Dr. Nathan A Smith
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Neuroscientist, Martial Artist, and Mentor
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Nafisa Jadavji, PhD, FAHA
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Had a great time at
#TEAMS
! Met some wonderful scientists and learned a lot. Looking forward to the next nine months!
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6 years ago today we lost a giant. I’ll never forget meeting Congressman John Lewis — his warmth and humility left a mark I’ll carry forever. “You are a light. Never let anyone dampen, dim or diminish your light.” Rest well, Congressman. 🙏
#GoodTrouble
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Welcome to the first
#TEAMS
cohort at the
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
for Module 1, July 17–19! From Drs. Beth Tarini, Margaret Ormiston, myself & our team—welcome! Can’t wait to get started!
@urochester.bsky.social
| Children’s National Hospital |
@gwu1821.bsky.social
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On our nation’s 250th birthday, let’s recommit to the ideals that unite us: equality, justice, and the promise that every American deserves life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Here’s to celebrating how far we’ve come and the work ahead. 🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
World Women in Neuroscience
17 days ago
#WWNSkillBuilding
Session 5: Building Inclusive and Intentional Mentoring Hosted by Dr. @Michelle Jones-London (Open Insight) 📅July 14, 2026 (Zoom, 9am EST) Apply by July 7, 2026 here -
https://shorturl.at/xAOBg
@ibroorg.bsky.social
@drnathanasmith.bsky.social
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Your research is ready. Is your job talk? 💡 NEURO YES applications are open now! Senior postdocs: practice your job talk & chalk talk in front of UR’s neuroscience faculty and get noticed by hiring committees. Present. Get feedback. Land the role. 🌐
neuroyes.urmc.edu
#NEUROYES
#URochesterResearch
about 1 month ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
about 1 month ago
A warm☀️ welcome to this year's NEUROCITY and NEURO-RocHS scholars! These undergraduate and high school students will spend the next several weeks working in our neuroscience labs
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
#URochesterResearch
Learn more about these programs:
www.urmc.rochester.edu/del-monte-ne...
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New NIH-funded opportunity! 🧬 TEAMS (Together Everyone Achieves More in Science) is now accepting applications. Training for early-career biomedical researchers in team leadership, mentorship & collaboration. 📅 Deadline: June 14 🔗
urmc.rochester.edu/teams-mentorship-grant-fellowship
about 2 months ago
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For those who gave their tomorrows for our todays—this Memorial Day, we remember you with grateful hearts today and always.
about 2 months ago
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Harmit Singh Malik
3 months ago
@hhmi-science.bsky.social's
#FreemanHrabowski
Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits Stable, sustained support can transform your career: Senior Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3!
bit.ly/4vhC0LA
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Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
https://bit.ly/4vhC0LA
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www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-...
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What neuroscientists want from a new NINDS director
The search is underway for the next director of the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, who will face a range of challenges, neuroscientists say, but will also have an…
https://www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-neuroscientists-want-from-a-new-ninds-director/
3 months ago
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Christian Cazares, Ph.D.
3 months ago
had an amazing time at
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
through the NeuroYES program which aims to provide practice for the faculty job interview, thanks to
@drnathanasmith.bsky.social
for hosting! their program is the only I know of that fills this gap through much-needed chalk talk practice and feedback
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Ciarán Murphy-Royal
4 months ago
Incredibly proud of this paper led by
@ossamaghenissa.bsky.social
and
@mathiasgua.bsky.social
titled Basolateral 'Amygdala Astrocytes Encode Anxiety States'.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Basolateral amygdala astrocytes encode anxiety states
Ghenissa et al. provide evidence that basolateral amygdala astrocytes reliably encode anxiety states. Using simultaneous in vivo calcium recordings across an array of behavioral tasks, combined with g...
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(26)00163-7
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Ramadan Mubarak to all those who celebrate!!!!
5 months ago
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Happy Mardi Gras and Happy Lunar New Year 🧧 to all those who celebrate!
5 months ago
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Discover @URochester_SMD Weekend 2026 was a success! Thank you to all who made it possible—Kandice, Ben, GEPA, our programs, faculty, students, and others. What an honor to showcase Rochester!
#URochesterResearch
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6 months ago
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The Northern Lights danced across the sky all last night and were still visible this morning.
6 months ago
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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today with a truth from his "Life's Blueprint" speech: "A deep belief in your own dignity... Do not allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody." This self-worth is vital for a purposeful life. Let’s reflect and act with service and kindness.
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
7 months ago
New
#URochesterResearch
discovers the brain’s immune cells may drive more damage in the female brain than in males with Alzheimer’s disease via @SpringerNature 👉
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
#neuroscience
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Brain Immune Cells May Drive More Damage in Females than Males with Alzheimer’s
New research led by researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience discovered that the immune cells in the brain, known as microglia, act differently in the male and female Alzheimer’s brain,...
