When you looked at sEPSC so much this week that you need to take a closer look at the news headline 🤦♂️
Timmy Lê, Ph.D.
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•Postdoc in the Logan Lab @umasschan •Neuroscientist with cerebral palsy born to Vietnamese refugees •Interested in stress and addiction •UMass Chan trained neuroscientist/electrophysiologist 🧪🧠
Read about the high school and undergraduate students who spent part of their summer at UMass Chan Medical School in highly sought-after programs: https://direc.to/pb7d #HealthCareers #HealthcareCareers #FutureDoctors #SummerResearch #StudentResearch #UndergraduateResearch @umassdiabetes.bsky.social
UMass Chan summer outreach programs inspire next generation of physician-scientists
Classrooms and labs kept busy this summer at UMass Chan, hosting high school and college students participating in outreach programs.
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📣 It's Roll Call time! Kick off #BINW26 by introducing yourself! Share a selfie or short video telling us who you are, what you do, and the future you're helping reimagine. 🧠 Tag us and use #BINRollCall so we can celebrate our amazing community! Tag 3 BIN members you'd like to see join Roll Call ✨
UMass Chan Medical School research indicates that brain activity could predict which individuals with alcohol use disorder are more susceptible to problematic drinking and relapse than others: direc.to/oCQq #AlcoholResearch @dgordonwinder.bsky.social @mariedoyle.bsky.social
UMass Chan study finds brain activity could predict problematic drinking, relapse vulnerability in alcohol use disorder
The study could start to answer why individuals displaying certain problematic drinking patterns may be more susceptible to relapse than others.
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Danielle Adank, PhD@femmeinstem.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew paper alert 📝🥳🧠: Your motor cortex isn't just moving your body… it's quietly telling your brain how to feel about it. We found a circuit in which physical struggle under stress translates into a brake on negative affect. 🧵 @dgordonwinder.bsky.social @mariedoyle.bsky.social
“From this point forward, we are no longer simply students of knowledge—we are now responsible for creating it." - PhD candidate Humberto Ochoa, speaking on behalf of the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Class of 2026 #UMassChan2026 #UMass @uofmass.bsky.social
Last night I had a dream I was patch clamping…and it turned out to be the best night of sleep I had in awhile
It’s mind blowing to think, growing up I know ZERO Ph.D.’s (I did not known what those letters were 😅). Now, they’re just my friends 🤯
🚨 New episode alert 🚨 The Addiction Psychologist just dropped a new episode on GLP-1s. In it, Dr. Joseph Schacht discusses what these compounds are, how they work, their potential to treat substance use disorders, and the current state of the science. Really insightful and balanced conversation.
Dr. Joseph Schacht - Can We Leverage GLP-1s for Substance Use Disorder? by The Addiction Psychologist
GLP-1s have rapidly increased in popularity, Due to their seemingly remarkable ability to facilitate weight loss. These findings have led to increased interest in understanding whether GLP-1s might be...
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👉NEW in ACER 🧬 How biological sex and age impact synaptic gating in binge alcohol drinking 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/acer.70243
If you haven't gotten your #RNA lover that special gift for Valentine's yet, we have just the thing! Registration to our 8th annual symposium, RNA Therapeutics: From Concept to Clinic, June 24-26, 2026 @UMassChan.bsky.social! 'U' deserve it! #RNATx2025 🔬📷: @cansucolpan5 #RNAValentine buff.ly/vi22rN6
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Danielle Adank, PhD@femmeinstem.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe world is grim but I have some exciting news! 1. I am speaking at the #AlcoholGRC next month. So if you are going, keep your eyes pealed. 👀 2. I am defending my dissertation on March 4th (2pm EST)! Feel free to message me if you want a Zoom link as we get closer. Love ya’ll. Keep fighting. ✌🏼
My first undergrad presentation was on the metabolism of ethanol. Little did I know at the time, alcohol use disorder would become the topic of my PhD work
If you didn’t get a chance to purchase the exclusive 5-year #BlackInNeuro pin last night, I have more with me today! ✨ We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25
🎃 Don't drink and fly...driving is a bad idea, too! 👻 The best way to celebrate Halloween is to brush up on your #NIAAA #RethinkingDrinking resources 🎃 Link: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
The big question is if our Chair will give this seminar in a costume? 🤔
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, in Cell explains how cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to remodel synapses: direc.to/nJHH Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage. @travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social
UMass Chan scientists show how the non-neuronal brain cells communicate to coordinate rewiring of brain
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, explains how two different cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input.
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How do opioids disrupt the brain’s internal clock, and how does this differ between sexes? Our new study uses RNAseq to examine the suprachiasmatic nucleus across different opioid exposure states in genetically diverse rats. ✨https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772392525000458
so, to understand this story there are a few things you need to know - my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal - he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not) - he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog - he is not a dog - I do not get seizures
My 8 yo cousin just asked me what part of the brain is responsible for his love of potato chips
What really blows my mind right now is that human civilization has been consuming alcohol since 7000 BC, but alcohol research in CNS has only been relatively recent. Early evidence in the literature…1948 AD (to be clear). That’s definitely a huge gap. Earliest study examining sex differences? 1989
Gilles E. Martin, PhD, identifies a group of 500 neurons associated with the suppression of binge drinking: direc.to/npLM
Gilles Martin identifies neurons associated with the suppression of binge drinking
UMass Chan researchers identify neural ensemble that suppresses binge drinking
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