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Dr. Phil Rivera

@philrivera.bsky.social
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Native (Natchez). Assistant professor at Macalester College studying behavioral neuroimmunology. Curious about drugs and immune signaling. Neuroscience, rocks, Legos. My own views.

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
'These results showed that HMGB1 inhibited IFN-γ–induced PD-L1 expression, thereby enhancing the antitumor effects of T cells, and confirmed the role of HMGB1 as a prognostic indicator for lung cancer treated with chimeric antigen receptor T cells.' academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...
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HMGB1 inhibits the IFN-γ–induced PD-L1 expression in NSCLC
Abstract. T cells are the most important cytotoxic cells involved in antitumor immune responses. After recognizing the major histocompatibility complex (MH
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Dr. Phil Rivera @philrivera.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This might be a long shot given the state of the world, but I have 2 amazing undergraduates that are *still* interested in graduate school. They are willing to take a 2yr gap before applying and are looking for research related positions. If anyone is able to hire either, please DM me!
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"History never repeats, but it rhymes." Academics across the US are or will soon be grappling with how to maintain scholarly integrity under 🍊 rule. This essay, which pulls from the author's experience in E Germany, gives some helpful structure to what choices lay ahead substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Scholarship Under Autocracy
We Have Been Here Before
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Here’s the updated flyer for the Saturday March 1 flyer in Philadelphia (and with alt text). Please share widely on bsky but also post in your neighborhood, workplace, and school. See you there! @50501movement.bsky.social #NoKings #WeThePeople #CallYourReps
The image shows a black and white protest flyer with the following information:

At the top in large text: "ONE MARCH 2025" on the left side, and "SATURDAY MARCH 1ST NO KINGS NO TRUMP" on the right side.

In the center is a line drawing of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.

Below this are event details:
- "NOON MEET @ CITY HALL"
- "12:40 PM MARCH"
- "1:11 PM PROTEST @ INDEPENDENCE HALL"

At the bottom are social media/contact information:
- "#50501MOVEMENT"
- "@50501movement.bsky.social"
- "r/50501Philadelphia"
- "Heathens Against Hate"

