Supraja Varadarajan
@suprajagv.bsky.social
Developmental neurobiologist, Vision scientist, Axon lover. Asst. Professor at UTSW, she/her
https://varadarajanlab.org
https://varadarajanlab.org
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We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
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Thrilled to join the Rita Allen Scholars community (ritaallen.org/stories/2025...) and grateful for the support! Glad to (re)discover many inspirational colleagues as current and former award in pain scholars.
Announcing The 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars - Rita Allen Foundation
Investing in transformative ideas in their earliest stages to promote breakthrough solutions to significant problems
ritaallen.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thrilled to join the Rita Allen Scholars community (ritaallen.org/stories/2025...) and grateful for the support! Glad to (re)discover many inspirational colleagues as current and former award in pain scholars.
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Thrilled to announce that my lab has been awarded the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award!
Now the lab has a *funded* opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in studying neurodevelopmental disorders in the retina. More info here! www.vlasitslab.org/joinus
Now the lab has a *funded* opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in studying neurodevelopmental disorders in the retina. More info here! www.vlasitslab.org/joinus
December 10, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Thrilled to announce that my lab has been awarded the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award!
Now the lab has a *funded* opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in studying neurodevelopmental disorders in the retina. More info here! www.vlasitslab.org/joinus
Now the lab has a *funded* opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in studying neurodevelopmental disorders in the retina. More info here! www.vlasitslab.org/joinus
Come join the vibrant Neuroscience community at UT Southwestern! Apply for tenure-track positions between the Neuroscience Department and the O'Donnell Brain Institute: apply.interfolio.com/158889
More info: nature.com/naturecareer...
Reach out if you have questions! #UTSW @futurepislack.bsky.social
More info: nature.com/naturecareer...
Reach out if you have questions! #UTSW @futurepislack.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Come join the vibrant Neuroscience community at UT Southwestern! Apply for tenure-track positions between the Neuroscience Department and the O'Donnell Brain Institute: apply.interfolio.com/158889
More info: nature.com/naturecareer...
Reach out if you have questions! #UTSW @futurepislack.bsky.social
More info: nature.com/naturecareer...
Reach out if you have questions! #UTSW @futurepislack.bsky.social
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A summary thread of our Cell Reports paper published last week. In brief, we found a novel activity for netrin1 in the developing spinal cord: it acts as a boundary, to limit Bmp signaling to the dorsal most spinal cord. 1/9 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Netrin1 patterns the dorsal spinal cord through modulation of Bmp signaling
We have identified an unexpected role for netrin1, a canonical axonal guidance cue, as a suppressor of bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp) signaling in t…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A summary thread of our Cell Reports paper published last week. In brief, we found a novel activity for netrin1 in the developing spinal cord: it acts as a boundary, to limit Bmp signaling to the dorsal most spinal cord. 1/9 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Where does the retina go in the brain and how does it get there? Check out new review I wrote with the brilliant Daniel Kerschensteiner. bit.ly/3GxadP2
December 6, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Where does the retina go in the brain and how does it get there? Check out new review I wrote with the brilliant Daniel Kerschensteiner. bit.ly/3GxadP2
APPLY! You cannot go wrong!
Applications for the 2024 Leading Edge cohort are open! Due Feb 1.
Leading Edge provides community, training, and visibility for postdocs pursuing academic careers.
Year-round online career dev + in-person symposium at Janelia in June
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
Leading Edge provides community, training, and visibility for postdocs pursuing academic careers.
Year-round online career dev + in-person symposium at Janelia in June
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 14, 2023 at 9:44 PM
APPLY! You cannot go wrong!
The Varadarajan Lab is hiring at all levels (research technicians, grad students, postdocs)!
Learn more about us at varadarajanlab.org
If you are interested in working with us and are at SfN later this week, email me and let's meet at #SfN23 .
Learn more about us at varadarajanlab.org
If you are interested in working with us and are at SfN later this week, email me and let's meet at #SfN23 .
November 7, 2023 at 4:50 AM
The Varadarajan Lab is hiring at all levels (research technicians, grad students, postdocs)!
Learn more about us at varadarajanlab.org
If you are interested in working with us and are at SfN later this week, email me and let's meet at #SfN23 .
Learn more about us at varadarajanlab.org
If you are interested in working with us and are at SfN later this week, email me and let's meet at #SfN23 .
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Open rank faculty position in Microbiome & Neurodegeneration is now open at ASU. Come join our collaborative, interdisciplinary research community!
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37531324...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37531324...
Professor (all ranks) Microbiome and Neurodegenerative Diseases - Tempe, Arizona
Arizona State University (ASU) invite applications for Professor (all ranks) in the area of Microbiome in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
jobs.chronicle.com
October 2, 2023 at 1:48 AM
Open rank faculty position in Microbiome & Neurodegeneration is now open at ASU. Come join our collaborative, interdisciplinary research community!
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37531324...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37531324...
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Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia.
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Supporting nonlinear careers to diversify science
Those who follow non-linear career trajectories often face disadvantages in academia. This Perspective looks at why individuals might choose non-linear careers and how these benefit diversity in scien...
journals.plos.org
September 14, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia.
