Lin Tian, PhD

New paper out in @NatureNeuro! Collaborating with several labs, we developed genetically encoded biosensors to track opioid pharmacology in the brain & provide powerful new tools for dissecting complex circuit-specific dynamics 🔧🧠 nature.com/articles/s4159…

The Tian Lab looks forward to welcoming high school students each year as a part of @MPFNeuro's summer internship program! We’re thrilled to have Olivia & Nicole join us this summer and to be part of their journey as they explore what a future in neuroscience can look like.

I recently spoke about my lab's newest sensors at @EMBLEvents's European Light Microscopy Initiative meeting 🔦 🧠 Sharing progress with the community is key to moving science forward, which is why these sensors, and all our tools, are open source ➡️ lintianlab.org/research#tools

What a joy to celebrate Nikki, @jin_jinyihanmg & @kiranlongiyer at @UCDavis commencement 🎓 As Chancellor May said, the world needs minds like yours more than ever & I’m so excited to see the impact you’ll make in the years ahead. Congratulations on this incredible milestone!

Our next #InterfaceNeuroGT session highlighted cutting-edge techniques for measuring and manipulating sensorimotor and cognitive behavior — across species and across scales. Sponsored by @ParkinsonsGT and chaired by @DrACSinger.

Please Share! Nominations are open for the Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award! This award celebrates early-career scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the scientific community through collaboration, creativity, and curiosity-driven research. Know someone doing…

May is #MentalHealthAwareness Month — a time to break the stigma, raise awareness, and highlight the vital research paving the way toward better treatments. At MPFI, Dr. Lin Tian and her team are exploring how the brain’s communication networks change in conditions like…

The new @maxplanckpress Postdoc Program platform is now open for its first ever round of applications! If you're looking for a new research opportunity, check out the full list of open positions👇🏽 postdocprogram.mpg.de/node/3

I had a great time at the @MPFNeuro Advanced Neurotechniques Course this week, teaching a mini2P module w/ @LinTianPhD, @JRoshgadol & J Kerr! It’s been a while since I’ve stayed up that late analyzing data 😅 So impressed with our amazing students & the beautiful MPFI campus 🤩

Last week was #GradStudentAppreciationWeek–a chance to celebrate and thank the incredible Tian Lab students who move our science forward 🧑🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬 Your creativity, focus & determination in the face of big questions inspire me every day, and I am so grateful to learn alongside you.

Proud to have had @KwunNokMimi_Man represent the Tian Lab at #CSNeuroMet2025 in Shenzhen! She presented our new FLIM sensor—compatible with both fluorescence and lifetime imaging, enabling deeper, more versatile measurements of dopamine dynamics in vivo 💡 🧠

Since we began tracking in 2023, we've shipped over 170 biosensor samples to research teams across 4 continents! #OpenScience is a core value of the Tian Lab & we're proud to contribute by making our tools globally accessible 🌎🔬 🔗 Requests: lintianlab.org/research#tools

If you are at @CellPressNews “Neurometabolism in health and disease,” don’t miss hearing about a new red-shifted dopamine sensor compatible with both fluorescence and lifetime measurements developed by @KwunNokMimi_Man from @LinTianPhD lab! Poster P.38, 1:30 – 3:30 Tuesday.

🚀 Exciting news for early-career researchers! The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. Applications are open now! postdocprogram.mpg.de #ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram

What does it take to build lasting scientific #partnerships between the U.S. & Europe? In my meeting with @KavliFoundation’s Cynthia Friend, we discussed why strong institutions & private support matter. Grateful for ongoing collaborations between Max Planck and Kavli institutes.

Thank you to @_TheTransmitter for highlighting some of the latest breakthroughs in photometry! As these systems continue to improve, the technology becomes more efficient, affordable & accessible, and unlocks the potential for new discoveries about the human brain 🧠

We are pleased to announce an exciting new technology and research partnership with @Thorlabs that will give our researchers access to groundbreaking new Mini2P imaging. Read more about the Thorlabs Innovation Center at MPFI and how this partnership will allow scientists to see…

Excited to join this incredible lineup on April 2 to discuss how the Brain Coast Alliance is advancing brain health right here in South Florida 🧠🌴 Looking forward to sharing our progress & discussing @MPFNeuro's role in driving innovation! Register: leadershippbc.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Regi…

The Tian Lab had the honor of bringing @Stefan_W_Hell to @BenjaminBucs last week as part of @MPFNeuro’s #AskMax program! We had a blast engaging with 80+ fourth-graders, answering their big questions & showing them that anyone can be a scientist 🔬✨ 🔗bit.ly/3XS96T5