Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSimon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey. 191957537
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Congrats to the newest PhD from the @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social, Dr. Sophia Kim! Beautiful thesis document & presentation! 🧠🦠🔬🎉 Sophia's thesis work on arachnoid barrier breakdown in meningitis is on bioRxiv - check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 2487
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🚨 New preprint from our lab led by Sophia Kim w/ @kellydoran.bsky.social group @cuanschutz.bsky.social -- using neonatal 🐭 model of bacterial meningitis ➡️ arachnoid barrier is leaky, Cldn11 junctions are disrupted & cytokines are part of the problem. Lots of 🤩🧠🦠🔬 & compelling data, check it out! 1/5 43314
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDbioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Conserved cellular architecture and developmental mechanisms of the zebrafish www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 021
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDLeon Smyth @leonsmyth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Excited to share my final postdoc project published. We looked into the striking amyloidosis of important brain waste clearance sites (bridging veins) in mouse and human. A great collaborative project with Rupal Mehta at Rush who did all the human studies. Thanks to everyone who contributed! 1204
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDHao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Postnatal Cerebral Perivascular Fibroblast #SciArt Fibroblast PDGFRα KO🐭(P0) 👉⏬Perivascular Fibroblast & Perivascular Mφ coverage of penetrating vessels (P10) 👉↔️SMC/Astrocyte coverage @hejcell.bsky.social @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social 2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1113
Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhD @hejcell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025& a great time to share a life update! (better late than never) I’ve recently started as a Postdoc in the Wills lab at University of Washington where I’ll be studying the role of fibroblasts during regeneration in Xenopus 🐸🧠 On my way to becoming a frog wrangler @frogwranglers.bsky.social 051
Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhD @hejcell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Thrilled to share this last little bit of my thesis work w/ @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social! 🐭🧠 Generating the PDGFRa cKO line we use in this paper was no trivial task, spanning multiple years (& a pandemic!) We were extremely excited to see this phenotype & even more excited to share it with everyone! 1247
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀 Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social! 35817
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDJohn Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/11/2025SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT 112075
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/10/2025"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet. 154129764265
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081 5865979820444
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2025@cshlmeetings.bsky.social Brain Barriers 2025 is a wrap! It was an honor to co-organize this meeting in 2023 & 2025, a highlight of my scientific career. I am amazed by all the great science presented by these awesome scientists over the last five days...the future of CNS barrier biology is 🤩 💫! 2427
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSidar Aydın @sidaraydin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025🚨 A new Daneman Lab preprint!! 🚨 Reid Larsen, one of the brightest scientists I know, studied the BBB glycocalyx, identified its structure, composition, and function and uncovered what makes the CNS glycocalyx unique. It was a true pleasure to be a part of this seminal study! shorturl.at/Wkhxrbiorxiv.orgMulti-omic analysis reveals the unique glycan landscape of the blood-brain barrier glycocalyxThe blood-brain barrier (BBB) glycocalyx is the dense layer of glycans and glycoconjugates that coats the luminal surface of the central nervous system (CNS) vasculature. Despite being the first point... 0207
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I was imaging this weekend, took this image because it was beautiful to me, the blood vessels, fibroblasts, astrocytes, & macrophages as steadfast guardians at the brain's edges. Cheers to the 'guardians' of all that is important. ❤️ 2997
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDMissy Hubbard @missy-ubermom.bsky.social · 08/03/2025 285195786624
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 07/03/2025More white coats, less white robes! @eddpasquier.bsky.social #standupforscience #standupforscience2025 6853160
Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhD @hejcell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025we’re standing up for science tomorrow! Made some signs tonight with Denver @standupforscience.bsky.social organizers ❤️🧬🔬🥼 1032143
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDJulia Willett @jlewillett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduatesMany participants are from groups underrepresented in science 18887712392
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..." /1theatlantic.comInside the Collapse at the NIHAdministration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now. 915185
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 21/02/2025A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...youtube.comSponsors pull out of 'Girls in Science' event at Colorado children’s museum following DEI cutsYouTube video by Next 9NEWS 61488232
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDCantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.comsciencehomecoming.comScience Homecoming 43905682
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg. 571572517396
