Shulan Xiao

Want to know more about cortical L5 pyramidal neurons with different dendritic shapes, and their function during learning? Please check out my poster at #Barrels and #SfN! You can also get a crochet pattern at my poster to make your own L5PN toys XD.

The lab's first paper, "Probing multiplexed basal dendritic computations using two-photon 3D holographic uncaging," is now online at CellReports (cell.com/cell-reports/f…). Congrats to @ShulanX and @Somit_sam on an outstanding and exquisite effort 👏. @PurdueBME @Research_Purdue

My lab will be presenting @SfNtweets 2021! Spearheaded by my brilliant PhD student @ShulanX and superstar postdoc @dgonzales1990, hear about our efforts👇in mapping synaptic cooperativity using 2P SLM uncaging, and whisker touch using flexible electrode grids #spines #dendrites

And the same thing literally repeats itself for the entire night 🤦‍♀️

My first experiment in 2021 be like: patched a gorgeous cell -> found some brilliant dendrites -> just started recording -> computer crashed -> amplifier rebooted and started shooting random current -> cell died -> I cry

@LabPluta 🤣

@ShulanX Guess you should have taken BIOL602. ;-)

Silliest thing of the day 🤣:

My cat after going through the fun lecture I’m preparing for the class I TA:

Finally seeing some labeled cholinergic neurons after claiming that I’m studying cholinergic modulation for one and a half year 😅🤣

My slices and I when I patch are like:

Hope my cute little mice will love their new gym room 😅

The amount of good things finally over-numbered the amount of shit that happened this week 🙃Now I can lie on the couch and have my beer

My beginner’s luck always work amazingly 🤣 Or maybe people will just be evoked with their full potentials when trying to flee from TA work 😅

Considering the probability of me using this in a group meeting and get swept out of the lab 🤔

When you do the experiments but don’t have the proper equipments and anyway decide not to follow the protocols 🤣

Spring festival eve! May us always have brilliant ideas and well-designed experiments, and solve the brain in the new year! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