For this #FluorescenceFriday I share a beautiful picture of the brain taken my PhD student Mandi Lichtenstein. Orange: Iba1, green: GFAP, magenta: S100b and blue: DAPI. #ProudPI

Mandi Lichtenstein ('24) catches up w/ Dr. Miyamoto. Joining Munoz-Balleter lab to study astrocytes and brain injuries at U Maryland-Baltimore County UMBC Elon Alumni

The Muñoz-Ballester Lab finally got the confocal set up just in time for #fluorescencefriday and someone (Dr. Carmen Muñoz-Ballester ) is just a bit excited...

Taylor's about to do a f*cking podcast! NEW EPISODE WEDS 7PM ET

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Imaris 3D reconstruction of astrocytes (GFAP, green) and blood vessels (CD31, magenta and blue) in mouse cortex by grad student Iris Indig. #FluorescenceFriday

Image of cultured human astrocytes from Mandi Lichtenstein. GFAP in green and pSTAT3 in green. These cells were treated with pro-inflammatory molecules (IL-1b and TNFa). This is the first experiment in the lab with these cells :) #FluorescenceFriday #AstrocyteLover

Today's image for #FluorescenceFriday is in the rat hippocampus. We have DAPI🔵, Ki67 (dividing cells)🟢, s100 (astrocytes)🔴, NeuroTracer (neurons)🩷 and GFAP (astrocytes) 🟡 Don't they look like fireworks at this magnification? Image from Peter Lloyd.

Having a great time at #Gliadelphia! It is so nice to listen to great science, to meet with old friends (Aysegul Gungor Aydin and Leanne Holt) and to enjoy the first conference with my students. #GliaRules #AstroGirl

It was the End of an Era and we knew it. We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the culmination of the most important and intense chapter of our lives, so we allowed filmmakers to capture this tour and all the stories woven throughout it as it wound down. And to film

Making a lot of progress 😅

The most complex piece I ever made, the famous Purkinje neuron drawn 100 years ago by Ramon y Cajal. It took me more than 30h of cutting with a scroll saw.

The Munoz-Ballester lab having fun today at Greater Baltimore Society for Neuroscience #GBSfN2025 annual meeting. This is the first time the lab is presenting two posters (big shout out to Mandi Lichtenstein and Aniket for that).