Neuroscientist at CU Boulder. he/him. Mostly amplify other neuroscientists. www.root-lab.org
@dustin.nzReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.social"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
Dave Root
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@meghanflanigan.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialNew lab manager ad is live! Please share with trainees!
jobrxiv.org/job/medical-...
@bensaunders.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialVery excited to share our new preprint. We identify the basolateral amygdala dopamine system as an important interface between dynamic shifts in the environment and decisions to engage in vigorous drug use. Really challenging studies led brilliantly by Dr. Megan Brickner.
@nobelprize.orgReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialCongratulations to our first Nobel Prize laureate of 2026 🎉 Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He seems very happy with the news!
@vectorgen.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialAs it is, as it was, as it always has been. Rule 17 people...
"17. Do not have loyalty to your institution; they don’t have any for you. Never fool yourself; a tenure-track job is a mutually beneficial business arrangement. Do what is best for you"
@labogden.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialHappy first #FluorescenceFriday of October! I'm going with Halloween inspired images this month, so am recycling this Slimer cell from last year. Microscopy by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social graduate student Christina Wang! 🧪 🔬 👩🔬
@neuronroot.bsky.socialOur department seeks a teaching professor for neuroscience courses. If interested apply here jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
@bensaunders.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialFor those interested in a neuroscience PhD - the University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Neuroscience www.neuroscience.umn.edu is hosting a virtual open house event on Oct. 26th. Learn about the program and meet students and faculty! Register here: forms.gle/CXRLvz2EGPwG...
@bita137.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialPlease check out my futuristic opinion piece in @jamapsychiatry.com
"specific treatments for schizophrenia that are tailored to target symptoms at different developmental stages are no longer the stuff of science fiction, but instead are realistic future goals"
@nanopharmnc.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialOur new investigation examining how #SBI-553 a biased modulator of NTSR1 alters motivated feeding and NST potentiation of inhibitory transmission in the extended amygdala is now online! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@svmahler.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialNew paper showing a biological component of the so-called "gateway effect" of early-life cannabis on later-life opioid addiction. Following footsteps of @neurovoice.bsky.social, we show AdolTHC 🔼 opioid reward behaviors, and alters neural network responses to heroin
doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialThe impact of alpha synuclein overexpression on nigrostriatal transmission https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.15.751842v1
@statnews.comReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.social“We should be strengthening our investment in the NIH, not dismantling it,” writes Reed Jobs. www.statnews.com/2026/09/21/n...
@christlet.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialAcronyms in biology tools these days are either already used by another method or "Here we present sMLFNJCOIMZNJQM"
@dimitridrekonja.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialEnjoy the VA turkeys at play 😂
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialHappy to share the version of record of our locus coeruleus paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prior thread on some of our discoveries in this study:
bsky.app/profile/jere...
@lukesjulson.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialCongrats to Renata Batista-Brito, Geoffrey, and Jacob on this monster paper! It’s an amazing piece of work, and I’m thrilled I got the chance to contribute to it
@shihyyi.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialOur SORDINO paper is available @natneuro.nature.com. I hope it will prove useful to the fMRI community.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our earlier digest: bsky.app/profile/shih...
News & Views by @shemesh-lab.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Use SORDINO in your lab: camri.org/SORDINO
@davidmoorman.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialOur 🧠lab is hiring a new RA to help study neural changes associated with chronic alcohol, start date ASAP. Ideal for recent college graduates looking for research experience. Please send me any recommendations or have them reach out to me, and please forward/share with your colleagues – thanks!
@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.socialReposted by @neuronroot.bsky.socialSupramammillary projections to the lateral preoptic area drive dopamine release and active behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.01.748391v1