A huge congratulations to Dr. Gan for receiving the 2024 Jessica M. and Natan Bibliowicz Award for Excellence in Mentoring Women Faculty! It is a pleasure to receive your guidance daily in our lab. Weill Cornell Medicine #WCMDiversityWeek
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ATTN: JOB POSTING!
#ADNI Engagement Core Health Disparities Scientist position @ UW–Madison w/ #DrOziomaOkonkwo !⭐️
 
Apply by 4/26/24 @ 11:55pm CT: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/health-di…

Pls #RT 🙏🏽 Lisa L. Barnes, PhD (Barnes Young) Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM Yakeel T. Quiroz, PhD (she/her) Anny Reyes, PhD Maria Marquine Black In Neuro 🧠 Black in Gerontology & Geriatrics

Check out our latest bioRxiv
Collaborative work with the Geschwind Lab @ UCLA to explore shared and distinct molecular signatures in cortical #organoids from 70 hiPS cell lines representing 8 different neurodevelopmental disorders, idiopathic autism spectrum disorder patients

WiSTEM would like to invite you to a free screening of Picture A Scientist, on 5/2, 5:30pm at Moore Auditorium. Picture a Scientist is an award-winning, 2020 documentary on the stories of Nancy Hopkin , Raychelle Burks ,  geoscientist Jane Willenbring , and others. RSVP!

Out now in The Lancet Neurology A comparison of tau PET pathology in Down Syndrome (DS) and Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease (ADAD).
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I am thrilled to share our lab's latest work documenting sex-differences (SD) in P2RY12's regulation of microglial morphology, synapse density and locomotory behavior. This work is our lab's first dive (of hopefully many)into microglial SD led by Uweru Joseph jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Happy WashU Psychiatry Research Day to those who celebrate! I’m lucky to be part of a lab who makes incredible discoveries and shows up to support one another 🫶🧬🔬🧪 WashU Psychiatry WashU Office of Neuroscience Research WashU Center of Reg Med Knight ADRC

Happy to share this review article on microglial phagocytosis mechanisms in development informing disease. Great collaborative effort between Becca Beiter and Pat Sheehan in the lab.

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***Hot off the JAMA Neurology e-press***
While seeking to investigate clinicopathologic heterogeneity and glial activation patterns of #Alzheimers ...we created a corticolimbic index (CLix) to better capture the individuality of tangle distribution.

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Microglia pack a toolbox for life 🧰🛠️ Trends in Immunology Kristine Zengeler
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In the latest issue! Single-cell dissection of the human motor and prefrontal cortices in ALS and FTLD dlvr.it/T5RGJd

Heading to AmSocietyNeurochem meeting next week? Love brain metabolism, glia, and Alzheimer's disease?

Come by our session on Tues afternoon on 'Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Metabolism: A Focus on Glial Cells' w/ Drs. Rhea, Chen, & Beckman! #ASN2024

Reminder to please join us MedaWashU WUSTL Black Postdoctoral Association next week April 18th for Dr.Khabele DineoKhabeleMD #CareerDevelopment seminar.
See you there! 🎉⏬
IDEAS at Department of Medicine Washington University OBGYN

An interview with Sandra Schmid Sandra Schmid – Chief Scientific Officer of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
We hear about Sandy’s career, her role as an advocate for women in science, and her recent transition to the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub #CZBiohubSF .
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Academic science has a set of unwritten rules for success. In an effort to level the playing field, particularly for URM trainees, let’s make a list of the unwritten rules in science.

What are some unwritten rules you learned during each stage of your academic career?

Plasma proteomics identifies new biomarkers and predictive models for dystonia as well as specific dystonia presentations, and pinpoint to immune system, and reactive oxygen pathways to be implicated on disease. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
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Congrats to Jinchao Hou (JinChao Hou) and Yun Chen. Our new study highlights the role of LILRB4 inhibition in enhancing microglial function and reducing amyloid-β accumulation, suggesting LILRB4 as a potential treatment target for AD. science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Thrilled to announce our latest work in Cell! We've developed a new human neuron model that effectively mimics tau aggregate spread in tauopathy. Details here: cell.com/cell/fulltext/… (1/5)

Join us for our networking event on Tuesday, April 16th from 1 - 4 pm! Come network and learn about different career pathways. Food will be provided. Use link to RSVP forms.gle/iFAHNNw9LfUAxY…. See you there!