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We had a fantastic talk today with @ZhenggangZhu on "The Dopamine Pedal"! He presented fascinating research on how our brains drive us to overeat. Thank you for the insightful presentation! #Neuroscience#Dopamine#BrainResearch
Congrats to Dr. Ilika Ghosh of MPFI’s Rangaraju Lab for being selected to speak at #CellBio2025 and awarded an ASCB Travel Grant! Attending the meeting? Don’t miss her Dec 8 talk in the Compartmentalized Signaling in Neurons symposium.
In the @_TheTransmitter's 2025 State of Neuroscience Report, Dr. @LinTianPhD shares her perspective on 3 three topics: - Multidisciplinary research - The future of training - Impacts of funding cuts on neuroscience education Explore her insights: bit.ly/4pPi3s9
We were thrilled to welcome Dr. Ashok Litwin-Kumar from @ZuckermanBrain as part of our seminar series today and hear about his latest research on connectome-constrained neural networks.