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Tommaso Patriarchi

@tpatriarchi.bsky.social
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Associate Prof. at UZH 🇨🇭 | protein engineering for pharmacology and neuroscience | opinions my own

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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 7h
Congratulations to this amazing trio!! They have vastly empowered life sciences and neurosciences with awesome tools and inspired many scientists with their awesome research. Couldn't be better deserved.
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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today in Nature @nature.com, we report a new approach to studying human brain development and modeling disease in vivo. Open article link below 👇
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thank you Lin for presenting your amazing work! It was lots of fun and a real pleasure to catch up after a long time :)
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Consider contributing to a forthcoming special issue of Neurophotonics on Intrinsic Neuromodulation: Measurement, Interpretation, and Links to Brain State and Behavior, which I am co-editing with Jennifer Resnik and Anna Devor.
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Consider contributing to a forthcoming special issue of Neurophotonics on Intrinsic Neuromodulation: Measurement, Interpretation, and Links to Brain State and Behavior, which I am co-editing with Jennifer Resnik and Anna Devor.
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Excited to share our work: Subtype-resolved norepinephrine imaging with an engineered α1D-adrenergic receptor indicator: Cell Reports Methods www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Subtype-resolved norepinephrine imaging with an engineered α1D-adrenergic receptor indicator
Rohner et al. develop Alpha1DLight, an α1D-adrenergic receptor-derived fluorescent indicator that enables subtype-resolved norepinephrine imaging. The sensor shows high affinity, reversible responses,...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#FENS2026 – Friday 11:30–13:00. Paul Lamothe-Molina @neuronblaze presents nLightG2/nLightR2, next-gen norepinephrine sensors for in vivo use. Come by to talk GPCR indicators, photometry, 2P imaging, multiplexing, or troubleshooting. Poster PS07-10AM-018. Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @PatriarchiLab
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Next-generation multicolor indicators for in vivo imaging of norepinephrine - Nature Methods
Improved red and green indicators for norepinephrine and their characterization are reported. These indicators allow detection of norepinephrine release in awake behaving mice in dual-color fiber phot...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is an impressive milestone!
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The nucleus accumbens shell regulates hedonic feeding via a rostral hotspot doi.org/10.7554/eLif... Great work by @labouessemarie.bsky.social and her student Alina! Congrats
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The nucleus accumbens shell regulates hedonic feeding via a rostral hotspot
Within the nucleus accumbens shell, a spatially defined rostral subregion selectively modulates hedonic feeding, revealing functional heterogeneity in reward circuitry underlying food consumption.
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Ali Shaib @alishaib.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hello #world, meet 1,000× Expansion Microscopy. A small gel would grow to the size of an Olympic swimming pool, while amino-acid-scale distances become visible with ordinary light microscopy. Led by Helena Hu from @eboyden3.bsky.social's lab, in collab with us. Story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 01/06/2026
Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors. Today in @natmethods.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
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zebacurreli.bsky.social @zebacurreli.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Out today in @natneuro.nature.com What started as a great discussion at an amazing meeting organized by @joaofoliveira.bsky.social culminated in our new Perspective on how #astrocyte functions operate across multiple spatial scales. Read: rdcu.be/fk0B7 Full text: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The multiple scales of astrocytic functional units
Nature Neuroscience - Astrocytes modulate complex brain functions. These ubiquitous glial cells constitute a multilayered system of functional units that operate across multiple spatial scales,...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Absolutely stunning work: de novo designed miniproteins targeting GPCRs as potent agonists and antagonists. This opens countless possibilities for programmable signaling, cleaner therapeutics, and faster drug discovery. Protein design is coming for pharmacology. 🚀 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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De novo design of miniproteins targeting GPCRs - Nature
Nature - De novo design of miniproteins targeting GPCRs
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Very cool to see the power of de novo design applied to dye-labeling!
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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨Exiting new preprint from Lerner Lab postdoc AJ Miller-Hansen examining the thalamus as a physiological driver of local, acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release! 🚨 DA-ACh interactions have been 🔥but what’s really going on in vivo? We think we have some answers. #neuroskyence🧪
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Check out the birghtest star in the room: PinkyCaMP - the latest member to the red GECI family! Amazing work led by Olivia Masseck and a wonderful team! Proud to contribute
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Amazing piece on Locus Coeruleus neurons! Great work
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This will be a great conference!
