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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

For anyone attending the Alzheimer's Association® International Conference #AAIC2026 in London, we have a lot of new work to share. Feel free to stop by our lab posters and talks. #Alz

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Please note that details on the position are at faculty.sites.uci.edu/myassa/get-i.... The LinkedIn job post was deactivated as I was getting spammed with irrelevant applications. Email me with any questions at myassa@uci.edu

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Join the Lab – Yassa Lab

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am recruiting an exceptional postdoc to join my lab at UC Irvine. Must be a productive researcher with experience in functional neuroimaging, network neuroscience, AI/ML, who is interested in aging, neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative illness. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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UC Irvine hiring Postdoctoral Researcher in Irvine, CA | LinkedIn

Posted 12:31:04 AM. Postdoctoral Fellow – Neuroimaging, Network Neuroscience & AI/ML in Cognitive DisordersYassa Lab |…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

It felt like the right time for a reminder. This is based on an older interview but almost too relevant today. “On Failure and “Pathological Persistence” in Science“ by Michael Yassa on Medium: medium.com/@myassa_6289...

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On Failure and “Pathological Persistence” in Science

If you look at a CV, academic life can appear very linear. Degrees lead to positions. Grants lead to papers. Papers lead to promotions…

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

If you’re a scientist and you’ve ever opened a blank doc to start a paper and immediately regretted your life choices, you’re not alone. Here's my method. Read "Slot-Based Writing: The Cure for Scientific Paper Paralysis" on Medium medium.com/@myassa_6289...

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Slot-Based Writing: The Cure for Scientific Paper Paralysis

If you’re a scientist and you’ve ever opened a blank doc to start a paper and immediately regretted your life choices, you’re not alone…

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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

#ACNP2026 - Wednesday afternoon @biancaleonard.bsky.social will present a computational model-driven motivational conflict challenge that identifies novel, *opposing* influences of early-life unpredictability and anhedonia @mikeyassa.bsky.social @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social @malejandra.bsky.social

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Incandescently happy to spend an evening with friends and colleagues at @ucirvine.bsky.social & the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory for the 2026 Barclay Lecture. @mikeyassa.bsky.social, it's an honor. Join us Jan 28. Registration: cnlm.uci.edu/emilyjacobs/ @ucsb.bsky.social

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

How do brains manage it? For a long while, the hippocampus has been known to be involved (thanks to @brockkirwan.com, @mikeyassa.bsky.social and others) - eg individuals with hippocampal damage are impaired at tasks like the Brady task. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... /3

Mnemonic Similarity Task: A Tool for Assessing Hippocampal Integrity

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Landed at #SfN and we have lots of fun new results to share. See below for Yassalab poster presentations. If you want to talk #Alzheimers or #mentalhealth come chat with us. #SfN25 #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Dana M. Parker, Michael A. Yassa, et al: NODDI-derived measures of microstructural integrity in medial temporal lobe white matter pathways are associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Thank you Nicole. I was definitely channeling your thinking as I was writing it. Loved your weather analogy for this. www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

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Is the brain uncontrollable, like the weather?

The brain may be chaotic. Does that mean our efforts to control it are doomed?

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Curing Alzheimer’s disease requires a radically different approach. Read my latest piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

UC Irvine CNLM spring meeting fully in session! Celebrating decades of work on synaptic plasticity: From Molecules to Memory @ucirvine.bsky.social

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

DEI is under fire… but may be we need something better. I spent five years as a diversity officer in academia and this is what I’ve learned. Read my take at @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Confessions of a Reformed DEI Officer (opinion)

We need to distinguish between good DEI and bad DEI, Michael A. Yassa writes.

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Ecstatic to receive my PhD today!! So incredibly thankful to my PI @mikeyassa.bsky.social for all his encouragement in growing my scientific career and endeavors. Also thankful to family, friends, and other mentors/collaborators! 😍🧠🎉 @elizabethhead.bsky.social @chrastil.bsky.social

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