Fresh batch of Hot Plasmids here! Find new tools for:
🧠 Neural cell-surface proteomics
🔋 Nerve-to-cancer mitochondrial transfer @greletlab.bsky.social
🔬 Red calcium biosensors @massecklab.bsky.social & @piatkevich.bsky.social
✂️ CRISPRa-AAV for adipocytes @nadavahituv.bsky.social
& more!

Latest from the lab: Laura Haetzel finds that excitatory transmission from auditory thalamus to tail of striatum is accompanied by a sparse inhibitory projection. This allows for state-dependent control of striatal output.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

New plasmids available from the @massecklab.bsky.social‬! PinkyCaMP, a mScarlet-based calcium sensor, can be leveraged for its exceptional brightness, photostability, and multiplexing capabilities.
https://twp.ai/4iobS2

mScarlet3-H (aka mYongHong) is on the cover of Nature Methods! All plasmids are available for free from WeKwikGene wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn/publications...

📆 Mark your calendars: #OptoGRC2026 is headed back to Tuscany, May 10-15, 2026!

We look forward to reuniting with our amazing community for a week of great science, thoughtful discussions & shared time with colleagues.

More details coming soon👇🏽
tinyurl.com/esvrabsu

We’re hiring!
The Masseck Lab (University of Cologne) is looking for a full-time Technical Assistant (permanent position).
Focus: neuroscience, behavior experiments, and cell culture.
Apply by May 1st → jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
#JobAlert #Neuroscience #LabTech #BTA #UniCologne

Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!

Please like and repost to help us get the word out!

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
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The first PinkyCaMP plasmids are now available on Addgene🧬… more coming soon 🚀! Stay tuned!

www.addgene.org/Olivia_Masse...

First PinkyCaMP plasmids are available via @addgene.bsky.social

www.addgene.org/browse/artic...

Cc @finkryan.bsky.social @massecklab.bsky.social

I, along with Dr. Sarah Shaykevich, will be speaking about red and near-infrared genetically encoded Ca2+ biosensors in the European Calcium Society (ECS) webinar on Wednesday, February 26th at 5 PM CET. This webinar series is open to everyone!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

🎄PinkyCaMP- our christmas gift to you! 🎁: We are excited to present PinkyCaMP, the first mScarlet based calcium sensor with:
✨exceptional, brightness
✨phototability
✨and optogenetic compatability.
Check out our new preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...