Sur Lab@SurLabMIT

Laboratory of Mriganka Sur. Follow us on bluesky: bsky.app/profile/surlabmit.b…

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined September 2018
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We are moving to bluesky, please follow our lab there! bsky.app/profile/surlabmit.b…
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The Sur Lab at MIT is looking for a technical associate to join our team! careers.peopleclick.com/care…
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Love this lecture for beginnners by @SurLabMIT and @TheBlackHole_pk! piped.video/watch?v=kE1cPmCI…
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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. picower.mit.edu/news/astrocy… @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT #neuroscience #MIT @neuro_runnerd @ChloeDelepine

Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements

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. picower.mit.edu/news/3-quest… @mit @mitscience @mitbrainandcog

3 questions for Mriganka Sur: The basic research origin of the first approved drug to treat Rett...

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! news.mit.edu/2023/school-sci…

School of Science presents 2023 Infinite Expansion Awards

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/the-brain…

The Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements | Quanta Magazine

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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See what the Sur Lab has been up to at SfN 2022! #SfN2022
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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 web.mit.edu/webcast/picower/…
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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. picower.mit.edu/news/advance… #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. picower.mit.edu/news/sprint-… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

Sprint then stop? Brain is wired for the math to make it happen

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 cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5…
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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. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Thread (1/9):
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