Piali Sengupta

Multiple postdocs out to academic/industry jobs + 2 grant NOAs in = open postdoc position. Worms are great to work with, sensory biology is an endlessly fascinating topic, and we are a group of good humans. Please email if interested!

Opening for a lab manager/Res Asst! This is a great position if you want more research experience (& perhaps co-author a paper or two!) before heading to grad school. We are a sociable, supportive, inclusive, and dynamic group - come join us. brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Brand…

🎉👏🏽Check out the brand new lab of our star (and much missed) ex-postdoc @nathanCSharris!!! He has a super cool planned research program and is going to be an awesome mentor. Go Nathan!!

@rburdine1 That would be a dream come true! Come do a sabbatical!

@SenguptaLab Hire me!

Multiple postdocs out to academic/industry jobs + 2 grant NOAs in = open postdoc position. Worms are great to work with, sensory biology is an endlessly fascinating topic, and we are a group of good humans. Please email if interested!

@MarinaP63 @KiaNobre @aa_fenton @c_eroglu @ArlottaLab @americanacad See you there this afternoon!

Neuroscientists at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences @KiaNobre @aa_fenton @c_eroglu @ArlottaLab @americanacad

@Roy_Lab_Thinks Mine too. Had no idea of the history - (wrongly) thought it had Indian origins. Fascinating.

Buying new Bata shoes every school year - with prolonged discussions on the predicted size that I would "grow into in a year" - was a staple of my childhood.

We thought there wasn't much new to learn about the cell cycle. Turns out we were wrong! Our paper (out today @Nature) identifies a novel alternative cell cycle that regulates differentiation, not cell division. tinyurl.com/4a6yeuke. 1/10

@McIntyre_Lab Glad to see you still ♥️ cilia!

Alison used a ts kinesin allele that she generated (thanks to Chlamy ts screens!) to show that a) IFT is not necessary to maintain cilia of the AWA olfactory neurons, & b) even w/o cilia, AWA can respond to some food-related odorants. 2/6

@MahjoubLab My deepest condolences Moe. So sorry to hear this.

Not sure what to say. I knew the day was coming, but still not ready. How do you acknowledge a man that made your whole life possible? Go hug your loved ones, you might not get another chance. Rest in peace, Baba. I’ll see you again sometime, somewhere 💔

TL;DR: IFT & cilia structure shape responses to stimuli sensed by a single neuron type in different & unexpected ways. Alison untangles this complexity by conditionally manipulating IFT & measuring response dynamics to individual chemicals. Questions/comments welcome! 6/6

What about sensory response adaptation? By acute manipulation of IFT, Alison shows that IFT is needed for diacetyl but not pyrazine adaptation, likely by trafficking the diacetyl but not the pyrazine receptor. 5/6

🎉New lab preprint! 🔥🔥work by super postdoc @alison_marie1. C. elegans sensory neurons have gorgeous #cilia at their dendrite ends. We’ve always thought that a) no cilia = no sensory responses, & b) no IFT = no cilia. Punchline is we thought wrong. Read on for more. 1/6

@Mill_lab 🥳!!

Woo-hoo! Go invertebrates and small (not necessarily 'simple' circuits and of course, go @betenoire1 and Gerry Rubin!

Popping back on here to thank my mentors, colleagues and friends @BrandeisScience & elsewhere, my funders, & my very patient family. Most importantly, thank you to all the students & postdocs who chose to science along with me. And of course 🙏🏽 to our beloved worms!

@MadS100tist @ReiterLab Thank you!

Congratulations to the new electees of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences @americanacad, who include #UCSF's wonderful Geeta Narlikar, @Neil_R_Powe, Kathy Giacomini, UCSF alumni @TheHurleyLab and (fellow 80's punk enthusiast) @SenguptaLab!