Celebrating an important milestone in our lab's development - our first R01 grant! We are happy, proud, and excited to start a new project in collaboration with the labs of François St-Pierre and Jeff Noebels to better understand how short-term changes in inhibitory synapse strength contribute to seizure generation in epilepsy. With this project, we will use a combination of 2-photon voltage imaging and optogenetics to directly measure inhibitory postsynaptic potentials durin

It was a pleasure to work with the team led by Francois St-Pierre on this collaborative project. We describe new genetically encoded voltage indicators, JEDI3sub and JEDI3hyp, with enhanced performance for detecting subthreshold voltage responses in neurons. These new sensors can be used with various microscopy methods, including resonant scanner 2P imaging. Mate and Shanii in the lab used JEDI3hyp to image subthreshold depolarization and hyperpolarization in PV interneurons

We celebrated Christmas with a fine dinner the 3rd time this year - thank you to all lab members for your hard work! Stay tuned for exciting new papers in the new year.

Allison Tirado is a first year student in our Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences program. She graduated from Trinity University with a BSc in Neuroscience, and she is interested in investigating GABAergic interneurons and learning more about epilepsy.

Our perspective on CCK/CB1 basket cells and the endocannabinoid control of their synapses is now online in Neuron . This update includes...

Emre Agbas is a first year student in our Neuroscience Graduate Program . Emre is interested in understanding how interneurons regulate...

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Angel Qu is a freshman at Rice University pursuing a major in Social Policy Analysis and a double minor in Biochemistry/Cell Biology and...

Mariana Orozco has joined the lab as Research Technician. Mariana graduated from Houston Christian University with her BSc in...

Teresa is a rising junior at the University of Alabama who originally grew up in Katy, TX. She is majoring in Neuroscience and is an...

I am excited to start the research project: "Disentangling the roles of inhibitory circuits in cognitive function". We will study the...

I am honored to receive the 2024 Award for Young Researchers presented by the International Alliance for Cannabinoid Medicines. I am...

Today was the last day of Yilun Chen's rotation in the lab - we'll miss you, I wish we took a picture sooner!

Congratulations to everyone on this collaboration between the Soltesz and Deisseroth labs - using the transformative eCB-GRAB sensors by...

Anna D. Kinter from the Neuroscience program completed her rotation in the lab - it was a lot of fun and we hope to see you back again soon!

Mate G. Marosi has just joined the lab as Senior Staff Scientist. Mate is an experienced neuroscientist interested in neuronal plasticity...

This was a fantastic meeting in the Utah mountains, with excellent science representing the breadth of the epilepsy field. I have...

The cannabinoid GRC was held in Barcelona this year. It was great to catch up with all the nice people in the cannabinoid field. I have...