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Staci Bilbo

@sbilbo.bsky.social
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Brain-body scientist. Microglia, neurodevelopment, and fetal programming of adult disease. Prof and Interim Chair of Neurobiology at Duke Univ.

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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Excited to announce my next adventure at Duke University as the incoming Senior Associate Dean for Research in Trinity College! trinity.duke.edu/news/trinity...
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Trinity announces two new members of Senior Leadership Team
Trinity College Dean Gary Bennett has announced two new members of the college’s Senior Leadership Team. Staci Bilbo, Haley Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, will serve as senior associ...
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Duke Neurobiology is hiring!
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AI/ML for Biology - 4 tenure-track assistant professor positions - Durham, North Carolina job with Duke University - Biochemistry & Cell Biology | 12862109
Discovery AI Initiative and Departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Integrative Immunobiology, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I had great fun recording this podcast with the very talented Sia Gullapalli, who highlights Women in science open.spotify.com/episode/71jE...
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How the Immune System Shapes the Brain | Dr. Staci Bilbo on Curiosity, Neuroscience & Scientific Discovery
Her Path to Success · Episode
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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We are saddened to share that we lost a luminary in our field yesterday. Dr. Steven Maier died suddenly with the love of his life, Linda Watkins, at his side. Dr. Maier was one of the founders and intellectual giants of our society. He was funny, creative, brilliant, and kind.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Keep those comments on the OMB proposed rule coming! www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of Grants
The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#PNIRS2026 the beignets are wonderful, and the science is even better! #NOLA
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The entire NSF budget is less than what we spent in the first week of the war with Iran. The NIH accounts for a fraction of 1 percent of all federal spending. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
SOOO excited to share this new story from the lab, in which we identify a functional influenza-induced immune engram with behavioral and immune consequences, along with a potential therapeutic target within the lung-brain axis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Ditto.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Well, I'm off to the Nobel Forum in Stockholm to accept my awa... er, to give a talk at the first Nobel conference on microglia!! Exciting either way. 😝
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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join us at #PNIRS2026 in #NewOrleans for a spotlight on how maternal-fetal communication primes lifelong neurodevelopment 🗣️ Adrienne Antonson, PhD 🗣️ @evanbordt.bsky.social, PhD 🗣️ @banugphd.bsky.social, PhD 🗓️ Wed Jun 24, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM 🎟️ Register for the annual meeting today! 🔗 buff.ly/6G0x48n
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Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What if the key to healthier aging lies in immune memory, exercise, and how neurons clean house? Young minds from Duke are advancing the science of aging from multiple angles. #AcademicSky #MedSky medschool.duke.edu/stories/young-mi…
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Young Minds Tackling Old Questions
The next generation of researchers is driving discoveries focused on ensuring longer lives are healthier, more active, and more vital.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This is crazy! Stegosaurus is the correct answer.
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Derp Dinosaur GIF
ALT: Derp Dinosaur GIF
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Happy day in the Bilbo lab, as we congratulate Dr. S. Monroe on their amazing defense!
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Susan Gasser @susanmgasser.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Let’s celebrate women and girls in scientific research! Often underestimated, women drive research in biomedical sciences both intellectually and at the bench. Research should be a “gender-blind” endeavor, but rarely is. Stop bigotry ! Stop unconscious bias ! Go women & girls!
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Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D. @jessicalbolton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
PSA for all #microglia lovers: certain Iba1 antibodies (see our new paper below for details) label not only microglia, but also vasopressin neurons, at least in mice. Brain region and species matter. A friendly reminder to always validate your antibodies! 🔬 www.eneuro.org/content/13/2...
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A Common Iba1 Antibody Labels Vasopressin Neurons in Mice
There are a wide variety of commercially available antibodies for labeling microglial cells based on different protein targets, as well as antibodies for the same protein target made in different spec...
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Many congrats to the newly minted Dr. Maddie Clark!
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Wonderful holiday lab party last night, with very fun white elephant. Lots of stealing commenced. Everyone wanted this adorable mouse in their own little enrichment cage 😂
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Super excited to share this new story led by @jedziabis.bsky.social where she defines a critical role for microglial innate immune signaling in PV cell and perineuronal net (PNN) development in hippocampus, and consequences for plasticity and behavior in adulthood www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Microglial MyD88-dependent signaling influences extracellular matrix development and interneuron maturation in the hippocampus
Parvalbumin interneurons (PVIs) are disrupted across diverse neurodevelopmental disorders, highlighting their vulnerability to developmental perturbations. Inflammation can perturb PVI development and...
