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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Enjoying the @faseborg.bsky.social meeting on neuronal transcription in Florida! Even got to crash the Greenberg alum party 🥳 BUT #Arc>#fos

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Beautiful place for a department retreat 😍 @solitudemtn.bsky.social Congrats to @moriel-z.bsky.social and @jim-heys.bsky.social for getting tenure!!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Took a covid booster plus flu shot yesterday. Have been taking Novavax when I can find it but no other option this time…forgot how I react to the mRNA vaccine. My immune system went wrrrrr 😅

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Your moment of zen as you go into the weekend! Milford Sound, New Zealand 🇳🇿 📷

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I need…and probably everyone else needs..more time in places with no cell service! Like here in Fiordland, New Zealand 🇳🇿 📷

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Have neglected my photography the past year. Finally had a moment to breathe and go through some pics from our Milford Sound hike in New Zealand last year. 📷 🏞️

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

NoA 🎉 day! This job is not for the faint of heart. Got to take the wins where you can. Thanks to my lab for their perseverance and to the NIH staff trying their best to keep things going.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Having serious FOMO of the solar eclipse today. It’s a magical experience. Here’s a shot I took in Idaho when we got to experience totality in the US!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I am partial to landscapes on science journals to be fair. Dream of mine is to have one of my pics on the cover. Like this one.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our paper is out in this week's issue of Cell! Personally, I think our cover submission by @drawimpacts.bsky.social was more exciting 😅 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The @ibroorg.bsky.social World Congress program committee has finalized a 🔥 keynote and special lecture line up. Stay tuned! In the meantime, symposia submissions are still open. Join us in Cape Town next year for this unique global neuroscience meeting! ibroworldcongress.org/open-calls/c...

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Quick stop in BOS on our way to Barcelona!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Quick stop in BOS on our way to Barcelona!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The final stages have been supported by the McKnight Foundation. Finally, this work was 90% done by an amazing grad student @mitalityagi.bsky.social who led the project from start to end. Excited to see what she does next in the Holtzman lab at Wash U. Thanks to my lab and our collaborators! /end

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We found that Tau is packaged into extracellular vesicles by Arc via a direct interaction, which eliminates toxic intracellular Tau and mediates intercellular Tau transmission. Arc levels in brain-derived EVs isolated from human brains show a strong positive correlation with phosphorylated Tau /3

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Nature is drunk. Snow June 29 2026! We will take it though.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Had a wonderful few days at the McKnight Foundation annual neuroscience meeting! Amazing science, warm and welcoming community…in an inspiring setting in Aspen. With the world feeling like it’s burning around us..building community is the only way we move forward.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Sometimes..you just need to have a beer on the deck after the storm clears…

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Had an amazing time visiting UW pharmacology, @uw-nbio.bsky.social , and the @alleninstitute.org this week! Gorgeous campus and had a lot of fun science convos with faculty and trainees.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Excited to be spending this week at the #UniversityofWashington! 2 seminars - Dept of Pharmacology (Tues 19) and Neurobiology & biophysics (Thurs 21) #seattle 🧠

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Congrats to Andrew Butts in the @thecaronlab.bsky.social lab for both defending his PhD and for fully taking advantage of #mayfourth! #starwars 🧠 🧪

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It’s snowed more in April than Jan here! 😑

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It’s #earthday! Sad to see some of the most pristine parts of the US under threat for short term gains and political reasons. This pic I took in my fav part of the US on the Utah/AZ border.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Last night in Korea! Head to the famous Myeongdong Night Market.. Wife opts for a Korean facial. I opt for chicken and beer FTW!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Some Sites and Eats of Hokkaido, Japan 😍

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Celebrating the end of study section, submitting 2 huge papers and a beast of a grant this week! Heading to Japan tomorrow for the Neurowinter plasticity meeting! neurowintersummit.org

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Study section done for the day so got outside for a hike in the yard. Not ready for this heat 🥵 70s up here in March is nuts.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Epic hockey game! This was a touching moment at the end 🥺

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The backyard finally feels like winter 😍

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Safe to say that SLC has barely had a winter. But man this storm is a doozy!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Had a blast hosting @xinjin.bsky.social for our department seminar this week! A true rising star in the field!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Just got to Big Sky MT for the winter conference on brain research! Trying to ignore the world burning for the next few days.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Celebrating double grant success in the house!! Well..at least scores < 10%ile.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This week has been a roller coaster..but I’ll take the wins! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Won’t entirely celebrate until I see a NoA as the A0 R01 score was 10% and it didn’t get funded.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Everyday I say “you can’t make this shit up” with this presidency. This might be the cake though…going to war over Greenland because Norway refused to “give” Trump a Nobel Peace Prize 😱🫩. Yes, this is apparently real folks. Just embarrassing. Irony is dead.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Yesterday my 7th PhD student, Mitali Tyagi, defended her thesis! A joy of being a PI is seeing students flourish into independent scientists. I was lucky to have Mitali in the lab! Her beautiful work on tau transmission will hopefully come out soon. She’s now off to do a postdoc with David Holtzman.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Beautiful day on the slopes..with stimulating science convos on the lifts! #alta @jim-heys.bsky.social Andre Fenton

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Study section done. Now can enjoy the PC learning and memory meeting! Looking forward to some stimulating science chats on the ski lift as well this weekend.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Park City learning and memory meeting! Not many neuroscience meetings that are this old or have been ongoing continuously for so long. Jim McGaugh starting this special session with how the meeting got its start.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Had to break our Christmas streak of skiing Deer Valley..because no snow. Instead we went for a hike in our backyard!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to me! Hope everyone has a relaxing day with their loved ones.

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