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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

3 papers in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social today exploring the mechanistic connection between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis #MultipleSclerosis cell.com/cell/fulltex... cell.com/cell/fulltex... www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Leon Smyth @leonsmyth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

WE ARE HIRING! The Smyth Lab at Monash University is looking for a postdoc to join our team! Come join us if you are excited about neuroimmunology and the meninges. 📍 Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 Apply now: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... #Neuroimmunology #Meninges #PostdocJobs

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Agency declines to reappoint Walter Koroshetz, who has led NINDS since 2015

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Marson Lab @marsonlab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Our latest collaboration with @jkpritch.bsky.social – led by joint post-doc Mineto Ota – is in @nature.com today: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Looking forward to reading this one!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Bluetorial-Jim Watson I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions. What follows is my personal perspective. 1/41

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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Applications are open for the 2026 Zara Weinberg cohort of Leading Edge, named in honor of the incredible, brilliant, fearless @weinberz.witchlab.org. The LE community has been truly transformative for my scientific journey and my happiness. Please apply!! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

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Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Runs year round in this house so….

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Willow Coyote-Maestas @willowcoyote.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Excited to share some research highlights today during the neuroimmune sessions at KAI2025, beautiful day in Incheon, Korea

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H. The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Honored to receive an @alzassociation.bsky.social Research Grant for my project “Role of APOE4-driven microglial mitochondrial dysfunction”. Excited to advance our research on APOE4, neurovascular inflammation, and microglial metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease. Grateful to be #ALZFunded !!

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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @cp-cell.bsky.social! With @danielboehmer.bsky.social, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...

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Dan Tyrrell @danis1337.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This is so frustrating. In 2018 I remember thinking how this paper would transform my work since we were already looking at mitophagy. I have cited this paper in 3 of my papers between 2018-2020 and probably every grant application. This guy won a 2021 breakthrough prize in part because of this work

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Parkin and PINK1 mitigate STING-induced inflammation

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Anders Sejr Hansen @andersshansen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I have NIGMS R35, impact score 12 NIHGRI R21, 4th percentile NHGRI R01, 7th percentile (co-I) and it seems like none will be funded. 0/3. PO (who has been very helpful) said "Unfortunately, I do not expect this application will be selected for funding in FY25." 😭

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Elaine Hsiao @pipethero.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Delighted to share this perspective piece by Lewis Yu on microbial regulation of serotonin and neuroimmune interactions. Looking forward to sharing more on this topic soon 🤞 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Microbial regulation of serotonin and neuroimmune interactions

Bidirectional communication between the gut microbiota and neuroimmune system is essential during host–microbiome interactions. Recent research has be…

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Managed to track down some texas-style bbq in san diego. Gathered the lab to celebrate their accomplishments and keep building our amazing community!

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The numbers of women in science falls substantially at the transition from postdoc to independent investigator/ PI So what can we do to prevent this? One initiative we now organise annually at #EACR is the highly successful 'Women in Leadership' workshop ⏬ #WomenInScience 🧪 @helloeacr.bsky.social

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The EACR’s Women in Leadership workshop returns for 2025 - The Cancer Researcher

Ahead of the EACR 2025 Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, the EACR once again hosted its popular Women in Leadership Workshop on 16 June 2025. The event brought together 26 early-career female cancer resea...

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

200 days in, checking in on HHMI funding opportunities: Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program - not accepting applications Gilliam Fellows Program - not accepting applications Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program - not accepting applications Investigator Program - not accepting applications

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just to give the TL;DR on this one: *The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Interested in keeping track R01 first submission Oct 24 to NINDS (ESI/NI status) SS April (Initially Feb) Council May 1st JIT June (Council Rev completed status) 2nd JIT July (pending eRA status) NoA August *NINDS staff are amazing

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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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Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis by chemically caging acp3U. Excited to report this work lead by Vinnie @vinnieviruses.bsky.social and in collaboration with @vijayrathinam.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We need a new microscope objective. A $1.6k tariff for something that you can hold in your hand and that is only manufactured in Germany

Quote for a 63x objective. The objective is $12,784. The tariff is $1,661.92

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Great review on "Alzheimer’s disease and vascular biology – A focus on the procoagulant state"

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Shannon Macauley @macauleylab.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🔥New preprint from the lab! Led by @rileyirmen.bsky.social Tau pathology reprograms glucose metabolism to support glutamatergic activity and excitatory imbalance 📍 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.25.666872v1 🧵 on how tau disrupts the metabolism–excitability balance in Alzheimer’s disease

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Tau pathology reprograms glucose metabolism to support glutamatergic activity and excitatory imbalance

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not only characterized by amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau pathology, but also by early and progressive disruptions in metabolism. Neuronal excitability is tightly coupled with me...

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray. "Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.

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