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDUniversity of Colorado Anschutz @cuanschutz.bsky.social · 17/02/2025“It’s really an elaborate infrastructure that’s required to do this research. One of the things that concerns me is the magnitude and rapidity of these changes.” VC for Research Tom Flaig, MD, recently spoke to @cbsnews.com about the potential impact the proposed NIH cuts could have on our campus.cbsnews.comColorado's large medical research community deals with attempts to cut federal fundingColorado's medical research community is looking at how to handle the potential of cuts to research grant money that it receives from the National Institutes of Health. 01711
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDDr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...chron.comNASA to wipe mentions of women, Indigenous people from websitesNASA employees told to remove mentions of women, indigenous people, and environmental justice from websites. 6408175
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDMaureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 08/02/2025March for science? AAUP & other unions are working on action plans and messaging around NIH, DEI, and other slashes Feb 13: National call in 8PM (below) Feb 19: National day of action on campuses (details soon) Feb 25: National Action & Press Conference in DC (details soon) @aaup.bsky.social 13326
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDDaniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday 11744144
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/20251. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 25470014079
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil... 571049504
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDBill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Are you interested in seahorses, sea dragons and pipefish? And single cell transcriptomics? And evolutionary genomics? Check out the version of record from our latest paper at eLife led by the awesome Dr. Hope Healey elifesciences.org/articles/97764elifesciences.orgSingle-cell sequencing provides clues about the developmental genetic basis of evolutionary adaptations in syngnathid fishesThe production of a single-cell atlas for developing syngnathid fish permits study of their unique traits. 381
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSociety for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States. 6233125
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDScience Magazine @science.org · 15/01/2025The blood-brain barrier can prevent therapeutic drugs from reaching the brain. Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have identified a peptide that increases the barrier’s permeability, showing potential for more effective drug delivery to treat brain diseases. scim.ag/4jhnWf6scim.agA claudin5-binding peptide enhances the permeability of the blood-brain barrier in vitroA claudin5 binding peptide enhances transport across the blood-brain barrier by transiently permeabilizing tight junctions. 19716
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDMatt Sikora @mjsikora.bsky.social · 14/01/2025New podcast alert! Project Bridge at @cuanschutz.bsky.social - our trainee-led public outreach group - is launching 'The Science Bridge' tomorrow (1/15)! Current trainees host shows that demystify science, the research process, & research careers. #AcademicSky 🧪 open.spotify.com/show/0Q0bn3G...open.spotify.comThe Science BridgePodcast · Project Bridge at CU Anschutz · Join us as we explore groundbreaking research at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Hosted by current research trainees, this biweekly podcast d... 0193
Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhD @hejcell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025This course WILL change your life in the best ways! 🐭🐟🐸🪱🐙🪰 apply apply apply 040
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDnora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23/12/2024when cats curl up so much their faces go upside down rt if you agree 662582680
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDJohn Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Extrasinusoidal macrophages are a distinct subset of immunologically active dural macrophages www.science.org/doi/full/10.... 0193
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDDi Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 21/12/2024A new #evolution #EvoDevo #devbio #amphioxus #invertebrate paper this week @ScienceAdvances | Single-cell profiling of the amphioxus digestive tract reveals conservation of endocrine cells in chordates www.science.org/doi/full/10....science.orgSingle-cell profiling of the amphioxus digestive tract reveals conservation of endocrine cells in chordatesSingle-cell profiling of the amphioxus digestive tract reveals scattered distribution of three endocrine-like cell clusters. 1286
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDMichael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55 23693294
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Lots of interest in this course and many at the CSHL conference asking for an extension of the deadline. So we are adding one more week until December 17!! 063
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDMarine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Excited to announce that our 2025 Advanced Research Training Course schedule is up and applications are open! 🎉🎉🎉 See you in Woods Hole! mbl.edu/courses 🧪🐙🦑🧠🐟 04623
Reposted by Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhDSiegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 05/12/2024@ondinecleaver.bsky.social gave the BEST talk yesterday @cuanschutz.bsky.social sharing this great work with the faculty & student in our CSD grad program - Ondine is an exceptional scientist & meeting with her was an 🤩 birthday gift! 🎁 Thanks to 🦋-less Dr. Hannah Jones for inviting & hosting! 1265
Dr. Hannah E. Jones, PhD @hejcell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I am 🦋-less no longer! Had an awesome time hosting & talkin' tubes with @ondinecleaver.bsky.social yesterday! 1161