Ramen Saha
@ramensaha.bsky.social
A restless farrago mind that thrives on a mix of Neurobiology, Epigenetics, Photography, and Fatherhood. The pursuit *is* happiness.
Laboratory: https://sites.ucmerced.edu/rsaha3
Flickr (photos): https://www.flickr.com/photos/ramen-nature/
Laboratory: https://sites.ucmerced.edu/rsaha3
Flickr (photos): https://www.flickr.com/photos/ramen-nature/
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Ramen Saha
@ramensaha.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Activity-assembled nBAF complex mediates rapid immediate early gene transcription by regulating RNA polymerase II productive elongation
Signal-dependent RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) productive elongation is an integral component of gene transcription, including that of immediate earl…
www.sciencedirect.com
Latest publication from our lab! The project started during the pandemic! Was led by –the fabulous– Karen Cornejo (graduating in 2025). Also, awesome contributions from all authors, specially, Andie Venegas and @dykhuizenlab.bsky.social. This one is special!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Ramen Saha
The Anne West lab at Duke is hiring a postdoc to work on nuclear cell biology in neurogenesis. Please help me spread the word! Applications to west@neuro.duke.edu.
July 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Anne West lab at Duke is hiring a postdoc to work on nuclear cell biology in neurogenesis. Please help me spread the word! Applications to west@neuro.duke.edu.
Are you attending SfN this year? Let's meetup!
June 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Are you attending SfN this year? Let's meetup!
And off they go! Graduating Saha Lab students of Spring 2025.
(Left) Leena Sanchez, Gautam Sandhu, and Mahnoor Kahloon with a fresh BS to their names; (Right) Karen Cornejo at her PhD commencement. So proud of these 'next creatures'!
(Ref: 'What we leave behind' by Tom Maxwell.)
(Left) Leena Sanchez, Gautam Sandhu, and Mahnoor Kahloon with a fresh BS to their names; (Right) Karen Cornejo at her PhD commencement. So proud of these 'next creatures'!
(Ref: 'What we leave behind' by Tom Maxwell.)
May 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And off they go! Graduating Saha Lab students of Spring 2025.
(Left) Leena Sanchez, Gautam Sandhu, and Mahnoor Kahloon with a fresh BS to their names; (Right) Karen Cornejo at her PhD commencement. So proud of these 'next creatures'!
(Ref: 'What we leave behind' by Tom Maxwell.)
(Left) Leena Sanchez, Gautam Sandhu, and Mahnoor Kahloon with a fresh BS to their names; (Right) Karen Cornejo at her PhD commencement. So proud of these 'next creatures'!
(Ref: 'What we leave behind' by Tom Maxwell.)
Reposted by Ramen Saha
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Reposted by Ramen Saha
Happy this one is finally out! 🙌 Virginia Tech scientists discover a role for mitochondria in shaping memory circuits. #keepCA2weird @fralinbiomed.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Virginia Tech scientists discover mitochondria’s role in shaping memory circuits
Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that helps brain cells adapt and strengthen connections, supporting learning, memory, and social recognition. Their research, focus...
www.eurekalert.org
February 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Happy this one is finally out! 🙌 Virginia Tech scientists discover a role for mitochondria in shaping memory circuits. #keepCA2weird @fralinbiomed.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Reposted by Ramen Saha
If you’re negatively impacted by these NIH developments find a congressperson here and let them know 👇spoiler alert you’re all impacted science.house.gov/committee-me... here’s a relevant senate committee too www.commerce.senate.gov/members
Committee Members - House Committee on Science Space & Tech - Republicans
science.house.gov
January 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you’re negatively impacted by these NIH developments find a congressperson here and let them know 👇spoiler alert you’re all impacted science.house.gov/committee-me... here’s a relevant senate committee too www.commerce.senate.gov/members
Reposted by Ramen Saha
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
scim.ag
January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Let 2025 shine bright for you and yours. Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Let 2025 shine bright for you and yours. Happy New Year!
Latest publication from our lab! The project started during the pandemic! Was led by –the fabulous– Karen Cornejo (graduating in 2025). Also, awesome contributions from all authors, specially, Andie Venegas and @dykhuizenlab.bsky.social. This one is special!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Activity-assembled nBAF complex mediates rapid immediate early gene transcription by regulating RNA polymerase II productive elongation
Signal-dependent RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) productive elongation is an integral component of gene transcription, including that of immediate earl…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Latest publication from our lab! The project started during the pandemic! Was led by –the fabulous– Karen Cornejo (graduating in 2025). Also, awesome contributions from all authors, specially, Andie Venegas and @dykhuizenlab.bsky.social. This one is special!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Want to know (more) about activity-induced gene transcription (also called, excitation-transcription coupling)? Here ya go:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Shout out to my co-editor @serenadudette.bsky.social and all contributing authors for a fantastic job!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Shout out to my co-editor @serenadudette.bsky.social and all contributing authors for a fantastic job!
Transcriptional Regulation by Neuronal Activity
This book discusses the regulation of gene transcription by neuronal activity and how signals are transmitted to the nucleus in response to these activity.
link.springer.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Want to know (more) about activity-induced gene transcription (also called, excitation-transcription coupling)? Here ya go:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Shout out to my co-editor @serenadudette.bsky.social and all contributing authors for a fantastic job!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Shout out to my co-editor @serenadudette.bsky.social and all contributing authors for a fantastic job!
Hello, azure!
Herd instinct guided me all the way here. Nice to see old friends and acquaintances, and hope to make new ones.
Herd instinct guided me all the way here. Nice to see old friends and acquaintances, and hope to make new ones.
November 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Hello, azure!
Herd instinct guided me all the way here. Nice to see old friends and acquaintances, and hope to make new ones.
Herd instinct guided me all the way here. Nice to see old friends and acquaintances, and hope to make new ones.