Assistant Prof studying the stars ⭐️ of the brain
California Dreamin’ 🌴
Joined July 2009
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Nature research paper: Amygdala astrocyte primary cilium mechanisms contribute to stress behaviours
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This award means a great deal to me. I am incredibly thankful to @hdfcures for supporting the work I care so deeply about. I’m quite proud to receive an honor named after such an inspiring and pioneering scientist—Nancy Wexler.
Many thanks to my fantastic mentor @baljit_khakh
Congratulations to Vanessa H. Casha, PhD, @UCLA , HDF’s 2025 Nancy S. Wexler Young Investigator Prize recipient! Learn why here: hdfoundation.org/nancy-s-wex…
#curehd @HDBuzzFeed @AmericanBrainCo @HDSA
Soto lab end of the year lunch!
Truly grateful to be able to do some cool science with my students. This summer we are putting in work. Hope to share our results and research with the world soon! ✨
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My research wouldn’t be possible without NIH & 🧠 Initiative funding.
I will be sharing this at a congressional briefing Feb 20 1PM, alongside Adam, a combat veteran with PTSD, who benefitted from our clinical trial. For more on Adam’s story👇 & to join: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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The wedding also was quite full of astrocyte lovers 🤓
Joselyn, so good to see you again and to spend more time together this time @PhDPetite 🤩
Today in class, I tried to plant a seed on how we define cell identity. What makes a cell a cell?
As part of lecture, I presented students with a vid of live beating hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from @AllenInstitute and measured their responses before and after lecture. Results:
Beautiful images hot off the microscope from my trainees, @independent_dai and Cathy, showing astrocytes in key sensory brain regions. Can’t wait to see what we find ⭐️
Had a phenomenal time with @MacmillanLearn and other biology instructors learning about cool and new ways to improve biology instruction. It was a real treat to meet new cross-country colleagues and gain new perspectives on biology pedagogy. 🤠
#activelearning
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Congratulations to the 2023 Waxman Family Drive Winners, Dr. Whitaker Cohn of the Varghese John Lab and Dr. Joselyn Soto of the Baljit Khakh Lab!
Both Dr. Cohn and Dr. Soto received these awards to develop and fund new ideas in Alzheimer’s disease research. Congratulations!
Happy to share our latest work on Astrocyte ✨ biology.
Intrigued by our previous finding that Astrocyte shape is altered in a mouse model of repetitive behavior, we wondered if recovering this shape would be beneficial to these behaviors. But how could we do this? 1/🧵
Astrocyte Gi-GPCR signaling corrects compulsive-like grooming and anxiety-related behaviors in Sapap3 knockout mice: Neuron cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
Congrats to Joselyn, Chiran and the whole team on this one!
These homeostatic functions are relevant to neuronal function. Finally, when we assessed pathways by which astrocytes are recovered, we found that hM4Di produces recovery of actin related proteins and that Gi is upstream of acting regulation within astrocytes 6/
Thankful for Bal, Chiran, my wonderful undergrad Muskan, and my mass spec collaborators for their help and support. Bal’s mentorship has literally helped me reach for the stars ✨ and I hope I continue to do him proud.
@NeuroCellPress link below
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