Timmy Lê
@timmyle.bsky.social
I am a neuroscientist with cerebral palsy born to Vietnamese refugees who is interested in stress and addiction| UMass Chan trained neuroscientist/electrophysiologist 🧪🧠
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The world is grim but I have some exciting news!
1. I am speaking at the #AlcoholGRC next month. So if you are going, keep your eyes pealed. 👀
2. I am defending my dissertation on March 4th (2pm EST)! Feel free to message me if you want a Zoom link as we get closer.
Love ya’ll. Keep fighting. ✌🏼
1. I am speaking at the #AlcoholGRC next month. So if you are going, keep your eyes pealed. 👀
2. I am defending my dissertation on March 4th (2pm EST)! Feel free to message me if you want a Zoom link as we get closer.
Love ya’ll. Keep fighting. ✌🏼
two men are making a heart shape with their arms
ALT: two men are making a heart shape with their arms
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January 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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My first undergrad presentation was on the metabolism of ethanol. Little did I know at the time, alcohol use disorder would become the topic of my PhD work
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My first undergrad presentation was on the metabolism of ethanol. Little did I know at the time, alcohol use disorder would become the topic of my PhD work
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If you didn’t get a chance to purchase the exclusive 5-year #BlackInNeuro pin last night, I have more with me today! ✨
We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate
Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25
We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate
Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you didn’t get a chance to purchase the exclusive 5-year #BlackInNeuro pin last night, I have more with me today! ✨
We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate
Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25
We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate
Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25
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🎃 Don't drink and fly...driving is a bad idea, too! 👻 The best way to celebrate Halloween is to brush up on your #NIAAA #RethinkingDrinking resources 🎃
Link: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
Link: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🎃 Don't drink and fly...driving is a bad idea, too! 👻 The best way to celebrate Halloween is to brush up on your #NIAAA #RethinkingDrinking resources 🎃
Link: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
Link: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
The big question is if our Chair will give this seminar in a costume? 🤔
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The big question is if our Chair will give this seminar in a costume? 🤔
Miso Mac N Cheese? Yeah, why not
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Miso Mac N Cheese? Yeah, why not
@wickedneuro.bsky.social she got an entire condition all on her own today!!!
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@wickedneuro.bsky.social she got an entire condition all on her own today!!!
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A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, in Cell explains how cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to remodel synapses: direc.to/nJHH
Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage.
@travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social
Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage.
@travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social
UMass Chan scientists show how the non-neuronal brain cells communicate to coordinate rewiring of brain
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, explains how two different cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input.
direc.to
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, in Cell explains how cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to remodel synapses: direc.to/nJHH
Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage.
@travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social
Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage.
@travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social
Can always count on @femmeinstem.bsky.social and the Winder Lab for hyping you up!
Congratulations to @timmyle.bsky.social on a successful defense! You’re a doctor now. 😄
October 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Can always count on @femmeinstem.bsky.social and the Winder Lab for hyping you up!
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How do opioids disrupt the brain’s internal clock, and how does this differ between sexes? Our new study uses RNAseq to examine the suprachiasmatic nucleus across different opioid exposure states in genetically diverse rats. ✨https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772392525000458
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How do opioids disrupt the brain’s internal clock, and how does this differ between sexes? Our new study uses RNAseq to examine the suprachiasmatic nucleus across different opioid exposure states in genetically diverse rats. ✨https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772392525000458
This bed feels like a faraday cage 🤣
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This bed feels like a faraday cage 🤣
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so, to understand this story there are a few things you need to know
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
August 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
so, to understand this story there are a few things you need to know
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
My 8 yo cousin just asked me what part of the brain is responsible for his love of potato chips
July 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My 8 yo cousin just asked me what part of the brain is responsible for his love of potato chips
What really blows my mind right now is that human civilization has been consuming alcohol since 7000 BC, but alcohol research in CNS has only been relatively recent. Early evidence in the literature…1948 AD (to be clear). That’s definitely a huge gap. Earliest study examining sex differences? 1989
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What really blows my mind right now is that human civilization has been consuming alcohol since 7000 BC, but alcohol research in CNS has only been relatively recent. Early evidence in the literature…1948 AD (to be clear). That’s definitely a huge gap. Earliest study examining sex differences? 1989
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Gilles E. Martin, PhD, identifies a group of 500 neurons associated with the suppression of binge drinking: direc.to/npLM
Gilles Martin identifies neurons associated with the suppression of binge drinking
UMass Chan researchers identify neural ensemble that suppresses binge drinking
direc.to
June 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Gilles E. Martin, PhD, identifies a group of 500 neurons associated with the suppression of binge drinking: direc.to/npLM
🚨 I am pleased to share w/ everyone a new Nature #Neuroscience paper led by Dr. Pablo Gimenez-Gomez from the lab of Dr. Gilles Martin @umasschan.bsky.social
In this paper, we found a specific #alcohol activated neuronal ensemble that functions to suppress binge drinking behavior.
#AlcoholResearch
In this paper, we found a specific #alcohol activated neuronal ensemble that functions to suppress binge drinking behavior.
#AlcoholResearch
Suppression of binge alcohol drinking by an inhibitory neuronal ensemble in the mouse medial orbitofrontal cortex - Nature Neuroscience
This study demonstrates that high alcohol concentrations during binge drinking activate a small GABAergic neuronal ensemble in the medial orbitofrontal cortex, which subsequently reduces further alcoh...
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 I am pleased to share w/ everyone a new Nature #Neuroscience paper led by Dr. Pablo Gimenez-Gomez from the lab of Dr. Gilles Martin @umasschan.bsky.social
In this paper, we found a specific #alcohol activated neuronal ensemble that functions to suppress binge drinking behavior.
#AlcoholResearch
In this paper, we found a specific #alcohol activated neuronal ensemble that functions to suppress binge drinking behavior.
#AlcoholResearch
Still want to be a professional pierogi eater if anyone is wondering
May 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Still want to be a professional pierogi eater if anyone is wondering
I feel honored to have been selected by UMass Chan to represent the university as this year’s college volunteer for my work as a K-12 science outreach volunteer in the Worcester, MA public school system.
Building bridges: Worcester Magazine's top college volunteers of '25 change people's lives
Every year, Worcester Magazine honors college students who have dedicated countless hours to volunteering and serving their communities.
www.worcestermag.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I feel honored to have been selected by UMass Chan to represent the university as this year’s college volunteer for my work as a K-12 science outreach volunteer in the Worcester, MA public school system.
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Did some more science outreach with 7th graders! This time, we isolated DNA from bananas and strawberries! 🧬 🍌 🍓
A lot of enthusiasm and curiosity from these future scientists!
A lot of enthusiasm and curiosity from these future scientists!
May 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Did some more science outreach with 7th graders! This time, we isolated DNA from bananas and strawberries! 🧬 🍌 🍓
A lot of enthusiasm and curiosity from these future scientists!
A lot of enthusiasm and curiosity from these future scientists!
Happy Earth Day! Here are some pictures of nature to cleanse your timeline
April 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Happy Earth Day! Here are some pictures of nature to cleanse your timeline
Not the penguins!
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Not the penguins!