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brain immune communication throughout the lifespan and in neuropsychiatric diseases

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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
IFN-brite: A new interferon reporter from our lab designed by Dr. Sarah Anderson is bright and pan cellular
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Amazing story from @arimolofskylab.bsky.social led by the fearless @nathanec.bsky.social now online @nature.com
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19/06/2025
I spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
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Nobel laureate on how Trump's cuts are hurting science
Neuroscientist, biologist and 2021 Nobel Prize winner Ardem Patapoutian joined Midday Edition to talk about how the Trump administration's effort to cut back on science spending is impacting researche...
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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I am saddened by this news. Atul was a vibrant colleague and tireless proponent of using data to unravel the complexity of disease.
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Fran Quintana Lab @quintanalabhms.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
New pre-print from our lab here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Detection of astrocyte epigenetic memory in in vitro systems, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis samples
We recently described astrocyte pro-inflammatory epigenetic memory based on multiple complementary in vivo and in vitro studies, and the analysis of multiple sclerosis samples. Based on bioinformatic ...
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RTN Conference @rtnconference.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Have you registered yet for #ReThinkNeuroimmunology in October? Speakers include @aleksdelab.bsky.social @labschaefer.bsky.social @annamolofskylab.bsky.social @itchdoctor.bsky.social @becherlab.bsky.social @gocastelobranco.bsky.social @miriammerad.bsky.social @kuchroolab.bsky.social & more
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Pailin Chiaranunt @phagocyticpai.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
We're now appreciating how the immune and nervous systems communicate across body & brain, and there's still more to explore! Had a fun time co-writing this with some amazing immunologists and neuroscientists @nickmroz.bsky.social @arimolofskylab.bsky.social @annamolofskylab.bsky.social 😎🧠
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Cross-regulation between the nervous system and type 2 immunity
The nervous and type 2 immune systems regulate each other via cytokines and neurotransmitters, suggesting previously unidentified therapeutic avenues.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Review @sciimmunology.bsky.social @arimolofskylab.bsky.social @annamolofskylab.bsky.social @nickmroz.bsky.social @phagocyticpai.bsky.social The nervous and type 2 immune systems regulate each other via cytokines and neurotransmitters www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This month in #Science #Immunology: @nickmroz.bsky.social, @phagocyticpai.bsky.social, @annamolofskylab.bsky.social, & @arimolofskylab.bsky.social pen an insightful & timely Review on crosstalk between the #nervous system & #type2 immunity! #WeekendRead #neuroimmunology #allergy #Alzheimers #itch
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Cross-regulation between the nervous system and type 2 immunity
The nervous and type 2 immune systems regulate each other via cytokines and neurotransmitters, suggesting previously unidentified therapeutic avenues.
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RTN Conference @rtnconference.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Speakers include @aleksdelab.bsky.social @labschaefer.bsky.social @annamolofskylab.bsky.social @itchdoctor.bsky.social @gocastelobranco.bsky.social @miriammerad.bsky.social @kuchroolab.bsky.social @
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RTN Conference @rtnconference.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#ReThinkNeuroimmunology 3 day think tank exploring the biggest discoveries & breakthroughs in neuroimmunology. Organized by @quintanalabhms.bsky.social @bethstevenslab.bsky.social @jonykipnis.bsky.social @idoamitlab.bsky.social #RejaneRua Registrations 🔗 genelayinstitute.org/rtn/
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/04/2025
This was the last @hhmi.org conference Lilly and Yuh-Nung Jan attended as investigators. They're becoming HHMI emeritus but still run a thriving NIH-funded lab. From cloning the first potassium ion channel (Shaker) to decoding neuronal development, the Jans have made a huge impact.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Thousands of federal health workers woke up on April 1 to find they had been fired or laid off. Scientists and civil servants at the FDA, CDC, and NIH were let go as part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pledge to cut jobs at the country’s most important disease-fighting agencies.
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The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs
The cuts hit multiple agencies, affecting work on HIV, gun violence prevention, vaccines, minority health research, and more.
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
www.wired.com/story/doctor... “To get rid of 11 of our senior PIs … we’re hoping that’s a mistake, because we can’t figure out why they would want to do that,”
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Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.
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ASM @asm.org · 01/04/2025
Removing the top leadership at NIAID, NIH and other health agencies, including the CDC and FDA, will damage America’s position as a leader in groundbreaking research in disease prevention and treatment. That puts us all at risk. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...
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ASM Statement on Removal of NIH & NIAID Leadership
Removing the top leadership at NIAID, NIH and other health agencies including CDC and FDA will damage America’s position as a leader in groundbreaking research in disease prevention and treatment.
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Victor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the Letter
Researchers at academic institutions nationwide say that U.S. science is being dismantled.
