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Ruslan Rust

@rrust.bsky.social
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Asst Prof at @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social with interest in the #brain, #BBB, #stemcells and what can go wrong following #stroke & #AD. 🧠 🔬 Alumni of @ethzurich.bsky.social

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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📣 We are hiring! 📣 Since our NIH R01 on functionally engineered pericytes for Alzheimer's disease got funded, I am now looking for new people to join the lab at different levels (e.g., research tech, grad student, postdoc).
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We update our preprinted LLM analysis of preprint-to-publication transitions in 72644 pairs Expand human validation Consider preprints never published Impacts of preprint-to-publication interval www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Kudos to @rrust.bsky.social & team😎 Appreciate the community's input🙏
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Enzyme-free isolation of mouse brain/cortex vasculature for proteomics glass Dounce homogenizer 70 kDa dextran density-gradient centrifugation (you don't need ultracentrifugation) 30–80 μg total protein yield per adult mouse @rrust.bsky.social #STARProtocols 2026 www.cell.com/star-protoco...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nature News covered our preprint on LLM analysis of Preprint-to-Publication transition 😆👇 Think preprints are unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 studies might change your mind www.nature.com/articles/d41... Kudos to @rrust.bsky.social for leading this project👍 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Melike Eren @neurowithmelike.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Vascular and synaptic proteomes reveal blood-brain barrier disruption and postsynaptic remodeling in human temporal lobe epilepsy
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) are considered to be engaged in a pathological feedback loop, with the consequent worsening of both conditions. However, ...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
🧠 New funding opportunity for all scientists working on brain organoids 🧠
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Neutrophil-neuronal crosstalk drives arthritis-induced pain www.researchhub.com/paper/106078...
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Neutrophil-neuronal crosstalk drives arthritis-induced pain
Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often persists despite effec...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New study shows that TGFβ signaling is crucial for maintaining microglial resilience to myelin degeneration during aging. This highlights a previously unresolved checkpoint of TGFβ signaling with regional specificity and spatially restricted microglia–oligodendrocyte interactions.
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Check out the news article about our recent work on cell therapies for stroke by Drug Target Review: www.drugtargetreview.com/news/187869/... More info about the original study can be found here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New stem cell approach could repair stroke-damaged brains
Explore the impact of stroke and the latest research on stem cell therapy aimed at improving recovery from ischemic strokes.
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Electroacupuncture alleviates blood-brain barrier disruption and neuroinflammation via astrocytic MC4R in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2026 Happy to see a lot of cell-based therapies!
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
hiPSC-derived Neural Progenitor Cells support long-term (43 dpi) graft neuronal integration & functional recovery after photothrombotic Stroke🐭 👉57% neurites extend along cc into contralateral hemisphere Grafts▶️44% GABAergic Neurons @rrust.bsky.social #NatComm 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
CleLight: A scalable 3D histology pipeline for mappingneurodegenerative and psychiatric pathology in archivalhuman brains www.researchhub.com/paper/105900...
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CleLight: A scalable 3D histology pipeline for mappingneu...
Mesoscopic brain imaging, enabled by advances in tissue cleari...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“Time is brain” for cell therapies?🧠 Our #AdvSci perspective😆 @rrust.bsky.social @dominikusbrian.com @lydenlab.bsky.social #StemCellTherapy for #Stroke should be timed to a biomarker-defined “window of receptivity”, not just the thrombolysis clock advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New in @natureportfolio.nature.com on microglial regulation in Alzheimer’s disease. The study shows that microglia with low PU.1 expression and surface CD28 reduce amyloid pathology and inflammation. It highlights immune co-stimulatory pathways as potential targets in AD. Very interesting!
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Great work 👏 mapping how brain endothelial cells communicate with astrocyte endfeet at the blood–brain barrier in @natureportfolio.nature.com The study identifies ligand–receptor pairs conserved in humans and altered in MS and Alzheimer’s. Makes me also wonder how many could be druggable targets.