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Faculty search (tenure-track position) in Integrative Immunobiology at Duke in a terrific, expanding department (Raphael Valdivia, chair). Informational webinar on September 20, with applications due mid-October.
immunobiology.duke.edu/join-us
immunobiology.duke.edu/join-us
September 12, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Faculty search (tenure-track position) in Integrative Immunobiology at Duke in a terrific, expanding department (Raphael Valdivia, chair). Informational webinar on September 20, with applications due mid-October.
immunobiology.duke.edu/join-us
immunobiology.duke.edu/join-us
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With fall here, just want to post my offer for 1-1 mentoring. I've talked to undergrads, tenured faculty, and everything in between. Career, science, whatever—email me and we'll find a time. Esp. happy to talk with people from diverse backgrounds. Done ~100 so far, so don't be shy!
September 11, 2023 at 1:56 PM
With fall here, just want to post my offer for 1-1 mentoring. I've talked to undergrads, tenured faculty, and everything in between. Career, science, whatever—email me and we'll find a time. Esp. happy to talk with people from diverse backgrounds. Done ~100 so far, so don't be shy!
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Our review on retinal development is now out in TIGS, with a neurogenesis landscape cover image.
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
September 11, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Our review on retinal development is now out in TIGS, with a neurogenesis landscape cover image.
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
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Anyone else run in this problem recently? #neuroscience
TIL; JAX will not grant permission to transfer mice if they are available from JAX. Anyone having experience with this?
Does this mean researchers lose agency of mouse lines as soon as they are deposited to JAX?
And recommendations?
Does this mean researchers lose agency of mouse lines as soon as they are deposited to JAX?
And recommendations?
September 6, 2023 at 10:20 PM
Anyone else run in this problem recently? #neuroscience
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Long-term collaboration with @bwjones.bsky.social, myself, and the groups of Sheldon Rowan and Allen Taylor out today!
Unbalanced redox status network as an early pathological event in congenital cataracts
The lens proteome undergoes dramatic composition changes during development and maturation. A defective developmental process leads to congenital cata…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 6, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Long-term collaboration with @bwjones.bsky.social, myself, and the groups of Sheldon Rowan and Allen Taylor out today!
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I gave away mine here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... courtesy of @vancleve.bsky.social
ScienceBsky – Contribute Invite Codes
If you're a fan of Science Twitter (RIP) and would like to help folks move over to Bluesky by contributing your invite code, please fill out this form.
You may fill it out more than once to contribu...
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August 24, 2023 at 8:41 PM
I gave away mine here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... courtesy of @vancleve.bsky.social
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Scientist?
New to BlueSky?
Trying to figure out what the hell a "feed" is and why hashtags aren't working the same as on Twitter?
Check out this quick start guide by @steveharoz.com and me 👇
New to BlueSky?
Trying to figure out what the hell a "feed" is and why hashtags aren't working the same as on Twitter?
Check out this quick start guide by @steveharoz.com and me 👇
BlueSky for Scientists
BlueSky for Scientists Authors: Steve Haroz and Mark Rubin URL: http://blueskyscience.steveharoz.com Features you may miss from Twitter or Mastodon As BlueSky is in beta, some features are not impleme...
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August 23, 2023 at 11:03 AM
Scientist?
New to BlueSky?
Trying to figure out what the hell a "feed" is and why hashtags aren't working the same as on Twitter?
Check out this quick start guide by @steveharoz.com and me 👇
New to BlueSky?
Trying to figure out what the hell a "feed" is and why hashtags aren't working the same as on Twitter?
Check out this quick start guide by @steveharoz.com and me 👇
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Looking forward to present our project on neural spike signatures for cerebellar movement disorders today at the Cerebellum GRS. First in the poster session, and directly followed by a talk! Link to preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.07.539767v1
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August 5, 2023 at 3:30 PM
Looking forward to present our project on neural spike signatures for cerebellar movement disorders today at the Cerebellum GRS. First in the poster session, and directly followed by a talk! Link to preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.07.539767v1
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Hi Bluesky scientists..finally getting around to my intro post!! I am a neuroscientist who loves neural circuit development and regeneration. My lab at UT Southwestern (opening Jan 2024) will work on regenerating retinal ganglion cell axons and restoring vision. Stay tuned for more....
August 3, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Hi Bluesky scientists..finally getting around to my intro post!! I am a neuroscientist who loves neural circuit development and regeneration. My lab at UT Southwestern (opening Jan 2024) will work on regenerating retinal ganglion cell axons and restoring vision. Stay tuned for more....
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So so happy for this announcement! The Vision Professor Barbies (2023-2024 edition) are lit!
I'm thrilled to announce that my lab will be opening at University of Illinois, Chicago Department of Ophthalmology in January 2024! The Vlasits Lab will study information processing in the retina. And the lab website is live! https://vlasitslab.org
August 3, 2023 at 1:35 PM
So so happy for this announcement! The Vision Professor Barbies (2023-2024 edition) are lit!
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I'm thrilled to announce that my lab will be opening at University of Illinois, Chicago Department of Ophthalmology in January 2024! The Vlasits Lab will study information processing in the retina. And the lab website is live! https://vlasitslab.org
August 3, 2023 at 3:48 AM
I'm thrilled to announce that my lab will be opening at University of Illinois, Chicago Department of Ophthalmology in January 2024! The Vlasits Lab will study information processing in the retina. And the lab website is live! https://vlasitslab.org