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Richard Roth

@rhroth.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Scientist and Assistant Professor at Krembil Brain Institute and University of Toronto · motor circuits | synaptic plasticity | in vivo imaging · BSc TU München -> PhD Johns Hopkins -> Postdoc Stanford · he/him www.motor-plasticity.org

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Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🎉 Please join us in welcoming Dr. Wendy Xin @droligo.bsky.social to @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social and @kbi-uhn.bsky.social! Learn more about her research: www.oligodendrocyte.org @uhnresearch.ca @uoftmedicine.bsky.social (1/2)

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Krembil Brain Institute 🧠 @kbi-uhn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🎉 Please join us in welcoming Dr. Richard Roth to UHN’s @krembilresearch! Dr. Roth joins us as a Scientist, focusing on the interplay between synaptic plasticity and neural circuit adaptation, and how these processes shape motor learning. 🔗 Learn more about his research: www.motor-plasticity.org

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Wendy Xin @droligo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Super stoked to share that I’m starting my lab at UHN @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social / @kbi-uhn.bsky.social and the University of Toronto! If you’re interested in neuron-myelin interactions in circuit maturation and cognition, please reach out - we are hiring! www.oligodendrocyte.org 1/

oligodendrocyte.org

Xin Lab

Welcome! We study the cellular interactions between neurons and oligodendrocytes, which produce myelin in the central nervous system. Myelination - the process by which oligodendrocytes ensheath neuro...

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Richard Roth @rhroth.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Thanks Alexei!!

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Richard Roth @rhroth.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Thanks Thomas!

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Richard Roth @rhroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Finally, I’m deeply grateful to my PhD mentor @rhuganir.bsky.social and my postdoc mentor Jun Ding, as well as all the Huganir and Ding lab members, for many years of great scientific exchange, support, and friendship. Excited to continue this journey in beautiful Toronto! /3

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Richard Roth @rhroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Many thanks to my director Jaideep Bains @stressynomics.bsky.social for the wonderful opportunity to join this vibrant and multidisciplinary research community, as well as my collaborators Tianyi Mao, John Huguenard, and @michaelzlin.bsky.social for their scientific and career guidance 🙏 2/

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Richard Roth @rhroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Very excited to share that I’m starting my lab at the Krembil Brain Institute @kbi-uhn.bsky.social at UHN and the University of Toronto! If you’re interested in motor learning and circuit plasticity, please reach out - we are hiring! www.motor-plasticity.org 1/

motor-plasticity.org

Roth Lab

Welcome! We study the synaptic and circuit bases for motor control and motor learning. The brain’s ability to learn and form new memories relies on the precise reorganization of neuronal circuits, inv...

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