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Interesting new work @natureportfolio.nature.com showing that a small molecule identified through in silico transcriptome matching (thiorphan) enhances corticospinal regeneration after spinal cord injury. Combined with neural stem cell grafts, it improved forelimb recovery and axonal growth.
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Interesting new work modeling human cholinergic circuitry! Researchers generated nbM organoids from hPSCs and fused them with cortical organoids to form functional nbM–cortical assembloids. This provides a platform to study deficits seen in Down syndrome. @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The brain neurovascular epigenome and its association with dementia @cp-neuron.bsky.social Great study that maps cell-type-specific regulomes showing that small vessel disease heritability spans the neurovascular unit, incl astrocytes. These findings link vascular risk and Alzheimer’s mechanisms.
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Pluripotent Cells Expressing APOE4 Exhibit a Pronounced Pro-Apoptotic Phenotype Accompanied by Markers of Hyperinflammation and a Blunted NF-κB Response www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Important study shows that a new 3D method can efficiently produce dopamine neuron precursors from stem cells. The researchers also tracked how these cells grow and connect after transplantation, big step for Parkinson’s disease treatment! cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Great study dissecting molecular hallmarks of neuronal resilience in Alzheimer’s disease highlighting natural protective mechanisms that could help preserve cognition. x.com/rust_ruslan/...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Can stem cells help to regain brain function after stroke? Our new study in NatureComms @natureportfolio.nature.com shows that they can and dissect the key mechanisms driving recovery. t.co/KRfAHfkNIH
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Effects of psilocybin and related compounds on neuroprotection in human stroke www.researchhub.com/fund/4261/ef...
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Effects of psilocybin and related compounds on neuroprote...
Effects of psilocybin and related compounds on neuroprotection...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Delayed Transplantation (7 vs 1 dpi) of #NeuralStemCell Improves Initial Graft Survival after #Stroke ⏫graft axon extension along #CorpusCallosum to contralateral hemisphere @ctackenberg.bsky.social @rrust.bsky.social #AdvSci 2025 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"Authentic" #hiPSC-derived #Pericyte 😎 Sharing highly similar proteome/phosphoproteome to primary👤🧠cortical pericyte Contractile ⏫ #BloodBrainBarrier & Neuroprotective (Pdgfrb F7/F7🐭) Clear Aβ Tau (🧠slices 5xFAD🐭 APOE4 P3001S🐭) @rrust.bsky.social bioRxiv 2025 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#hiPSC derived #Pericyte 👉>80% Home to & >50% Arborize on Capillaries in live🧠slice of PdgfrbF7/F7🐭 in situ PDGFBB-PDGFRβ PLA assay😍 👉⏫Amyloidβ clearance on 10-m/o 5xFAD 🐭🧠slice Are these phagocytic pericytes still vessel-bound?😁 @rrust.bsky.social bioRxiv 2025 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Ben Kleinstiver @bkleinstiver.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
In @nature.com we describe the use of scalable #proteinengineering & #machinelearning to predict millions of bespoke CRISPR enzymes, offering safer & more efficient genome editing tools 🧬🖥️ @rachelsilverstein9.bsky.social @mgbresearch.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Custom CRISPR—Cas9 PAM variants via scalable engineering and machine learning - Nature
Nature - Custom CRISPR—Cas9 PAM variants via scalable engineering and machine learning
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 18/04/2025
#Medsky🧪 #Neurosky Much of stroke research focuses on acute injury - but what changes in the brain one month after stroke? By @rrust.bsky.social et l link.springer.com/article/10.1... www.researchhub.com/paper/938498...
