Nisha Rafiq
nishamrafiq.bsky.social
Nisha Rafiq
@nishamrafiq.bsky.social
Group Leader, University of Tübingen, Germany. https://www.nisharafiqlab.com/
Do you like following rules… but also breaking them?

So does your dopaminergic synapse! 😎🧠

Our new Trends in Neurosciences review dives into the non-classical side of dopamine signaling, notably the tools reshaping how we see it (CLEM, cryo-CLEM, serial EM + more).
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"DA vesicles are bigger and less round" in synaptosomes, beautiful cryoEM images!
We too showed this in iPSC-derived DA neurons, of course using just regular EM 😃 See link here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exciting times for non-classical synapse!
February 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our paper on the phase separation of synaptophysin+ and dopamine+ vesicles, as well as their co-existence in iPSC-derived DA neurons, is now online! 🤓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our review on the emerging roles for primary cilia in synapses and neurological disorders is now online! 😃https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962892424002319
November 26, 2024 at 10:25 AM