Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026TL;DR: The rise of fiber photometry, as a method to look at dopamine dynamics, has led to the creation of different sensors (varying in DA affinity, kinetics, etc.) We must be wary about which sensor to use, especially when testing any drug on dopamine signaling! (as of now we like dLight1.3b) 020
Reposted by Max Loh, PhDbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Rapidly decreasing phasic dopamine responses precede a hedonic switch during satiation of sodium appetite www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 086
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026From secretly watching her SfN talk on zoom during the pandemic to watching her crush her PhD defense, my bestie did it! Congratulations to the new Dr. @racheldonka.bsky.social ! We are all so proud of you! 121
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Beach day in the Roitman labs’ meeting #cornsweat #jamiestrainees #mitchsriches @racheldonka.bsky.social @jamiedroitman.bsky.social @mitchroitman.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Max Loh, PhDJamie Roitman @jamiedroitman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Photometry phriends preprint: excited to share @racheldonka.bsky.social's side quest to validate how multiple sensors of mesolimbic signaling respond to acute morphine treatment - with @mitchroitman.bsky.social and @basedownloh.bsky.social 085
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Question of the day: Will we win our dept’s annual holiday drink contest? 000
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Our enthusiasm for Dr. Alan Spector dance moves is unmatched. 010
Reposted by Max Loh, PhDMitch Roitman @mitchroitman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Seeing my trainees flourish at #SSIB2025 is special. @ssibsociety.bsky.social always does such an amazing job centering the work of early career investigators.Thrilled that @basedownloh.bsky.social won the Harry R Kissileff Award for outstanding talk by a postdoc and we could celebrate as a team. 1112
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Scientist in photo is taller than they appear!! Always a thrill to share our work at @ssibsociety.bsky.social! Love working and showing off my dream team (i.e., Roitman Labs). #mitchsriches 051
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Bonita Springs -> Tromsø -> Oxford. Wrapping up my summer talk tour at #SSIB2025 today! Come join us to learn how Semaglutide-induced conditioned taste aversions impact dopamine signaling to sucrose at 4PM in L1. 070
Reposted by Max Loh, PhDRachel Donka @racheldonka.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Very excited to share our new paper on the effects of adolescent opioid exposure on reward sensitivity during initial morphine administration and withdrawal, as well as during and after re-exposure in adulthood! Now out in Physiology & Behavior: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 082
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 04/07/2025It doesn’t matter how many degrees you have, getting shipments with dry ice will always lead to a good time. 000
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Swapped a big tv for three projector screens and a Britney Spears mic. It felt like a dream to present our work at @ibnsconnect.bsky.social hosted in Tromsø last week. Awesome time meeting new peers/friends in 24/7 sunlight! 020
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Biiiiiiiiiiiiig TV. It was awesome getting to share some recently published work and ongoing experiments with everyone at @achems.bsky.social ! So grateful for the opportunity and the fun discussion that followed. 000
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Let’s go! So excited for this symposium! @achems.bsky.social @sciolinolab.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Max Loh, PhDMitch Roitman @mitchroitman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Our VoR (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) is out! See how phasic DA to sucrose flips and changes during acq., maintenance & ext of a conditioned taste aversion. Makes for great reading on your way to your local @standupforscience.bsky.social tomorrow!doi.orgDopamine activity encodes the changing valence of the same stimulus in conditioned taste aversion paradigmsPhasic dopamine cell body activity and release in the nucleus accumbens differentially respond to the taste of sucrose in correlation with its hedonic valuation. 1114
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Completed my T32 fellowship with UIC’s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and got this neat award! Thank you to Drs. Xu, @mitchroitman.bsky.social, and Unterman for their mentorship and the reminder to bring a step stool to future photo opps. 060
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Ringing in the New Year in Italy with some swag from last SfN. This post isn’t sponsored (but it could be??). 000
Reposted by Max Loh, PhDSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 20/11/2024Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵 2531521584
Max Loh, PhD @basedownloh.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I don’t always post on social media…but when I do, it’s to share our new pub in #elife! Via conditioned taste aversion paradigm, we show dopamine and behavior responses to an intraorally delivered sucrose when sucrose is appetitive versus aversive. Fav part: the dopamine to behavior correlations!media.tenor.coma little girl is being fed with a spoon by a person .ALT: a little girl is being fed with a spoon by a person . 080