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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Looking forward to participating in the fall symposium of the @upenn.edu Institute for Regenerative Medicine on "Tipping points: Understanding regeneration, repair, and fibrosis." A big thank you to the organizers for the kind invitation! 🔗 events.med.upenn.edu/irm/event/79...

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Coalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The deadline is approaching! NIH is proposing changes to how peer review is used in funding decisions and how outcomes are reported and they want to hear from you. Comments are due by October 13! Comment here: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you are an NIH funded scientist and have not commented, you are agreeing that this change is a good idea. If, you, like me, think ditching peer review is a bad idea, take the 5 minutes and post a comment.

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Will Aisenberg @waisenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

K99 awarded this fall and so… I’m on the job market! I study ECM remodeling in the brain, using microglia replacement to understand how macrophages regulate brain stiffness and matrix organization. If you’ve got a search and think I might be a good fit, let me know! I’d love to be your colleague

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William Aisenberg, Ph.D. | Glial Biology & ECM

Postdoctoral scientist studying how microglia and brain macrophages reshape the brain environment in disease.

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Zachary Zeidler @brainofzedzed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm on the 2026-27 faculty job market! My lab will study how prefrontal circuits build and coordinate the brain-wide networks behind lasting memories, and how psychedelics & related compounds reshape those networks and behavior. Interested? Get in touch: brainofzedzed.github.io

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Zachary Zeidler, PhD | Prefrontal circuits & memory

How prefrontal circuits build lasting memories and shape the ways experience guides behavior.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Want to chase memory engrams with us? Our NIMH-funded lab studies how LEC inputs shape dentate gyrus engrams. Seeking a postdoc (US work authorization required) to apply with me for CHOP's 3-yr SPAR Fellowship. Apply by Nov 20, earliest possible start July 2027. DM me 🧠🧪 please RT!

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Supporting Promising Academic Researchers Fellowship

The Supporting Promising Academic Researchers Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia partners with the University of Pennsylvania’s Provost Fellowship Program to fund Fellowship Programs at...

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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026

Why is your brain wrinkly? What is grey matter, actually? What's the "mini brain" at the back of your skull? For #OpenScienceWeek, we're taking you inside the brain in one handy explainer, plus the fun facts hiding in your head. bit.ly/4xZhQaj

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what are the parts of the brain

Enjoy this visual and informative journey as we explore the brain’s many regions and parts. Scientists at the Allen Institute around the world are working to uncover the secrets of this remarkable org...

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Will Aisenberg @waisenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today’s the day! See you all at 1pm EST.

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Will Aisenberg @waisenberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just two days away from our ASMB e-symposium on matrix biology in the brain! Register here: www.asmb.net/e-symposia

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I support trainees having kids as grad students or postdocs on principle. And today a trainee’s toddler who has seen me regularly on Zoom for her whole life asked if I would be her best friend. Which is another good reason to support your parent-trainees! 🥹

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Will Aisenberg @waisenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Nothing like a #cshlglia meeting to energize me for more science ahead. I’ve never seen a scientific community so genuinely happy for each other’s successes.

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Jayne Aiken @aikenlab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

One year of the Aiken Lab! 🧫🔬🎉 It’s hard to believe how much we’ve built in our first year: new research directions, first papers, outreach initiatives, and an incredible team. Grateful to Sareen, Alejandra, Jacob, and Jay, and to our mentors and collaborators who have supported us along the way!

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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Another #FluorescenceFriday. When the world is going crazy, I find some peace watching at these myeloid cells (🔴) going about their day. They exist in tissue surrounded by other cells (🔵), and you can see them popping up and down, going in and out of plane as they explore their surrounding.

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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🧠 Memory held even where the plaques never cleared. In an aged Alzheimer's model, boosting oligodendrocytes kept spatial working memory at wild-type levels (56.7±2.5% vs 39.5±2.1%, P=0.0004), without lowering amyloid. 🧵

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

NEW! Explore @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s newest tool, Neuro Funding Finder. Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages. Find your next funding source and apply, all in one place: thetransmitter.org/neuroscience... #neuroskyence

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Priya Prakash @pryprk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I am excited to share that I will be opening my lab as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, beginning in March 2027. @stonybrooku.bsky.social @stonybrookmedicine.bsky.social www.prakash-lab.org

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Shane Liddelow @liddelowsa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One to watch, and one to join! New lab alert. Go A Prof Prakash!

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Based on a new NOA recieved this month, we are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with solid foundation of molecular skills, creativity, and translational passion to help us develop innovative CARs for targeting discrete subsets of T cells. DM or email me if interested

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Andrew Hardaway @andrewhardaway.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If you have not left a public comment on the draconian OMB-2026-0034, here's a quick thread to make it easy. #standupforscience #neuroskyence Click here: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"AI is operating at a PhD level" oh, so it's replying 'sorry for the late response' to every email and complaining about its labor conditions?

