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Nina Luong

@ninaluong.bsky.social
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first gen | she/her | opinions are my own | PhD | Wright Lab

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In honor of #FluorescenceFriday here is an image from a MafB-cre retina injected with Cre-dependent AAV, which results in labeling of 6 distinct RGC subtypes.
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Excited to release the newest preprint from the lab into the wild. Super proud of @ninaluong.bsky.social, who did 99% of the experiments in this beast of a paper. Want to know more about some novel RGC subtypes? Buckle up! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9
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A pooled genetic approach provides multimodal access to uncharacterized retinal ganglion cell subtypes
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the sole output neurons of the retina, responsible for transmitting visual information to the brain. Recent transcriptomic studies have revealed extensive molecular d...
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In the race between “paper submission” and “unexpected full blown computer shutdown to install OS update”, we beat the shutdown by 5 seconds! Congrats @ninaluong.bsky.social. Preprint coming soon!!!!
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Vollum Institute @volluminstitute.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congratulations to Dr Nina Luong on her successful dissertation defense titled "Genetic approaches to classifying retinal neuron subtypes". Nina is mentored by Drs Kevin Wright and Ben Sivyer. cc: @ninaluong.bsky.social @kevinmawright.bsky.social
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Thank you to everyone who helped me throughout my PhD! The lab knows me all too well, featuring my little scientist with all his mini lab equipment.
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Miah Pitcher @miah-pitcher.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I’m very excited to announce that a part of my PhD thesis project is now a preprint! In this paper, we show how spontaneous activity prior to visual experience shapes neural circuits in the retina. (1/11)
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I started my day when it was dark, recorded all day in the dark and now am leaving lab when it’s dark…when will my retina see light???? #retinalphysiology
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PEERing into Science Podcast @peeringintoscience.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Did you hear? The PEERing into Science podcast is out now! Go listen wherever you listen to podcasts! #scicomm #science
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PEERing into Science Podcast @peeringintoscience.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Have you saved the PEERing into Science podcast yet? Check us out on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/21LsYVd... Also available on Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Castbox, Goodpods, and Overcast!
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This is my son’s soccer teammate. This is heartbreaking to watch, no kid should go through this. I know his parents, they are good people. No family should endure this. The cruelty and evil actions of the trump administration and ICE are tearing families and communities apart.
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I think this is my best lab costume yet #kimwipes #kimtech #halloween
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@ninaluong.bsky.social is really upping her costume game this year. And she can still work in it!
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
It’s been a 24 hour traveling day from Portland to Pécs, which includes 2 planes, a bus, a metro, a train & a car. I am so excited to be at ERM2025 and to be selected as a speaker in the New Perspectives, Tools and Resources session!
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Teva Bracha on his successful dissertation defense!
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Thanks to OPB for doing a feature on the PREP program at OHSU. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Distinct functional domains of Dystroglycan regulate inhibitory synapse formation and maintenance in cerebellar Purkinje cells
Communications Biology - Genetic manipulation of functional domains on Dystroglycan reveals distinct developmental roles in inhibitory synapse formation and maintenance in cerebellar cortex.
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
With all the chaos and destruction of academic research going on in the US right now, it feels a little weird to post this. But.... New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n
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PTEN regulates starburst amacrine cell dendrite morphology during development
Neurons are subject to extensive developmental regulation to ensure precise subtype-specific morphologies that are intimately tied to their function. Starburst amacrine cells (SACs) in the mammalian r...
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 11/04/2025
If you show a mouse a movie, you may just learn a lot about the visual cortex! Thank you @karissawaddick.bsky.social for sharing our recent publication of the most complete functional map of an animal brain yet in @usatoday.com. 🧠📈 Read the article: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I completely forgot what day it was. @ninaluong.bsky.social got me!
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Christian Puller @christianpuller.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
1/ There it is! 😊 Published today in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Spatial distribution and functional integration of displaced retinal ganglion cells - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Spatial distribution and functional integration of displaced retinal ganglion cells
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Vollum Institute @volluminstitute.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
DONATE to protect biomedical research: bit.ly/4i3RhsF Executive orders & changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be catastrophic to our ability to perform groundbreaking research and train the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Vollum: www.ohsu.edu/vollum-insti...
Vollum scientists study the cells that make myelin, shown in this image, which are destroyed in multiple sclerosis. This work is critical to understand how to repair the nervous system in disease and injury.
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NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This needs attention www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 13/02/2025
Anglerfish turn out to be considerably less frightening once you know how tiny they are.
A bizarre-looking fish with a huge mouth on the top of its head, and a lure hanging off its head.The same bizarre fish but now in the palm of somebody's hand, where it can be seen to be no more than a few inches long.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Finally, while we first learned about this with F31 predoctoral fellowships and diversity supplements, this is also occurring for F32 postdoctoral, K99/R00 and F99/R00 postdoctoral transition awards, and R01s with explicit diversity language. 14/n
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
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a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
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Adam Van Arsdale @apv2600.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
My feed is overwhelmed with scientists right now calling out the catastrophic consequences of the NIH indirect cost order from last night. If those same people aren't also speaking out against the anti-trans, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant orders...we are lost. The only path forward is solidarity.
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
As someone who wants to stay in academic research, how is it even possible to stay optimistic right now…
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It’s 8pm. I’ve been in my dark room recording since 8am…my vision is getting blurry but I don’t want to give up yet 🥲
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gregschwartznu.bsky.social @gregschwartznu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!
Flyer for a visual neuroscience course with colorful images of scientific data and model species.
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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I created a simple flow chart to help my lab trainees choose the most appropriate stats test in Prism (*for single-factor comparisons only). Feel free to share with your group if you think it could be helpful first start.
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Evan D Vickers @evandvickers1.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Happy to share my first preprint from the McCormick Lab! If you're interested in mesoscale 2-photon imaging and the relationship between neocortical activity and movement/arousal, check it out! A thread...🧵 #neuroskyence #neuroimaging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Pan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
I still can't believe I work in a laboratory.
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Can confidently say it was awesome 😎
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Thepurplelilac Science Crochet Shop @thepurplelilac.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Crocheted retinal neurons #crochet #sciart #science #scicomm #neuroscience
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Ashley Walker, PhD @ashleyewalker.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Job Alert! University of Oregon, Department of Human Physiology is searching for an Assistant Professor, with a focus in Neuroscience. All areas of neuroscience-related research are welcome, including research using model organisms or humans. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25319
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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
2 weeks until my first DAC meeting- is it normal to be excited?
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