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Laboratory of Mriganka Sur. Our goal is to discover fundamental mechanisms of brain wiring/processing, and how they go awry in disorders of brain development.
Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2018
The Sur Lab at MIT is looking for a technical associate to join our team!
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Love this lecture for beginnners by @SurLabMIT and @TheBlackHole_pk!
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📢 Introducing Our Speakers We’re excited to hear from Prof. Mriganka Sur, @MIT, on the subject, ‘The basic neuroscience of neurodevelopmental disorders and the discovery of mechanism-based therapeutics’ at #Frommoleculestomind. #neurotwitter
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😀A wonderful day here @MIT as scores of friends and alumni of @SurLabMIT gathered to celebrate the incomparable ongoing career, mentorship and leadership of Mriganka Sur. @mitbrainandcog
@ScienceMIT #neuroscience #MIT
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New in @SfNJournals from @SurLabMIT: Astrocytes play a crucial partnership role with motor cortex neurons as they encode learning of skilled movement tasks. https://t.co/1mQILkrRak
@mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT #neuroscience #MIT @neuro_runnerd @ChloeDelepine
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When astrocyte function is disrupted, neurons in the brain’s motor cortex struggle to execute and refine motion, a new study in mice shows.
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Today's FDA approval of #Trofinetide could bring new, much needed hope to many with #Rettsyndrome and their families. In 2009 @SurLabMIT made the first preclinical showing that IGF-1 could have therapeutic potential. https://t.co/BbPstqBZEp
@mit @mitscience @mitbrainandcog
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On March 10 the FDA approved Trofinetide, a drug based on the protein IGF-1, as the first drug available to treat Rett syndrome. The original research showing that IGF-1 could treat Rett syndrome was...
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Congratulations to Kyle Jenks, postdoc in @SurLabMIT, and all the winners for earning a @ScienceMIT Infinite Expansion award!
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MIT's School of Science announces Infinite Expansion awards for research scientists and postdocs Nat Clarke, Christopher Cueva, Michael Fausnaugh, Gareth Izon, Kyle Jenks, Vignesh Palani, and Matheus...
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We are pleased to announce the successful thesis defense of Dr. Lupe Cruz! Congratulations, @unacerebrita !
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The Sur Lab is delighted to be celebrating the successful thesis defense of Dr. Ning Leow! Congratulations, @whatnowning !
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🎉Congratulations to Dr. Yi Ning Leow (@whatnowning) on her successful thesis defense today! @SurLabMIT
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The brain uses basic calculus to quickly halt fast movements — a surprisingly clever way to control behaviors that need to be more precise than the commands from the brain can be. @KSHartnett reports:
quantamagazine.org
Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals — not the signals themselves.
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The Sur Lab is pleased to be celebrating the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory's 20th anniversary! Many thanks to all involved for an outstanding symposium @MIT_Picower
https://t.co/6FF17U7tOz
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The Sur Laboratory is excited to celebrate with Dr. Nhat Le after his successful thesis defense today! Congratulations, @nhatmle !
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New in @eLife: In organoids modeling Rett syndrome, MIT researchers used an advanced form of three-photon microscopy to observe that newborn neurons struggle to migrate properly. https://t.co/nsUk7FvjU7
#neurosciencd @ScienceMIT #rettsyndrome
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Running to catch the bus? The brain is wired for the rapid calculus needed to bring you to a halt right at the doors before they close, a new @SurLabMIT study in @CellReports suggests. https://t.co/WZ40XzS6U5
#neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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To ensure a quick halt, brain circuit architecture avoids a slow process of integration in favor of quicker differentiation, study finds
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Remembering an incredible talk at an incredible @URNeuroscience symposium by the one-and-only Prof. Mriganka Sur @SurLabMIT
#URochesterResearch
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Thanks to @DrTorahKachur who made this science column for @cbcradio summarizing our recent paper perfectly! @gabidrummond24 @SurLabMIT
https://t.co/vkCyjjKbfO
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Out in @Nature today, our latest effort at understanding norepinephrine spatiotemporal dynamics during learned behavior. Work done with @gabidrummond24 while I was transitioning from the @surlabmit to my new position @CERVO. https://t.co/vG9sPH3kIt Thread (1/9):
nature.com
Nature - Noradrenaline-expressing neurons in the locus coeruleus in mouse facilitate task execution and encode reinforcement in learning tasks, via partially modular projections to the cortex.
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New in @Nature from @SurLabMIT: Well timed and located releases of noradrenaline within the brain facilitate task execution and encoding reinforcement to improve performance accuracy https://t.co/bxPD6CG16E
@vbprovencher @gabidrummond24 @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog #neuroscience
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Unexpected outcomes trigger release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event
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