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Go John and Boaz! new gene therapy for Dravet
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Dysfunctional meningeal lymphatics interfere with the inhibitory synaptic inputs and disrupt excitatory/inhibitory balance on cortical neurons in a microglia-IL-6-dependent manner @cellcellpress.bsky.social @jonykipnis.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Paul Frankland @franklandlab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We have no memories for events from our earliest childhood years (aka infantile amnesia). Is it because we can't form them or can't keep them? Our Perspective on exciting new work from @tristansyates.bsky.social and colleagues. Babies form fleeting memories | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Babies form fleeting memories
The human hippocampus constructs short-lived memories from around 1 year of age
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“This review belongs in the canon of papers that inspire deep theory work,” writes Stephanie Palmer about a groundbreaking review by her mentor—Allison Doupe—and Patricia Kuhl that helped the field define the neural and evolutionary dynamics of speech. #neuroskyence
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Stephanie Palmer on human speech, birdsong and a mentor
A groundbreaking review by Allison Doupe, who was Palmer’s mentor, and Patricia Kuhl shaped the field of neural and evolutionary dynamics of speech.
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is one of the best features I have seen on blue sky yet- a custom feed of papers from people you follow. I had to un-follow the various biorxiv channels, as it was dominant, but now I am seeing lots of cool papers from people I follow. Great work on this feed, @paper-feed.bsky.social team!
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Cartoon by @paulnoth.bsky.social
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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Where does TrumpElon think innovation for all their favorite biotech corporations comes from? PCR only exists because somebody was looking for bacteria in hot springs at Yellowstone. I’m just a private practice ophthalmologist who barely understands p values but even I know this shit is important.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
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As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 point to the success of the HPV vaccine.
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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Dendrite specific linking of memories over time - a cool extension of the work from @sjo09.bsky.social, @denisejcai.bsky.social, and others: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience 🧪
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Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity in the mouse retrosplenial cortex links contextual memories formed close in time - Nature Neuroscience
Sehgal et al. show that branch-specific dendritic plasticity mechanisms in the retrosplenial cortex link memories acquired close in time such that, unlike independent memories, linked memories are enc...
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 08/03/2025
Finally! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
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Stand Up for Science Rally Sees Mix of Science, Politics and Anxiety
Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington for Stand Up for Science, a rally in response to President Trump’s federal-funding and job cuts.
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Agree! An honor to receive the Bowes award together with @kampmann.bsky.social - a testament to the incredible collaborations at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social that make our science possible!
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Haezyll @haezyll.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
San Francisco really showed up for #standupforscience2025!! Making me proud, Bay Area. 🥼🌁🌍
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Molofsky Lab #standupforscience2025 San Francisco!
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Dr Susan Johnson @susanjoh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Join us on Friday to hear @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social speak at @standupforscience.bsky.social in SF. Science is for Everyone.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/03/2025
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Dr. Atul Gawande will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! @agawande.bsky.social More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Image of Atul Gawande, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.
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Shane Liddelow @liddelowsa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Congratulations to our long time collaborator and all round excellent human being @michellemonje.bsky.social. So very well deservesd!
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Just saying.
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A reminder that mRNA vaccines are among the greatest scientific and medical breakthroughs ever, with almost unlimited potential against infectious diseases and many different types of cancer.
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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New findings from team led by Sophia Shi, @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social & Tony Wyss-Coray suggest that changes in the sugar coating on the blood-brain barrier may contribute to age-related cognitive decline and brain disease:
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Changes in brain’s ‘sugar shield’ could be key to understanding effects of aging
New findings about the sugary armor on the brain’s frontline cells could shed light on cognitive decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s – and open new avenues for treatment.
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Wendy Xueyi Wang @awedness.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As a student, I was perplexed by a field that dismissed qualitative, classical studies—the foundation we build upon—in favor of 'sexy' techniques. I first learnt about axonal beads through Cajal's drawings. I wonder what else we've forgotten. Cross-posting some images to bsky. #FluorescenceFriday
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Sean J. Morrison @seanjmorrison.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What do Americans need more: better treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, infectious diseases and other major public health problems or a way to send Musk to Mars?
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 23/02/2025
Who benefits from US funding uncertainty? Hours after posting this, I got an email inviting me to China with a “package to support my research for 20 years.” Apparently, generous offers are available to all good scientists!🧪🧠
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
standupforscience2025.org/sacramento-ca/
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Sacramento, CA
Location: California State Capitol Building 1305 10th St, Sacramento, CA, United States Address: 1305 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814 Time: 12 PM-4PM Other Information: Event will be taking place on …
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s... 1/n
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Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling (Gift Article)
Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/02/2025
Trump's illegal NIH cuts mean cancer researchers would be laid off, sick kids going without treatment, and more. These cuts would be DEVASTATING for lifesaving research. Some Republicans have said they agree—but they just blocked my amendment to reverse Trump's NIH cuts anyway.
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Oscar Marcelo Lazo @omlazo.science · 20/02/2025
First splicing therapy in utero for spinal motor atrophy (SMA). Massive achievement.
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 18/02/2025
#Medsky🧪 #idsky #episky #neurosky #immunosky #publichealth Accumulating evidence suggests that adult vaccinations can reduce the risk of developing latent Alzheimer’s disease & Alzheimer’s disease related dementias. content.iospress.com/articles/jou...
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The Impact of Routine Vaccinations on Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Persons 65 Years and Older: A Claims-Based Cohort Study using Propensity Score Matching - IOS Press
Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that adult vaccinations can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias. Objective: To compare the risk ...
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
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Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18/02/2025
The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles infection. But infants under 12 months old are not eligible for the vaccine, leaving them vulnerable. When measles spreads due to low vaccination rates, it puts our youngest—and most defenseless—children at the greatest risk.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come.
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