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/brain-immune-cells-may-drive-more-damage-in-females-than-males-with-alzheimers
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
7 months ago
"We are an integral part of the larger [neuroscience] community... As scientists, we are stronger together; collaborations are vital to advancing the field forward, and creating strong connections across the country and around the world is pivotal to our future"
[email protected]
#NYE2026
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A Look Back: URochester Neuroscience in 2025
The professional and research advancements of the faculty and students at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester were inspiring in 2025. Inside, you will find some of ...
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/a-look-back-our-top-neuroscience-content-in-25
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Happy New Year! Wishing you all an amazing 2026, full of health, prosperity, and peace.
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Merry Christmas 🎄
7 months ago
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Rekindling Unity, Love, and Hope: A Christmas Message for Our Shared Tomorrow — Dr. Nathan A. Smith
Merry Christmas Eve- Unity, Love, and Hope
https://medium.com/@nathansmith67/rekindling-unity-love-and-hope-a-christmas-message-for-our-shared-tomorrow-dr-nathan-a-smith-800c9efe8b02
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New preprint: Collaborative Team Science effort:
@drnathanasmith.bsky.social
&
@phdgprotein86.bsky.social
#URochesterResearch
#VanderbiltResearch
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The role of MICOS in modulating mitochondrial dynamics and structural changes in vulnerable regions of Alzheimer's Disease
Mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) complexes are critical for maintaining the mitochrondrial architecture, cristae integrity, and organelle communication in neurons. MICO...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.13.693635v1
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Phil Deming
7 months ago
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to share my latest research with
@urneuroscience.bsky.social
.
@drnathanasmith.bsky.social
and everyone were great hosts - our conversations will certainly shape my research going forward. Read my research here:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate 🕎🕎🕎
7 months ago
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JoAnn Trejo
7 months ago
NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigator's Research Award (MIRA) for Outstanding Investigators new NOFO is available!! Submission dates starting in January 2026 through May 2028. See link below:
simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/...
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A huge thank you to Dr.
@phildeming.bsky.social
, of
@northeasternu.bsky.social
for kicking off our 2025/2026
@urneuroscience.bsky.social
#NEUROYES
speaking series this week! We really enjoyed your visit and insightful talk.
#neuroscience
#URochesterResearch
#NeuroscienceCommission
7 months ago
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Honored to receive the 2025
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
Trainee Mentoring Award in Basic Science. Grateful to Drs.
@johnfoxe.bsky.social
Foxe & Kerry O’Banion, my mentees, staff, and colleagues. Mentoring is my passion—thank you, trainees.
#mentorship
#URResearch2025
7 months ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
7 months ago
🚨Save the date NEURO YES kicks off the 2025/2026 speaking series this week with Philip Deming, PhD, of Northeastern University ⏲️Thursday, Dec. 11: 10 - 11 am 📍 Upper Auditorium 3-7619
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Our Christmas tree is finally up, and we’re all set for the holidays.
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From my family to yours. This Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the small kindnesses that restore our faith in humanity. We are our brother's keeper. Let's choose compassion and the common good.
#Thanksgiving
#Gratitude
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8 months ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
NY-CURES
8 months ago
📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢 New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️
c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
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Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
https://c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
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Hello San Antonio, Texas. Visit the
@urochester.bsky.social
and.
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
booth at
#ABRCMS2025
! Let's discuss the next chapter of your academic training.
8 months ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
8 months ago
Good morning☀️ Make sure
#URochesterResearch
is on your
#SfN25
agenda for day 2! Don't miss the mini symposium with Dr. Julie Fudge & Daulton Myers 🕑 2-4:30 pm 📌 Rm 6 CF MIN15. Circuit-Based Approaches to Understanding the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) Posters
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
8 months ago
Catch up with Jay J. Gonzalez-Amoretti at
#SfN25
during Sunday's poster session 🕙10 - 11 AM 📍 Hall B-H: Poster - CC13 Neural Dynamics of Spatial-Featural Processes that Facilitate Selective Visual Attention J. Gonzalez-Amoretti, A.C. Snyder,
@fiebelkornian.bsky.social
#URochesterResearch
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
8 months ago
Dr. Maiken Nedergaard's research has transformed our understanding of the glymphatic system and its impact on brain health. She also leads multiple labs Catch her @
#SfN25
📅11/17; 9-11am 📍 SDCC Rm 2 Women Shaping Neuroscience: Navigating Leadership of Major Multidisciplinary Collaborative Projects
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
8 months ago
Umbrella✅ Sneakers✅ Poster✅ Excited to see everyone at
#SfN25
Come check out
#URochesterResearch
at Booth 12 in the Grad Fair starting at 1 pm!
