Finally 🙏 out and about! We found that CD8 T cells infiltrate the white matter of the adult mouse brain after exposure to aged blood plasma. Grateful for everyone’s help and guidance! #aging #neuroimmunology

How the immune system shapes neurodegenerative diseases: Trends in Neurosciences cell.com/trends/neurosc…

We're pleased to present a special collection to accompany this week's joint Keystone Symposia meetings on Neuroimmune Interactions and Neurodegeneration. We hope you enjoy the collection and encourage your feedback! bit.ly/42OwjWB #KSNeurodegen23 #KSNeuroimmune23

Poster is set up, and I am ready to chat about age-associated inflammation and cognitive decline at #KSNeuroimmune23 poster session 1

Notebook is full of scribbles, and phone is full of pictures. Lovely conference #KSNeuroimmune23 Keystone Symposia

The association between inflammatory markers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Molecular Psychiatry nature.com/articles/s4138…

After ~8 years of experiments, this is now out Nature Communications: the #vagus nerve primes platelets, enhancing their calcium uptake, so stimulating the vagus nerve accelerates blood clotting even in hemophilia. Looking forward to clinical tests of this important idea.... HEMOSTASIS CONNECT

When a speaker says "great question" to everyone except you

#TheFirestone researcher Dr. MyLinh Duong explains that the tiny particles from smoke can get into your bloodstream and damage organs in addition to your lungs. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… via Hamilton Spectator

Study led by Andrew Mendiola w/our amazing team Zhaoqi Yan Jae Kyu (Jae) Ryu & collaborators Krogan Lab Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD Alexander Pico Gladstone Institutes QBI UC San Francisco UCLA Grateful to @NINDSnews The National Institute on Aging (NIA) National MS Society BrightFocus Foundation NIGMS #NIHMOSAIC for support nature.com/articles/s4159…

Tenure-track Asst Prof position for Black candidates only in MCB at UofG University of Guelph. It is a general call in mol/cell bio (they did it right) spanning multiple research areas. Neuroscientists Black In Neuro 🧠 please apply! Highly endorse. Amazing researchers. RT please.

if i were a little lab mouse i would behave perfectly all of the time and learn all my little tasks so fast and all my experiments would go so well. but that’s just me

Microglia (🧠immune cells) are reduced in late preg & early postpartum. ⁦Katy Lenz⁩ & ⁦LeunerLab⁩ find that reducing microglia in non-pregnant F rats facilitates maternal beh & alters activity in the amygdala & frontal cortex- nice work! nature.com/articles/s4138…

Proud to share that the lab website is live mendiolalab.com . Please RT/RP as positions will be posted soon!

Tenure-track faculty position is open at the Department of Integrative Immunobiology at Duke University School of Medicine. Application deadline is on October 15! Please check: immunobiology.duke.edu/join-us The direct application page is here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25366

HAPPY #AcademicHalloween! Over the years I’ve brought you, “Reviewer 2,” a “Predatory Journal,” a “MANEL,” and “Academic CV.ver37” THIS YEAR I bring to you — a “Rejected Conference Reimbursement” (click 📸 to see entire image).

I am excited to work on my PhD project and grateful for the support provided by my supervisor, mentors, MIRA and Global Nexus. I hope to share the results from our pre-clinical study soon!

IIDR member Dawn Bowdish has landed a multi-year CIHR grant, which will support new research into the connection between respiratory infections and cognitive decline. More 👇 brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/canad…

It's that time again: the first #MIRATraineeTalk of the new academic year! Join us at🕛September 10 Spark: a centre for social research innovation CoLab. Connect with your McMaster University aging research community, enjoy lunch & @McMasteReseach presentations by fellow trainees. To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

In today’s final presentation, Sofya Ermolina, supervised by Dawn Bowdish shares her research on how pneumonia infections can impact cognitive decline using mice populations. 🌡️🐁 Thank you to everyone who attended! Please stay tuned for our next Trainee Network event Oct 1.