
Alex Chen
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PhD student Harvard @EngertLab, @HHMIJanelia Ahrens lab; searching for the molecular, cellular, and circuit underpinnings of behavior | 🏊🏼♂️🚴🏼🏃🏻 | he/him
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🧠 Curious about neuromodulator interactions or how sleep works its magic? Apply to our lab WashU Medicine Neuroscience as a postdoc to bridge cellular & systems neuroscience by decoding biochemical signaling dynamics in the brain! Please RT. #Neuroscience #PostdocOpportunity #BrainResearch

Astrocytes have long been conceived as passive support player cells in the brain. But today Science Magazine (via 3 reports) they got a big upgrade for their active role in neuromodulation and control of brain function science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…











Corey Allard et al asks how “solar-powered” slugs maintain stolen chloroplasts from their diet for photosynthesis and starvation resistance. Cell Press, MCB_Harvard, Harvard Medical School cell.com/cell/fulltext/…


Check out this great article from The Transmitter on our recent paper and related work! thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/ast…