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European Microglia Webinar Series @microgliaseries.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

📢 New webinar coming soon 📢 Prof. Kiavash Movahedi from Vrije Universiteit in Belgium be our next speaker on June 2nd. Check all the information in the flyer and add it to your calendar! 🧠🧬

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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Dearest shoalmates: Please consider posting a comment to the NIH regarding the Strategic Plan that includes reducing funding for animal research. Responses from the research community are currently greatly underrepresented compared w/ advocacy groups opposing animal experimentation. 🔗 below ⬇️ 1/2

Image of racks of zebrafish tanks. Credit to NC3Rs. https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/events/guide-refinement-fish-species

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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This colorful tapestry isn't in a gallery — it's inside you! (Congrats.) Meet the extracellular matrix (ECM). Red/orange waves = ECM molecules; blue ovals = nuclei. Captured by Antonio Fiore & Kayvon Pedram at our Janelia Research Campus, who developed a way to image the network without damage.

The extracellular matrix (ECM). Red/orange waves = ECM molecules; blue ovals = nuclei.

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Will Aisenberg @waisenberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Feeling grateful to my K99 reviewers whose “weakness” comments were clearly intended to guide me towards clarifying the impact of my proposal. I’m so lucky to have people out there who cared enough to give me that

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Nature Medicine @natmed.nature.com · 27/04/2026

Exciting news in patient-driven research! A trial focused on a single child is changing the game for patient-centered drug discovery. Learn more in this feature from Nature Medicine. #PatientDrivenResearch #InnovationInMedicine #FutureOfHealthcare

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The patient is now in the room - Nature Medicine

A trial built around one baby is showing how patient-driven research can go mainstream.

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Erin Goley @goleylab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

That’s a first for me… 7 home runs in 5 innings. 😂 Go Os!!

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Melissa Cooper, PhD @melcooperphd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Astrocytes do so much more than any of us thought - they even communicate among specific brain regions across hemispheres! The journey to this paper spanned nearly a decade, but I'm most excited to see what everyone else does with the tools we've built. There's so much for all of us to explore!

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Astrocytes connect specific brain regions through plastic networks - Nature

Communication between distant brain regions is mediated by plastic networks of gap junction-coupled astrocytes.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us ALL safe and healthy

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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Excited to serve guest-edit a Topical Collection for #JoVE focused on “Methods for #ECM Research in Development, Health, and Disease”! Interested in contributing and helping enhance #Reproducibility in science? Feel free to reach out or submit an abstract here: app.jove.com/methods-coll...

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I can’t even make a good joke about this - I’m laughing too hard.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A beautiful remembrance of Ben Barres. I spent ~50 hours with Ben over a couple of years and exchanged some emails and phone calls, but he has a profound effect on me and my approach to make issues. Thank you @nachoriko.bsky.social for sharing a bit of Ben with us.

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

“Based on astrocytic activity alone, you can tell whether a mouse is in its comfort zone,” a new study suggests. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/ast...

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Astrocytes in mouse amygdala encode emotional state

The glial cells’ activity reliably tracks with freezing, hesitancy and other behaviors reminiscent of anxiety.

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Kelsey Nemec @kel-nem.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Thanks to @elife.bsky.social for publishing this really nice insight article about my grad school paper! Absolutely thrilled that folks are excited about the work and the promise of microglia replacement. And yes I do still use these cells daily in my postdoc lab! elifesciences.org/articles/110...

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Microglia: Replacing the immune system of the brain

A new method enables engineered immune progenitor cells to replace microglia in mice and reveals how a genetic mutation can lead to inflammation in the brain.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Neonatal MCMV infection causes persistent and pathogenic microglial activation that drives late-onset neurodegeneration www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Will Aisenberg @waisenberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The skateboard was triaged and would not be discussed. “I’m not saying no,” Wexler clarified. “I’m saying revise and resubmit. 😂😂

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11/03/2026

For Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, Nature spoke to scientists from around the world about how their work has been shaped by playing Pokémon games, watching animated TV series and films and trading cards in school playgrounds. 🧪

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Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science

The Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Long-lived resident tissue macrophages govern intraocular pressure homeostasis by regulating extracellular matrix turnover, contributing to resistance-generating tissues that are dysfunctional in glaucoma @cp-immunity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @dukeeyecenter.bsky.social

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

C1q activates the mitochondrial enzyme SARM1, driving NAD⁺ cleavage into cADPR, which precipitates metabolic collapse and PANoptosis of homeostatic macrophages, amplifing autoimmune tissue inflammation @ImmunityCP @Stanford www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

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Jayne Aiken @aikenlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Fun to see this on the cover of Cytoskeleton! Microtubule and actin filaments captured by @sareenfiaz in the Aiken Lab 🔬 #Cytoskeleton #CellBiology #Microscopy #LabLife

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 27/02/2026

Ramphal, Waisman et al. @mainzuniversity.bsky.social reveal that NIK drives neuroantigen-specific T cell priming by regulating antigen presentation and IL-23 production, identifying NIK as a key orchestrator of #myeloid-driven CNS #autoimmunity. rupress.org/jem/article/... #Neuroinflammation

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