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Useful Info
OECD Services Dr. Heishman and Dr. Pfeiffer are available for services such as:Reviews for CVs, resumes, personal statements and essays for medical or graduate school, etc. Want to get prepared for a graduate or medical school interview, they can help set up a mock interview to improve your personal presentation! Contact either Dr. Heishman or… [Read More]
Google Group 2018
Baltimore Postbac Listserv on Google groups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/baltimore-irtas/join Copy and paste this link into your browser Check it for fun activities going on around Baltimore, and chances to get your party on with other Postbacs from NIDA and NIA. Contact Mckenzie Prillaman mckenzie.prillaman@nih.gov or Jacob Ziontz jacob.ziontz@nih.gov
Community Outreach & Professional Events – December 2018
Want to get involved? SACNAS The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanic and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is an inclusive association that aims to increase representation of minorities in careers and positions of leadership in STEM fields. The NIH organized a chapter which holds its activities in the Bethesda campus. Recently, we started a NIH-chapter… [Read More]
This Month’s Highlights – December 2018
Director’s Award for Quality of Worklife Eliminating Stigma in Addiction and Mental Illness Working Group In recognition of the efforts to increase our understanding of and sensitivity to addiction and mental illness so that we are empowered to end stigma Members: Stephen Heishman, Karran Phillips, Michelle Leff, Michelle Jobes, Carla Harrison, Mary Pfeiffer, Sam Stull,… [Read More]
Post Bac Spotlight – December 2018
David Estrin, B.S. Post Bac Research Lunch Presentation:“VTA glutamatergic neurons are functionally diverse” David used in vivo electrophysiology in conjunction with optogenetics to record VTA glutamatergic neurons during natural rewarding and aversive behaviors. He found that there are two functionally distinct subpopulations of glutamatergic neurons which signal aversion or salience. Post Bac Info: David learned the… [Read More]
Ventral midbrain astrocytes display unique physiological features and sensitivity to dopamine D2 receptor signaling.
Featured Paper of the Month – December 2018
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology by Xin, Wendy; Schuebel, Kornel E; Jair, Kam-Wing; Cimbro, Raffaello; Biase, Lindsay M De; Goldman, David; Bonci, Antonello
Astrocytes are ubiquitous CNS cells that support tissue homeostasis through ion buffering, neurotransmitter recycling, and regulation of CNS vasculature. Yet, despite the essential functional roles they fill, very little is known about the physiology of astrocytes in the ventral midbrain, a region that houses dopamine-releasing neurons and is critical for reward learning and motivated behaviors. Using a combination of whole-transcriptome sequencing, histology, slice electrophysiology, and calcium imaging, Xin et al. performed the first functional and molecular profiling of ventral midbrain astrocytes and observed numerous differences between these cells and their telencephalic counterparts, both in their gene expression profile and in their physiological properties…
November 2018 Postbac Newsletter Contents
November 2018
Get To Know Your PI’s!
“Neuroscience is an easy profession to enjoy. If you can make it work, academic science is a wonderful vocation.” Dr. Charles Bradberry Dr. Charles Bradberry is the Chief of the Preclinical Pharmacology Section here at NIDA. His lab uses sophisticated preclinical behavioral and cognitive models to study brain mechanisms involved in reward guided choice. This… [Read More]
December 2018 Postbac Newsletter Contents
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