Sana Gadiwalla
@neurosana.bsky.social
🧠 PhD student at Cambridge University & Háskóli Islands. Focusing on the intersection between plasticity and genetics in the olfactory bulb
The paper is out in journal format at EJN! We thank the reviewers for their insightful comments, and how they shaped the final form of this story. Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... As usual, it's open access! We're getting the data ready for sharing very soon 👀🧠🧪
Functional Maturation and Experience‐Dependent Plasticity in Adult‐Born Olfactory Bulb Dopaminergic Neurons
Adult-born dopaminergic neurons in the mouse olfactory bulb are almost functionally mature at 5 weeks of cellular age. More immature adult-born dopaminergic cells do not have elevated functional ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
We have *another* preprint! This work was led by the amazing Candida Tufo, ex-PhD student in the lab. We show that adult-born dopaminergic cells in the olfactory bulb rapidly functionally resemble their pre-existing counterparts! Have a look at the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very happy that this work is finally out in @pnas.org! We show that synaptic and intrinsic forms of homeostatic plasticity sense distinct aspects of network activity, and can thus be independently recruited by distinct network functions. A thread: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Modular arrangement of synaptic and intrinsic homeostatic plasticity within visual cortical circuits | PNAS
Neocortical circuits use synaptic and intrinsic forms of homeostatic plasticity to stabilize key features of network activity, but whether these di...
pnas.org
📣 My first first author paper is out! Here is our contribution to the mitral vs. tufted cell debate in the olfactory bulb. tinyurl.com/5n6p5y2u This was a truly collaborative paper between my Reykjavík & Cambridge labs that was made all the better with @chloeg-neuro.bsky.social @lihuang.bsky.social
Some good news at the end of a very long January!
During a time when we could all use good news, our American in Iceland @neurosana.bsky.social delivered in style! She's been awarded a 1-year doctoral studentship from the Icelandic Government (one of only two for life sciences!) to fund her final PhD year. Congrats Sana, you’re on a roll! 🎉
here are only 38 patch-clampers on this plattform!?! Who else? 🧠 🔬 🧪 go.bsky.app/RuCRCgX
We have *another* preprint! This work was led by the amazing Candida Tufo, ex-PhD student in the lab. We show that adult-born dopaminergic cells in the olfactory bulb rapidly functionally resemble their pre-existing counterparts! Have a look at the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📢👃Updated 𝗢𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸, thanks Moritz! May I encourge everyone to follow, retweet, and 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 to request to be added? We want to connect with you and follow your work 😁 @achems.bsky.social #neuroskyence #olfaction
Seeing many new #olfaction researches on Bluesky, nice! I made a starter pack for researchers and groups studying the sense of smell or taste. If you want to get added let me know. go.bsky.app/xfXg9B
🚨Very excited that my first first preprint is online! We asked what differentiates a mitral cell from a tufted cell in an ex vivo preparation. Surprisingly, instead of distinct cell types we found that there is a heterogeneous continuum amongst these cell types
📣Our “Icelandic” preprint is out! Led by our country-hopping, cold-adapted patcher extraordinaire @neurosana.bsky.social and done between Cambridge & the Petersen lab at the University of Iceland 🇮🇸, here’s our offering on the mitral vs tufted cell debate in the 🐭olfactory bulb twtr.to/AJNcX
Starting off the year on a high! I am immensely proud of all the work of Maggy, Sue Jones and @elisagalliano.bsky.social who made this paper a reality!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
What you do when you have TWO papers accepted in three days? Well, you celebrate with mandarins on Elisa's couch of course 🥳🍊 😆 neurosana.bsky.social lihuang.bsky.social