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Microglia and protein misfolding enthusiast. Postdoctoral fellow @Blurton-Johes lab @UCI MIND 🇺🇸, LLHF and Brightfocus Fellow UAlberta alumni 🇨🇦, studying microglia and human iMG in health and disease 🧠🧫🔬 🧬🧪

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Molecular Neurodegeneration @molneurodegen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Transplantation of human #iPSC -derived #microglia ameliorates #neuropathology and circuit dysfunction in #progranulin -deficient mice Hayk Davtyan, Sarah Naguib, Yuliya Voskobiynyk... Jeanne T. Paz, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Li Gan @liganlab.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A beautiful review by @lukensjohnr.bsky.social lab on microglial ITAM and ITIM: Microglial ITAM & ITIM signaling in neurodegenerative disease and brain aging. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Microglial ITAM & ITIM signaling in neurodegenerative disease and brain aging
Innate immunity within the central nervous system (CNS) plays key roles in shaping both healthy brain aging and vulnerability to neurodegenerative dis…
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Simply beautiful! Your flourescencefriday images always make my day :-) Thanks for sharing!
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Proud to announce our collaboration with @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social & the Paz lab showing that transplanted human iPSC-derived microglia in a PGRN KO mouse model restores progranulin in microglia and rescues pathology, circuitry, and behavior. Preprint out now: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Transplantation of Human IPSC-derived Microglia Ameliorates Neuropathology and Circuit Dysfunction in Progranulin-Deficient Mice
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a major cause of early-onset neurodegeneration characterized by progressive behavioral, emotional, and cognitive decline. Progranulin haploinsufficiency, a leading gen...
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Loss of PILRA promotes microglial immunometabolism to reduce amyloid pathology in cell and mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Loss of PILRA promotes microglial immunometabolism to reduce amyloid pathology in cell and mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
PILRA is a therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease that regulates neuroinflammation and metabolism in microglia.
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Human microglia differentially respond to β-amyloid, tau, and combined Alzheimer's disease pathologies in vivo alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @alzdemjournals.bsky.social
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Really excited to share this work from @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social lab, “Human microglia differentially respond to β‐amyloid, tau, and combined Alzheimer's disease pathologies in vivo” - Coburn - Eskandari-Sedighi, 2025 - Alzheimer's & Dementia alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Lance Johnson @johnsonlab.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
new preprint from @iostephens.bsky.social describes the potential benefits of increasing lipid turnover in microglia by eliminating PLIN2 from their surface
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Thanks for putting together such a fantastic meeting, and for the opportunity to present! It was great to be part of the conversation with the rest of speakers.
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International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration @ismnd.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
👏 Great start to NextGen 2025! S1: Cellular Immune Responses in the Pathogenesis of #AlzheimersDisease Hosts: Kristine Freude & Marion Kadlecová Speakers 🔹 Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi 🔹 Lukas Busch 🔹 Johannes Schlachetzki 🔹 Zhiyuan Ning 🔹 Guoyan Zhao
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Lance Johnson @johnsonlab.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Are you an ATP!?! We are hosting our 2nd annual CNS MET Symposium 12/3/25 and are searching for early-career researchers to highlight as All-star Trainee Presentations (ATPs). Up to 4 individuals will be invited for an all-expense paid trip to beautiful Lexington KY. Apply here! rb.gy/3zk4cm
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Canadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Identification of CD33m as a new protective factor in Alzheimer’s Disease development. Read about this research by Brain Star Award winner Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi can-acn.org/brain-star-a... @ualberta.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social
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Chris Parker @chrisgparker.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Excited to share a new preprint from the lab. We show that PTMs like phosphorylation & glycosylation dynamically reshape proteome-wide ligandability in cells, including proteins like KRAS. Great collaboration with the Huang Lab, @forlilab.bsky.social and BMS. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Post-Translational Modifications Remodel Proteome-Wide Ligandability
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) vastly expand the diversity of human proteome, dynamically reshaping protein activity, interactions, and localization in response to environmental, pharmacologi...
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GlycoNet @glyconet.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Join us for the next GTA webinar on Siglecs and their glycan ligands, featuring Dr. @siglecdude.bsky.social (U of A) and Dr. Edward Schmidt. Learn how their team is developing novel tools to uncover the biological roles of Siglecs across systems. Register: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Woohoo! Congrats to both of you guys! 🍾🎊
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Sarah Naguib, PhD @sarahnaguib.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
So proud to share my first first-author paper from my postdoc in @liganlab.bsky.social out yesterday in @cp-immunity.bsky.social! We characterized a model of the APOE3 Christchurch mutation on a tauopathy background and found downregulation of cGAS-STING-IFN pathway as a source of protection!
