Scott Sternson

Some pics from @cpnoct, @adhikari, and @BrainCaRMA's visit to Seoul. Learned so much at both SNU Symposium on Neural Circuits for Thermoregulation (and feeding behavior ;) + #icomes2025. Thanks for inspiring science, great conversations, and fun times!

Engineered Brain Receptors Break the Cycle of Cocaine Addiction | Technology Networks technologynetworks.com/tn/news/engine…

1/ 🧬 The Cocaine Cure What if the same drug that hijacks your brain could be used to treat its own addiction? Scientists are engineering ion channels that only turn on in the presence of cocaine, flipping the reward circuit on its head. Here’s how it works, and why it matters 👇🏼 🤠Be sure to read to the end if you are also into Fentanyl and Meth

We used protein engineering to develop cocaine-gated ion channels. Our approach simplifies chemogenetic applications for cocaine addiction by having cocaine itself activate inhibitory and/or excitatory channels. Collaboration between @mikelides @BrainCaRMA rdcu.be/eCJK4

Two papers that very nicely show effectiveness of PSAM4-GlyR chemogenetics in concert with FDA-approved varenicline or more selective uPSEM792 in pain animal models as well as in IPSC-derived human sensory neurons. eneuro.org/content/early/…

Eugene Myers @TheGeneMyers, Director Emeritus & research group leader @mpicbg & @csbdresden was honored with the @Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award. He receives recognition for having revolutionized the bioinformatics industry. Congratulations! 🎉mpi-cbg.de/news-outreach/…

Nice article on AgRP cells featuring @AmesSutton @AmberAlhadeff @BrainCaRMA knowablemagazine.org/article/health…

@kaymtye @science_is_hard Hideous. 😢 Nightmare scenario.

In case you like horror and are the type that just cant stop watching: (No this is not a GIF from the internet, this is real footage from my lab yesterday and our most active 2P in a room holding two 2Ps). Courtesy of 1st responder @science_is_hard

Research Specialist, Two Photon Imaging - Sternson Lab @HHMINEWS jobrxiv.org/job/research-s… #ScienceJobs #job La Jolla #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchTechnician #Researcher #Scientist jobrxiv.org/job/research-s…

Research Technician, Quantitative Tissue Histology Imaging and Image Analysis- Sternson Lab @HHMINEWS jobrxiv.org/job/research-t… #ScienceJobs #job La Jolla #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchTechnician jobrxiv.org/job/research-t…

Research Technician, Quantitative Tissue Histology Imaging and Image Analysis- Sternson Lab @HHMINEWS jobrxiv.org/job/research-t… #ScienceJobs #job La Jolla #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchTechnician jobrxiv.org/job/research-t…

🧵📢 We need to retain talented postdocs in academic science. I'm happy to say that @HHMINEWS has taken a big step forward this week. $70,000 That's the new starting minimum salary for all postdocs employed in HHMI labs hhmi.org/sites/default/… (1/4)

Seven years in the making, this was a massive effort. Only possible through the indefatigable preseeverance of @RubenDVale and @CampagnerDario who have been amazing beyond words. Thank you to everyone involved!

New work from the lab out in Cell today, by En Yang and colleagues: A brainstem integrator for self-location memory and positional homeostasis in zebrafish Congrats to amazingly talented @The_En_Yang, and collaborators! cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

@SRBR_Outreach RIP Steve! A brilliant scientist and a very kind person… You will be deeply missed.

The chemogenetic technology first licensed and developed by Redpin, which was then recently acquired by Kriya science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Kriya relies on M&A toolkit once more to build out gene therapy pipeline, this time in neurology fiercebiotech.com/biotech/kriya-…

Well funded private biotech Kriya acquired Redpin Therapeutics— this will turbocharge the development of chemogenetic gene therapies. businesswire.com/news/home/2022…

On Wed, 1 - 5 pm, @JLGomezPhD will talk about @BrainCaRMA's newest kick-ass technology & our latest collaboration 733.14 / MM6 Novel chemogenetic receptor activated by cocaine decreases cocaine self-administration in rats via negative feedback modulation of the lateral habenula