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Sydney Floryanzia 👑

@neurochemequeen.bsky.social
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Chemical Engineer 🧠 Blood-brain barrier (BBB), neurovasculature, & microfluidics research. HHMI Gilliam 🌱, NSF GRFP, GEM. SciComm + STEM Ed. Certified rat tickler 🐭 orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-8510

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Stand Up for Science Washington @sufswa.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Join @sufsseattle.bsky.social for this month's "Beer Reviewed Science," an evening of science, community, and advocacy to #StandUpForScience Featuring @neurochemequeen.bsky.social speaking on "Friends, Foes, and Finding Ways to Treat Brain Disease" 📆 Tues. May 26, 6:30-8:30 pm 🍻 Obec Brewing
Beer Reviewed Science flyer for May 26, Tues May 26, 6:30-8:30pm PT at Obec Brewing, 1144 NW 52nd St, Seattle WA
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Second- or third-year PhD student in biological or biomedical sciences? Get ready — applications for our #GilliamFellows Program open Sept. 1! Robust research support, incredible scientific community, & tailored professional development that can transform a PhD journey. 🧪 bit.ly/4bjdTmr
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🧠 Celebrating #OpenScienceWeek, by highlighting my favorite (and my most used!) open science tools from the Allen Institute 🐭🧠🌐 @alleninstitute.org #neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Full house tonight for @carlbergstrom.com + Kevin Gross at Smarty Pints talk in @burkebrewing.bsky.social ! Lots of great Qs from crowd. #research #academics #mistrust @sufsseattle.bsky.social Enjoyed with @neurochemequeen.bsky.social @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social + @ellenkuwana.bsky.social
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/07/2025
📣EVENT ALERT! Join us next Monday, July 7th at 6:30pm PT at Burke-Gilman Brewing Co. in Seattle, WA for a conversation on how science works with @carlbergstrom.com (UW Biology) and Kevin Gross (NCSU Statistics) - and you! Find the event here & register➡️ zurl.co/nEQAN @burkebrewing.bsky.social
📣 Poster for a Stand Up for Science Teach-In on Monday, July 7th at 6:30 PM PT in Seattle, WA. Features bold red text “TEACH-IN” and includes guest speakers Carl Bergstrom (UW Biology) and Kevin Gross (NCSU Statistics). Discusses how science works as a social process shaped by norms and institutions. Statue of Liberty background and humorous image of a bird with caption "HOW science works, damnit!" Event held at Burke-Gilman Brewing Co. QR code and logo for StandUpForScience.net at bottom.
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West Seattle Indivisible @westseattleindivisible.com · 24/06/2025
Learn how research today saves lives 10 years from now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9I...
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From Lab Bench to Cure: The Power of Scientific Discovery (“Why Research Matters to YOU!” Part 1)
YouTube video by West Seattle Indivisible
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Kenji @elementaleucology.com · 23/06/2025
Sharing to help folks find each other! There are a lot of people and groups sitting at intersections in this moment that need to be connected so that they can share resources and maximize reach. If you're disabled and/or in STEM follow this account and resource them to the best of your ability. 🫡
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Since the US politics have decided to target DEI spaces, I’ve seen a huge drop of engagement in #DisabledInSTEM Disabled, disability and accessibility are part of the list of banned words for grants too really really highlights that these identities are being specifically targeted to be silenced.
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Natasha O'Brown @natashaobrown.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
So excited to share that I am one of the new @hhmi.org freeman hrabowsi scholars with so many other amazing new PIs. Check out the full list here www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Why #labs support #research that saves lives. @sufsseattle.bsky.social
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Rock star @neurochemequeen.bsky.social spoke up at #Seattle event today. @sufsseattle.bsky.social Support from @nswa.bsky.social
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Our recent #BBB publication was featured in this article by @uofwa.bsky.social ChemE - which was highlighted in the "UW Today" News email! 💜 www.cheme.washington.edu/news/article...
Images of astrocytes with the text “a blood-brain barrier research roadmap” underneath
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Looking forward to sharing about why #SCIENCE matters to me and why it should matter to YOU!! 🧬 🥼 5/18 @ the #Seattle waterfront 🌊 🛥️
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A new #FluorescenceFriday for today! ✨🔬🧠 My 1st time assembling a full #BloodBrainBarrier in a #microfluidic device. 🔴 Claudin 5 (endothelial protein) 🟡 ZO-1 (endothelial protein) 🟢 GFAP (astrocytes) 🔵 DAPI (cell nuclei) 🟣 NG2 (pericytes) #neuroskyence #neuroscience #bbb #microscopy #confocal
A multicolored confocal microscopy image with blood-brain barrier cells in a microfluidic device on a black background. Red colored endothelial cells are in the left channel, green astrocytes, and purple pericytes are in the right channel. The channels are connected by small openings Confocal microscopy image of endothelial cells highlighting their tight junction proteins in yellow (ZO-1) and red (Claudin 5) on a black background
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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! ✨ They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try. So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬
A Black history month flyer with a black background and brown fists in the air. Behind the fists are red, yellow, and green stripes with the Black In Neuro logo at the top center.
