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Nicki Perry-Hauser

@nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social
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📚 Lecturer (Research & Teaching) @UniGlasgow | 🧠 CUIDS Postdoc @Columbia 🎓 PhD in Pharmacology @Vanderbilt | 🔬 Adhesion GPCRs & Neuropsychiatric Disorders | 🌟 Leading Edge Fellow

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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Check out the lab’s latest work! Very excited to be in Melbourne to present our findings @monashuniversity.bsky.social
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
First corresponding author paper published today! We review steroids as generalizable ligands for adhesion GPCRs. Congrats to the team bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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BPS Publications
Emerging evidence suggests steroids may act as generalizable ligands for adhesion GPCRs, a receptor class with considerable pharmacological potential. While most studies have focused on the ADGR‘G' s....
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Very excited to have my first faculty grant funded by Tenovus Scotland (tenovus-scotland.org.uk). Thank you for supporting my work!
tenovus-scotland.org.uk
Medical research charity | Medicine | Healthcare | Tenovus Scotland
Tenovus Scotland provides vital funds for early stage medical research in Scotland. One of Scotland’s leading medical research charities, it supports pilot projects and new research talent across Scot...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Exciting PhD Opportunity at the University of Glasgow! I’m thrilled to share that my PhD project with @mickcraig.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the College Future Themes PhD Programme within the College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (MVLS).
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A new special issue entitled “Emerging Voices in GPCR Biology” is now available in Molecular Pharmacology, highlighting innovative research led by early-career investigators (ECIs) across key areas of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) science. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Emerging Voices in GPCR Biology
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🚨PhD Studentship Opportunity in the Perry-Hauser Lab – University of Glasgow🚨 I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab through the NorthWestBio Doctoral Training Programme, under the theme of Underpinning Bioscience Discovery. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Excellent!
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 18/09/2025
✨ The Art of Open Science ✨ This beautiful crossstitch was created by Leah Blankenship, an undergraduate student at the @uoregon.bsky.social! This meticulously embroidered art uses data from our Allen Brain Reference Atlases. #OpenScienceWeek
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This looks like a great study!
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Had a lovely time at the inaugural GPCR-UK meeting in Cambridge. Beautiful city and great science!
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Now this is science publishing at its finest!
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The 5th Transatlantic ECI GPCR Symposium is today at 10AM EDT (3PM BST)! Good luck to organisers Janelle Lanham, Tomasz Steniewski, and Edda Matthees. You can still register to attend this virtual, FREE event: event.fourwaves.com/gpcr2025/pages
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5th Transatlantic ECI GPCR Symposium
Fourwaves - 5th Transatlantic ECI GPCR Symposium
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Had a wonderful experience at the Scottish Neuroscience Group meeting in Dundee! Great series of talks and nice to hear about all the research.
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Organized scientific fraud is growing at an alarming rate phys.org/news/2025-08... #ethics #research #science #fraud
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Organized scientific fraud is growing at an alarming rate, study uncovers
From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study.
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
(1/2) @maddipow.bsky.social draws an interesting comparison here regarding #PeerReview. I think this could really benefit bad reviews but probably not rogue reviews - the latter consisting of bias, rudeness & deliberate mishandling! One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Excited to share my latest work, now on bioRxiv: “Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice” 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice
Dopaminergic signaling is essential for regulating movement, learning, and reward. Disruptions in this system are linked to neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD. ADGRL3, an adhesion G protein-coupl...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Inspired by @mbeisen I've begun an experiment in open science. We are sharing our ongoing work on psychedelic signaling here: open.substack.com/pub/zendudes... I've decided to make this 'open' as the experiment are of immediate interest to the field and I'll write them up later.
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An experiment in 'open science'
Why isn't Br-LSD psychedelic?
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The role of dopamine-sensitive motor cortical circuits in the development and execution of skilled forelimb movements www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behavior www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Adhesion GPCR community! We have a new SLACK workspace for aGPCR enthusiasts. Please reach out to me if you would like the link!
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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/betw... With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼‍🔬
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Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts
What does dopamine actually do? A neuroscientist breaks down the science and clears up common misconceptions.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Excited to present my work at the Inaugural GPCR-UK Network Meeting this September in Cambridge: gpcr-uk.org/programme/. Thank you to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic programme! Looking forward to meeting new GPCR enthusiasts and connecting with UK-based investigators. 🇬🇧
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Programme – GPCR-UK
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Yulong Li Lab @yulonglilab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Excited to share our Science paper on HaloDA1.0-the first genetically encoded far-red dopamine sensor! 🥳It enables powerful multiplex imaging in neurons, brain slices, and live animals.🧠🔬 #GRABsensors #Dopamine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In vivo multiplex imaging of dynamic neurochemical networks with designed far-red dopamine sensors
Dopamine (DA) plays a crucial role in a variety of brain functions through intricate interactions with other neuromodulators and intracellular signaling pathways. However, studying these complex netwo...
