
📢New preprint alert! We watch ATP, the energy currency, in tiny compartments of brain synapses to show that synapses talk to their local mitochondria to produce energy right when needed during plasticity: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Ilika Ghosh, PhD
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@ilikaghosh09
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFneuro #ATP #synapticplasticity #mitochondria

📢New preprint alert! We watch ATP, the energy currency, in tiny compartments of brain synapses to show that synapses talk to their local mitochondria to produce energy right when needed during plasticity: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…













Happy to share my latest @preLights post ! prelights.biologists.com/highlights/syn… highlighting @RangarajuVidhya 's lab work: a spine-mitochondrial ATP ratiometric reporter shows that synaptic activity triggers a rapid, sustained ATP boost in dendritic spines, fueled by local mitochondria 🧐




Thank you to the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation for featuring MPFI postdoc @ilikaghosh09, who works in the lab of @RangarajuVidhya. The DeSantis Foundation generously supports Ilika's work into how the brain uses energy to form memories properly. Read more about Dr. Ghosh, as well as the foundation and its mission: carldesantis.org/dr-ilika-ghosh/



Thank you @ChanZuckerberg for the Ben Barres Career Acceleration Award! With this funding, my lab sets on a fresh new direction to tackle #ALS, a devastating motor neuron disease. We are excited to make a difference in the fight against ALS 🧠 chanzuckerberg.com/science/progra…










As Women's History Month comes to a close, we want to celebrate and express gratitude to all of the women around the world who have worked to advance scientific understanding, including all of the women at Max Planck Florida. Thank you!



Register for our last Science Meets Music of the season: “Neurons in Concert: How the Brain Plays Music” with @DanielaSammler & @patinc91 on April 5, 2023. Doors open at 6 pm; the event begins at 6:15 pm. Science meets Music is FREE. Register at bit.ly/3FSysY7 #neuroarts