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Wait… localized norepinephrine transients in the awake visual cortex?! Who would have guessed this neuromodulatory signal is that spatially precise, right where visual processing is happening. Brain state control just got a lot more local. @ruedigersarah.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wow - this is really amazing work, congrats to the whole team!
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Lin Tian, PhD @lintianphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Nikki Tjahjono’s PhD work is out as a @cellpress.bsky.social preview in @ssrn.bsky.social! With @isacofflab.bsky.social, we introduce iHaloGluSnFR, the first red-shifted chemigenetic glutamate sensors, optimized for simultaneous imaging with neuromodulators. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Norepinephrine imaging, pushed further. Our latest NE sensors enable highly sensitive monitoring across recording modalities, Have you been using GRABNE2 sensors? the toolkit just got a major upgrade. Interested in trying them in your system? Reach out.
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 02/03/2026
Improved red and green indicators for norepinephrine detect norepinephrine release in awake behaving mice. @tpatriarchi.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Next-generation multicolor indicators for in vivo imaging of norepinephrine - Nature Methods
Improved red and green indicators for norepinephrine and their characterization are reported. These indicators allow detection of norepinephrine release in awake behaving mice in dual-color fiber phot...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The most sensitive green and red #norepinephrine #sensors engineered to date are out in #naturemethods! Deeply grateful to all our funders and contributors who made this work possible. A true team effort. @erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Next-generation multicolor indicators for in vivo imaging of norepinephrine - Nature Methods
Improved red and green indicators for norepinephrine and their characterization are reported. These indicators allow detection of norepinephrine release in awake behaving mice in dual-color fiber phot...
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Bence Ölveczky @olveczky.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Feels like a pivotal moment. The president is screening a movie about his third wife and crying about a lawsuit challenging his guilded ballroom, while good-hearted Americans looking out for their neighbor are getting murdered by state police. Will Americans finally wake up?
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Peter Rupprecht @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Excited to share our new preprint! We explore the link between the locus coeruleus (LC) and arousal for astrocytes, pyramidal cells, interneurons in the hippocampus. A fantastic collaboration with @sianduss.bsky.social @bohaceklab.bsky.social, and many others: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/5
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
An engineered nanobody inhibitor for molecular-to-circuit control of opioid receptor function. This was a really fun collaboration with @miriamstoeber.bsky.social and @amanglik.bsky.social labs, check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Time-resolved fluorescent proteins expand fluorescent microscopy in temporal and spectral domains. Is it impressive? Yes Is it new? No Should you use it? Probably not. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Time-resolved fluorescent proteins expand fluorescent microscopy in temporal and spectral domains
A family of rationally designed time-resolved fluorescent proteins with controllable lifetimes across the visible spectrum enables simultaneous multiplexed live imaging, super-resolution microscopy, a...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Congrats Martin, great work!
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Amazing work by the Andermann Lab showcasing a perfect use-case for FLIM imaging of dopamine sensors - looking at tonic [DA] changes and adaptations over days! Honored to be part of this effort.
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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41... This study is absolutely mind-blowing.
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Topological segregation of stress sensors along the gut crypt–villus axis - Nature
Serotonergic enterochromaffin cells of the intestine exhibit distinct sensory, secretory and physiological properties depending on their location within the complex crypt–villus architecture of t...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Congratulations Tal!! It's so great to see this out, I am very happy for you and your lab!!
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Our lab has an open PhD student position in Protein Engineering - Neurotechnology. Apply if interested!
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Amazing work by @massecklab.bsky.social PinkyCaMP the first mScarlet based Ca2+ indicator! Congrats to all, proud to have contributed to this
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Extremely proud to see my second PhD student (now Dr.) Xuehan Zhou defending her thesis so brilliantly and successfully! Such happy moments :)
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our lab is looking for a motivated Research Assistant with hands-on experience with molecular cloning techniques, mammalian cell culture and confocal imaging. If you are interested in joining or know anyone who is, please email me your application. Thanks
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is really fascinating work, congrats to the whole team!
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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019). The renamed: Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
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