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Is axonal transport at branch junctions RANDOM or DIRECTED? See answer in the exciting work by @SteveTym and Bridget Curran. Selective axonal transport through branch junctions is directed by growth cone signaling and mediated by KIF1/kinesin-3 motors cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Spinal cord injury researchers, mark your calendars! The CNS Injury & Repair GRC is coming to Tuscany, July 6-11, 2025. Explore cutting-edge spinal cord injury research. Registration is now open for this premier scientific event. Network with field leaders! #sciGRC2025

Groundbreaking scientific discoveries don’t happen in isolation. Michelle Gray, PhD, SfN Program Committee member, shares how you can enhance your research through valuable exchange w/ the scientific community at #SfN25. Submit your abstract today! 🔗 bit.ly/4juLSLs

📣 #SfN25 abstract submission is now open! Share your research with the global neuroscience community. Start now to avoid the last-minute rush! 🔗 bit.ly/4juLSLs #NeuroTwitter #SciTwitter #AcademicTwitter

This is a great opportunity to share your vision and science with fellow neuroscientists around the world.

This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets. ‘Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell.’ - by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.

Our lab's paper led by @SamIngEsteves on HOW the clustered Protocadherins (cPcdhs) produce dendrite self-avoidance and complex neuronal morphologies was published today in @CurrentBiology: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jgpv3QW8S6F… @SickKidsNews @MoGen_Grad

What an exciting #cshlneurocon conference @CSHL! Also exciting to see the participation of @JeffersonUniv students and faculty, with a huge crowd for @drosophilosophy.

Great to have @stephgupton1 to start off our Neuroscience seminar series today. Beautiful talk on how axons grow, branch, and synapse.

Bridget Curran’s thesis work is finally published as VOR in eLife. Great job, Bridget! doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… @eLife

Bon Voyage! Another celebration on a summer day for @SteveTym and Bridget, who are embarking on their next career adventure. You will do AWESOME things!!!

Wonderful celebration @Puttshack to send Bridget Curran off to her new adventure.

Researchers @JeffersonUniv now benefit from uncapped, APC-free #openaccess publishing in all our journals, plus unlimited access to the journals & their archives, thanks to new #ReadAndPublish #OA agreement. bit.ly/3rOQbsf

This is a landmark achievement that will open the door for many future investigations of the brain’s function, development and evolution. Congrats to everyone who has contributed to this monumental effort. Big thanks to the @NIH #studyBRAIN Initiative for supporting this project.

⁦Don’t miss @SteveTym⁩ poster (board B413) this afternoon about using optogenetic tools and artificial cargos to probe transport selectivity.

Great talk by @SteveTym on the opening day of #CellBio23 about using optogenetic tools to study axonal transport.

4/ Excellence in writing is a necessity for excellence in science. Clear, concise writing reflected purely your understanding of the subject. You cannot explain something well unless you fully understood it. His outline method is now de rigeur in science. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Finally, a beautiful summer day to enjoy the long overdue lab lunch and celebrate the achievements of many at the table. Look forward to another one soon.

Le Ma (@BranchingLab) and I are organizing the subgroup "Emerging Cell Biology Concepts in Neural Function and Disease" at the ASCB|EMBO Cell Bio meeting this year. Please submit an abstract - due August 1st! @ASCBiology @EMBO ascb.org/cellbio2023/

Writing a research article is difficult for many reasons. Authors of our latest Feature Article give advice on using - and misusing - ‘persuasive communication devices’. elifesciences.org/articles/88654…

congratulations to the class of 2023 phds of @JeffersonUniv neuroscience!!! drs. aimino, byrne, curran, heng, molotsky, and nelson!!! shown with proud advisors! and double congratulations to dr. aimino!! @BranchingLab @DavideTrotti1 @MoLOTSofScience @sonofasmurf @Jeff_PD_center