We study how synapses work at the molecular level because it is important for understanding how the brain works normally and why it does not work in diseases.
Interested in doing your postdoc with the Department of Pharmacology at @CUAnschutz? Join us for our Postdoctoral Education & Knowledge Summit with @cuanschutz_dpb and the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics!
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šĀ CongratulationsĀ to the @LabAcqua on a new publication! Led by Philip Dittmer, PhD, "L-type Ca2 channel activation of STIM1āOrai1 signaling remodels the dendritic spine ER to maintain long-term structural plasticity," was published in PNAS. Read here: bit.ly/3X9pa1S.
Researchers at #CUAnschutz have found that inhibiting a key protein can stop the destruction of synapses and dendritic spines commonly seen in Alzheimerās disease. ā¬ļø news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stoā¦
Join us in congratulating Chandra Tucker, PhD and Brian Brady on their recent publication in @Nature! Read more about their findings here: nature.com/articles/s41589-0ā¦
Congratulations to the Synaptic Plasticity Supergroup, led by our own Mark DellāAcqua @LabAcqua, for winning the Research Collaboration Team Award at the 2022 @CUAnschutz Research Awards!
I am a bit late announcing this. I am beyond thrilled to share that I joined the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience at @WSUPullman as an Assistant Professor. I am excited to be part of this incredible neuroscience community and work with amazing colleagues.
A postdoctoral position is available in @LabAcqua@CUPharmacology Research will employ sophisticated fluorescence imaging approaches to study regulation of kinase and phosphatase signaling complexes required for synaptic plasticity. Contact mark.dellacqua@cuanschutz.edu
ALT The postsynaptic scaffold protein AKAP79 (tagged with CFP, blue) and the protein phosphatase Calcineurin A subunit (tagged with YFP, yellow) in a hippocampal neuron
The indefatigable @ClaraBacmeister has done it again. Thrilled to share our latest work out online today @NatureNeuro! Stay tuned for the thread
"Motor learning drives dynamic patterns of intermittent myelination on learning-activated axons"
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Check out the Dell'Acqua lab's latest paper where we characterize disruption of E/I balance and L-type Ca2 channel-dependent LTP in the CaV1.2 G406R mouse model of Timothy Syndrome with relevance to autism spectrum disorder (#ASD ). doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharmā¦