The flyer is advertising a political protest march scheduled for March 1, 2025, beginning at City Hall and ending at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Spread widely and come join us!
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
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Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Please share widely. DC and state capitols. And attend! 🧪
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Newsweek article on 50501: www.newsweek.com/50-states-an...
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National "50 States" anti-Trump protest planned for Feb 5: What to know
There is a social media following creating protests at state capitols across the country on Wednesday.
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Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt @jennifer-honeycutt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I’m teaching a new seminar this spring on sex differences on brain and behavior. I’m looking for recommendations for readings that address: -SABV and policy -sex outside the binary -informing policy/policy informing research Also empirical articles exemplifying the importance of studying sex…
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Women In Neuroscience Repository @winrepo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Apply for the #IBRO Rising Star Award by April 15, 2025 if you're starting an independent position in #neuroscience in 2025 & looking for support in establishing your lab! 🧠 See more here 🔗 ow.ly/SeAQ50UrIlg
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IBRO Rising Stars Awards - IBRO
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
What Banksy says…
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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Are you interested in MS programs in ecology or evolution and want to be paid for it? Check out these fully funded programs (stipend + tuition is provided). It's been a looong time since I updated the list, so as always, check with the program for the latest info. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Timescales in Cell Biology
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Edward Vessel @edwardvessel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We're hiring! My dept at CCNY is looking to hire a computationally minded cognitive neuroscientist at the Full Professor level. Ad here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/.... We'll start reviewing apps soon, but position is open until filled. #neuroscience #psychskisky #academicsky #neuroimaging #compneuro
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Jobs | City University of New York
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Nancy Padilla-Coreano @drnancypadilla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all! Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵 Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9
diagrams of Behavioral assays tested
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Once more for reviewers in the back: sex differences in behavioral outcomes are very often NOT a product of the estrous cycle and demanding that scientists build estrous metrics into experimental design only shows your own biases about how females (but not males) are primarily hormone-driven.
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◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"These results add to a growing understanding among anthropologists that Indigenous people in the region managed so-called forest gardens that fed large numbers of people without domesticated crops." … #FoodForesting www.science.org/content/arti...
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Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests more than 7000 years ago
Genetic analysis of hazelnut trees could help First Nations secure land rights in Canadian courts
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Cassidy Puckett @cassidycody.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It's rec letter writing season, so I thought I'd share a tiny hack I learned from someone on that other app a while back: Create a signature to respond to requests, so you're not writing the same email over & over (same for other regular requests). Here's mine. #AcademicSky
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Intro to BN open textbook @introtobn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This is us! We're an educational resource with a bsky account. Content will be all about open educational resources in neuro, including but not limited to this book. #neuroscience #neuroskyence #openneuroscience #openscience
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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Mentoring is the most important thing most of us can do. Here is a 🧵about what I've learned as a PI running an academic research lab. I hope some of the advice is helpful to those who are just starting their labs and to folks hitting the academic job market in search of an independent position 🧪 1/n
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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RE-POST + SHARE!!! 1/3 experiment.com/programs/pla...
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Plant Biology Exploratory Research Microgrant | Experiment
For Science!
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
If you don’t all go and vote for this lego mineral display set I will have no choice but to sign everyone on Bsky up for more dem fundraiser texts.
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Minerals Display
A couple of years ago I submitted to Ideas my Minerals and, to my astonishment, made it to 10k. It has been an amazing journey which brought me to ...
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Reading re: perineuronal nets this Sunday (as one does 🤓). Chronic stress & alcohol increase PFC PNN density while chronic pain decreases it. Opposing effects on extracellular matrix in potentially comorbid conditions: convergent vs divergent mechanisms? 🧪🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience 1/6
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Modulation of stress-, pain-, and alcohol-related behaviors by perineuronal nets
Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are a special form of central nervous system extracellular matrix enriched in hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, …
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adam grieve @adamgrieve.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Can I ask you to share a PhD advert at Bristol Uni please? Rhomboid proteases play a role in neurons that is essential for life- but it is not characterised. Got a student interested in cell biology, electrophysiology and neurobiology? Send them our way! tinyurl.com/56f24f7c
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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hey professors, I'm helping a lot of students write ✨personal statements✨ for PhD programs... what is the number one thing you look for in a personal statement? and what should students steer clear of when writing these? #neuroskyence #academia
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New Science Advances paper: medial septum's elegant circuit separation - anxiety signals ventrally, memory signals dorsally - is impressive. But these neurons also moonlight as valence critics - I shall think of them like neuronal Yelp reviewers 😅 🧪🧠 #neuroscience #neuroskyence
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Distinct septo-hippocampal cholinergic projections separately mediate stress-induced emotional and cognitive deficits
Targeting circuit-based cholinergic signaling pathways can treat stress-related psychiatric disorders.
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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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Carsen Stringer (she/her) @computingnature.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2024
Applications are open for Janelia's jr scientist workshop on mechanistic cognitive #neuroscience 🧠 🐭 🐠 🐒 🪱. Hotel, meals & travel fully covered! Apply by Oct. 8 @ janelia.news/CNW25
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Hundreds are visiting a Springfield Haitian-Creole restaurant to show their support for the community. “We’re actually a beautiful city," said one resident: dayton247now.com/amp/news/loc...
Patrons seated inside a crowded restaurant
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News Medical @newsmedical.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Ketogenic diet restores menstrual cycles and boosts fertility in women with PCOS 🔬💪✨ www.news-medical.net/news/2024091... #KetogenicDiet #Fertility #PCOS #WomenHealth #MenstrualHealth #InsulinResistance #WeightLoss #ReproductiveHealth #Nutrition
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Ketogenic diet restores menstrual cycles and boosts fertility in women with PCOS
A ketogenic diet restored menstrual cycles in all women with PCOS in a study, with over half of those desiring pregnancy achieving it. The diet could be a promising approach to enhance fertility.