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Congrats! Nice job @zeinab-jc.bsky.social and the whole team👍
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Marco A. Maximo Prado @maximoprado.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
For #fluorescencefriday the Mesoscopic Integrated NeuroImaging Data (MIND) platform @westernu.bsky.social presents abeta plaques and blood vessels in the 🧠 of our ApoE4 mouse model of AD. 🧪 #clearing #lightsheet 🔬 Courtesy of Arash Salahinejad, Luke Smolders and @shahrzadbahrampour.bsky.social
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
On-demand microglia deliver the therapeutic payload in Alzheimer’s disease @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
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On-demand microglia deliver the therapeutic payload in Alzheimer’s disease
In this issue, Chadarevian et al. showed that engraftment of human iPSC-derived microglia (iMG) engineered to express secreted neprilysin (sNEP) under the plaque-responsive CD9 promoter reduces amyloi...
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Jason Plemel @jrplemel.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Just out, recent work from the Plemel lab by the talented Brady Hammond. We sought to understand the factors that regulate microglial proliferation during development. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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CSF1R ligands promote microglial proliferation but are not the sole regulators of developmental microglial proliferation
Summary: In vitro and in vivo investigations indicate that CSF1 and IL34 may partially regulate the developmental proliferation of microglia in the mouse hippocampus and cortex, but an additional laye...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Congrats @jrplemel.bsky.social and team! Really impressive work!
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Congrats @johnsonlab.bsky.social really nice work 👍
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Lance Johnson @johnsonlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What does the APOE 'lipid droplet-ome' look like??? Check out our new paper to find out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to first authors @cassifriday.bsky.social and @iostephens.bsky.social +help from Scott Gordon @morganti.bsky.social and @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social labs
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APOE4 reshapes the lipid droplet proteome and modulates microglial inflammatory responses
Excess lipid droplet (LD) accumulation is implicated in various diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet the mechanisms underlying this accum…
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The registration for the second round of 2025 Canadian Neuroscience Series are open now. This was a fantastic opportunity for me to learn about the impressive work of other #postdocs and share mine with them. Highly recommend it to anyone eligible in the field of #Neuroscience.
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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Postdoctoral Series (CNS-PDS) @cns-pds.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🇨🇦 🧠 Are you a #Postdoc in #Canada or #Canadian abroad? We are selecting #speakers for the (second round of the) 2025 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars: Postdoctoral Series. Apply by July 6th, 2025 @ 23:59PT. Find more details here: tinyurl.com/56m946jh Apply through this form: tinyurl.com/42cwhae3
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Love it!
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Excited to share our new work demonstrating a role for astrocytic inflammasome signaling in modulating hippocampal plasticity. @cp-immunity.bsky.social All credit to Kristine Zengeler, who was the brains🧠 and muscle💪 behind this project and is a wonderful collaborator. www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Inflammasome signaling in astrocytes modulates hippocampal plasticity
The function of immune pathways in homeostatic neurobiology remains underexplored. Zengeler et al. find that the inflammasome complex, typically associated with immune responses, is involved in memory...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Thanks to @canacn.bsky.social and #CIHR for choosing my work on human CD33 isoforms in Alzheimer’s disease for a #brainstar_award. I share the credit with Matt Macauley lab @siglecdude.bsky.social and all the amazing co-authors whose tremendous help was a huge contribution to this project.
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Canadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Very proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Brain Star Awards! can-acn.org/congratulati... Très fiers d'annoncer les gagnants des prix Cerveau en tête 2024! can-acn.org/fr/bravo-aux...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Thanks, Matt! Appreciate your kind words and support.
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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Postdoctoral Series (CNS-PDS) @cns-pds.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Meet our first speaker 🗣️ Ghazaleh will be presenting at our webinar THIS Thursday! You can register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... And remember, you can stay up to date on webinars, events, and more by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h
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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Postdoctoral Series (CNS-PDS) @cns-pds.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Happening THIS week! Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... Stay up to date by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Alzforum note on the newest publication from Blurton-Jones lab: "Delivery Courier? Microglia Drop Neprilysin Off Near Plaques in Brain" www.alzforum.org/news/researc...
