Daniel Castro
@flanbrain.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. We study endogenous opioids in affect, motivation, and metabolism. I love food and puppies.
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"Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software"
@flanbrain.bsky.social & colleagues discuss how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold (which predict 3D protein structures) can facilitate drug discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@flanbrain.bsky.social & colleagues discuss how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold (which predict 3D protein structures) can facilitate drug discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience
This article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we discover new treatments for brain and mental health disorders. Instead of relying solely on slow and complex lab work, sci...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software"
@flanbrain.bsky.social & colleagues discuss how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold (which predict 3D protein structures) can facilitate drug discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@flanbrain.bsky.social & colleagues discuss how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold (which predict 3D protein structures) can facilitate drug discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Daniel Castro
🆕 perspective from @flanbrain.bsky.social et al on how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold, which predict 3D protein structures, can facilitate drug discovery in neuropsychopharmacology. Check it out!!
www.nature.com/artic...
www.nature.com/artic...
Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software
NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🆕 perspective from @flanbrain.bsky.social et al on how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold, which predict 3D protein structures, can facilitate drug discovery in neuropsychopharmacology. Check it out!!
www.nature.com/artic...
www.nature.com/artic...
@usasp.bsky.social here we are! Excited for the coming days and getting to see everyone in Chicago!! 🤩💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 don’t forget to see @katybraden.bsky.social poster tomorrow morning!! It has motivation, CRISPR, opioids, and pain! 😱😱👀👀😳😳🫢
April 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@usasp.bsky.social here we are! Excited for the coming days and getting to see everyone in Chicago!! 🤩💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 don’t forget to see @katybraden.bsky.social poster tomorrow morning!! It has motivation, CRISPR, opioids, and pain! 😱😱👀👀😳😳🫢
It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
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Excited to host @flanbrain.bsky.social !
January 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Excited to host @flanbrain.bsky.social !
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#acnp2024 open position at UM Pharmacology. Happy to answer questions!
OPEN RANK #FACULTY #POSITION in #Pharmacology & #Neuroscience with expertise in #behavioral pharmacology/neuroscience of relevance to substance use disorders. Review of applications will start immediately. Target start date is Fall 2025. Come join us!
Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor | U-M Careers
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December 10, 2024 at 6:43 AM
#acnp2024 open position at UM Pharmacology. Happy to answer questions!
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To cap off an incredible week at #ACNP2024 I woke up to the Notice of Award for my NRSA!!!
I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!
I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!
December 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
To cap off an incredible week at #ACNP2024 I woke up to the Notice of Award for my NRSA!!!
I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!
I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!
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If you are still at #ACNP2024 and are interested in the locus coeruleus and/or the amygdala, please stop by my poster from the @mbruchas lab examining how both nodes of this circuit mediate stress-induced anxiety-like behavior tonight (W169)!
December 11, 2024 at 9:16 PM
If you are still at #ACNP2024 and are interested in the locus coeruleus and/or the amygdala, please stop by my poster from the @mbruchas lab examining how both nodes of this circuit mediate stress-induced anxiety-like behavior tonight (W169)!
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Hey #ACNP2024 - we seem to have quite a few stellar early career researchers on (or about to be on) the job market
If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩
👇
If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩
👇
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December 9, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Hey #ACNP2024 - we seem to have quite a few stellar early career researchers on (or about to be on) the job market
If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩
👇
If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩
👇
Headed to @acnporg.bsky.social come see our panel on opioids and depression Monday morning, and DEFINITELY stop by our lab’s postdoc @katybraden.bsky.social poster to learn more!! 🤩🤩💃🏻💃🏻👯♂️👯♂️👯♂️
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December 7, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Headed to @acnporg.bsky.social come see our panel on opioids and depression Monday morning, and DEFINITELY stop by our lab’s postdoc @katybraden.bsky.social poster to learn more!! 🤩🤩💃🏻💃🏻👯♂️👯♂️👯♂️