An earlier late breaking news talk on switching dynamics in working memory model showing complex MMOs proposed for efficient WM hardware implementation using SNNs in March at NICE 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVDu...

Scientists at the Salk Institute have now discovered a molecule that is critical for stabilizing brain circuits in adulthood: a protein called CCN1 secreted by star-shaped cells called astrocytes. www.salk.edu/news-release...

Human model of the BBB for NVD.

Cortical astrocytes flexibly encode reward contingencies and shape conditioned behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.08.693010v1

The outsized role of our brain astrocytes nature.com/articles/d41...

Semaglutide (Ozempic) failed to have clinical impact for slowing progression in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease in 2 large, placebo-controlled trials novonordisk.com/content/nnco...

🧪🧠 The first isogenic, five-cell #OrganOnChip model of the human neurovascular unit is now here! Brain-Chip R1 brings together neurons, astrocytes, microglia, pericytes, and BMECs in a dynamic, perfused system that captures key features of the BBB and NVU—built for more predictive CNS research.

New on bioRxiv! 🚨 “Pericyte and Endothelial Primary Cilia and Centrioles have Disparate Organization Across the Brain Microvasculature” This project studying #microvascular cells took an unexpected turn when we discovered that #pericytes have primary #cilia! 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪 🧵1/8

Finally it’s here! 🌟⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer 1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes? 2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body. 3- Is it relevant to human diseases?

If you are attending #SfN25, please join @amygleichman.bsky.social and I on Monday at 9PM for a casual social gathering to discuss all things non-neuronal! Date: Monday, Nov 17th Time: 9PM till close Location: The Smoking Gun SD, 555 Market St. All welcome, please free to spread the word!

Decoding Leaky-BBB 🧠 together with @astrocytenet.bsky.social and @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🤩.

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r

Big week for astrocyte research: 3 new Science papers link astrocytes to behavior. We're excited to add to the momentum with our new PNAS paper: a theory, grounded in biology, proposing astrocytes as key players in memory storage and recall. w/ JJ Slotine and @krotov.bsky.social (1/6)