Calu Lab

Updated with some slice ephys findings! @crisprcas9 learned to patch with @JoeyCheers and reveals sex specific effects consistent with behavioral findings: DMS CB1R signaling is required for Pavlovian devaluation and gates inhibitory synaptic transmission biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Happy to share @crisprCass9's travel award for SfN! Congrats Cassie!

Our latest profile is here! Dr. Barbara Juarez (@touchyourbrain) studies the neurological basis of substance-use disorders. Click the link to hear the full interview and learn more! storiesofwin.org/profiles/2024/… #WomenInNeuroscience #WomenInSTEM #StoriesOfWiN

@CaluLab_Bmore’s David Martin et al study officially is out 🎉, Psychedelic effects on Dopamine signaling: nature.com/articles/s4138…

Check out @crisprCass9’s first first author 👏 preprint on Sex-specific effects of DMS CB1R involvement in behavioral flexibility!

NEXT WEEK: We will host the 3rd event in our Brewing Biology public forum series. This event will focus on Minding Your Mental Health. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/brewing-biol… #Baltimore #scicomm #mentalhealth

Check out recent work of @CaluLab_Bmore’s David Martin et al examining Psychedelic effects on NAc dopamine signaling of Pavlovian reward associations!

Interested in neuroscience PhD programs? UMB fosters an enriching inclusive environment for its students who are doing cutting edge science every day. See for yourself at our Virtual Open House on Nov 8, 5pm EST!

We are hiring a research technician starting preferably this coming Jan. We are located on UMD College Park campus. See more info below. Please RT. Thanks!

👏 Congratulations to #NIDA's 2023 Avenir Awardee in Genetics and Epigenetics of Substance Abuse, Dr. Megan Fox at @penn_state, for her work on "identifying multi-omic signatures of opioid use and relapse." Read more about this project: loom.ly/JvsKwpI

Our new Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine (addiction.umaryland.edu) is recruiting several faculty members whose research interests focus on translational neuroscience of addiction. Come join our collaborative research community! bit.ly/3seJtPA.

We’re recruiting a postdoc & potentially also a tech!! We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits that help us learn about rewarding events and use that info to make good decisions. More info👇 wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/

Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine addiction.umaryland.edu is recruiting faculty who research translational neuroscience of addiction. Details here bit.ly/3seJtPA. Join a collaborative team to address the generational challenge of substance misuse @UMmedschool

Delighted to share that our Dr. Barbara Juarez @touchyourbrain won the 2023 @BBRFoundation NARSAD Young Investigator Award @um_mind @UMmedschool

The Department of Neurobiology is pleased to announce the promotion of David Martin, PhD, to Research Associate. David studies learning and motivational processes in addiction modeling and psychedelic action in collaboration with @CalulabBmore @um_mind

Beyond proud of Dr. @BacharachSam and the incredible team behind this @CaluLab_Bmore @JoeyCheers @yulonglilab collaboration

@um_neurobio @GyawaliUtsav @um_mind Thanks! Here it is: elifesciences.org/articles/81980

New from @CaluLab_Bmore (1st author @GyawaliUtsav): Individual differences in dopamine dynamics in BNST of natural and drug reward associated cues depend on the Pavlovian approach strategy employed. @um_mind

Reminder, looking for PostDocs!

Glad to have @GyawaliUtsav, first @CaluLab_Bmore PhD’s thesis work officially out!!