MDRMarc Duque Ramírez
PhD candidateCambridge, MA

Press & public communication · 2022—2026

Research beyond the paper.

Selected reporting on astroglia, ketamine, and sonogenetics.

Featured · 2026

Astrocytes move to the center of the story.

Calcium activity in mouse cortical astrocytes
Quanta MagazineJanuary 30, 2026

Astroglia · Neuromodulation

Once Thought To Support Neurons, Astrocytes Turn Out To Be in Charge

A field-level feature on astrocytes as active regulators of neural activity, including the 2025 Science studies across fish, flies, and mice.

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Selected stories

Graphical abstract of ketamine action in an astroglial circuit

Harvard Gazette

January 27, 2025

Ketamine · Plasticity

How exactly does ketamine work? New research offers insight.

A conversation with Marc Duque Ramírez and Alex Chen about ketamine, astroglia, and persistent changes in behavioral perseverance.

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Head-restrained, tail-free larval zebrafish during a virtual-reality behavioral assay

NPR

January 7, 2025

Ketamine · Behavior

Tiny fish on ketamine may show how drug eases depression

Coverage of the Neuron study on ketamine, astroglia, and persistent changes in futility-induced passivity.

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Neuronal calcium activity during ultrasound stimulation

EL PAÍS

March 16, 2022

Sonogenetics · Ultrasound

How scientists are using ultrasound to control neuron functions

An interview with Marc about the first-author Nature Communications study and the possibilities and limits of sonogenetics.

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