yaochen20.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at Washington University in Saint Louis. Lab web site: https://sites.wustl.edu/yaochenlab/
👤 Joined on 09 February 2025
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@yaochen20.bsky.socialAfter being on many scientists’ shortlists for years, the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has recognized optogenetics — a technology that allows researchers to control the brain’s neurons with pulses of light go.nature.com/4zf9yLF
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Show PostVentral tegmental area acetylcholine generates appetitive and aversive incentive motivation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.09.737546v1
Show PostGo Julia Pai, Fatih Sogukpinar et al. Heavily revised work on astrocytes role in learning. Incredibly grateful for the team's hard work on this. Extended biology and theory now added! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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