Assistant professor at Dalhousie University. We study physiology, cell biology, and biochemistry of the retina. Opinions are my own.
Halifax, NS
Joined April 2022
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A few days left to apply for the Visual Neuroscience position at Dalhousie University in Canada. New deadline Jan 31.
This could be the view from your office! We're recruiting a #tenuretrack Assistant or Associate Prof in the Retina and Optic Nerve Research Group at Dalhousie University. #Hiring #VisualNeuroscience
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New results explain mGluR6 dysfunction in congenital stationary night blindness @DalhousieU @AgostoLab life-science-alliance.org/co…
That rare and wonderful moment when you test a new commercial antibody and it actually looks good
#MicroscopyMonday
This could be the view from your office! We're recruiting a #tenuretrack Assistant or Associate Prof in the Retina and Optic Nerve Research Group at Dalhousie University. #Hiring #VisualNeuroscience
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Warm conformation of the calcium-activated nonselective cation channel TRPM4 driven by a temperature-dependent calcium-binding site. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Researchers have generated a nanoscale-resolution reconstruction of a millimeter-scale fragment of human cerebral cortex, giving an unprecedented view into the structural organization of brain tissue at the supracellular, cellular, and subcellular levels. scim.ag/6WK
Great to meet up with colleagues old and new at #ARVO2024, and especially cool to meet some of the @alecia144g lab and @RobichauxLab trainees. Bye, Seattle!
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🚀 Exciting opportunity! Our lab at Rutgers University is now hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Join us to explore the mysteries of the somatosensory system using cutting-edge molecular genetics. Apply now! 🧬🔬 abrairalab.org/join-our-team…
First paper from the Agosto lab is out! Co-authored by undergraduate students Michael Miller and Mustansir Pindwarawala. We showed that N-glycosylation is important for mGluR6 interactions with ELFN proteins and localization in retina.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2024.1…
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Our lab's super-resolution #microscopy analysis of #rhodopsin in the complicated/hard-to-reach #photoreceptor inner segment compartment is now published in @PLOSBiology !! 🔬👁️
Special thanks to all co-authors, including @AgostoLab
Retinal #photoreceptor cells are maintained through a complex #ProteinTrafficking network. @RobichauxLab use quant super-res microscopy to reveal trafficking of the visual pigment #rhodopsin in the inner segment region of rod photoreceptors #PLOSBiology plos.io/3RPJPVW
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ICYMI, we recently unveiled the first cellular map of a mammalian brain in @nature. 🧠✨
Over 6 years and 32 million cells in the making, the complete adult mouse brain cell-type atlas reveals amazing diversity & regional specificity.
More: alleninstitute.org/scientist…
#studyBRAIN
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For the first time, scientists analysed the connectome for part of the brain in the common octopus involved in long-term memory. Here, they use #ElectronMicroscopy to trace the length of an axon micron by micron. #12DaysOfeLife elifesciences.org/articles/8…
I'm very pleased to have been awarded a Young Investigator Grant from the Alcon Research Institute. This grant will help fund our project about synaptic protein trafficking in photoreceptors and bipolar cells. Thank you!! alcon.com/ari-grant-recipien…
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#eNeuro | Ultrastructural Characteristics and Synaptic Connectivity of Photoreceptors in the Simplex Retina of Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea) eneuro.org/content/10/10/ENE…
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Thrilled to share the latest work from my time at #BCM in Ted Wensel’s lab and with @AgostoLab, ‘Centriole and transition zone structures in photoreceptor cilia revealed by cryo-electron tomography’ giving us a closer look at the CC, including y-links! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
