DrThacker_JS's profile picture. Postdoc in @collingridge_l lab @SinaiHealth. My core research focuses on ways we can enhance synaptic plasticity to promote recovery or treatment of disease.

Dr. Jon Thacker

@DrThacker_JS

Postdoc in @collingridge_l lab @SinaiHealth. My core research focuses on ways we can enhance synaptic plasticity to promote recovery or treatment of disease.

🚨 New Manuscript Alert! 📷 Thrilled to share our latest research on Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). We found adiponectin can restore synaptic function in a FXS mouse model, opening new therapeutic avenues. Read more [royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…]! #FragileXSyndrome #Neuroscience #Research


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My lab is looking for postdocs - if you are interested, check out the opportunity below!

Interested in a neuroscience-related postdoctoral position in a research lab @UABHeersink? The Brain-PRIME program offers elevated stipends, career development funds, and advanced career mentoring for selected candidates. Visit go.uab.edu/brainprime to learn more!

UAB_CNC's tweet image. Interested in a neuroscience-related postdoctoral position in a research lab @UABHeersink? The Brain-PRIME program offers elevated stipends, career development funds, and advanced career mentoring for selected candidates. Visit go.uab.edu/brainprime to learn more!


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@BiochemistryACS offers a superb opportunity to publish your work on GPCR and signaling (I'm an Executive Editor and delighted to handle your submission)! Please RT


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New paper hot off the press! In this, we provide an exploratory look at the fast-acting behavioral, electrophysiological, and molecular effects of reelin after chronic stress /1

Bearing strong similarities to ketamine, reelin, an extracellular protein, effectively treats a rodent model of #depression, according to research recently publishing in #eNeuro from @JohnstonJenessa et al. @UVicMedSciences @uviceneuro.org/lookup/DOI/10.…

SfNJournals's tweet image. Bearing strong similarities to ketamine, reelin, an extracellular protein, effectively treats a rodent model of #depression, according to research recently publishing in #eNeuro from @JohnstonJenessa et al. @UVicMedSciences @uvic  
eneuro.org/lookup/DOI/10.…


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Are you a health-care professional looking to review your anatomy knowledge? Anatomy 202 is a two-hour, hands-on anatomical review workshop for health-care professionals. Register for fall 2023! Register or read more: bit.ly/470mN5v

UWaterlooKHS's tweet image. Are you a health-care professional looking to review your anatomy knowledge? Anatomy 202 is a two-hour, hands-on anatomical review workshop for health-care professionals. Register for fall 2023!

Register or read more: bit.ly/470mN5v

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PhD students, and academics in general, are not paid enough, especially given the inflation. This is a major problem that is forcing many below the poverty line, and out of academia. To solve this problem, we’ve created a platform where academics can earn more money from their…


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Friends, we have #PhD scholarship funding for a project “towards personalising intervention strategies for dementia prevention” if you have a student or you are a student interested in #dementia #prevention #timeuse #diet #cognition I’d love to hear from you.


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Come join us!! In MouseTRAP we have lot of cool things to do. We got a total of 17 fiber photometers 16 systems to perform in vivo optogenetics in rodents while performing touchscreens. However, we need more people to make possible the magic! Please DM if interested.


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Are you a #neurosci #Postdoc in #Canada (or Canadian Postdoc abroad)? We're excited to launch the CNS Postdoctoral Series for 2023. Interested in presenting your work virtually to the Canadian Neuroscience community? See attached Call for Speakers. tinyurl.com/CNS-PDS-Sem

CNS_PDS's tweet image. Are you a #neurosci #Postdoc in #Canada (or Canadian Postdoc abroad)? We're excited to launch the CNS Postdoctoral Series for 2023. Interested in presenting your work virtually to the Canadian Neuroscience community? See attached Call for Speakers. 
tinyurl.com/CNS-PDS-Sem

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I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what to include in DEI statements given my previous tweet. Here are my thoughts for people of various demographic identities 🧵🪡


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"When things don't go to plan" was the call @eLife that triggered a spontaneous late-night write-up describing my career. Now published🙂. Hope it helps in a small way to 'normalize' permanent postdoc/scientist positions. elifesciences.org/articles/83251


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You can pay $150K plus. Or go to YouTube university. Here's a list of top channels where you can get a world-class education—completely free:


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Note where Canada's funding on R&D is headed.

