Doctor Dave

Lateral line work, sleep evolution and brain atlas construction in cavefish! What an amazing thesis defense, @james_jaggard ! Congratulations Dr. Jaggard and thanks for the invite to both @james_jaggard @AlexCarlKeene

At the beginning of this decade I was a 4th year PhD student at Penn going through the ups & downs of grad school. Could not have imagined then, that by the end of this decade I would have my own lab as a faculty member at Penn. So grateful to be living my dream.

Such a cool story. How can a genetic mutation allow people to sleep only 4hrs per day with no ill effects? Some early answers... Mutant neuropeptide S receptor reduces sleep duration with preserved memory consolidation stm.sciencemag.org/content/1…

This is the 2nd major new psychiatric drug approved by the FDA in the last few weeks. And a true bench-to-bedside story that demonstrates the importance of basic neuroscience researxh. nytimes.com/2019/03/19/healt… via ⁦@nytimes⁩