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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Postdoctoral opportunity in ML / deep learning / multimodal prediction for AD risk in the Buckley lab! To apply, please send a CV and a 1-page cover letter explaining your technical skills, career goals, and why this specific position is a good fit. Please see link! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Postdoctoral opportunity in the Buckley Lab | Rachel Buckley

Postdoctoral opportunity in machine learning / deep learning / multimodal prediction for Alzheimer’s disease risk This position sits within the Buckley Lab and the Harvard Aging Brain Study Data & In...

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Emily Singer @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Congrats to @bucklr01.bsky.social on being selected as a finalist in the NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards, for her piece "Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s research"! www.nasw.org/article/anno...

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Announcing the 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award winners

The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the **2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards.** This year, NASW is awarding prizes i...

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust on their Research Renaissance podcast! I talk about sex differences in Alzheimer's disease risk and optimizing women's brain health. A link for those interested: open.spotify.com/episode/3ou4...

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Unlocking Sex-Based Differences in Alzheimer’s Risk with Dr. Rachel Buckley

Research Renaissance: Exploring the Future of Brain Science · Episode

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Our new paper is out! We find that Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (but interestingly not estradiol or testosterone) shows sex specific associations with tau-PET burden in the Framingham Heart Study. In men, it seems to be protective (higher SHBG = lower tau) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Hey y'all - please vote for your new Sex & Gender Professional Interest Area for the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART!!!! Voting closes JUNE 25!!! alz.surveymonkey.com/r/T8GC8J6

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2025 PIA Executive Committee Elections

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Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals @alzdemjournals.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Biomarkers enhance Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy detection!🩸 Research from Alzheimer’s & Dementia demonstrate lower Aβ42/40 and elevated p-tau-181 effectively differentiate CAA from controls, opening doors for non-invasive diagnostics #AlzResearch alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals @alzdemjournals.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

AI used for better dementia detection in India A&D: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring reports cognitive test cutoffs for India’s unique population to improve early diagnosis, a step toward more effective dementia care #DADM #AlzResearch alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Loved being at #CCAD2025 this year in Puerto Rico - been an amazing conference!

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Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals @alzdemjournals.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

What are examples of modifiable risk factors in dementia? A&D: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring special issue investigates glucose index, sleep variation, vitamin supplements and more as modifiable risk factors #DADM Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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SPECIAL SECTION: Modifiable Risk Factors In Dementia. Edited By Dr. Kaarin Anstey & Dr. Kristine Yaffe: Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Suzanne E. Schindler @suzanneeschindler.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We now have a blood biomarker that is even more strongly associated with tau PET and cognitive symptoms than even p-tau217! Plasma eMTBR-tau243 will help us to understand whether cognitive impairment is likely to be related to Alzheimer's pathology. #ENDALZ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Plasma MTBR-tau243 biomarker identifies tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Medicine

Plasma eMTBR-tau243 is a specific biomarker of tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease and enables the detecting and tracking of Alzheimer’s clinical impairment.

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

A critical area of AD research that is really gaining traction - harmonization across multiple cohorts for big data analysis!

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Carolyn Fredericks @carolynfredericks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We are HIRING!! Postdoc for multimodal imaging lab at Yale. If you get excited about preclinical and prodromal states, atypical Alzheimer’s, graph theory, predictive modeling, and/or baked goods at lab meetings, come join us: postdocs.yale.edu/postdoctoral... Please share with your circles!

The Fredericks Lab! - with deliberately poor photoshopping of lab members who couldn't be there that day.

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 10/03/2025

"Women have faster rates of tau accumulation than men in areas of the brain that tend to be most vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease." -- @bucklr01.bsky.social, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discussing women and #Alzheimer'sDisease. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/al...

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Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women

Women show faster tau accumulation than men

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

It is an honor to be counted amongst these amazing scientists in this piece, and a privilege to be able to do this incredible work

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Bryan D. James, PhD @bryandjames.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Great write up on the latest research on sex differences in brain aging, with quote from Dr. Buckley @bucklr01.bsky.social "talk to your doctor" 😉 Important work--particularly in the context of clamping down on science focused on the health of women and minorities www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/h...

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Aging Women’s Brain Mysteries Are Tested in Trio of Studies

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s.

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Katherine Bourzac @bourzac.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thanks to @denadubal.bsky.social and @bucklr01.bsky.social for talking to me for this story about the fascinating X chromosome!

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

@sheilashanmugan.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @susanacarmona.bsky.social @bucklr01.bsky.social, @denadubal.bsky.social Laura Pritschet, Kaitlin Casaletto, Ina Stelzer, Julia Sacher, Rob Froemke and so many more leading minds.

