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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow!!
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ordinarily the sex lives of politicians I ignore or shrug away…”ordinarily”
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The RAMP3 proximity interactor MYO6 determines spatiotemporal signaling of the GPCR CLR in lymphatic endothelial cells | Science Signaling www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The RAMP3 proximity interactor MYO6 determines spatiotemporal signaling of the GPCR CLR in lymphatic endothelial cells
The motor protein MYO6 is spatially associated with RAMP3 and affects adrenomedullin signaling in lymphatic endothelial cells.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Published: 16 September 2026 Development of a random background to understand ligand optimization www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Development of a random background to understand ligand optimization - Nature
An approach to improve efficiency and establish a background expectation for ligand potency optimization is described.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Published: 16 September 2026 Development of a random background to understand ligand optimization www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Development of a random background to understand ligand optimization - Nature
An approach to improve efficiency and establish a background expectation for ligand potency optimization is described.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My father and I along with my brother are vets. I’m an independent while they are fiercely democratic.
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
L’Shanah tova to all who celebrate. Maybe this year will be better than the last.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My analysis of $CMPS most recent data: --Strong 1 WK response --Relatively quick loss of efficacy --2nd dose helps --Modest differences at later stage --NO PLACEBO GROUP FOR THIRD PHASE
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My analysis of $CMPS most recent data: --Strong 1 WK response --Relatively quick loss of efficacy --2nd dose helps --Modest differences at later stage --NO PLACEBO GROUP FOR THIRD PHASE
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Astrocytes mediate the dopaminergic modulation of tonic GABAergic signaling in substantia nigra | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Astrocytes mediate the dopaminergic modulation of tonic GABAergic signaling in substantia nigra
Recent studies have implicated dopaminergic signaling within the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) in the emergence of Parkinsonian motor deficits. To better understand the mechanisms underlying ...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cool www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"This case demonstrates the limited effectiveness and lack of knowledge on HPPD treatments as well as the need for longitudinal assessments in management." #psychedelics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New mouse models for psychedelic studies pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42649266/
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New mouse models for psychedelic studies - PubMed
New mouse models for psychedelic studies
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nice perspective! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dopamine D1 agonists and cognition: a new frontier in neuropsychopharmacology - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Dopamine D1 agonists and cognition: a new frontier in neuropsychopharmacology
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Btw Shokat was hhmi funded (mainly) but heck give nci credit!
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Was it pre-printed?
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I became a strict vegetarian nearly 40 years ago. A simple act with enormous consequences if followed by most of us to decrease the CO2 increases. Are y’all vegetarian (those who take global warming seriously)?? If not, are your concerns genuine?
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Must read #psychedelics library.samhsa.gov/sites/defaul...
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My behavioral neuroscience lab at Northeastern is looking to recruit two new research techs! Job description and link to apply is here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Laboratory Technician - The Shansky Lab
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time technician to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research. The position includes lab ma...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Activation of G12-type G proteins in pancreatic β cells protects against impaired glucose homeostasis | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Activation of G12-type G proteins in pancreatic β cells protects against impaired glucose homeostasis
Impaired insulin secretion represents a key feature of type 2 diabetes (T2D), a major global health burden. Insulin release from pancreatic β cells is regulated by G protein–coupled receptors linked t...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Interoceptive effects of N1-substituted lysergamides in rats: Role of agonist affinity at 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors and in vivo metabolism to lysergic acid diethylamide - The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics jpet.aspetjournals.org/article/S002...
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Interoceptive effects of N1-substituted lysergamides in rats: Role of agonist affinity at 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors and in vivo metabolism to lysergic acid diethylamide
Novel analogs of the psychedelic lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) have emerged on the gray market in recent years, typically containing substitutions to the ergoline scaffold on the indole (N1) nitrog...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
LSD May Lead to a New Kind of Medicine www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMt...
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LSD May Lead to a New Kind of Medicine
YouTube video by SciShow
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Together these preclinical findings reveal a regionally specific molecular pathway in male mice that should be further investigated as a possible target to reduce fear-based symptoms of adolescent maltreatment." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Neurodegenerative-related gene rescue in anterior insula after early life maltreatment restores adult social interaction in male mice - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Neurodegenerative-related gene rescue in anterior insula after early life maltreatment restores adult social interaction in male mice
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
DO NOTHING! zendudest.substack.com/p/how-to-suc...
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How to succeed in translational neuroscience
Do nothing
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Laurel Oldach @laureloldach.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
To obtain superresolution luminescence imaging, researchers needed a lot more photons. They got them through a much-brighter ECL reaction in fixed cells, and by relying a little on fluorescent proteins for a BRET-based live cell readout. cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
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These cells make their own light: superresolution microscopy through luminescent reactions
Brighter electrochemical reaction powers superresolution imaging
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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Until Friday, I had no idea DREADDs were being investigated in the clinic. We will definitely be following these trials 🧪
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Great review and pros and cons of various options: www.intelligentliving.co/dreadds-ente...
