Nisha Mohd Rafiq
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Group Leader in Tübingen 🇩🇪 | postdoc @Yale 🇺🇸 | PhD @NUSingapore 🇸🇬 and @KingsCollegeLon 🇬🇧
Tübingen, Germany
Joined January 2019
Our paper on the phase separation of synaptophysin+ and dopamine+ vesicles, as well as their co-existence in iPSC-derived DA neurons, is now online! 🤓 .@KenKenP55215865
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RT @LifeCerealMikey: 📢The Hanna Lab is coming to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State in January 2026! We’ll….
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RT @loxstoplox: I’m excited, relieved, and honored to announce that my paper describing non-canonical mitotic mechanisms in the early mouse….
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RT @PengXu_Sci: VPS13A and VPS13C, founding members of the bridge-like lipid transfer protein family, are split from a single ancestor gene….
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RT @HuranovaMartina: Save the date dear #cilia #centrosome fans🙂 The 8th Czech Cilia meeting will happen this year in Brno on 17th of June….
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Eid Mubarak! May this special day bring peace, joy, and blessings to you and your loved ones. 😊.
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RT @naturemethods: Two absolutely fantastic bioimage analysis papers out today offering exceptional, generalizable tools for segmentation--….
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Our observations for the presence of large DA vesicles in iPSC-derived DA neurons is now beautifully seen using cryoEM of DA vesicles in striatal synaptosomes! 😍 .See here: Exciting times for non-classical synapses!.
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Dopamine is an essential brain neuromodulator involved in reward and motor control. Dopaminergic (DA) neurons project to most brain areas, with particularly dense innervation in the striatum. DA...
Our paper on the phase separation of synaptophysin+ and dopamine+ vesicles, as well as their co-existence in iPSC-derived DA neurons, is now online! 🤓 .@KenKenP55215865
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RT @naturemethods: Out today! A versatile glycan binding dye (Rhobo6) for labeling the extracellular matrix in living tissues and organisms….
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Amazing work!.
💪New research led by @LorenaBenedet15 @JLS_Lab shows that subcellular structures similar to those that propagate signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in the brain that may facilitate learning & memory🧠 .🔗
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RT @JoshuaBellMusic: A celebratory moment from #Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto for the composer’s birthday! This excerpt from the third move….
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RT @MBIsg: Our heartfelt condolences to Linda and all affected by this devastating news. Prof Michael Sheetz was an inspirational Founding….
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RT @kenneylj: My heart is broken as I announce the passing of my beloved husband, science partner and friend, Michael Sheetz. A remarkable….
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RT @Yoshi__Ichikawa: We have posted our new #preprint regarding the track recognition mechanism of dynein-2 that works in #cilia on bioRxiv….
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Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are thin structures present on the surface of cells, playing vital roles in signaling and cellular motion. Cilia structures rely on intraflagellar transport (IFT), which...
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RT @yulonglilab: Almost all neurons co-release peptides and small transmitters. Thrilled to share our latest research where new GRAB sensor….
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RT @RockUPress: In @JCellBiol, Liu and @GeXuecai highlight work by He et al. ( that elucidates a phosphorylation ca….
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RT @reuben_phi: Explore our tagging tools from the @Pelletierlab! They feature cassettes with mStayGold for bright and photostable endogeno….
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