Albert I. Chen
@chenlaboratory.us
Professor #neuroscience Scintillon Institute @scintillon.bsky.social, Salk Institute @salkinstitute.bsky.social (Adjunct); previously Nanyang Technological University, UCSF, Columbia University, University of Illinois
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Albert I. Chen
@chenlaboratory.us
· Dec 18
#introduction My name is Albert Chen and I am an investigator at the Scintillon Institute in San Diego. Research in our lab aims to define the molecular, anatomical, and functional distinctions of neuronal subpopulations in the #cerebellum important for motor control and complex motivated behaviors.
Go check out Ayesha Thanawalla’s poster on Sunday and hear about her identification of cerebellar output pathways that influence motor neuron activity, muscle recruitment, and forelimb kinematics. #SfN2025
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Go check out Ayesha Thanawalla’s poster on Sunday and hear about her identification of cerebellar output pathways that influence motor neuron activity, muscle recruitment, and forelimb kinematics. #SfN2025
Congratulations Brian for receiving this award!
Congratulations to our faculty, Dr. Brian Lawson, for receiving a Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine for developing microglia with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-microglia) as treatment for multiple sclerosis.
www.scintillon.org/brian-lawson...
www.scintillon.org/brian-lawson...
Groundbreaking CAR-Microglia approach to Treat Multiple Sclerosis — The Scintillon Research Institute
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November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Congratulations Brian for receiving this award!
A fun collaboration with friends and colleagues back in Singapore where we examined how interactions of APP and APOE4 influence the progression of Alzheimer's disease pathology.
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Frontiers | APOE4-APP interactions exert early influences on cerebrovascular structure and function: implications for Alzheimer’s disease
BackgroundAPOE4 and APP are two of the main genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although there have been suggestions that these two factors in...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A fun collaboration with friends and colleagues back in Singapore where we examined how interactions of APP and APOE4 influence the progression of Alzheimer's disease pathology.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
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We are hiring 🎉 Brandeis Neuroscience is looking for an Assistant Professor. The search is in the broad area of cellular/circuit neuroscience. It’s a fantastic place to do research and train students.If you’re interested, apply and reach out with any questions!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
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October 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We are hiring 🎉 Brandeis Neuroscience is looking for an Assistant Professor. The search is in the broad area of cellular/circuit neuroscience. It’s a fantastic place to do research and train students.If you’re interested, apply and reach out with any questions!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Excited to be a part of this study lead by @eazim.bsky.social and Ayesha Thanawalla!
In our newest preprint, Ayesha Thanawalla and team identify cerebellar output pathways that influence motor neuron activity, muscle recruitment, and forelimb kinematics within milliseconds, revealing subcortical pathways for rapid directional refinement of movement.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cerebellar outputs for rapid directional refinement of forelimb movement
Much of our interaction with the world relies on the ability to move our limbs with speed and precision. The cerebellum is critical for movement coordination, yet how outputs from the cerebellum conti...
www.biorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Excited to be a part of this study lead by @eazim.bsky.social and Ayesha Thanawalla!
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Out today – our newest study on how the brain processes and filters signals of pain!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Summary written by Nathi Magubane
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Summary written by Nathi Magubane
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A parabrachial hub for need-state control of enduring pain - Nature
Activity in a set of parabranchial neurons in the mouse brain is increased during chronic pain, predicts coping behaviour, and can be modulated by circuits activated by survival threats.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Out today – our newest study on how the brain processes and filters signals of pain!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Summary written by Nathi Magubane
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/its-all...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Summary written by Nathi Magubane
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/its-all...
Congratulations to @betleylab.bsky.social and team on this beautiful study!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A parabrachial hub for need-state control of enduring pain - Nature
Activity in a set of parabranchial neurons in the mouse brain is increased during chronic pain, predicts coping behaviour, and can be modulated by circuits activated by survival threats.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations to @betleylab.bsky.social and team on this beautiful study!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you to everyone for attending my seminar and celebrating my promotion to full professor! Extremely grateful for the support from the Scintillon Institute, lab members past and present, colleagues, collaborators, mentors and family!
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you to everyone for attending my seminar and celebrating my promotion to full professor! Extremely grateful for the support from the Scintillon Institute, lab members past and present, colleagues, collaborators, mentors and family!
Congratulations on celebrating 10 years of exciting science @betleylab.bsky.social! Looking forward to following your work in the next 10 years!
This summer, the #BetleyLab at
@upenn.edu celebrated 10 years of exploring the fascinating dialogue between the body and the brain 🧠<>💪
From hunger to exercise, it's been an incredible decade of discovery. Follow along as we share some highlights over the next couple of weeks!
@upenn.edu celebrated 10 years of exploring the fascinating dialogue between the body and the brain 🧠<>💪
From hunger to exercise, it's been an incredible decade of discovery. Follow along as we share some highlights over the next couple of weeks!
August 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations on celebrating 10 years of exciting science @betleylab.bsky.social! Looking forward to following your work in the next 10 years!
