Freshly lit: Do psychiatric symptoms fluctuate across the day? Do the patterns differ by chronotype? A recent study by Balter et al. explores these questions in a sample of N = 515 adults. 💡 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #mentalhealth #earlybird #nightowl #chronotype

We need more whimsical science

Virology 2026 is here! Dr. Racaniello’s class, taught every spring at Columbia University and made available online...free, for anyone who wants to learn. Tap in! Tell a friend! Share widely!

Wait, this is important -- when they fed the mushrooms to mice, did they see little people or little mice?? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

“They say things are done for the majority Don't believe the half of what you see and none of what you hear” Lou knew. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WWA_...

If current admin knew that vaccination might also prevent dementia, would they still be against it? As a neuroimmunologist my heart breaks twice at their anti-vax policies: once for the devastating effect it will have on infectious disease, and again for losing a potential tool against dementia.

4 year post doc post at Maynooth in Human Sleep and Respiratory Physiology. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Great* to hear from Dr. Walter Koroshetz at the Oskar Fischer series/TARCC symposium today. Lots of work for Neuroscience (and NINDS!) to be proud of but still a long way to go in preventing & treating dementia. Excited to see some immunology in the poster session too! *Bittersweet perhaps

Where do I get one of these ICE prevention signs?

The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging. erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...

"This project is the result of over two years of collaboration between Martin, Hussey and the circadian scientist of CBMR. Displayed in different locations throughout Center, the works aim to provoke and inspire the scientists to ask new questions about their research." cbmr.ku.dk/news/2023/an...

RFK vs lysosomes

The death drop try 🤩😂 some commitment in those tackles too! I love everything about this.

I come back to this constantly

New Year?! New Job! I’m excited to share that I will be joining Pomona College as an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience this year!! 🧠 Very grateful to all who have encouraged me along this path, and I'm looking forward to this next adventure in science. @pomonacollege.bsky.social

Excellent crossover between @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @microbetv.bsky.social on US public health policy re: vaccines. I hope there are more of these discussions!

Same procedure as every year! Happy New Year, bluesky!! Keeping up our adopted German tradition of Dinner for One 🥳🐯 youtu.be/5n7VI0rC8ZA?...

ATTN: Los Angeles! @ologies.bsky.social & I are hosting an evening of ART & ACTIVISM. We're going to be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city. RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social! Please repost, LA!

This story is absolutely wild. Did you know that avocados change sex over the course of a day? And that it's controlled by a single ancient balanced polymorphism? This is flat our crazy

Introducing the toddler to an institution this winter: Wallace and Gromit!! "Gromit and the Rocket" and "Robot Trousers" both big hits so far 🤩 although he does now want to go skiing on the moon.

My bio mom is in the hospital right now for a COPD flare up and one of my spicy medical takes is that we have a lot research about how sleep deprivation is horrible for health and recovery but somehow this is totally ignored in clinical situations and waking you up every two hours is fine

Paging @epigenetichulk.bsky.social

That's my paper!! 🤩 I meant to do a thread but life got in the way... We found some really cool effects of restricting food availability to the active phase in aged mice, including increased sociability and transcriptomic changes in the brain regulating inflammation & autophagy.

Controlling our immune system like a rheostat is not only helping to treat cancer (dialing it up) but now leading to cures of autoimmune diseases (dialing it down). Mirror images. Shared technologies. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-exhili...

So many wonderful stories here! I remember growing crystals from a chemistry set in a jam jar on the kitchen shelf, and turning boxes & binbags into mini hot air balloons using the Trangia stove 🔥 I'm so excited to see my own kid experience this curiosity about the world too! Big rocket fan atm.

⏰There's still time to apply for the SLRCH 2026 Early Career Day Subcommittee! Deadline is Monday, December 22, 2025. ✨Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The rumors are true! YOU can participate in the SLRCH 2026 Early Career Day Subcommittee and help plan design the speaker program! Follow this link for more information and to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #sleeppeeps #circadian #science #earlycareer

gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...

(1/2) The deadline to apply for the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge is January 8. Interested applicants can find more information on eligibility and frequently asked questions here: www.ma3challenge.org#infoforappli...

Not CLAUDE!! 🤍

Floss as an alternative to needles for vaccine delivery!? Very cool. Flossing mice must take some skill! 😂

My quote of the day It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes. Pramila Jayapal

Paper accepted!! Thank you, reviewers, and Happy early Thanksgiving!!

Back in the office after a super #SfN25 and adding my new pin from @christineliu.art to pin corner! Look at that little mouse sailing his weigh boat 😍 I hope y'all got home safe!

Exciting developments for timed drug delivery / circadian therapeutics! Gating drug release based on endogenous circadian signals (in this case, melatonin).

☀️ Exciting developments coming soon from SLRCH for our early career folks! Stay tuned! ☀️

Congrats @shaonsengupta.bsky.social @chopresearch.bsky.social @jci.org Effect of external cues on clock-driven protection from influenza A infection www.jci.org/articles/vie...

I was excited to see a choroid plexus/CSF session this year at #SfN25 and it did NOT disappoint!! Great talk selection and lots of new questions to explore. 🤔 Thanks to Ryann Fame and Neil Dani for chairing & all of the speakers. #SocietyForBarriers? #SfN2025

🎉 It’s not too late to register for the #BlackInNeuro social happening TONIGHT! ✨ Good food, great people, and even better energy 🖤 🗓️ November 17 🕢 7:30–10:30PM 📍 San Diego | Hope to see y’all soon 🤗 🔗 blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-6419762

It's almost show time! I'll be presenting my poster this afternoon at #SfN25 - come and talk to me about circadian rhythms in the choroid plexus and what this might mean for neuroimmune function in aging 🧠 poster Y1! #SfN2025 #circadian

“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”

Sunday was a great day for the members of the @brainfacts.org team at #SFN25! By day we met to discuss ways to combat disinformation; by night we held a public event. brainfacts.org specializes in *reliable* info about the brain. Please spread the word about this wonderful resource!

“It’s better to be 60 or 70% protected rather than 0% protected, so I urge people to get vaccinated.” www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Not a fan of 4:30 starts but we are on our way to #SfN2025!! I think the coffee line is longer than the TSA line at Austin airport 😂 ☕ #SfN25

Vaccines save lives. “… the promise of nasal vaccines is that they could induce mucosal immunity along with a systemic immune response.”

Some might say, the BEST FIELD! Join us...

Always a joy to catch up with the Texas Society for Circadian Biology & Medicine! This year we even got some cool new data from Michael Rosbash - it's not every day you get to ask a Nobel Prize winner a question!! 🤩 #chronobiology #circadian #SleepPeeps

The Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies on "Microbiota Regulation of Brain Function and Disease" will take place next May in wonderful Venice. Limited places, they always fill fast.. All levels welcome from PhD student to Full Professor #NSASMicrobiota2026 www.neurosas.org/advanced-cou...

Great to see more mechanistic insights in circadian gating of cancer therapeutic efficacy!

Good morning. I don't know who did this, but I love you.