Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaElaine Hsiao @pipethero.bsky.social · 15/05/2026📣 Our lab is recruiting postdocs to lead new fully funded projects on mechanisms of microbiome–gut–brain signaling & microbial regulation of brain–body interactions in disease, w supportive clinical collaborators. Expertise in gut–brain, systems neuro, or neuroimmunology preferred. Please email 📧 198
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaStaci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Super excited to share this new story led by @jedziabis.bsky.social where she defines a critical role for microglial innate immune signaling in PV cell and perineuronal net (PNN) development in hippocampus, and consequences for plasticity and behavior in adulthood www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgMicroglial MyD88-dependent signaling influences extracellular matrix development and interneuron maturation in the hippocampusParvalbumin interneurons (PVIs) are disrupted across diverse neurodevelopmental disorders, highlighting their vulnerability to developmental perturbations. Inflammation can perturb PVI development and... 13613
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaAnita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 30/09/2025My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist! Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply! apply.interfolio.com/174371apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 1135104
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaSimons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 16/09/2025Announcing our 9 new Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows! These awards help senior postdoctoral researchers with fresh perspectives on autism & neuroscience transition to tenure-track faculty positions: www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-fou…simonsfoundation.orgSimons Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fellows-to-Faculty AwardsThe Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 class of Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows. 23414
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaPriya Prakash @pryprk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Brain myelin as a deficient energy source in aging and disease www.cell.com/trends/endoc... Excellent discussion on how myelin fatty acid reserves may be reallocated during aging and neurodegenerationcell.comBrain myelin as a deficient energy source in aging and diseaseCentral nervous system (CNS) myelin may act as a dynamic energy store that supports brain metabolism; its consumption and replenishment is a newly recognized form of metabolic plasticity aimed at main... 1297
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaJournal of Neuroimmunology @jnijournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2025We’re excited to announce the Young Investigators Special Issue in the Journal of Neuroimmunology! We will spotlight early-career researchers and support the next generation of discovery. Submit your original research and let your work be seen and recognized. #CallForPapersciencedirect.comJournal of Neuroimmunology | Early career investigators in Neuroimmunology | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierHistorically, many established investigators in the field of neuroimmunology published early work from their laboratories in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. Our mission is to bring important work in t... 033
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaRebecca Pompano @pompanolab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025It seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below. prospect.org/politics/202...prospect.orgWill the Senate Save NIH?Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid. 111991
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaDanielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Look at this team of editors 100% #WomeninSTEM, I am so proud of this 😍. With @mgood695.bsky.social and @anyabphd.bsky.social . To learn more about it: www.go.nature.com/4ncu8Hm @natureportfolio.nature.com 07311
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaSean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Interested in fabricated microbial ecosystems? Join us this summer at EcoFAB! It's an amazing program. Learn more and register here: eco-fab.org/ecofab-2025-... 295
Ana Beatriz DePaula-Silva @biadepaula-silva.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Congratulations to my first PhD student @caseymeili.bsky.social for passing her qualifying exam! She is officially a PhD candidate! So proud of you! 191
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaGc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · 23/05/2025All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out! 3422381315
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaEliver Ghosn @eliverghosn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025We are #hiring! Please help share! Postdoc in #Immunology; B-cell biology We are recruiting a postdoc to lead projects on human B cells and plasma cells funded by the Gates Foundation and the NIH (The position is fully funded and not dependent on future grants). ghosnlab.science/join-usghosnlab.scienceGhosn Laboratory — join us! 01817
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaEmilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I am looking for a postdoc with an immunology background interested in joining a Yale neuroscience lab to study how the brain controls immunity. At Yale, we have a wonderful interdisciplinary & collaborative #neuroimmune community. Please reach out or share with anyone who might be interested! 01616
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaKevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. 1412619599
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Meningeal regulatory T cells restrain local interferon-γ–producing lymphocytes, thereby safeguarding parenchymal brain homeostasis @sciimmunology.bsky.social @mmr2.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1216
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaTristan Shuman @tristanshuman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025New paper out in Cell Reports! Led by @susieyufeng.bsky.social, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory impairment. www.cell.com/cell-reports... 15321
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/01/2025American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12 5718171133