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Delivery Courier? Microglia Drop Neprilysin Off Near Plaques in Brain | ALZFORUM
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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Postdoctoral Series (CNS-PDS) @cns-pds.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We are back next Thursday (May 1st) with two wonderful presentations 📅 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi... And remember, you can stay up to date on webinars, events, and more by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h
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Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Exciting work from @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social + Spitale labs -- new examples of how iPSC-microglia can be used as a long-term, in vivo platform for a therapeutic protein payload in models of Alzheimer’s disease @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590925000992
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Harnessing human iPSC-microglia for CNS-wide delivery of disease-modifying proteins
Widespread delivery of therapeutic proteins to the brain remains challenging. To determine whether human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-microgli…
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Kuchroo Lab @kuchroolab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Nice media coverage of our recent study on how Tim-3 regulates microglial activity. #ButovskyLab @genelayinstitute.bsky.social. Researchers @massgenbrigham.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social gaining ground on Alzheimer’s disease whdh.com/news/researc... via @7NEWS
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Researchers at Mass. General Brigham gaining ground on Alzheimer’s disease - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
BOSTON (WHDH) - Some talented researchers at Mass General Brigham are gaining ground in the fight against Alzheimer’s through a new approach that manipulates molecules<a class="excerpt-read-more" href...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Jean Paul Chadarevian and the entire @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social team for this beautiful piece of work: Harnessing human iPSC-microglia for CNS-wide delivery of disease modifying proteins." 👍👍👍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Harnessing human iPSC-microglia for CNS-wide delivery of disease-modifying proteins
Widespread delivery of therapeutic proteins to the brain remains challenging. To determine whether human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-microgli…
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Thank you for your kind words!
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Thanks so much for your kind words!
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
This amazing news made my week! 🎊 I’m beyond blessed to be part of the @brightfocus.bsky.social community while studying the protective microglial responses in the context of Alzheimer’s disease. Super thankful to @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social and the entire MBJ team for their continuous support!
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Marco A. Maximo Prado @maximoprado.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
#fluorescencefriday. Let’s take a look at the brain vasculature with this rendered video in a whole mouse brain. 🧠 Labelled with CD31 by @shahrzadbahrampour.bsky.social
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Kuchroo Lab @kuchroolab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
With Butovsky Lab, we show that silencing TIM-3 in brain-resident immune cells prevents neurodegeneration in a mouse model of #Alzheimer’s disease. Deletion of TIM-3 in microglia enhance phagocytic clearance of toxic amyloid beta. #Immunosky🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Immune checkpoint TIM-3 regulates microglia and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature
The immune-checkpoint molecule TIM-3 regulates microglial homeostasis, and its microglial-specific deletion reduced cognitive impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Immune checkpoint TIM-3 regulates microglia and Alzheimer’s disease @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy Spring Solstice, and happy Nowruz to all who celebrate this special day 🌷
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Phil Gross, PhD @philgrossphd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Excited to finally have this published! Out today in @naturecomms.bsky.social, we show that following demyelination in a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis, treatment of senescent microglia with senolytics leads to improved remyelination. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
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Senescent-like microglia limit remyelination through the senescence associated secretory phenotype - Nature Communications
The impact of senescent cells on remyelination is unknown. Here, the authors show that treatment with senolytics following demyelination enhances remyelination in young, but not aged mice, and these e...
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 26/02/2025
Happy to share this new #glycotime work with collaborator Tony Wyss-Coray, led by grad student Sophia Shi, mucin loss at the BBB is associated with aging and cognitive decline, can be reversed by restoration with with gene therapy. Aging is a mucinopathy! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease - Nature
Disruption of mucin-domain glycoprotein expression and function in the endothelial glycocalyx are associated with ageing and Alzheimer’s disease, leading to dysregulated blood–brain barrier function.
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Shannon Macauley @macauleylab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Our latest in PNAS! 🎉 ATP-sensitive potassium channels alter glycolytic flux to modulate cortical activity and sleep Take home message? KATP channels are metabolic sensors under circadian control that gate glycolytic flux, arousal, & sleep/wake transitions. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels alter glycolytic flux to modulate cortical activity and sleep | PNAS
Metabolism plays a key role in the maintenance of sleep/wake states. Brain lactate fluctuations are a biomarker of sleep/wake transitions, where in...
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ghazeskandari.bsky.social @ghazeskandari.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A nice response from Dennis J. Selkoe to Charles Piller’s claims about Alzheimer’s disease research in his recent book “Doctored”. “Piller will try, but he cannot win this argument on the facts.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/a... via @statnews.com
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There is no ‘amyloid cabal’ in Alzheimer’s research
“There exists no ‘amyloid cabal’” in Alzheimer’s research, neurologist Dennis Selkoe writes in response to Charles Piller’s “Doctored.”
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Dr. Donna Wilcock @wilcocklab.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Please see a collective response from an esteemed group of leaders in the dementia field to the NYT article and book “doctored” by Charles Piller. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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Matthew Macauley @siglecdude.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We have a postdoctoral position open to help lead our CD33 project in microglia. Would be grateful if you could spread the word: macauleylab.ca/job-opening-...
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Job Opening – A Postdoctoral fellow or Research Associate – Macauley Lab
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