SiddiquiLab's tweet image. Note where Canada's funding on R&D is headed.

CAN is happy to share our submission to pre-budget consultations of the House of Commons FINA committee @HoCCommittees #fina : can-acn.org/documents/2022… The submission deadline is Sat 8 Oct at 11:59 p.m. EST – View the call here ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer…

CAN_ACN's tweet image. CAN is happy to share our submission to pre-budget consultations of the House of Commons FINA committee @HoCCommittees #fina :
can-acn.org/documents/2022…
The submission deadline is Sat 8 Oct at 11:59 p.m. EST – View the call here ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer…


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Any Victoria friends looking to get involved with an amazing initiative? Brain Changes Victoria is looking for some volunteers!

TSnowRich's tweet image. Any Victoria friends looking to get involved with an amazing initiative? Brain Changes Victoria is looking for some volunteers!
TSnowRich's tweet image. Any Victoria friends looking to get involved with an amazing initiative? Brain Changes Victoria is looking for some volunteers!
TSnowRich's tweet image. Any Victoria friends looking to get involved with an amazing initiative? Brain Changes Victoria is looking for some volunteers!
TSnowRich's tweet image. Any Victoria friends looking to get involved with an amazing initiative? Brain Changes Victoria is looking for some volunteers!

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Research Rabbit is an incredible tool that FAST-TRACKS your research. Best part: it's FREE. But most academics don't know about it. Here's how to get started 👇 Research Rabbit 101: A step-by-step guide with visuals 🧵


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Join us for Bimal Lakhani's #UWHealthAlumni Office Hours on Tuesday, Oct 4th from 4-5 p.m. EDT to learn how his career path evolved from physiotherapy to research science at Lululemon. Open to all #UWaterlooHealth students and alumni! Register: uwaterloo.tenthousandcoffees.com/hub/faculty-of…

UWaterlooKHS's tweet image. Join us for Bimal Lakhani's #UWHealthAlumni Office Hours on Tuesday, Oct 4th from 4-5 p.m. EDT to learn how his career path evolved from physiotherapy to research science at Lululemon. Open to all #UWaterlooHealth students and alumni!
Register: uwaterloo.tenthousandcoffees.com/hub/faculty-of…

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I am very excited to announce that we are recruiting for an exciting study involving adults with histories of concussion! Participants should be near the Victoria area. Please share! @BrainbBri @JodieGawryluk @UVicMedSciences @VicBrainInjury

TSnowRich's tweet image. I am very excited to announce that we are recruiting for an exciting study involving adults with histories of concussion! Participants should be near the Victoria area. Please share! @BrainbBri @JodieGawryluk @UVicMedSciences @VicBrainInjury
TSnowRich's tweet image. I am very excited to announce that we are recruiting for an exciting study involving adults with histories of concussion! Participants should be near the Victoria area. Please share! @BrainbBri @JodieGawryluk @UVicMedSciences @VicBrainInjury
TSnowRich's tweet image. I am very excited to announce that we are recruiting for an exciting study involving adults with histories of concussion! Participants should be near the Victoria area. Please share! @BrainbBri @JodieGawryluk @UVicMedSciences @VicBrainInjury

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We are looking for a MSc student to investigate the role of body hyperthermia in exercise-induced neuroplasticity. Come join our team! See picture and link below for details. ResearchGate: researchgate.net/project/The-ro… Feel free to message me if you have questions.

jasonlneva's tweet image. We are looking for a MSc student to investigate the role of body hyperthermia in exercise-induced neuroplasticity. Come join our team! See picture and link below for details. ResearchGate: researchgate.net/project/The-ro…
Feel free to message me if you have questions.

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Support Grad students & Postdocs: Join us in Ottawa (8/11) & Montreal (8/17) to deliver this 60m long Open Letter (bit.ly/3vWWDQt) with >6700 signatures from🇨🇦scientists/engineers asking for increased govt funding for grads/pdfs. RSVP:forms.gle/gDZvAVJBYpHHrp… Pls share


HOT OFF THE PRESS: The interplay between the stress hormone CORT and the brain factor BDNF. We assessed how coapplication affects protein phosphorylation and the trafficking of receptors involved in learning and memory. #exercise #hormones #ScienceTwitter authors.elsevier.com/a/1fSIK,QxXgi1…


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