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Biederer Lab @BiedererLab

We are a synapse biology lab. Our group investigates how synapses form and how synapse organization is disrupted in brain disorders.

Joined June 2017
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Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year! We had fun celebrating our lab tradition of making Glühwein before the holidays. A great way of revisiting the past year in research and appreciating the good work everyone is doing.
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Excited about our funding from ASAP! Our team investigates the synaptic and neuronal basis of cognitive impairments in Parkinson’s disease. Great to joint efforts with Mike Higley and Elena Gracheva at Yale, Laura Volpicelli-Daley at UAB, and Mike Henderson at Van Andel.
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April is #parkinsonsawarenessmonth, an opportunity to highlight why we study this disorder. With support from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Initiative @ASAP_Research, our team investigates cortical aberrations relevant to cognitive impairments patients can experience.
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We're excited that Dayana Pérez-Acuña joins our group as a postdoc to study cortical aberrations in Parkinson's disease. Her curiosity about synapse biology makes for a perfect start. Celebrating her arrival from Seoul in New Haven style over pizza.
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Congratulations to Dhrubajyoti Chowdhury on becoming a group leader! He's off to Hyderabad to return to his native India and lead his lab at the GITAM Institute. We wish you all the best! Dhruba's farewell dinner was a great time to celebrate his success.
Our dinner for Dhrubajyoti Chowdhury at the Barcelona Restaurant, Spanish tapas, a favorite of his after working in Spain

ALT Our dinner for Dhrubajyoti Chowdhury at the Barcelona Restaurant, Spanish tapas, a favorite of his after working in Spain
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Really enjoyed visiting the Institute for Protein Innovation in Boston and discussing the development of targeted antibody tools for synapse biology. They have impressive capacities and a mission to advance protein studies! We developed stimulating ideas x.com/ipiproteins/status/174…

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At the heart of all #nervoussystem functions are the #synapses. But much about this brain activity is still mysterious. In our latest Q&A, @BiedererLab @YaleMed @HNRCA_Tufts lays out the big remaining questions in synapse biology 🧠 proteininnovation.org/2024/0…
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Interested in a postdoc to investigate mechanisms of synapse formation and synaptic vulnerability in disorders? We have an open position to study synapse biology across scales. The flyer describes this opportunity. For more info, visit https://biederer.org/ Feel free to repost.

ALT Interested in a postdoc to investigate mechanisms of synapse formation and synaptic vulnerability in disorders? We have an open position to study synapse biology across scales. The flyer describes this opportunity. For more info, visit https://biederer.org/ Feel free to repost.
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Excited we moved our lab into the new Neuroscience Institute! It's outstanding to be part of the dynamic community coming together. The beautiful new space, the comfortable interaction areas, and the rooftop garden add to the appeal. Kudos to everyone in the lab for organizing.

ALT Excited we moved our lab into the new Neuroscience Institute! It's outstanding to be part of the dynamic community coming together. The beautiful new space, the comfortable interaction areas, and the rooftop garden add to the appeal. Kudos to everyone in the lab for organizing.
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This for account followers in Germany - the Tagesschau (it doesn't get more venerable than that in German news) reported about our most recent work on bioactive compound effects on synaptic connectivity. Pretty blown away by the strong media interest ard.social/@tagesschau/11090…

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Zuckermolekül in Muttermilch beeinflusst Intelligenz Die ersten fünf Lebensjahre sind für die Entwicklung des Gehirns besonders entscheidend. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Das in der Muttermilch enthaltene...

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Are you a postdoc in any area of neuroscience preparing for the next career step? Then apply to present at our Yale SYNAPSES seminar series and expand your network! We welcome a diverse group of neurobiologists. The deadline is September 5. apply.interfolio.com/128175
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A big shoutout to Erica Israel and Nikita Patil from our Boston lab in the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging! Exciting contributions to the American Society for Nutrition meeting. Also great to see how much interest our session on Nutrition for the Aging Brain received.
Clockwise - Erica chairs her first session, a packed room for our session on Nutrition for the Aging Brain, relax at the Friedman School reception, great feedback at Nikita's and Erica's poster

ALT Clockwise - Erica chairs her first session, a packed room for our session on Nutrition for the Aging Brain, relax at the Friedman School reception, great feedback at Nikita's and Erica's poster
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Micronutrients and synapse biology are linked! Our results reveal that the human milk sugar myo-inositol promotes how nerve cells form connections, including human neurons. Our partners at Mead Johnson Nutrition/Reckitt provided the lead. See PNAS article doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221413….
The image shows two human neurons treated with myo-inositol, and green and red puncta show synaptic markers.

ALT The image shows two human neurons treated with myo-inositol, and green and red puncta show synaptic markers.
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Our new study on the functional cooperation of synapse-organizing proteins is published! biederer.org/2023/01/28/our-…

Our new study on the functional cooperation of synapse-organizing proteins is published!

The diversity of synapse-organizing molecules opens up tremendous cooperative potential, yet the extent to which this is utilized is incompletely understood. We now report in Nature Communications...

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Food for the Brain Deep Dive Workshop biederer.org/2022/09/28/food…

Food for the Brain Deep Dive Workshop

Are you interested in how bioactive dietary compounds impact brain functions? Our virtual Deep Dive workshop on September 29th will give answers, connecting neuroscientists and nutrition researchers....

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Bioactive compounds can have a profound impact on synaptic connectivity and cognition. Excited to chair the ‘Food for the Brain’ session today at the American Society for Nutrition meeting to discuss these topics! cdmcd.co/5mQd7r #NutritionLiveOnline #NUTRITION2022
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Our nutritional neuroscience lab at the HNRCA takes shape, thanks to Erica biederer.org/2021/12/28/our-…

Our nutritional neuroscience lab at the HNRCA takes shape, thanks to Erica

Our nutritional neuroscience research program in our additional lab site, located at the HNRCA in Boston, is moving forward. Erica is leading the effort since this fall as we grow the lab and...

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Glühwein for the Holidays biederer.org/2021/12/22/gluh…

Glühwein for the Holidays

This is the time for our lab tradition, Glühwein for the Holidays. While some of us were off to far-flung places (Boston, South Korea, …), the rest of us enjoyed this Bavarian version of mulled wine...

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Katie takes her next career step in neurodegeneration research biederer.org/2021/12/01/kati…

Katie takes her next career step in neurodegeneration research

After completing her graduate research, Katie will bring her skills and interests in brain disorders to biotech! We wish you all the best for advancing therapeutic interventions in neurodegeneration...

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ASAP funds our team to investigate cortical dysfunction in Parkinson’s! biederer.org/2021/10/30/asap…

ASAP funds our team to investigate cortical dysfunction in Parkinson’s!

We are thrilled to receive funding from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) Initiative. Cognitive impairments affect most PD patients, and this $9 million grant will enable our multidisc...

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Celebrating Katie and her graduation biederer.org/2021/09/29/cele…

Celebrating Katie and her graduation

We are excited to celebrate Katie’s graduation and Ph.D. degree! She turned her curiosity about synapse biology into an exciting thesis work that opened up surprising insights into the regulation of...

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