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Joe actually generated this mouse line a long time ago but never published the validating data. (It accidentally had become available and was used for a study in the years between its creation and this paper). Read about it here! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556054/ Want to study the transcriptomics of your favorite neural cell type? You can explore the […]

The lab sends big congrats to Rebecca for her recently published paper in Journal of Neuroscience. Here, Rebecca developed a protocol to capture translating ribosomes selectively from the neuronal components of synapses, enabling identification of RNA localized there to achieve synaptic functions. Here, forebrain and hippocampal neurons were profiled globally, but this could also be […]

We’re very excited to announce that Dr. Susan Maloney has just joined the Psychiatry Dept as faculty here at Wash U! Susan has been researching serotonin neurons and the influence of SSRIs on neurodevelopment in mice. We (and Washington University, I’m sure!) are thrilled she’s going to be staying around campus for the long term!

We are very excited to announce that the lab has been awarded an NIH R01 grant (!!!) to study local translation in astrocytes, which may underlie activity and biological maintenance catered to singular synapses or local synaptic fields. Disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASDs), Fragile X Syndrome, and other forms of intellectual disability are […]

Rohan has been chosen to receive the Harrison J Stalker Award for his undergraduate thesis in Biology! He’s off to med school after two years–and a lot of growth as a scientist–in the lab, working with Kristina Sakers on local translation in astrocytes. Kristina is proud of how Rohan’s enthusiasm for his work grew during […]