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Francesco Longo

@fran_longo17

PI @goteborgsuni | Formerly Postdoc @KlannLab at @NYU_CNS and Ph.D. at UniFe | Dad X2 in Neuroscience

 Göteborg, Sweden
Joined August 2017
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Welcome to #SAJRS Day 2! Excited for another day of great talks, posters, and discussions. Let’s make it a great one! #SAJRS2025 @fran_longo17
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Having trouble writing your first scrientific paper? Have a look at the Academic Phrasebank, provided by the University of Manchester, which is a resource to help researchers organise their writing! phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
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What's Future Faculty (FF) and what can it do for you? FF promotes the interests of junior researchers at @SahlgrenskaAcad, GU. If you are a junior scientist at SA, don't hesitate to contact us! medarbetarportalen.gu.se/sah…
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Cristina Maglio@cri_maglio25 May 2023
We're hiring! We're looking for someone with a strong background in metabolism for a 2-year fully financed post doc position at the Dept. of Rheumatology at the University of Gothenburg. The project is about #metabolism and #scleroderma. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005…
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🧠#Brain research & innovation must be recognised, more than ever, as a #health and #research priority in the EU. 📃EBC, in collaboration with member & like-minded organisations, has launched a #PledgeForScience. Read more & sign the pledge 👉 bit.ly/3Ic6WG7
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Hi @SfNtweets, I guess it's time to advertise our poster(s)! Come in for a chat on all things sex differences in memory, feeding, and anxiety: Sunday Nov 13 8-9am #157.05 by @fran_longo17 Monday Nov 14 4-5pm #400.17 See you soon! #SfN2022 #Neuroscience2022 #SfN22
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Looking for a course that teaches you how to unravel signaling within and between different cell types? Search no more! Sign up for our spring PhD course @SahlgrenskaAcad 🔗fubasdoc.gu.se/fubasextern/i…
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SWEBAGS@SWEBAGS_131 Aug 2022
Come and register for the SWEBAGS Conference 2022 for free. Like last year we do a one day online. Keynote Speakers: Stephanie Cragg, Nicolas Tritsch and Ilana Witten. Nov 30th @CraggASAP @NicTritsch @IlanaWitten conference2022.swebags.ebrai… Ps. last day to submit abstracts: Sep 30
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We have a new opening for a postdoc. This is an NIH funded position (RO1) for up to 5 years 🍾🥳. We offer exciting projects on ketamine-mediated amelioration of stress-induced anhedonia, a collaborative, team-based approach, and an inclusive training environment-Please retweet
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As we announce the retirement of our codirector Eric Kandel, MD, we celebrate his extraordinary scientific career. Read more about this expert in learning and memory who built bridges between science and the humanities: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.…
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Svenska lärosäten och @vetenskapsakad gör samlad satsning för ukrainska forskare. kva.se/sv/nyheter/svenskt-st… #ScienceForUkraine
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Our paper finally out in Nature!!! @Nature We found that dopamine facilitates associative memory encoding of fan cells in the lateral entorhinal cortex. 5yr-work by @jasonyensunlee, @jun_heechul, Shogo Soma & Tom Nakazono! go.nature.com/3AxkfLr
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FRAXA Research@FRAXAresearch16 Sep 2021
Some people with #FragileX are hungry all the time, some are #obese, and yet very few of them get diabetes. Why? It turns out that Fragile X causes metabolic problems. That's because hormones - insulin for example - are affected in Fragile X.
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Check out coverage of our recent Perspective on properly studying sex as a biological variable (#SABV) by @ShanskyLab and @AnneZMurphy from @CNN! cnn.com/2021/05/14/health/se…
Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem | CNN

Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem | CNN

Concern is growing that ignoring or downplaying differences in sex as a biological variable – whether in cells under a microscope or in lab animals – is undermining biomedical research at the...

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EMBO Reports@emboreports13 May 2021
Indeed, a new review is online! Francesco Longo and Eric Klann @nyuniversity tell you ll you need to know about reciprocal #control of #translation and #transcription in #autism spectrum disorder. #ASD -> embopress.org/doi/full/10.15…
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Francesco Longo (@fran_longo17) profile pictureFrancesco Longo@fran_longo1712 May 2021
Excited to share a new review with @KlannLab out today on @emboreports. We examine the evidence for interplay between dysregulated translation and transcription in ASD. embopress.org/doi/abs/10.152…
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Sameer Aryal@_sameeraryal28 Apr 2021
Very happy to note that my paper detailing the majority of my PhD research was published today. Thanks so much Eric (@KlannLab) and Francesco (@fran_longo17) for all of your guidance and support.
Klann Lab (@KlannLab) profile pictureKlann Lab@KlannLab27 Apr 2021
Thrilled to share @_sameeraryal's paper, published online today! Using ribosome profiling, molecular assays, and computational analyses, he reveals how removing/inhibiting S6K1 corrects translation defects in FXS mice. Bravo Sameer! pnas.org/content/118/18/e200…
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New paper from @fran_longo17 @KlannLab & colleagues reports proper regulation of PERK-eIF2α signaling in dopamine neurons is required for normal cognitive and motor function in a non-pathological state; Also highlights caution in sustained PERK inhibit nature.com/articles/s41380-0…
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NFXF@NFXFoundation2 Apr 2021
Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Many individuals with FXS have a co-diagnosis of ASD. But, treatments and interventions are different. Read and share the recently updated treatment recommendations #autism hubs.ly/H0Kq5R20
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Sex and metabolic state interact to influence expression of passive avoidance memory in rats: Potential contribution of A2 ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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Klann Lab@KlannLab15 Dec 2020
We have a postdoc position available to study fragile X & MEHMO syndromes in iPSC-derived neurons in a collaboration with @BassellLab as part of a recently funded NIH Center on FXS. Please email us if you want to do -omics, cell bio, and electrophysiology in human disease neurons
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