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
oh, hey, just photo boothing with the Provost at the Duke holiday party...😂
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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
⏳ Just 10 days remaining to submit your symposium proposal for #PNIRS2026. Don’t miss the opportunity to highlight your work! #PNIRS #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNIRS2026 #NOLA #NewOrleans
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
cute gift from a student....😂
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
My niece is obsessed with bugs and creepy crawly things right now, so I'm working on this jumping spider for her. I think he's pretty cute!
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Spending the last precious weeks of my sabbatical doing ACTUAL LAB WORK! Hooray! here are confocal images of very angry microglia (red) attacking amyloid plaques (teal) in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (left photo), and synaptic staining in young brains. #fluorescencefriday 1 day early.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I am very grateful for Steve's leadership and excited to step into this new role! www.neuro.duke.edu/news/lisberg...
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Lisberger to step down as department chair; Bilbo named interim leader
Stephen Lisberger, PhD, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology, will step down from his role as
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
my first #FluorescenceFriday post! Mouse hippocampus showing microglia, a lysosomal marker (CD68), and Aggrecan, a perineuronal net component. 😍 Image by Dr. Julia Dziabis!
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Tim Donaghy @timdonaghy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Air pollution from fossil fuels kills 200,000 to 350,000 Americans. Every year.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
yes a million times yes
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Scott Soderling @scottsoderling.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Deadline for applications- November 1st!
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Deadline TODAY at 5pm Central! ACNP Promising Targets Submissions are open for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/4euj9bca #ACNP2026
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
LOVE
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
For 10 weeks starting in mid-July, NIH went on a tear. They issued 23,436 grants worth $14.9 billion—5k grants & $5 billion more than the same 10 weeks in FY24. In fiscal week 46 alone (mid-Aug), they awarded $2.1 billion in grants, nearly double their best week in FY24. NIH staff are amazing. 🤩
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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
acnp.org/annual-meeti... Promising Targets at @acnporg.bsky.social ! 💊 This a great way to ensure your late breaking pharmacology - clinical trial unblinding, drug study or preclinical pharmacological study gets attention! Was a very hot session last year. 👏
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Submissions - ACNP
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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️ 🗓️ June 22–25, 2026 📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸 ✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy! 📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I find this really insightful (and scary). Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
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Opinion | Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It's always such a joyful day when students defend! Congrats to the newly minted Dr. Julia Dziabis on a brilliant thesis. We are so proud of you!
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 29/09/2025
How are #circadian rhythms established during development? This study shows that maternal metabolic signals oscillate in the fetal #SCN before the endogenous #clock becomes functional, offering a plausible mechanism for maternal entrainment of the developing clock @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3VD45fZ
Rhythmic metabolites in the E19 SCN peak during the day. Majority of rhythmic lipids and polar metabolites in the E19 SCN peak during the day, while there are more diverse phase clusters in the developed P28 SCN postweaning. Polar metabolites and lipids identified as rhythmic in E19 SCN (E19 clusters 1, top, and 2, bottom) were divided into subgroups based on hierarchical K-means clustering. Line plots on the left show traces of the normalized level of each rhythmic compound in each corresponding cluster. Bar plots on the right represent the lipid classes and polar metabolites in each rhythmic cluster.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Always happy to share hopeful science. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
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A Pill to Heal the Brain Could Revolutionize Neuroscience
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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Advice | How to Get Through The Year, and Maybe Even Thrive
Four ways to nurture academic well-being in these uniquely challenging times.
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
😂
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 13/08/2025
Last week: Both NIH grants that support the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program were terminated as part of a broader attempt by the federal government to terminate direct NIH funding to Harvard Medical School. 32 students who spent countless hours applying for and earning fellowships saw their awards vanish.
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I Came from Rural Texas to Harvard’s MD-PhD program. Now, Trump Defunded that Program.
These decisions affect not just the archetypal Ivy League student many imagine—they affect people who grew up in places like Lindale.
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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I still get chills Meet Mike *30+ years severe depression *first hospitalized @ 13y *20 meds *3 rounds of ECT *2 near-fatal suicide attempts Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE see videos, read paper, follow thread doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
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Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut
Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Future of NIH in the hands of five senators. Write to them if you are in PA -McCormick WV - Moore Capito ME - Collins AL - Britt LA - Cassidy
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
All science needs an evolutionary perspective....
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Yesterday, marked 1 month since we sent the #BethesdaDeclaration. So, has anything changed? 🧵 1/n
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