Topic: Synapse mapping

E11 Bio is recruiting an experimental scientist to advance scalable mammalian brain connectomics. The role integrates tissue preparation, microscopy, quantitative analysis, and molecular engineering across reagent panels for comprehensive synapse identification and barcode-epitope readout.

Synapse formation during neuronal development is critical to establish neural circuits and a nervous system1. Every presynapse builds a core active zone structure where ion channels are clustered and synaptic vesicles are released2. While the composition of active zones is well characterized2,3, how active zone proteins assemble together and recruit synaptic release machinery during development is not clear. Here, we find core active zone scaffold proteins SYD-2/Liprin-α and ELKS-1 phase separate during an early stage of synapse development, and later mature into a solid structure. We directly