Looking forward to reading this review on cerebellar mechanisms for motor control and learning by Katrina Nguyen and Abby Person!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cerebellar circuit computations for predictive motor control - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The cerebellum helps ensure the speed and accuracy of movements, but its precise contributions to movement control are unclear. Nguyen and Person here evaluate evidence for and against feedforward mot...
www.nature.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Looking forward to reading this review on cerebellar mechanisms for motor control and learning by Katrina Nguyen and Abby Person!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great paper by Françoise Muscatelli, @sebastienbouret.bsky.social and team investigating Prader-Willi syndrome by characterizing the behavioral, physiological, and transcriptomic changes in a novel PWS mouse model with a deletion of both Magel2 and Necdin. Congrats!
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
JCI Insight -
Investigation of a mouse model of Prader-Willi Syndrome with combined disruption of Necdin and Magel2
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May 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great paper by Françoise Muscatelli, @sebastienbouret.bsky.social and team investigating Prader-Willi syndrome by characterizing the behavioral, physiological, and transcriptomic changes in a novel PWS mouse model with a deletion of both Magel2 and Necdin. Congrats!
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
Shout-out to my daughter for her continued work spreading mental health awareness!
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Mission Bay High’s Mediums of Mental Health continue important work
By CYRIL REINICKE What are the Mediums of Mental Health? In May 2024 we met eight MBHS freshman and sophomore girls
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April 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shout-out to my daughter for her continued work spreading mental health awareness!
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Robots finish half marathon racing against human runners! Most fell down and faced overheating problems, but 6 out of 21 finished! 🤣
www.wired.com/story/beijin...
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Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing
Only six of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.
www.wired.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Robots finish half marathon racing against human runners! Most fell down and faced overheating problems, but 6 out of 21 finished! 🤣
www.wired.com/story/beijin...
www.wired.com/story/beijin...
This is pretty wild! Electric spoon that enhances the perception of saltiness in food! techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/k...
Kirin offers a taste of its electric salt spoon at CES 2025 | TechCrunch
On the first night of CES 2025, Kirin Holdings, a Japanese company known for its beer and beverages, showed off its new electronic spoon that makes your
techcrunch.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is pretty wild! Electric spoon that enhances the perception of saltiness in food! techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/k...
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Please retweet! Open rank faculty search in the basic sciences at UCLA David School of Medicine. Multiple positions are available - the application deadline is 19th January. Please apply here:
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062
Open Rank Faculty Position in David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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December 20, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Please retweet! Open rank faculty search in the basic sciences at UCLA David School of Medicine. Multiple positions are available - the application deadline is 19th January. Please apply here:
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062
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Resharing a starter pack i made a while back for those interested in Neuroscience and Metabolism research. Some recent additions are included.
Let me know if you want to join!
go.bsky.app/DGJS44y
Neuroskyence: 🧠🟦 or 🧠📈
Interoception: 🧠🫀 or 🧠🫁
Let me know if you want to join!
go.bsky.app/DGJS44y
Neuroskyence: 🧠🟦 or 🧠📈
Interoception: 🧠🫀 or 🧠🫁
December 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Resharing a starter pack i made a while back for those interested in Neuroscience and Metabolism research. Some recent additions are included.
Let me know if you want to join!
go.bsky.app/DGJS44y
Neuroskyence: 🧠🟦 or 🧠📈
Interoception: 🧠🫀 or 🧠🫁
Let me know if you want to join!
go.bsky.app/DGJS44y
Neuroskyence: 🧠🟦 or 🧠📈
Interoception: 🧠🫀 or 🧠🫁
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Made a starter pack for researchers who are actively working on or have an interest in the cerebellum.
DM me to be added or reply to this thread!
🧠🤏🏻
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#neuroscience #neuroskyence #cerebellum #neuroimaging #dbs #fmri
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🧠🤏🏻
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#neuroscience #neuroskyence #cerebellum #neuroimaging #dbs #fmri
November 25, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Made a starter pack for researchers who are actively working on or have an interest in the cerebellum.
DM me to be added or reply to this thread!
🧠🤏🏻
go.bsky.app/7X4ekSH
#neuroscience #neuroskyence #cerebellum #neuroimaging #dbs #fmri
DM me to be added or reply to this thread!
🧠🤏🏻
go.bsky.app/7X4ekSH
#neuroscience #neuroskyence #cerebellum #neuroimaging #dbs #fmri
Congratulations @roscoebrady.bsky.social!
December 18, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Congratulations @roscoebrady.bsky.social!
#introduction My name is Albert Chen and I am an investigator at the Scintillon Institute in San Diego. Research in our lab aims to define the molecular, anatomical, and functional distinctions of neuronal subpopulations in the #cerebellum important for motor control and complex motivated behaviors.
December 18, 2024 at 1:28 AM
#introduction My name is Albert Chen and I am an investigator at the Scintillon Institute in San Diego. Research in our lab aims to define the molecular, anatomical, and functional distinctions of neuronal subpopulations in the #cerebellum important for motor control and complex motivated behaviors.