠

📸Group photo with all the participants of the #Cajal course on #Optogenetics, chemogenetics and biosensors for #neural circuit research. The CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme Ofer Yizhar 💔 Fenno.Lab Anna Beyeler 🇺🇦

We need your help for TENSS to carry on and inspire the next generations of neuroscientists. Logistics costs have increased and funding sources are becoming scarcer. We are counting on support from the community. Please donate and spread the word! gofund.me/a8e6ad34

I am happy to share my first pre-print: ‘Neural mechanisms of adaptive value coding in the amygdala’ from my PhD Lüthi Lab @ FMI: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… ! In this paper we explore the BLA’s role in assigning value to specific rewards and explore how they are updated. Thread below 👇

No time to read? Check out this notebookLM generated podcast giving a 10min lay summary: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/d5529… Or here if you don't have a Google account: dropbox.com/scl/fi/5q4izb9…

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We did it. We killed neuro twitter and it's resuscitation it's happening somewhere else. Come join us! thetransmitter.org/community/huge…