Our preprint on the neuronal architecture of the insular cortex is now available!
Neuronal architecture of the mouse insular cortex underlying its diverse functions.
↗ 10.1101/2025.10.23.68369
Our paper on in vivo PKC imaging is out in Nature Communications!
A high-performance genetically encoded sensor for cellular imaging of PKC activity in vivo.
↗ 10.1038/s41467-025-61729-7
Yang defends her PhD!
A huge congratulations to Yang for successfully defending her PhD thesis, “Excitatory and Inhibitory Circuitry of the Insular Cortex”! Her years of hard work have paid off, and we all look forward to working with Dr. Chen!
Kayla will be attending the Cold Spring Harbor summer course on synaptic physiology!
Congrats to Kayla for getting into this competitive program!
New on bioRxiv: Our collaboration with Jun Ding’s lab at Stanford on thalamic integration during motor learning!
Thalamic integration of basal ganglia and cerebellar circuits during motor learning.
↗ 10.1101/2024.10.31.621388
Come see Landon speak at SfN 2024!
Landon will be speaking at the Development and Application of Fluorescence Lifetime Based Biosensors for In Vivo Imaging of Neuronal Function minisymposium on the topic of “Lifetime imaging of neuromodulatory signaling in vivo”.
PKC sensor preprint is now available!
A high-performance genetically encoded sensor for cellular imaging of PKC activity in vivo.
↗ 10.1101/2024.07.19.604387
Dr. Mao has been promoted to Senior Scientist / Professor!
Tianyi Mao has been promoted to Senior Scientist / Professor!
Our collaborative effort with PNNL on deep learning in axon segmentation is out!
Fine-tuning TrailMap: The utility of transfer learning to improve the performance of deep learning in axon segmentation of light-sheet microscopy images.
↗ 10.1371/journal.pone.0293856
Read our Nature paper revealing an unexpected role for adenosine on PKA signaling in the striatum
Locomotion activates PKA through dopamine and adenosine in striatal neurons.
↗ 10.1038/s41586-022-05407-4
↗ OHSU News
Our cAMPFIRE sensors are now published in Nature Methods!
Sensitive genetically encoded sensors for population and subcellular imaging of cAMP in vivo.
↗ 10.1038/s41592-022-01646-5
Check out our review of fluorescent sensors in the Journal of Neurochemistry
Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for imaging neuronal dynamics in vivo.
↗ 10.1111/jnc.15608
Get proficient with CRISPIE following our new Bio-Protocol
Labeling Endogenous Proteins Using CRISPR-mediated Insertion of Exon (CRISPIE).
↗ 10.21769/BioProtoc.4343