David F. Meaney Lab

Meaney Lab is @Neurotrauma-ready! #NNS2022 @taotaowu09 @rayfield_a @erinanderson371

Since we’ve all been home watching movies during quarantine, we couldn’t help but see them in this project...(2/x)

We're excited to announce Kryshawna Beard's review paper on the clinical applications of EVs in TBI was just accepted at J. Neurotrauma! Check it out: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/n…

One month into #MeaneyLabFromHome and we’ve finally trained all of our new assistants!

Circuits that start off with *medium* connections don’t synchronize after losing important neurons. Circuits that start off with *many* connections are resilient! But they can show a different type of injury. (6/7)

Impairment depends on (1) how many connections the circuits have to start AND (2) which neurons die. If important neurons disappear, the behavior of the whole circuit changes. (5/7)

How many connections do you need to synchronize two microcircuits? Not very many! Two clusters of neurons can synchronize quite easily. (3/7)

We’re so excited to announce our latest paper “Neuronal degeneration impairs rhythms between connected microcircuits” by our own @SNSchumm and David Gabrieli in @FrontNeurosci: doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2020.0… (1/7)

@pennbioeng - we bring back FREE SPIN class this week. (Thanks @pennathletics ) Sorry for hiatus - flu and new job. Bring friends. All are welcome! Still working on playlist - sample below w/ (new) fave @lizzo @Pink and @cashcash to name few. RT pls to get word out!

🚨🥊Meaney Lab PhD student David Gabrieli is defending his thesis next Friday! 🥊🚨

2019's ending, let's look back at the tomfoolery that came from our lab. Diet coke pranks, watery dunk tanks, (& yes, some science that's fab) Spinning pizza & spinning on bikes, Spinning tweets & racking up likes! With you this card we now share, Here's to 2020! #BESAD #BEChair

Dave was just profiled in the @PennEngineers magazine! Come for the discussion of which (if any) mascots could take on @GrittyNHL in a fight, stay for the picture of Dave's vintage mustache. #BringBackTheStache

Last night we celebrated Dave's final BE party as departmental chair. Tears were shed. Laughs were had. Drinks were shared. Naturally we commemorated the evening with #BESAD, #BEGLAD, and of course #BEDAD poses! Congrats Dad-- we mean Dave!

@pennbioeng and @PennEngineers - Work out your frustrations. Get ready for finals. Come to FREE spin class. @lizzo @wearegalantis @CalvinHarris on the RPM playlist. Beat #dfm calorie burn and you get..... Pottruck, Rm 306, 4PM Friday

Celebratory dinner with @Neuronic_KTH for two (!) of Svein's graduates. Wonderful group and people. Thoughtful debate on injury criteria in #BioMEX workshop. Zhou on to @StanfordBioE with Camarillo group. Met Peter Halldin, co-inventor of #MIPS for helmets. I have one!

#ICYMI: Dave took part in @PennMindCORE’s Growing Up in Science series, where he talked about his path to becoming a TBI researcher and #SAD. Video from the event is posted; check it out! youtube.com/watch?v=EnrF2Lg7…