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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab

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WCP2026 @wcp2026.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
🚨 #WCP2026 Speaker Announcement We’re thrilled to welcome Prof Katerina Akassoglou as a plenary lecturer! Her groundbreaking work on neurovascular mechanisms is transforming how we understand—and treat—neurological disease. 🔗 wcp2026.org #ASCEPT #IUPHAR
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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Thrilled to share that I received the NoA for my first R01 “Mechanisms of pathogenic microglial populations in CNS inflammation”. Major milestone for the Lab. Extremely grateful for SS/SRO, PO and everyone else at NINDS for their continued support. Photo of my lab, wife and son, celebrating!
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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#AAIC25 day 2 in full swing here in Toronto!! Fascinating morning sessions, and a fantastic plenary talk by @akassogloulab.bsky.social on neurovascular interaction mechanisms!!! Now another plenary talk about heterogeneous tauopathy presentation by the eminent Prof Maria Grazia Spillantini!!
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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#AAIC25 attendees, don’t miss today's plenary session at 11 a.m., featuring 🟣 Maria Grazia Spillantini, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Neurology in the Clinical School, University of Cambridge. 🟣 @akassogloulab.bsky.social‬, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
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Hellmut Augustin @hellmutaugustin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Spread the word: The European Center for Angioscience @uniheidelberg.bsky.social continues to grow: We have openings for 2 additional Junior Group Leader positions. Get in touch with us if you are ready to start your own lab. See also corresponding ad in @nature.com: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Gladstone scientist Zhaoqi Yan received an award for postdocs who show exceptional creativity in neuroscience. He will use it to study blood-brain barrier dysfunction and its impact on neurological disease. @akassogloulab.bsky.social bit.ly/3EZT4R9
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Zhaoqi Yan Named a 2025 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar
Gladstone researcher receives prize to study blood-brain barrier dysfunction and its impact on neurological disease.
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Insightful Review by Gabriele De Luca at @ox.ac.uk discussing BBB permeability and fibrin deposition driving neuroinflammation, gliosis & neurodegeneration as a shared pathogenic cascade & therapeutic target among neurological diseases. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Excited to have an op-ed in the @nytimes.com today about rising rates of autism diagnosis, how that fits my own experiences, and why it's a bad idea to relitigate the vaccine debate. #actuallyautistic @ericmgarcia.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/o...
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Opinion | Sorry, R.F.K.: There Is No Autism Mystery
Greater awareness, not vaccines, has driven an increase in diagnoses.
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Great Session today at 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) on "Immunotherapy of Neurodegenerative Diseases". A tour-de-force talk by V. Wee Yong on extracellular matrix & remyelination. Thank you to the organizers & all for joining us!
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The Brain Prize @brainprize.org · 05/03/2025
Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025! Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience. Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...
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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon. Gift link to my updated explainer on what we know about Covid’s impact on the brain ⬇️ tinyurl.com/yrpwkf2n
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What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain
Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon.
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Congrats to Zhaoqi Yan postdoc fellow @akassogloulab.bsky.social for his selection for the 2025 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship! Grateful to Warren Alpert Foundation for supporting Zhaoqi’s exciting research on blood-brain barrier & neurodegeneration! www.warrenalpertfoundation.org
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NPR @npr.org · 22/02/2025
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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Nature @nature.com · 20/02/2025
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The neuroimmune connectome in health and disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The neuroimmune connectome in health and disease - Nature
A review of studies on communication between the nervous and immune systems redefines the neuroimmune connectome with a focus on health and disease, and discusses how the latest techniques can advance...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Andrew Park & Lauren Le undergraduates @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social joined our lab @gladstoneinst.bsky.social for their research training! Grateful to all members of my lab for supporting the training of 21 amazing undergrads todate & their enthusiasm introducing young scientists to research!
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Congrats to Zhaoqi Yan & Jae Kyu Ryu for receiving the 2024 Gladstone Award for Scientific Excellence, to Zhaoqi for the Dormal Best Paper Prize & Pilar Alzamora for the GIND Award of Excellence! Thank you gladstoneinst.bsky.social for recognizing the scientific achievements of this amazing team!
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Congratulations to Hisao Miyajima postdoctoral fellow @akassogloulab.bsky.social @gladstoneinst.bsky.social and UCSF for being awarded a NMSS Postdoctoral Fellowship to study mechanisms of progression in Multiple Sclerosis. So proud of his accomplishment!
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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🚨 CNS barriers scientists...come join us for #cshlbbb 2025! Submit your abstracts by January 24th...we pick MANY talks from abstracts - we look forward to seeing you in April!
adult mouse leptomeninges - VE-cadherin (magenta) labeling junctions between endothelial cells in brain vasculature and between pial cells - blue nuclei [DAPI]
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
An elegant study by Katerina Akassoglou and colleagues has illuminated our understanding of the role of fibrin (component of blood clots), SARS-CoV-2, and brain inflammation in Covid/Long Covid. A new Ground Truths podcast, w/transcript. Open-access. erictopol.substack.com/p/katerina-a...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Grateful to the National Multiple Scerosis Society for supporting new ideas for basic research in neuroimmunology leading to new therapies for MS & neurological diseases. www.linkedin.com/posts/nation...
