Gareth Rurak
@garjeanr.bsky.social
Postdoc with Dougherty & Papouin Labs @ WUSM. Formerly with Salmaso Lab @ Carleton University.
Astrocyte physiology, development, and local translation ✨🧬🔬
Posts about cycling, accessible infrastructure, the brain, and science policy
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Astrocyte physiology, development, and local translation ✨🧬🔬
Posts about cycling, accessible infrastructure, the brain, and science policy
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Gareth Rurak
@garjeanr.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi everyone, for those who don’t know I’m just a Canadian living in the Midwest USA
Postdoc at WashU interested in astrocyte physiology and local translation in development and neurodevelopmental disorders
Passionate about accessibility in our cities, with our science, and with knowledge.
Reposted by Gareth Rurak
Thought this would be a nice way to enter the bsky community👇Delighted for Katie (now in Chris Dulla's lab at Tufts). Thank you to our collaborators, to the reviewers and to Cagla Eroglu for the highlight!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Norepinephrine signals through astrocytes to modulate synapses
Locus ceruleus (LC)–derived norepinephrine (NE) drives network and behavioral adaptations to environmental saliencies by reconfiguring circuit functional connectivity, but the underlying synapse-level...
www.science.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Thought this would be a nice way to enter the bsky community👇Delighted for Katie (now in Chris Dulla's lab at Tufts). Thank you to our collaborators, to the reviewers and to Cagla Eroglu for the highlight!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Gareth Rurak
Ever wondered what a single-cell atlas for social behavior might look like? We have one just for you, our soon-to-be completed MSTP graduate student, Simona Sarafinovska, worked hard to bring you this brilliant pre-print! Check it out 👀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Single-Cell Resolution of Individual Variation in Hypothalamic Neurons Allows Targeted Manipulation Affecting Social Motivation
Despite decades of research, connecting molecular and cellular phenotypes to complex behavioral traits remains an elusive goal1. Social motivation exhibits individual trait variation2, which we hypoth...
doi.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ever wondered what a single-cell atlas for social behavior might look like? We have one just for you, our soon-to-be completed MSTP graduate student, Simona Sarafinovska, worked hard to bring you this brilliant pre-print! Check it out 👀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Gareth Rurak
Come join us @umontreal.ca - We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction.
#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
See ad below -
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
See ad below -
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Principal Investigator in neurodevelopment/Assistant Professor - CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Centre/ Université de Montréal - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
www.fens.org
January 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Come join us @umontreal.ca - We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction.
#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
See ad below -
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
See ad below -
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Reposted by Gareth Rurak
The call for abstracts for poster presentations is now open for the 2025 Canadian Neuroscience meeting in Toronto, May 21-24, 2025 can-acn.org/meeting-2025...
November 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM
The call for abstracts for poster presentations is now open for the 2025 Canadian Neuroscience meeting in Toronto, May 21-24, 2025 can-acn.org/meeting-2025...
A different take on Fluorescent Friday, some #astrocyte #calcium imaging after Aqua2✨👀
November 22, 2024 at 10:04 PM
A different take on Fluorescent Friday, some #astrocyte #calcium imaging after Aqua2✨👀
Reposted by Gareth Rurak
With colleagues at ALBA, I'm running an international climate survey for #LGBTQIA+ people in #neuroscience (including #psychology, #psychiatry, etc). It takes 10-20 min & you can enter a drawing for gift cards.
Please repost & share w/colleagues.
tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro
#QueerSTEM
#LGBTQSTEM
Please repost & share w/colleagues.
tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro
#QueerSTEM
#LGBTQSTEM
September 12, 2024 at 5:22 AM
With colleagues at ALBA, I'm running an international climate survey for #LGBTQIA+ people in #neuroscience (including #psychology, #psychiatry, etc). It takes 10-20 min & you can enter a drawing for gift cards.
Please repost & share w/colleagues.
tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro
#QueerSTEM
#LGBTQSTEM
Please repost & share w/colleagues.
tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro
#QueerSTEM
#LGBTQSTEM
Hi everyone, for those who don’t know I’m just a Canadian living in the Midwest USA
Postdoc at WashU interested in astrocyte physiology and local translation in development and neurodevelopmental disorders
Passionate about accessibility in our cities, with our science, and with knowledge.
November 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Hi everyone, for those who don’t know I’m just a Canadian living in the Midwest USA
Postdoc at WashU interested in astrocyte physiology and local translation in development and neurodevelopmental disorders
Passionate about accessibility in our cities, with our science, and with knowledge.