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UMass Chan Medical School @umasschan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Travis E. Faust, PhD, is one of 15 early-career scientists selected for a @simonsfoundation.org Fellows-to-Faculty award. The award will support Dr. Faust’s transition to an independent faculty position and research on brain development and autism: direc.to/pgGg @travisfaust.bsky.social

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Travis Faust receives Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty award to advance research on brain development and autism

The Fellows-to-Faculty award will provide $600,000 over three years to support Faust’s research.

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Travis Faust @travisfaust.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Very excited to be selected for a @simonsfoundation.org Fellows-to-Faculty Award supporting transition to independence and work on microglia–astrocyte communication, synaptic remodeling, and autism. Grateful to the mentors, collaborators, labmates, and trainees who helped me get here! direc.to/pgGd

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Travis Faust receives Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty award to advance research on brain development and autism

The Fellows-to-Faculty award will provide $600,000 over three years to support Faust’s research.

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Travis Faust @travisfaust.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Do psychiatric symptoms in epilepsy always arise from seizures? In ALDH7A1 models, seizure risk traced to the liver; mood-related behavior to astrocytes. One gene. Two tissues. Two pathophysiologies. Neither begins in neurons. New in Science Advances: doi.org/10.1126/scia... 1/11

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Astrocyte redox imbalance underlies prelimbic neuronal hypoactivity and maladaptive affective behaviors in epilepsy

Astrocyte antioxidant imbalance reduces neuronal activity, driving depression-like behavior in epilepsy dissociable from seizures.

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Danielle Adank, PhD @femmeinstem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🚨🚨ATTENTION NEUROSCIENCE POSTDOCS!!🚨🚨 UMass Chan’s Department of Neurobiology is searching for applicants for our inaugural UMass ChanNELS series! For more information and to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UMass Chan’s Department of Neurobiology is searching for applicants for our inaugural UMass ChanNELS series!

The purpose of this series is to give postdoctoral researchers experience giving a 50 minute presentation in an exciting and professional setting.

This seminar series will include:
A 50 minute presentation in front of the department Meetings with faculty Lunch with trainees One night hotel stay in Worcester, MA. **DISCLOSURE**
Hotel accommodation and on-campus hospitality are provided. Please note that travel to Worcester, MA is not funded at this time. Applicants should confirm they are able to arrange and cover their own transportation before applying.

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UMass Chan Medical School @umasschan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, in Cell explains how cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to remodel synapses: direc.to/nJHH Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage. @travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social

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UMass Chan scientists show how the non-neuronal brain cells communicate to coordinate rewiring of brain

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, explains how two different cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input.

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Travis Faust @travisfaust.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thrilled to share our new paper @cp-cell.bsky.social: “Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling.” This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and coordination during synapse remodeling. 🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Faust et al., Cell 2025

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 07/07/2025

Faust, Brenner et al. @harvardmed.bsky.social show that type I IFN signaling contributes to #arthritis pathogenesis in obesity through activation and expansion of CD8 T cells in visceral adipose tissue and synovium. rupress.org/jem/article/... #Autoimmunity

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Amy Gleichman @amygleichman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Thrilled to announce that my lab is now open at Ohio State! We study astrocytes as gene therapy targets for brain repair after ischemic stroke and in vascular dementia, developing new viral tools along the way. If you're interesting in joining or collaborating, please reach out! gleichmanlab.com

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Shane Liddelow @liddelowsa.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M !WELCOME! thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list. apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!

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