💡What can voles teach us about friendship? @UCBerkeley study found that voles lacking oxytocin receptors are slower to form bonds. This #research sheds light on the neurobiology of social bonds, which could inform studies on human psychiatric conditions. bit.ly/3UrPPGi
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I'm pleased to share that the Neuroscience department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Professor in molecular, cellular and/or developmental neuroscience. The application deadline is October 31st, please find more information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
Voles lacking oxytocin receptors don't like to make new friends, and show *decreased* oxytocin release, defying the pattern of other hormones by showing positive feedback! Read more here: tinyurl.com/546zbawr and: tinyurl.com/j4e22b2h
We have discovered plant cell penetrating peptides! Tag your protein of interest with these small peptides for direct protein delivery to plants! tiny.cc/8g5i001@plantae_org
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In awe to have been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow! What a mind-blowing collection of writers, scientists, artists, historians, and other scholars. Looking forward to meeting everyone! gf.org/
Simple addition of an anionic polymer to standard PEG transfection workflows increases RNP-based protoplast editing by 10 to 20-fold! Inspired by @MarsonLab's beautiful prior work. Check out our new preprint for details: tinyurl.com/3anwved2
29% (!!!) of papers published in top bio journals (incl some of our own prior work😓) contain data distortion in figures that mis-represent research findings! We welcome feedback on our preprint & recommendations to avoid these errors moving forward: t.ly/rvUkg
An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the @M_delCarpio & @AnnalieseBeery labs is exploring the molecular mechanisms of friendship in prairie voles using fluorescent carbon nanotube sensors.
Read more in this story from grad student Sophia Tomatz bit.ly/3TVEgXV
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@UCB_Chemistry is hiring an assistant prof in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering! Join us - our lab loves living and science-ing here and so could yours :) aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…
A huge congratulations to @Landry_Lab group members past and present for earning us this incredible award and @UCB_Chemistry for supporting our color-outside-the-lines approach to chemistry research!
Contrats to @Landry_Lab grad student alumnus Rebecca Pinals on joining the faculty at Stanford! Can't wait to see all the cool science from the Pinals lab!
I am delighted to share that I am joining the Chemical Engineering Dept & ChEM-H Institute as an Assistant Professor at Stanford in fall 2025! My lab will explore the nano-neuro interface, building nano-tools & micro-brain models to tackle neurodegenerative disease 🔬🧪🧠💡
I am beyond honored and grateful to receive the BWF CASI! This wonderful program will support my transition from postdoc to faculty phase, and I couldn’t have done it without the guidance and support of so many incredible people!! @Landry_Lab@SchmidtFellows@RiceGradSchool
Very excited! Berkeley is forming a broad Neuroscience Dept from molecules to mind including neural computation. Great faculty, PhD program, undergrad major. Starts July 2024. @UCBerkeley#neuroscience
🎉🎉Congrats to Prof. Markita Landry on being named a 2023 Schmidt Science Polymath!🎉🎉 Markita and fellow recipients were chosen for the desire to explore risky new research ideas across disciplines to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/…
Tenure track faculty position in Berkeley Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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! Reach out to me with any questions & apply here - aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…