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alexkwan.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Cornell BME. Studying the neurobiology of psychiatric #drugs including #ketamine and #psychedelics. https://alexkwanlab.org
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Over the summer, the lab holds a book club in lieu of lab meetings. Look forward to learning about consciousness from @hakwan.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Quite a nice image of 5-HT2A receptor distribution by Blake in the lab using our mice (I think now at JAX) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37808655/

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig

submitted 7 days ago • 17 comments

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Scientist colleagues, write to your hometown paper and tell folks about your work, what motivates it, and what impact it could have. Aim for publication June 16.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging. I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉 🧪

submitted 11 days ago • 71 comments

My lab had a great time hosting the one and only @marinap63.bsky.social, learning about her series of translational studies linking ACh and depression in human and mouse.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

A trip to CMU/Pitt with an hour to explore the Cathedral of Learning. Inside are various nation-themed rooms. A dedication to learning and different viewpoints.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Reposting some old pictures for #fluorescencefriday! A pyramidal neuron (violet) & a microglial cell (cyan) labelled with DiI from the prefrontal cortex of a rat brain.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Awhile back we started a Slack group for psychedelic science. Researchers used it to organize meetups and panels at conferences. We discuss papers, including a lively discussion now of the Lu et al. preprint. DM @mikaelpalner.bsky.social or I if you work in academia and want to join

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

A much-needed joint effort from five labs to see which behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice are reliable, and which may be spurious 🐁🍄 @theborislab.bsky.social @mazenkheirbek.bsky.social @indigenerd.bsky.social Vikaas Sohal and Stephan Lammel 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Congratulations to Dr. Hao Wu for an incredible PhD thesis defense 🎓 (as well as the best celebration I’ve seen yet!)

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

This was a difficult thread to write.. Our research on antidepressants has been supported by NIMH for 10 years. Until the last moment, their comms team was still trying to put out a press piece about this work for us. I’m so sorry.

submitted 39 days ago • 6 comments

Our latest study identifies a specific cell type and receptor essential for psilocybin’s long-lasting neural and behavioral effects 🍄🔬🧠🧪 Led by Ling-Xiao Shao and @ItsClaraLiao Funded by @NIH @NIMHgov 📄 Read in @nature.com - www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/12

submitted 39 days ago • 13 comments

The lab is ready for slice electrophysiology after a four-year hiatus. The rig is working again! 👏

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Dashboard updated jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... Two new council meetings to be posted Monday National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Council NIDDK April 24 National Library of Medicine Board of Regents NLM May 13

submitted 51 days ago • 7 comments