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
8 months ago
It was a superfantabulous time at Pints & Paints yesterday. The Neuroscience department oozes fearless creativity. Special thanks to Janelle Kohlman who always helps pave the way for positivity to flow.
@urneuroscience.bsky.social
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Today we honor the veterans whose service built our nation. Thank you for your sacrifice and courage. Don't just say thanks-listen to their stories, support them every day. We see you, we appreciate you. Happy Veterans Day.
#SupportOurVeterans
2025!!
8 months ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
9 months ago
#URochesterResearch
finds the potential of pain relief with CBD “We need to understand more about this compound... whether it is a potentially safer solution for treating the chronic pain epidemic."
@cp-cellchembiol.bsky.social
➡️
cell.com/cell-chemica...
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Can CBD Really Help With Pain?
Could CBD Be Used for Pain Relief? New Research Finds It May Be Possible It is widely understood that CBD does not cause a ‘high’. However, what CBD does in the human body and brain is not well understood. Researchers in the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience developed CBD-IN and found that when given to mice, it provided pain relief within 30 minutes, and with none of the common adverse side effects, like loss of movement, balance, or memory, that often occur when taking conventional pain drugs. “The pain relief also lasted through repeated use,” said the paper's first author and staff scientist Jingyu Feng, PhD. “We did not see its effect wear off over time.” Full Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell-chemical-biology/fulltext/S2451-9456(25)00342-3 Full Press Release: https://urmcnewsroom.iprsoftware.com/publications/neuroscience/research-hints-at-the-potential-of-pain-relief-with-cbd #Research #CBD #pain #URochesterResearch #chronicpain #cannabis 🧠Stay Connected Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@URNeuroscience X: https://x.com/URNeuroscience BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/urneuroscience.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/urneuroscience/ 🧠Experts: Kuan Hong Wang: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/112361873-kuan-hong-wang?clinical=false 🧠Lab: Wang Lab: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/wang 🧠
https://bit.ly/4823XNR
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
9 months ago
Using EEG
#URochesterResearch
discovered male mice with Batten disease showed early auditory problems that improved with age, while female mice had persistent difficulties
#IDDRC
#RareDisease
#neuroscience
Paper:
doi.org/10.1186/s116...
@johnfoxe.bsky.social
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Sex and Age Shape Progression of Batten Disease, Brainwave Study Finds
Researchers from the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester have found that male and female brains show different responses as Batten disease progresses and have found a m...
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/sex-and-age-shape-progression-of-batten-disease-brainwave-study-finds
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This is such a great interview. Check it out!!!
youtube.com/watch?v=60Sj...
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What Happens When Science Meets Storytelling? With Best-Selling Author & Neuroscientist Lisa Genova
YouTube video by Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
https://youtube.com/watch?v=60SjhpYTZOQ
9 months ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
9 months ago
Congrats to all of the students, postdocs, and faculty recently recognized for their contributions to science and mentorship by the
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
's Office for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs 👉
bit.ly/4q9Ny0P
Neuroscience & the Del Monte Institute were well represented 👏
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
The New York Times
10 months ago
Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on immune systems.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work in Peripheral Immune Tolerance
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize on Monday.
https://nyti.ms/4mMRiCv
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I'm proud to announce that my MD/PHD student, Sid, has successfully passed his qualifying exam and is now a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Sid. I’m proud to be your mentor and excited to see how your microglia project develops!
#NeuroGlialInteractions
#astrocytes
#microglia
#NE
#TheSmithLab
10 months ago
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Thank you, BRAINS! What a fulfilling 2025 BRAINS Cross Cohort. Once in BRAINS, always in BRAINS!
#valueBear
#OpenInsight
10 months ago
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Dr. Nathan A Smith
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
10 months ago
Dr. Steve Goldman has taken his research from birds to people, demonstrating that stimulating natural brain processes may help repair damaged neural networks in Huntington's & other diseases
#URochesterResearch
🎧Latest episode of Neuroscience Perspectives w/
@johnfoxe.bsky.social
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Can the Brain Be Repaired by Replacing Its Cells?
YouTube video by Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
https://youtu.be/YUhFxAKx0Wg
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
10 months ago
🐶🐱 How does the brain know the difference between a dog & a cat? Neuro grad student, Jay Gonzalez-Amoretti, studies how the brain builds mental representations from visual information, helping us understand how it organizes the world around us
#URochesterResearch
In a Neuro Minute🧠
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What a weekend! We celebrated the 3rd annual community celebration for our learners, and now we’re capping it off with the Northern Lights dancing over western NY!
10 months ago
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