cellular and molecular shifts in the brain during the repair phase
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Interesting finding that neural stem cells exist outside the brain/spinal cord-in tissues like lung & tail-and share key properties with brain NSCs, challenging current dogma. Wonder if these NSCs exist in humans & can show similar therapeutic potential www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Multipotent neural stem cells originating from neuroepithelium exist outside the mouse central nervous system - Nature Cell Biology
Han et al. report the existence of neural stem cells (NSCs) outside the central nervous system and show that these peripheral NSCs display features similar to brain NSCs, including the ability to diff...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New preprint🚨 We generated human brain pericytes from pluripotent stem cells. They show strong molecular & functional similarities to primary human brain pericytes Transplanted into pericyte-deficient mice, they formed hybrid human-mouse microvessels🐭 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Dynamic structural connectivity changes in cortical and cortico-striatal strokes in mice www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A new review from our lab exploring how the blood-brain barrier (BBB) can be used as a treatment target for neurodegenerative disorders tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/... TL;DR → Here are a few key highlights 👇
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Scott Nelson @swnisu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Here's a very cool paper from @biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social I shared on ResearchHub this week. The authors designed a three-legged motor protein that can walk down DNA in either direction. www.researchhub.com/paper/930685... 🧪 @researchhubf.bsky.social
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Optimize the time window for cell therapy for #Stroke Photothrombosis Rag2-/-🐭 hiPSC-#NeuralProgenitorCell intracerebral injection 7 days (vs 1 d) post injury➡️ ⏫NPC proliferation ~20-fold⏫survival by 7-wk dpi👍 @rrust.bsky.social bioRxiv 2025 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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ResearchHub Foundation @researchhubf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Do our genes sabotage our bodies? @haoyin.bsky.social reviewed a bioRxiv paper that suggests a special gene helps melanoma (a type of skin cancer) grow and evade the immune system. 🧵1/7
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Nice roundup on CRISPR genome editing @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 27/02/2025
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Immunosky #publichealth the study showed that rising self-antigen levels during infection give self-reactive #Tcells an opportunity for enhanced TCR signalling. Regulatory T cells of matched specificity counteract this that’s preventing autoimmunity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Regulatory T cells constrain T cells of shared specificity to enforce tolerance during infection
During infections, CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells must control autoreactive CD4+ conventional T (Tconv) cell responses against self-peptide antigens while permitting those against pathogen-deri...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Is this real? I published it again on Brain @brain1878.bsky.social 😆 Truly appreciate the leadership of @rrust.bsky.social on this great project (>300 refs!)🫡👇 The blood–brain barrier: a help & a hindrance #Aging #Stroke #Neurodegeneration Crossing #BBB 😎 academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New review from our lab in @brain1878.bsky.social We explore how molecular blood-brain barrier (BBB) changes in aging, neurodegeneration and stroke affect disease progression, delivery of therapeutics, and much more! academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 19/02/2025
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #neurosky This study shows that delayed intracerebral transplantation of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) derived from human induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) at 7 days post #stroke significantly enhances graft proliferation and survival…
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Stem cell therapies hold great potential for stroke recovery; but when is the optimal time for transplantation? 🧠💉⏲️ Our latest preprint shows that delaying NPC therapy by one week post-stroke increases long-term graft survival 20-fold. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025
1. 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...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH 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
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Glomerular Neovascularization #DiabeticKidneyDisease #CaseReport #SpatialTranscriptomics #Visium @10xGenomics 50-μm section multiplex IF TEM▶️⏫Periglomerular Capillaries + de novo vascular anastomosis crossing Bowmen capsule #KPMProject #CJASN 2024 journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Thank you @castltrastondrs.bsky.social for highlighting our work!
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Ruslan Rust @rrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Cool work!
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Sina Majidian @sinamajidian.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Zenodo vs Open Science Framework
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
New study led by @cathnaledi.bsky.social showing that physical exercise improves #cerebrovascular function in mice with genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
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APOE4 and sedentary lifestyle synergistically impair neurovascular function in the visual cortex of awake mice - Communications Biology
Lifestyle matters for genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk: In vivo imaging of mouse blood vessels and neurons shows that APOE4 reduces neurovascular function most in an already-stressed system, when neur...
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Immune control of brain physiology - Nature Reviews Immunology
The peripheral immune system communicates with the brain through diverse anatomical routes to shape brain physiology. Here we discuss why such diversity is needed and explore how these routes are leve...
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