Gabriela K. Popescu
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AAAS Board Member | Past President, Biophysical Society | Scientist and Professor | ExtraVagant Granny Find me at: https://t.co/mZKsWYUDZC
Joined March 2014
Thrilled to see multi-year work distilled in 5 figs!.NEW ketamine site on NMDA receptors with unique properties:.1) nanoM potency.2) distinct from the pore site.3) preference for R(+)-KET.4) lateral membrane access.5 ) acts only on desensitized receptors.
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Ketamine, a general anesthetic, has rapid and sustained antidepressant effects when administered at lower doses. At anesthetic doses, ketamine causes a drastic reduction in excitatory transmission by...
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RT @BiophysicalSoc: We've got another Student Spotlight for you to check out. Learn about one of our fantastic Student Chapter members toda….
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This Biophysics Week, we're highlighting some of the outstanding members of our Student Chapter program. Today, we'll hear from Gregory W. Kyro, a PhD Student at the Yale...
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RT @PhysicsofLifeUK: Another exciting day ahead at 'Physics of Life 2025'! Highlights include keynote talks by Satyajit Mayor & Otger Camp….
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RT @BiophysicalSoc: Register now for the Membrane Transport BPS Subgroup’s panel THIS FRIDAY.Biophysics Bridge Builders: Connecting Student….
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RT @BiophysicalSoc: Seeing Proteins in Action: Activity, Allostery&Assembly meeting on Friday, March 28. Uniting researchers at all career….
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RT @BiophysicalSoc: Tomorrow, join IUPAB for the first ever Future Leaders of Biophysics webinar, sponsored by Springer/Nature! Celebrate t….
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The Science of Storytelling: How Fiction Shapes the Mind | Psychology Today
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Discover how reading fiction strengthens your mind, boosts empathy, and shapes the way you understand yourself and others—all backed by science.
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RT @WebsEdgeScience: Discover the groundbreaking work of @DuLuLabs at @NorthwesternU. Watch to see how they're paving the way for the devel….
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RT @WebsEdgeScience: As we welcome you to the City of Angels we're focusing on the blockbusters in the Biophysical world. We hit the #bps20….
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RT @WebsEdgeScience: Joining us to highlight some of the exciting offerings at the #bps2025 Annual Meeting in LA are 2025 Program Committee….
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RT @WebsEdgeScience: We begin this exciting week in LA with a look at everything @BiophysicalSoc has accomplished this past year! Joining u….
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RT @WebsEdgeScience: A new addition to The @BiophysicalSoc family is The Committee on Sustainability. Committee Chair Emmanual Margeat join….
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RT @WebsEdgeScience: 🔬EPISODE 1 of BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY TV is NOW LIVE!🔬. Welcome to LA & to #bps2025! From scientific breakthroughs to grou….
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RT @BiophysicalSoc: #BPS2025 Join the Public Affairs Cmte at 2:30 PM to hear from @tammyasu of @BWFUND and Diony Duraes-Santos of @NSERC_CR….
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RT @BlackInBiophys: Join us at the #BIBPS Meet and Greet at #BPS2025! 🚨. This networking event will feature a panel with Sharonda Leblanc,….
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RT @GntlmnScientist: It’s the night before my first @BiophysicalSoc meeting this #BPS2025 and I still don’t know which sessions to attend.….
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RT @aaas: 👀 in @nytimes: AAAS CEO @sudipsparikh discusses the latest results on the 2024 trust in scientists survey released by @pewresearc….
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A sharp partisan divide remains over how involved researchers should be in policy decisions.
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Ellen @goldbaumkolin tells of our exciting discovery in plain language!! Thank you, Ellen!!. UB research reveals how low-dose ketamine, a ‘lifesaving’ drug for major depression, can alleviate symptoms within hours.
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UB neuroscientists have identified the binding site of low-dose ketamine, providing critical insight into how the medication alleviates symptoms of major depression in as little as a few hours.
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Thank you, @hholdenthorp, for your call to action!.Indeed, we have to be creative, atuned, and proactive to "lay out how science can be successful under" any president. @aaas @BiophysicalSoc @SfNtweets @APSphysics.
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The reelection of Donald Trump for a second, nonconsecutive term as US president—mirroring only Grover Cleveland’s 22nd and 24th presidencies after the Civil War—underscores a reality: Although his...
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