Very excited to see my postdoc work from Chiu Lab is out in Science Magazine! Big thanks to my Co-first author Yangyang Zhu, CBDM lab, and all of our other collaboraters Daping Yang Himanish Basu @r_kwmt Steve Liberles science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Talk about sex differences in response to infection! Estrogen receptor alpha controlling neutrophil responses to candida! frontiersin.org/journals/immun…

Macrophages dig into the obesity paradox in cancer dlvr.it/TC2RlV

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After three rejections we have finally published our data that 4-week single housing is not stressful for adult male and female mice. Please use and cite to justify single housing in your experiments for the animal welfare commissions.  labanimres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

The brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury nature.com/articles/d4158…

Consider this advice from 2023 medicine laureate Katalin Karikó on managing stress. Do you have any tips for stress management?

Exclusive: After 60 years, scientists finally know why ginger, calico, and tortoiseshell #cats look the way they do. bit.ly/4eTU84K News from Science

Isaac Chiu Chiu Lab Harvard Medical School; Rohini Kuner Uni Heidelberg & Kara Marshall @KaraLMarshall BCM Department of Medicine just a taste of our prestigious #CSNeuroimmune25 speakers, check out the rest, abstract deadline May 2. hubs.li/Q02ZZ3wG0

Out today in Cell ! We show that oscillations in norepinephrine and cerebral blood volume are the missing pieces that link NREM sleep to clearance of waste from the brain 🧠💤 cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Scientists have identified the characteristics of #macrophages in the #DuraMater, revealing their distinct markers and behaviors during homeostasis and autoimmune neuroinflammation in mice. Read more in Science Immunology: scim.ag/4jf89xx

Hear From👉Martin Picard Martin Picard Columbia University, Annegret Falkner Annegret Falkner Princeton University, Ji Ru-Rong Duke University, Marco Prinz FENS, Hongzhen Hu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, John Campbell, Xinzhong Dong Johns Hopkins Medicine, Elaine Hsiao Elaine Hsiao UCLA Register➡️ mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Five days of indulging in chocolate bars, crisps and other junk foods can lead to lingering changes in brain activity, a study shows1. The resulting brain patterns are similar to those seen in people who have obesity. go.nature.com/3QyzXzK

Online now: Nociceptor neurons suppress alveolar macrophage-induced Siglec-F+ neutrophil-mediated inflammation to protect against pulmonary fibrosis dlvr.it/TL4Jpc

Now online! Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes dlvr.it/TLJNcY

Nociceptor-derived CGRP enhances dermal type I conventional dendritic cell function to drive autoreactive CD8+ T cell responses in vitiligo Immunity cell.com/immunity/fullt…

In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Geoffroy Laumet et al. present a graphical abstract of their study. They found that mast cell-derived chymase MCPT4 degrades CCL9 to promote acute inflammatory pain resolution and prevent chronic pain. Learn more at bit.ly/3Ik6gBC

Group 2 innate lymphoid cell (ILC2)-derived IL13 helps maintain peripheral nerve structure and #pain thresholds in mice, which could inform new therapeutic strategies for pain management. Learn more in Science Immunology: scim.ag/4myc7kY

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Stress-induced sympathetic hyperactivation drives hair follicle necrosis to trigger autoimmunity: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…