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Nominations are still open to become a part of our Sex & Gender PIA Executive Committee for ISTAART!!! Nominations close Mar 10. Please see nomination form: alz.surveymonkey.com/r/RF7JGFF Information on the positions are here: drive.google.com/file/d/1NKvx... For any questions, DM me #endAlz

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2025 ISTAART PIA Executive Committee Self-Nominations

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

UPDATE ON FUNDING These are data through 2/21/25. The lag in Reporter really does appear to be about a week. There was a second mini-pause as suspected from internal reports, but grants are being awarded. About 21% new or competitive renewals (compared to 29% in 2017, and 22% in 2021

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Hey there, fellow scientists! Interested in reviewing for an Alzheimer's disease journal in future? Us editors are always looking for reviewers, especially those who are earlier career researchers who are looking to test out their reviewing chops.

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Please consider nominating to join our Sex & Gender PIA Executive Committee for ISTAART!!! We'd love to have you join our amazing team #ADSexGenPIA alz.surveymonkey.com/r/RF7JGFF

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Karl Herrup @asparatics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My first science post here on BlueSky is a long one. Setting the contrarian tone from the very beginning, I take strong issue with the recent op-ed by Charles Piller published in the January 24th NY Times on #Alzheimer's disease (nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...)

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Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

Fraud in research needs to end.

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Jackie Eissman, PhD @jackieeissman.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I can confirm this is a great crew...join us!!

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year, folks!!!! Get excited about the Sex & Gender Differences in AD PIA Year in Review!!!! See details below #ISTAART #SexGenderADPIA #Alzheimers #AlzheimersAssoc

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Silvia Maioli @silviamaioli.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I want to celebrate my friend still bskyless Giulia Lorenzon, who brilliantly defended her PhD at @karolinskainst.bsky.social, with a wonderful opponent @bucklr01.bsky.social (who after the party think that we are a bunch of crazy people - and we actually are 🤣 right @annamarseglia.bsky.social ??)

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Thanks for bringing this one to my attention! Fascinating

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Jason Hassenstab @ctrlab.org · 15/12/2024

Incredible thread detailing a biochemist's experience as an expert witness. The supplement Prevagen is advertised widely and patients concerned about their memory often ask us if it is effective. TLDR: Most of the effective ingredient can't withstand more than 30 seconds in the stomach. #ENDALZ

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Calling all Sex and Gender Differences in AD PIA members! We need your help for the Year in Review webinar!!! This link is active through next Sunday -- alz.surveymonkey.com/r/SLH6BMW Please share your notable papers on sex/gender differences in Alzheimer's disease! #SexGenderAD #Alzheimer's

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ISTAART PIAs: Year in Review Questionnaire Form (January 2025)

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Come across this one too many times in my career

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/12/2024

Hi! Didn't really read what you wrote but have some feedback

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Time to start promoting the Consciousness Club on here! 🦋 On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk: "How to think about artificial consciousness" For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes... All welcome! 🧠🧪

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Rachel Buckley, PhD @bucklr01.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is AWESOME! Can't wait to read!

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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Here’s our new review lead by @rominagl4.bsky.social on the roller coaster of central & peripheral inflammatory signalling during pregnancy & the postpartum & it’s relation to psychiatric disease risk in short term & neurodegenerative in long term www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Inflammatory signalling during the perinatal period: Implications for short- and long-term disease risk

During pregnancy and the postpartum, there are dynamic fluctuations in steroid and peptide hormone levels as well as inflammatory signalling. These ch…

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Kristen Zuloaga @zuloagalab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We have openings at all levels (PhD student, tech, postdocs) Read below about our newest project! 👇 www.albanymed.org/news/4m-nih-... PhD deadline to apply is Dec 1st: www.amc.edu/education/ba... Tech and postdoc app info here: www.zuloagalab.com/join-our-tea...

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$4M NIH Grant Awarded for Dementia Research

Albany Medical College's Kristen Zuloaga, PhD received a $4 million NIH grant to study how menopause impacts dementia and to test a potential new treatment.

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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

1/ I work in #NeuroAI, a growing field of research, which many people have only the haziest conception of... As way of introduction to this research approach, I'll provide here a very short thread outlining the definition of the field I gave recently at our BRAIN NeuroAI workshop at the NIH. 🧠📈

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Daily neuroscience-related posts on Bluesky this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/hu...

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‘Huge influx’ of neuroscientists migrates to Bluesky

Daily neuroscience-related posts on the social-media platform this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October.

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NeuroWoodworks @neurowoodworks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

One of my most intricate and painfully made pieces. This is the "Purkinje bear", composed of the 37 neurons individually, and manually cut in different woods. #neuroscience #brain #cerebellum #sciart

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Monica Carson @brainimmunity.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This threaded discussion on sex differences in mechanisms leading to Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration is worth a read. #microglia, #neuroinflammation

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