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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Sydney Floryanzia is a neuroengineer & science communicator ✨ As a PhD candidate at UW, @neurochemequeen.bsky.social investigates models for therapeutic particles to cross the Blood-Brain-Barrier to treat brain diseases 🧠 She’s also passionate about making STEM fun for kids to learn💞 #BlackInNeuro
A collage of Sydney Floryanzia (a Black woman with twists) on the left crossing her arms and smiling for a professional photo, and two microscopy images of her research on the right.
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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠 The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭 #BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
Dr. Marlin, a Black woman neuroscientist, is smiling proudly in her lab space. She’s wearing a white shirt, simple necklace, small hoop earrings, dark red lipstick and has a beautifully shaved head.
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SCOPE (Science Communication and Outreach for Public Engagement) @scopecomms.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Want to learn more about brain-imals??? What is it? How did it start? How could you use card games to engage the public in your research? Then register for our panel with @neurochemequeen.bsky.social next week on the 26th at 9am PST/noon EST zoom.us/meeting/regi...
An infographic from brain-imals with a cartoon dolphin, human brain, rabbit, magnifying glass, and frog
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SCOPE (Science Communication and Outreach for Public Engagement) @scopecomms.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We are super excited to hear from @neurochemequeen.bsky.social and @g-fmcn.bsky.social about how they are using card games to spark scientific interest and conversations!! Can't wait to see you all on zoom next Wednesday the 26th
A flyer for the SCOPE virtual panel, sharing that Sydney Floryanzia and Gillian McNeil will be talking about games that spark scientific interest via zoom on February 26th
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Meredith Wadman @meredithwadman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Are you an HHMI-funded researcher affected by the cancellation today of IC3 (Inclusive Excellence 3)? Find me at mwadman@aaas.org or on Signal: meredithwadman.13
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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 12/01/2025
Recovering is working! Resting is working! All thinking is working! It’s just like those little incubation steps in protocols. Inaction is a necessary part of the process.
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
“That past includes decades of warnings from climate scientists that we are heading into a more turbulent and destructive era.” - “the future is being reshaped by human-caused climate change, and we do know exactly what to do about it and who is preventing us from doing it. “
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The chronicle of a fire foretold | Rebecca Solnit
The current fires in Los Angeles are reminders of the costs of forgetting
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
In case anyone needed an excuse to take a breaak for the next couple days! 🧠 www.linkedin.com/posts/ted-co...
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TED Conferences on LinkedIn: "Take a break, stare out the window, and know that by doing nothing, you… | 39 comments
"Take a break, stare out the window, and know that by doing nothing, you are actually being your most productive and creative self." Watch Manoush Zomorodi's… | 39 comments on LinkedIn
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🧪✨Emerald City of #Astrocytes: My 2024 year in review as a #BBB researcher, Ph.D. candidate, & chemical engineer. 🧠⚙️ May 2025 #defy expectations and be filled with #unlimited potential for good ✨🧪 #neuroskyence
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
If you’re a researcher, you know that you’re much more likely to disprove your hypothesis than validate it, but there aren’t a lot of incentives to go out and publish your failed experiments. One journal is trying to change that attitude.
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What To Do When Your Hypothesis Is Wrong? Publish!
In an effort to learn from scientific failure, The Journal of Trial Error only publishes “negative” results.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 18/12/2024
🎶 We wish you a merry MICrONS, we wish you a merry MICrONS, and a happy new year! 🎶 Thank you to neuroscientist and MICrONS user Amy Robinson Sterling for sharing these festive neurons! #neurosky #neuroskyence
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Amreen Mughal @amreenmughal.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
New publication Alert: Delighted to share our latest work. We describe a unique relationship between electrical and Calcium signaling; 'Electro-Calcium Coupling' in brain capillary endothelial cells. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In our study we showed how angry neutrophils are massively entering the brain after #COVID infection, which is associated with Blood-Brain-Barrier disruption & Neuroinflammation. The photo below shows neutrophils infected with SARS-CoV-2. More data coming! www.cell.com/cell-reports... #NeuroCovid
Microscopy photo showing activated neutrophils positive for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (orange) being recognized by astrocytes (cyan) after blood-brain-barrier disruption with Neurocovid in rhesus macaques. Nuclei of all cells in purple.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Glialovers: pls see our recent review on „Brain stars take the lead during critical periods of early postnatal brain development: relevance of astrocytes in health and mental disorders“ for @molpsychiatry with Eugenia Vivi - hope you enjoy the reading 🙂 rdcu.be/dYVTL
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Lindsey R. F. Backman @lbackman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Thanks for all your work advocating for disabled scientists. As a scientist with a disability myself, I am so grateful for your work providing support for disabled scientists and helping the community realize how much these scientists have to offer. Give @disabledinstem.bsky.social a follow!