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Emerson Harkin @efharkin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
⏰ Check out this inspiring pair of articles from @paulmasset.bsky.social and Margarida Sousa! Some dopamine neurons care about rewards far in the future more than others, allowing the brain to learn the timing of future rewards. Congrats to the authors! 🍾 🔓 links: rdcu.be/epxkE rdcu.be/epxkG
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A multidimensional distributional map of future reward in dopamine neurons
Nature - An algorithm called time–magnitude reinforcement learning (TMRL) extends distributional reinforcement learning to take account of reward time and magnitude, and behavioural and...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Exploring Heidelberg after the EMBO Lab Leadership session. Feeling very lucky to be here!
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Constantinople lab @constantinoplelab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
During Q&A, whenever someone asks a question about our "mice."
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It was something I had to seriously consider become I made the change! Certainly a barrier
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Sunny day at Loch Lomond
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 30/04/2025
We've had advances in green genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators (GECIs), but what about red-shifted GECIs? @piatkevich.bsky.social &co present SomaFRCaMPi, a new soma-localized red #GECI that exhibits improved accuracy & sensitivity for in vivo neuronal imaging @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3YnCqRW
Top left: Representative single plane confocal images showing fore-, mid-, and hindbrain regions of live zebrafish larva expressing jRGECO1a, FRCaMPi, and SomaFRCaMPi in neurons driven by the HuC promoter (n = 10 fish at 6 dpf for each). Bottom left: Schematics of looming stimulation set up in which black expanding circular shadows projected in front of the larval zebrafish embedded in agarose gel. Right: Representative single trial fluorescence traces of soma and neuropil region of red GECI-expressing neurons during looming stimulation shown as ticks.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Happy I had a chance to learn from Josh when he was at Vanderbilt.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 19/04/2025
Northwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky wgntv.com/evanston/nor...
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Northwestern University to self-fund research despite Trump administration freeze
While university officials said they’ve still not received official word of such action, they acknowledged receiving about 100 stop-work orders from the federal government on roughly 100 fede…
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Faculty profile launched! www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mole...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The new directory for the Advanced Research Centre at Glasgow University has launched! www.gla.ac.uk/research/arc...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Surgery course today! Feels good to do something other than paperwork and grant writing!
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Humberto Basilio @humbertobasilio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US. "It hurts," they told me. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Beautiful Glasgow day!
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
PhD applicants: with 💙, navigate things carefully this year. Please read the 🧵 replies. Some schools are guaranteeing N years of support; others are doing so "contingent on funding"; others are offering provisional accepts (and sadly, some are rescinded). You are not alone. Get some good advice!
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thinking of all my colleagues at Columbia right now. I wish there was more I could do.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Settling in to Glasgow! Used my first Saturday to visit the Highland Coos (spelling intended!).
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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/02/2025
Doctored, a new book by Charles Piller, "is a dark, cautionary tale of the way frauds, cheats, and hustlers have undermined research into #AlzheimersDisease." Read the #ScienceBooks Review: scim.ag/4gPaI71
Book cover for Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's, by Charles Piller
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Moving is not for the weak! I’m exhausted and we haven’t even gotten on the plane yet . . .
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Excited to share my latest research on aGPCR biology! 🎉 In this study, we show that extending or mutating the N-terminus of ADGRL3-CTF disrupts G protein signaling. Check it out: jbc.org/article/S002... #GPCR #CellBiology #ScienceTwitter
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N-terminal fragment shedding contributes to signaling of the full-length adhesion receptor ADGRL3
Most adhesion GPCRs undergo autoproteolytic cleavage during receptor biosynthesis, resulting in non-covalently bound N- and C-terminal fragments (NTF and CTF) that remain associated during receptor tr...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I can’t believe in less than a month I will be leaving NYC to start my independent lab in Glasgow. What a surreal feeling! Looking forward to the next adventure.
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Franck Polleux @franckp.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Delighted to highlight our new paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social entitled 'Synaptic basis of feature selectivity in hippocampal neurons' (thread below 👇): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Synaptic basis of feature selectivity in hippocampal neurons - Nature
A temporally asymmetric synaptic plasticity kernel results from bidirectional modifications of synaptic weights around the induction of a place field.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Really loving SciDraw as a free resource for vector-based images! Try it out
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Sung Han @hanlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Excited to share my first post here! Our new paper reveals a top-down breathing circuit that slows breathing to ease anxiety & fear. A step forward in understanding how brain-breathing interactions shape emotion. Published in Nature Neuroscience—grateful to my team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Maria Gallardo-Williams @teachforaliving.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If you are making starter packs, be inclusive. This things might end up making a difference for some career.
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Happy to play a small role on the board for the Adhesion GPCR consortium! Adhesiongpcr.org
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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Awesome PhD with a great #NewPI (and us co-supervisors are okay too 🤣). Take a look! #NeuroSkyence #FindAPhD
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