Comments on: Virus: a new tool for generating pretty pictures

By: Mitchell Goldfarb

Mitchell Goldfarb — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:01:09 +0000

Hello, Jason
In stumbling across your pic of four “newborn” adult neurons of identical shape, I am reminded of an experiment from Frank Solomon’s lab (MIT) in the ’70s (Cell 16:165;1979) where he observed that neuroblastoma cells pass the memory of their dendritic morphology to daughter cells after mitosis. Although these cells as a population are highly diverse in shape, upon initial emergence from mitosis, sibling cells can adopt the same complex shape that can be identical or mirror image. Perhaps the simultaneous transition to a postmitotic state of sibling neural precursors freezes the morphological signature.
Very interesting blog. I will starting checking in more frequently.
Mitch Goldfarb

By: Jason Snyder

Jason Snyder — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:44:37 +0000

Varunika – thank you for your encouraging words! I’m glad you enjoy the blog and best of luck with your research!

By: Varunika Goyal

Varunika Goyal — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:03:23 +0000

Hi Jason

I am a Doctoral student at Experimental Neurlogy, University hospital, Jena Germany working on the same topic …functional neurogenesis . I am always following your work and your web page… its really splendid. I also aspire to do some good neuroscience and you for sure inspire me for doing that…

Best!!

By: Jason Snyder

Jason Snyder — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:01:48 +0000

No! I just had some fun with Photoshop!

By: Jason Snyder

Jason Snyder — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:01:14 +0000

Thank you Aya! It is also a huge inspiration to hear from you! I’m glad you enjoy it.

By: James

James — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:19:31 +0000

that is quite amazing to see 4 near identical newborn GCs. did you inject a cocktail of 4 retroviruses?

By: Aya Dudin

Aya Dudin — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:34:03 +0000

Wow! Amazing work, I am a UofT undergraduate in the Behaviour Genetics and Neurobiology Program. Your work is such an inspiration and this website puts a whole new spin on science! Thank you for your inspirational work !

By: Jason Snyder

Jason Snyder — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:59:05 +0000

Which will of course come in the form of a Twitter @ reply

By: Dr Becca

Dr Becca — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:54:28 +0000

Awesome pictures, Jason! And congrats on the new gig! I expect a seminar invite to UBC to be forthcoming…

By: katiesci

katiesci — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:32:08 +0000

Congrats on the job!! BC is so gorgeous and I hear it’s a fun place to live too. Plus: your own lab! Super exciting.

Also, I aspire to take pictures half as pretty as yours. Unfortunately, my near future is filled with light instead of confocal microscopy.