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Any #DisabledInSTEM orders purchased by December 3rd should arrive in time for the holidays- make sure to get your orders in soon! #SmallBusiness #BlackFriday Use the code THANKFUL4U for an extra 15% off! www.bonfire.com/store/disabl...
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DisabledInSTEM | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Thank you for your interest in supporting the DisabledInSTEM community!
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It's #Giving Tuesday! Donations to organizations like the ARCS Foundation have helped me and other students tremendously along our paths. Consider giving to support the future of STEM today!
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Søren Grubb @sorengrubb.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#NeuroVasculature starter packs: Pericytes: go.bsky.app/GhVdxzC Cardiovascular research: go.bsky.app/SgaGkv5 Blood-brain barrier & neurovasculature: go.bsky.app/RB6RXKy Drug delivery: go.bsky.app/L11HkZ3
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Elena Blanco-Suárez @eblancosuarez.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I'm loving the starter packs! But didn't see one for all CNS injury researchers (stroke, TBI, SCI, etc). Can you help me build it? go.bsky.app/PPPHzU2
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Ayokunle Olanrewaju @olan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
go.bsky.app/AwPiQdH
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Monica Carson @brainimmunity.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
some great starter packs for the #glia, #astrocyte, #oligodendrocyte, #microglia, #neuro researcher: gliasky, astrocytesky, microglia But if you also like interactions between celltypes, please help this starter pack get started. Maybe someone can connect all of us in a feed? go.bsky.app/MHtJzeC
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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Do you study 🧠 barriers & neurovasculature? We still have room in this starter pack, reply here if you are not added already. Want to follow 🤩 scientists studying the BEST cell types & structures in the CNS (ok, besides neurons, glia, etc)? Click the 'Follow All' button in the top right corner. 😉
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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We spotted a beautiful morphological heterogeneity in our mouse #astrocyte cultures. Credit to our students Giulio and (recently graduated) Simona, and of course to our cell culture magician Marika 😍🙌🙌🙌 #FluorescenceFriday #Microscopy #AstrocytesRock
Fluorescence image showing different morphologies of astrocytes in culture.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
For the sake of my dad, though, who sometimes, i begrudgingly admit, has a POINT: Buy an advent calendar, or anything else from the Squid Facts shop, which funds Skype a Scientist squidfacts.bigcartel.com OR Support us the old fashioned "hey it's tax deductible!" way givebutter.com/SupportSAS
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/11/2024
One of the things we are going to lose as Twitter disappears is the history of #BLACKandSTEM, the original hashtag for Black scientists to find each other, created in 2014 by Dr. Stephani Page. Page later said that to be Black and STEM is to do science *and* social justice. #BlackSky 🧪
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#pericyte #stroke #BloodBrainBarrier journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Pericyte response to ischemic stroke precedes endothelial cell death and blood-brain barrier breakdown - Michaela Roth, Robert Carlsson, Carolina Buizza, Andreas Enström, Gesine Paul, 2024
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability, yet the cellular response to the ischemic insult is poorly understood limiting therapeutic options....
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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy! The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*. Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
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Monica Carson @brainimmunity.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Doing my postdoc with a PI who is red/green colorblind was an eye-opener for me: the vast number of presentations that could not be understood by him due to presenter’s color choices was mind boggling- please do keep this in mind & use appropriate tools (like below) to detect potential problems
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
My 1st #fluorescencefriday here so had to bring some old faves! 1) A vessel in a #brainslice w/ tight junction proteins (🟡), #pericytes (🩵), & #glia /lectin (🩷) 2) Some happy primary isolated and cultured #astrocytes (🟢) & #oligodendrocytes (🔴), DAPI (🔵) #neuroskyence #BBB #neurovasculature
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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🧠 barriers & neurovasculature starter pack - please reply here if you are not on it yet & would like to be added 😊 go.bsky.app/RB6RXKy
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#BlackInNeuro Starter Pack v1! Let us know if we missed you. #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪 go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Just saw the #Neurosckyence tag - so fun! ☁️🧠 already really liking it over here
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Make sure to register to the upcoming Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Brain Barriers meeting (early April) ! The session line up prepared by @caromenard666.bsky.social, Ayal Ben-Zvi, @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social and Joy Zuchero looks fantastic ! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
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Brain Barriers
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