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DREADDs Enter Human Trials: China Stuns US Neuroscientists
China's first DREADDs human trials stun US scientists: 7 chemogenetic brain therapies for epilepsy, Parkinson's and trigeminal pain.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Opto- and chemogenetics both from model organisms: one prokaryotic the other yeast (a simple eukaryotic organism). The initial studies were entirely curiosity driven.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Opto- and chemogenetics both from model organisms: one prokaryotic the other yeast (a simple eukaryotic organism). The initial studies were entirely curiosity driven.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists cen.acs.org/biological-c...
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First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists
Chinese researchers are testing DREADDs, a gene therapy to turn down neuronal activity, in the clinic
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Chemogenetics human clinical trials.....
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Chemogenetics human clinical trials.....
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Ruth Huttenhain @rhuttenhain.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My lab at Stanford University School of Medicine is recruiting! We are looking for a postdoc at the interface of quantitative proteomics, structural biology and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Ruth Huttenhain | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A proud scientific parent--congrats to Manish Jain!! Now with his own lab phoenixmed.arizona.edu/translationa...
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Translational Neurosciences - Faculty
Chair
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For those attending the Brain Initiative meeting you may wish to stop by and hear my talk about some truly exciting results....
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Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Inspired by a conversation with @zenbrainest.bsky.social on the most important things in drug discovery. Had to beg to even get a 3rd place spot for us!
3rd place meme where a person is shown celebrating wildly in the first five panels, biting a gold medal, kissing someone, popping a bottle of champagne, and the last panel shows they are in third place 

First place is chemistry, second place is chemistry, and third place is pharmacology
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hmmm... @maplightrx.bsky.social natlawreview.com/press-releas...
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Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Is Investigating MapLight Therapeutics, Inc. (MPLT) And Encourages Shareholders to Connect
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 9, 2026 / Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of MapLight Therapeutics, Inc. ("MapLight" or "the C...
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This emerging perspective offers glimmers of hope: By staging disease progress in individual cells and overcoming confounders that have impeded research for decades, we may finally uncover mechanisms that ultimately help guide more effective therapies. 2/ youtu.be/z0dIhG4C3qI?...
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Biemann Medal Lecture: An exhilarating journey towards single-cell proteomics
YouTube video by Nikolai Slavov
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Generative design of bacteriophages with genome language models | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Generative design of bacteriophages with genome language models
Many important biological functions arise not from single genes but from complex interactions encoded by entire genomes. We report the first generative design of complete bacteriophage genomes using g...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
zendudest.substack.com/p/the-joys-o...
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The joys of being a CRO for the NIH: Part 2
So to continue…by virtue of what I now recognize as a grand cosmic joke my lab was fortunate enough to obtain our FIRST NIH CONTRACT in 1998.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
zendudest.substack.com/p/the-joys-o...
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The joys of being a CRO for the NIH: Part 2
So to continue…by virtue of what I now recognize as a grand cosmic joke my lab was fortunate enough to obtain our FIRST NIH CONTRACT in 1998.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions #psychedelics Congrats to Yi-ting, Ariel, Bill, Gavin, Dewran, Pierre and too many others to mention. A yuuge effort and we hope that folks will find these mice useful www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions - Nature Neuroscience
Chiu et al. have developed engineered HTR2A mouse lines enabling in vivo mapping, targeting and modulation of receptor-expressing neurons and validated their utility across biochemical, electrophysiol...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions #psychedelics Congrats to Yi-ting, Ariel, Bill, Gavin, Dewran, Pierre and too many others to mention. A yuuge effort and we hope that folks will find these mice useful www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions - Nature Neuroscience
Chiu et al. have developed engineered HTR2A mouse lines enabling in vivo mapping, targeting and modulation of receptor-expressing neurons and validated their utility across biochemical, electrophysiol...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Wow!! Targeting peripheral 5-HT2AR enhances antitumor immunity in colorectal cancer www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Targeting peripheral 5-HT2AR enhances antitumor immunity in colorectal cancer
By selectively targeting peripheral 5-HT2AR without inducing psychedelic effects, a non-brain-penetrant agonist boosts antitumor CD8+ T cell immunity and improves immunotherapy responses in preclinica...
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Altered Gi signaling in enteroendocrine K cells in vivo causes pronounced changes in glucose homeostasis | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Altered Gi signaling in enteroendocrine K cells in vivo causes pronounced changes in glucose homeostasis
Inhibition of Gi-type G proteins expressed by gastrointestinal K cells promotes insulin release and lowers blood glucose levels.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Parvalbumin interneuron activation rescues both seizures and impaired social novelty in digenic absence epilepsy mice | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Parvalbumin interneuron activation rescues both seizures and impaired social novelty in digenic absence epilepsy mice
Chemogenetic PV interneuron activation simultaneously rescues seizures and social deficits in polygenic absence epilepsy mice.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Indirect pathway neurons in the tail of the striatum regulate inhibitory control over sensory driven behavior | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Indirect pathway neurons in the tail of the striatum regulate inhibitory control over sensory driven behavior
Posterior striatal circuits control sensory-guided actions and are disrupted in a rodent model of neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Why I love being a CRO for the NIH! open.substack.com/pub/zendudes...
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Why you should consider being a CRO for the NIH: Part 1
Lower the National Debt by being more cost-effective!
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