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Alex Hughes

@alxhug.bsky.social

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Stats, cats, and running

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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social

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Alex Hughes @alxhug.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Cool paper about a couple of things I love www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Reversible reduction in brain myelin content upon marathon running - Nature Metabolism

Using magnetic resonance imaging on marathon runners, Ramos-Cabrer, Cabrera-Zubizarreta et al. report that the signal detected as a surrogate of myelin content is significantly reduced after exercise,...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/03/2025

WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 4 DAYS? Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide! ☀️🌎🧪

navy background with white text that says 4 days until stand up for science

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n

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Katharina Schmack @kathaschmack.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Immunologists, time to embrace your inner neuroscientist 🧠🧪 Macrophages (yes, #macrophages) release glutamate (yes, #glutamate) to sensory neurons engaging in the muscle stretch reflex. Very cool paper! #neuroscience #immunology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion - Nature

A population of macrophages with exclusive molecular and functional signatures in the muscle spindles express machinery for synthesizing and releasing glutamate, and a cellular component, the muscle s...

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Alex Hughes @alxhug.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Hello! I've had this account for a couple of weeks now so it's time to start posting cat pictures. This is Cauchy - we just celebrated his 11th gotcha day!

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