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Pedro Pimentel-Coelho @ppimentel-coelho.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Innate immune training restores pro-reparative myeloid functions to promote remyelination in the aged central nervous system / Vini Tiwari et al. 🧪 www.cell.com/immunity/ful... #Neuroscience
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Innate immune training restores pro-reparative myeloid functions to promote remyelination in the aged central nervous system
The mechanisms responsible for the age-related decline in remyelination are incompletely understood. Tiwari et al. demonstrate that epigenetic reprogramming via innate immune training with BCG vaccina...
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Laurie Bayet @lauriebayet.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
My lab in DC 🌸 is hiring! We're seeking a postbac RA to work on NSF/foundation-funded projects in infant cognitive neuroscience Interested? Apply w/ CV & cover letter listing 2-3 refs. Learn more: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-... Pls RT #PsychSciSky #devpsych #cogsci #neuroscience
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Research Assistant
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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Photography by Douglas 🍁 @darkwaterphotos.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
#Neuroscience www.psypost.org/neuroscience...
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Neuroscience sheds light on brain mechanisms underlying exceptional creativity
Brain imaging research has found that highly creative individuals' brains are more connected during rest but become less locally focused during creative tasks.
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
'The IBRO/Dana Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Grants aim to educate the public on the importance of neuroscience research, inspire greater awareness about the wonders of the brain, and foster deeper discussions about the intersection of neuroscience and society.' #Neuroscience #SciComm
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IBRO/Dana Brain Awareness Week Grants - IBRO
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
If you have family lore about being Native, and your work focuses on that identity, you have to do a genealogy study. I am not saying others can demand that from you. Don't wait for 25 years into your career to do it. This letter must have been difficult to write. mayleiblackwell.com/ancestry/
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Ancestry
Letter of Apology and Accountability July 31, 2024 Dear friends, colleagues and community members, It is with profound regret and deep pain for the sense of betrayal, anger, and disorientation my clai...
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Pedro Pimentel-Coelho @ppimentel-coelho.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Microglia undergo disease-associated transcriptional activation and CX3C motif chemokine receptor 1 expression regulates neurogenesis in the aged brain / Jonas Fritze et al. 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/X9AJ5R... #AcademicSky #neuroscience
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Susan Ferrari @srferrar.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
I put together a starter pack of faculty and staff members at primarily undergraduate colleges and universities. Please let me know who I missed--happy to add more!
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ab-fab.bsky.social @ab-fab.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
Came across a feed called Neuroskyence which picks up #neuroscience tags in case you're interested
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Francisco J. Rivera Rosario highlights the most anticipated neuroscience books for the rest of 2024 and recaps notable recent releases in our neuroscience “Summer Reading” series. www.thetransmitter.org/reviews/six-...
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Six new neuroscience books for fall—plus five titles you may have missed
We highlight the most anticipated neuroscience books for the remainder of 2024 and recap notable releases since last December.
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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
Tenure-track Biology job! We're looking for a #Neurobiologist (open rank) to join our happy crew of #PUI Biologists at Bucknell University - in support of our Bio Major and #Neuroscience Program. Qs? Drop me a DM. Please share!!!! #higheredjobs bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Tenure Track Faculty - Neurobiology (Open Rank)
Position Title: Tenure Track Faculty - Neurobiology (Open Rank) Position Type: Full time Location: Robert L Rooke Science Center - Biology Categories: Faculty Exempt Job Summary: Job Duties: The Depar...
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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
We are hiring! An Associate or Full professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology! The ideal candidate will be focused on neuropsychiatric, neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, behavioral, and/or substance use disorders. #Sciencejobs employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...
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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
A little over a year ago, I left academia, transferred my R01, and became a Scientific Review Officer at NIH. In celebration of my one year anniversary, let’s demystify the process! Any burning, *anonymous* questions you have about leaving academia?? ngl.link/ashleymkopec
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@ashleymkopec: Send me anonymous messages!
NGL: Anonymous Q&A
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
Post-learning rest improves retention of declarative and procedural learning. How does rest affect emotional memory? New paper just out from our lab: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #psychscisky #neuroskyence
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Consolidation of emotional memory during waking rest depends on trait anxiety
A short period of eyes-closed waking rest improves long-term memory for recently learned information, including declarative, spatial, and procedural m…
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Dr. Phil Rivera @philrivera.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
The research I am here for! Long-term circulating caffeine may reduce body weight and risk of osteoarthrosis. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Genetic investigation into the broad health implications of caffeine: evidence from phenome-wide, proteome-wide and metabolome-wide Mendelian randomization - BMC Medicine
Background Caffeine is one of the most utilized drugs in the world, yet its clinical effects are not fully understood. Circulating caffeine levels are influenced by the interplay between consumption b...
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Raul Arturo Ramos-Garcia @ramosneuro.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Hi 👋🏽 I’m Raul and I study the effects of psychedelics on touch at the cellular level. 🍄 👉🏽👈🏽 I’m glad to see so many familiar faces over here, and looking forward to making new connections. #neuroskyence
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Anna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
We are recruiting a full-time research assistant to begin this summer! Please apply / share with anyone who may be interested! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
"Cell-cell interaction analyses showed that CAM and placental cell types participated in labor-driven maternal and fetal signaling, including the collagen, C-X-C motif ligand (CXCL), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), galectin, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathways." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
The COVID-19 pandemic never ended. What did end was any pretense that our government is trying to protect Americans from this virus.
Threads post: There is currently more COVID-19 transmission today than during 90.6% of the pandemic. We are in a huge swell of COVID, and we are still a week away from Christmas.
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
"Chaker et al. have revealed that during mouse pregnancy, multiple NSC pools are activated in mothers and generate specific olfactory bulb interneurons that function around birth to modulate aspects of maternal care, including own-pup recognition, and then disappear as pups mature"
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Pregnancy-responsive pools of adult neural stem cells for transient neurogenesis in mothers
Dynamic response of adult neural stem cells during pregnancy prepares the maternal olfactory bulb for motherhood.
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
The Mycology Lab at the University of Melbourne is looking to hire a research assistant. Alex Idnurm is doing great research on fungal plant pathogens! #PlantImmunity Lab: blogs.unimelb.edu.au/mycology/aut... Job: jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9... #PlantSciJobs #SciJobs #MycologyJobs
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Details : Research Assistant, Molecular Plant Pathology : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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