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaNick Silva @nicholasjsilva.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Excited to share that our lab website is live! nicholassilvalab.org Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬nicholassilvalab.orgSilva Lab – Neuroimmune mechanisms in health and disease 34213
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Use the Human Microbiome Compendium data! We made the data and code available, & created a website and R package to navigate the compendium. Links: - Website: microbiomap.org - Data: zenodo.org/records/1373... - R package: blekhmanlab.github.io/MicroBioMap/ - Code: github.com/blekhmanlab/...microbiomap.orgHuman Microbiome CompendiumAn ongoing project to build a dataset of the human microbiome at an unprecedented scale. 25522
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaKaren S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025find your state here....https://www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-state/ 021
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 24/01/2025The RFK Jr. confirmation hearing has been scheduled for 1/29/25. The nomination is on shaky ground. Here's the call to action: Reach Out To Your Senators and Urge Them To Oppose RFK Jr's nomination to be HHS Secretary Here's how to do that, step-by-step:patreon.comCTA: RFK Jr Nomination Hearing Scheduled - Time To Reach Out To Your Senators | Matthew CortlandGet more from Matthew Cortland on Patreon 4713071016
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaDaniel McManus, PhD @danmcmanus123.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Excited to share my PhD work from Rafi Ahmed’s lab, now published in @nature.com. We show how CD8 T cells overcome the inability to predict how long a viral infection will last by making adaptable precursor cells a priori—an elegant strategy for a non-prescient immune system! tinyurl.com/53nrpsa6 154
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaChristina Stallings @stallingslab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis... Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!grc.org2025 Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development Conference GRCThe 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot. 02624
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaAnne Petzold @neuroadept.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Faculty position in imaging at UCL #neurojobs #STEMjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience 02015
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaMariana Borsa @nanaborsa.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Definitely not a straightforward path, but it is happening: I am officially an Assistant Professor-to-be! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I was awarded a @snsf-ch.bsky.social Starting Grant and I will start my lab next year. Very grateful to all those that supported me over the last years! 🫶 (1/4) 9455
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaAmanda Sierra @sierralab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024"Culturing microglia induces rapidly increased growth, protein content, and inflammatory protein expression. These changes are restored by engrafting in vitro cells into the brain, with xenografted human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived microglia closely resembling microglia from the human brain." 0166
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaJonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Microbiome FacultyJob at UC Davis in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (one of the departments where I reside ...) See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847recruit.ucdavis.edu 3128110
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaCarmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Sooo, there are still a few spots available if you want to give a talk at the third edition of #AstrocyteCafe 😏 #AstrocyteCafe is a FREE monthly seminars starting from January 2025! Speakers can be of any career stage: just send us an email with your topic to astrocytecafe@gmail.com!😍 02717
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Be still my scientific ❤️.... @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social high resolution spatial transcriptomics on human meninges 🤩 work from Kevin Petrecca group at McGill University led by Theresa Degenhard - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪 #Neuroscience 37924
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaJohn Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Meningeal neutrophil immune signaling influences behavioral adaptation following threat www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 0164
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaShelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024OPEN RANK #FACULTY #POSITION in #Pharmacology & #Neuroscience with expertise in #behavioral pharmacology/neuroscience of relevance to substance use disorders. Review of applications will start immediately. Target start date is Fall 2025. Come join us! Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...careers.umich.eduProfessor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor | U-M Careers 05048
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaNicola Fattorelli @nicola-fattorelli.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Microglia community, let’s start the discussion 🧠 follow the Microglia Starter Pack and ask @mancusorenzo.bsky.social to add your colleagues as they join Bluesky 🦋 go.bsky.app/DT3Cp4A 465735
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-Silvaadam grieve @adamgrieve.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Can I ask you to share a PhD advert at Bristol Uni please? Rhomboid proteases play a role in neurons that is essential for life- but it is not characterised. Got a student interested in cell biology, electrophysiology and neurobiology? Send them our way! tinyurl.com/56f24f7c 07179
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaTerradot lab @laurentterradot.bsky.social · 15/11/2024A postdoctoral position is available in our team to study the type VI secretion system. Biochemistry, X-ray cryst and some cryoEM with @fronzeslab.bsky.social team Reposts appreciated 😊 02337
Reposted by Ana Beatriz DePaula-SilvaJB Manent @jbmanent.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Hey #epilepsy research people doing the great migration from the other side! I've just created this starter pack with a few names that I'll update as I get feedback, so please spread the word so we can build a community! go.bsky.app/B8pPi1n 17259