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Grateful for two R01s recently: to develop tools for recording and perturbing biochemical dynamics in the brain (with @jinzhanglab.bsky.social), and to uncover what these dynamics do in vivo. Recruiting postdocs, grad students, and engineers to join our exploration: sites.wustl.edu/yaochenlab/p...

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We welcome you to join our scientific adventure to understand the function of neuromodulators and the function of sleep, and become future bridge builders between cellular and systems neuroscience.…

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

How does the brain track how much sleep has occurred, and gauge the likelihood of waking at each moment? Check out our new preprint: “A molecular integrator of sleep duration and interruption” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/10)

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Adam Bowman @adam-bowman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Excited to share our first lab preprint! We enabled fast wide-field FLIM with low noise and high dynamic range. We built compact resonant modules for EO-FLIM that fit into your hand and developed methods to capture multi-exponential phasor plots at up to 500 Hz. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

🧠 We're hiring! My department (Wash U Neuroscience) is recruiting a Director of Strategic Initiatives: tinyurl.com/5a3mdr59. Consider joining our scientific family to enable new discoveries, new ideas, and creative ways of doing science.

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Director of Strategic Initiatives & Communications - Neuroscience

Scheduled Hours 40 Position Summary The Director of Strategic Initiatives serves as a senior executive leader for the Department of Neuroscience and functions as a principal strategic advisor to the D...

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My department @WashUMedNeuro is recruiting Assistant or Associate Professor of neuroscience. Join us for great science and a collegial environment! facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta... Please repost.

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Glad to be part of this collaboration. These chemigenetic FRET-based sensors have impressive dynamic range in both ratiometric intensity and fluorescence lifetime measurements. The red/far-red sensors enable multiplexed imaging with green sensors, and are functional in brain tissue.

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Our paper simulating fluorescence lifetime in real-life experiments is now a Version of Record @elife.bsky.social! We hope it helps FLIM users with more rigor and innovation. If you are interested in turning our innovation proposals into reality, we welcome motivated people to join our lab. #FLIM

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Our revised manuscript in @elife.bsky.social: The promise and peril of comparing fluorescence lifetime in biology revealed by simulations doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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The promise and peril of comparing fluorescence lifetime in biology revealed by simulations

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

We have an updated version of our manuscript "The promise and peril of comparing fluorescence lifetime in biology revealed by simulations": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... We have included a Python version in addition to the original Matlab package. Hope this is helpful to the community.

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The promise and peril of comparing fluorescence lifetime in biology revealed by simulations

Signaling dynamics are crucial in biological systems, and biosensor-based real-time imaging has revolutionized their analysis. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) excels over the widely us...

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Trevor GrandPre @myphysicsjourney.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Excited to join @WashUPhysics as an assistant professor in Fall 2025! My group will develop non-equilibrium statistical physics to study criticality in biology—biomolecular condensates, gene regulation & adaptive immune systems. DM for postdoc/grad openings! #myphysicsjourney

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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Churchill College will appoint up to 16 Postdoc By-Fellows from Cambridge University & associated research institutes, up to 3yrs from 1st Oct 2025. Non-stipendiary, but offer dining rights, access to facilities, participation in academic & social life of the College. A great opportunity.

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Yao Chen @yaochen20.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

🧠Excited about neuromodulator interactions or the mystery of sleep? Join our lab at Wash U! We're seeking passionate individuals to bridge cellular and systems neuroscience by decoding biochemical signaling dynamics in the brain. tinyurl.com/2bmf2py9 Postdoc and RA positions available. Pls repost.

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