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National MS Society on LinkedIn: Breakthroughs in MS research are occurring every year. Dr. Katarina…
Breakthroughs in MS research are occurring every year. Dr. Katarina Akassoglou, winner of the Barancik Prize in 2019, is researching aids against…
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Jaime Grutzendler @jgrutzendler.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Our lab at Yale U/Wu Tsai Institute has a postdoctoral position on neurodegeneration, neuro-glial-vascular biology using 2photon, calcium/voltage imaging, gene editing,transcriptome/proteome, 3D EM, translational neurosci/chemistry. Email me if interested. Forward to those interested pls
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A really 🔥 topic ! "The pathobiology of neurovascular aging" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... #cerebrovascular
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The pathobiology of neurovascular aging
As the population ages, neurovascular pathologies have become leading causes of death and disability. Santisteban and Iadecola review data showing that neurovascular aging not only reduces cerebral blood flow but also impairs protein clearance, immune function, and neurotrophic homeostasis, thereby increasing the risk of stroke, vascular dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 31/12/2024
🧠 How COVID-19 impacts the brain Researchers found that blood clots linked to COVID-19 can cause inflammation and brain damage. A new antibody treatment targeting these clots could help reduce long-term effects seen in long COVID. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #COVID19 🧪
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Fibrin drives thromboinflammation and neuropathology in COVID-19 - Nature
Fibrin drives inflammation and neuropathology in SARS-CoV-2 infection, and fibrin-targeting immunotherapy may represent a therapeutic intervention for patients with long COVID.
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Martin Kampmann @kampmann.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Interested in using functional genomics to understand the brain in health and disease? Check out our Gordon research conference below! Slots for posters and short talks are still available! Deadline March 9th www.grc.org/functional-g...
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2025 Functional Genomics of Human Brain Development and Disease Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Functional Genomics of Human Brain Development and Disease will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Nice review highlighting the associations between neuropsychiatric conditions and #cerebrovascular deficits doi.org/10.1111/eci.... #BloodBrainBarrier #Psychiatry
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Neurovascular dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: Underlying mechanisms and therapeutic approaches
The neurovascular unit (NVU) is present in both brain and retinal barriers and consists of endothelial cells, basement membrane, pericytes, glial cells (astrocytes and microglia) and neurons. Barrier...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Thank you ASPET for a new Video highlighting our research at the Akassoglou Lab recently recognized by the Pharmacia-ASPET Award! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOs1...
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ASPET 2024 Pharmacia ASPET Award - Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, FASPET
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Insightful article on biomarkers & new therapies in cancer & neurological diseases. It was a pleasure discussing fibrin as a therapeutic target & biomarker. Biomarker Discovery: Revolutionizing Disease Management | Technology Networks www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/...
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Advances in Biomarker Discovery: From Disease Detection to Cure
This article examines some of the latest advances in biomarker discovery in the fields of cancer and neurodegenerative and infectious diseases and the technologies that are driving these discoveries.
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Excited to chair the #Neuroimmunology Session @ascbiology.bsky.social EMBO #CellBio2024 Meeting. Join us if you are in San Diego! plan.core-apps.com/ascbembo2024...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Excellent interview by Mark Petersen @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social on his research on brain bleeds in preterm babies “These interventions could change the course of their life. Basic science is what drives new discoveries, so I wanted to be a part of that” #ProudofAlumni tinyurl.com/589mbrd3
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Targeting a clotting protein to treat neonatal brain bleeds
Researchers discovered that a blood clotting protein, fibrinogen, harms brain development during bleeds in preterm infants.
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Lisi Flores-Aguilar @lisi-fa.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🎉A bit late to the party, but happy to be joining this community! 💫The Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease PIA has put together a webinar on cerebrovascular pathology in DS and AD. Please join us on Zoom on Friday 13th, 10:30 am PST, 12:30 CT USA. ✏️Register here: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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Microglia as hunters or gatherers of brain synapses - Nature Neuroscience
How microglia sculpt brain circuits is not clear. Here, the authors propose that their contribution to synapse removal may occur by severing synapses (culling) or collecting synapses shed off by neuro...
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Shari Wiseman @shariwiseman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Nature Neuroscience is hiring a computational/systems/cognitive editor! Come join our team! Happy to answer any questions. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience Location: New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Berlin or Shanghai Application Deadline: January 6, 2025 About Springer Natur...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
NEW STUDY, led by Mount Sinai's Dr. Fanny Elahi @fanny-elahi.bsky.social, reveals sex differences in human vascular aging linked to brain degeneration & cognitive impairment👉IDs specific blood markers to predict cognitive decline & vary significantly btwn men & women www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
New paper led by Roberta Magliozzi at the University of Vienna we collaborated. We report #choroidplexus inflammation correlates with #fibrinogen in the CSF & subependymal periventricular areas with #microglia activation in progressive MS. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Machine Learning Reveals Behaviors Linked with Early Alzheimer’s, Points to New Treatments
A team of Gladstone scientists used a new video-based tool to pinpoint otherwise-undetectable signs of early disease.
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Axel Montagne @axelmontagne.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Interested in pursuing a PhD with Dr Ben Dickie, Dr Harry Pritchard, and me to explore the role of mural cells in Alzheimer’s disease? Feel free to apply or share this opportunity widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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(VIDA DTC) Role of arterial smooth muscle and pericyte dysfunction towards brain waste clearance in Alzheimer’s Disease at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (VIDA DTC) Role of arterial smooth muscle and pericyte dysfunction towards brain waste clearance in Alzheimer’s Disease at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kavitha Scranton @kavithascranton.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Excited for the CellSymposia "Neuro-immune Axis: Charting the Periphery" in New York City Sept 7-9, 2025, in partnership with the Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions! Keynotes: David Julius & @tcellogic.bsky.social. Check out the speaker list! www.cell-symposia.com/neuroimmunol...
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Katerina Akassoglou - Akassoglou Lab @akassogloulab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hello BlueSky! We are a biomedical research lab passionate about brain immunology & neurovascular research. Our posts disseminate our science, celebrate accomplishments of our trainees, alumni & scientists in our field, amplify announcements & exciting research findings. akassogloulab.org
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