Hey #neuroscience #neuroskyence we are hiring a Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina (uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/190...) We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!

A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)

A nice read and ICYMI here is our cited paper from the end of last year on the microglia contribution to Familial British Dementia: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is out @cp-neuron.bsky.social! We show that Alzheimer's disease protective CLU alleles upregulate CLU in response to neuropathology, dampening inflammatory signaling between microglia and astrocytes. Read here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

Our review on human models of Alzheimer's just made the cover! Great to have the opportunity to highlight the exciting advances being made towards understanding microglia's crucial role in neurodegeneration 🔎 🧠 Read here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1knwq5Eb0R.... Cover image credit: Giulia Mezzadri

Brand new review by the @mancusorenzo.bsky.social lab on microglial heterogeneity: Laura Fumagalli et al. dive into transcriptional states across development, disease, sex & CNS regions—plus annotation tools. Out now in Nature Neuroscience: 📄 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01931-4

Very pleased to share our new review on human models of Alzheimer’s disease, and what they reveal about the role of microglia in neurodegeneration. At such a time, it was a great pleasure to celebrate the outstanding science emerging in this field 🙌🏽 authors.elsevier.com/c/1knwq5Eb0R...

Excellent story in the Guardian about funds for Alzheimer's disease research centers being held up by the Federal Register-Advisory Council issue. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

By @katherinejwu.com "The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,” The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:

Graduate admissions being put on hold because of the chaos...

This is important. @avaskham.bsky.social is doing critical work here reporting details in @thetransmitter.bsky.social that I’ve seen nowhere else in reporting on the NIH / NSF funding crisis.

Excellent explainer by @philipcball.bsky.social on why now more than ever scientists need to resist the logic of "anticipatory obedience" www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

An essential, if not terrifying, thread summarising how US science has been brought to its knees in the space of just one week

V useful tips for new PIs and beyond. Should be mandatory reading for research group leaders at all stages! “A positive research environment is one where team members are empowered, recognised, have a clear career developmental pathway, and can contribute to impactful and reproducible research.”

Great example of transparency and useful guidance on peer review from @dev-journal.bsky.social

Welcome to the #devbiolwriteclub Bluesky Boot Camp! I’ll be posting here regularly with thoughts and exercises to help scientists become better writers. Let’s start by managing expectations: I will NOT help you write better. I WILL help you become a better writer. 🧵 1/10

Now more than ever the world should learn about the life and impact of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social neuroscientist Ben Barres, the movie is underway! @atqmovie.bsky.social

Great post on using AI in academia! Use more effective prompts, get over “blank page syndrome”, and be prepared to iterate. Eager to try out some of the other use cases…

I enjoy to be totally enveloped by Elverum. New #mounteerie record release show in Brooklyn last night was the ideal world-wallowing show #ishouldbewriting

Interested to give this a go 🤔

This is a great, accessible read on the importance of studying sex differences in AD progression 🧪

*Sobs in scientist on a Saturday night in mid-November*

Excited to share that our lab’s paper is the cover story for the Nov issue of Cell Stem Cell, featured alongside a study from Ionescu, Nicaise et al.! 🌟 We show how iPSC-derived astrocytes and oligodendrocytes reveal glial-intrinsic immune phenotypes in MS #glia #stemcells 🧪 tinyurl.com/msglia

Couldn’t find a dedicated stem cell biology starter pack, so started one here: go.bsky.app/UTW4d7b Feel free to repost/share and let me know if you would like to be added. #stemcell #pluripotency