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Ana Beatriz DePaula-Silva

@biadepaula-silva.bsky.social

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Mom, immigrant 🇧🇷 and scientist. Interested in neuroinflammation and neurovirology in epilepsy, and MS. Assistant Professor - Pharmacology & Toxicology - University of Utah Obsessed with macrophages!

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 11d

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 25d

Announcing our 9 new Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows! These awards help senior postdoctoral researchers with fresh perspectives on autism & neuroscience transition to tenure-track faculty positions: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-foundation-announces-recipients-of-2025-fellows-to-faculty-awards/

Simons Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fellows-to-Faculty Awards

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 class of Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows.

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Priya Prakash @pryprk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Brain myelin as a deficient energy source in aging and disease www.cell.com/trends/endoc... Excellent discussion on how myelin fatty acid reserves may be reallocated during aging and neurodegeneration

Brain myelin as a deficient energy source in aging and disease

Central nervous system (CNS) myelin may act as a dynamic energy store that supports brain metabolism; its consumption and replenishment is a newly recognized form of metabolic plasticity aimed at main...

www.cell.com

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Journal of Neuroimmunology @jnijournal.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re excited to announce the Young Investigators Special Issue in the Journal of Neuroimmunology! We will spotlight early-career researchers and support the next generation of discovery. Submit your original research and let your work be seen and recognized.
#CallForPaper

Journal of Neuroimmunology | Early career investigators in Neuroimmunology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Historically, many established investigators in the field of neuroimmunology published early work from their laboratories in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. Our mission is to bring important work in t...

www.sciencedirect.com

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Rebecca Pompano @pompanolab.bsky.social · Jun 29

It seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below.

prospect.org/politics/202...

Will the Senate Save NIH?

Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.

prospect.org

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · Jun 22

Look at this team of editors 100% #WomeninSTEM, I am so proud of this 😍. With @mgood695.bsky.social and @anyabphd.bsky.social . To learn more about it: www.go.nature.com/4ncu8Hm
@natureportfolio.nature.com

Brain-immune-vascular interface in dementia collection
https://www.nature.com/collections/ihbdjghgjh/guest-editors

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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · Jun 20

Interested in fabricated microbial ecosystems? Join us this summer at EcoFAB! It's an amazing program. Learn more and register here: eco-fab.org/ecofab-2025-...

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Ana Beatriz DePaula-Silva @biadepaula-silva.bsky.social · Jun 20

Congratulations to my first PhD student @caseymeili.bsky.social
for passing her qualifying exam! She is officially a PhD candidate! So proud of you!

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Ana Beatriz DePaula-Silva @biadepaula-silva.bsky.social · May 28

Can't wait to have some of these!

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · May 23

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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Eliver Ghosn @eliverghosn.bsky.social · May 22

We are #hiring! Please help share!

Postdoc in #Immunology; B-cell biology

We are recruiting a postdoc to lead projects on human B cells and plasma cells funded by the Gates Foundation and the NIH (The position is fully funded and not dependent on future grants).

ghosnlab.science/join-us

Ghosn Laboratory — join us!

ghosnlab.science

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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc with an immunology background interested in joining a Yale neuroscience lab to study how the brain controls immunity. At Yale, we have a wonderful interdisciplinary & collaborative #neuroimmune community. Please reach out or share with anyone who might be interested!

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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · Apr 16

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · Mar 30

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Feb 20

Compare and contrast the emails from McKnight (left) and Chan-Zuckerberg (right). Proud to be part of the McKnight community.

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Tristan Shuman @tristanshuman.bsky.social · Jan 28

New paper out in Cell Reports! Led by @susieyufeng.bsky.social, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory impairment.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Screenshot of article entitled "Distinct changes to hippocampal and medial entorhinal circuits emerge across the progression of cognitive deficits in epilepsy" by Yu Feng, Keziah S. Diego, Zhe Dong, ..., Nadia N. Khan, Denise J. Cai, and Tristan Shuman.

In brief: Feng et al. demonstrate that memory deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy involve multiple discrete mechanisms with distinct time courses. In epileptic mice, early-onset memory deficits are associated with disrupted hippocampal synchronization, while more severe, lateonset impairments are associated with disrupted synchrony of medial entorhinal cortex circuits.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jan 28

Meningeal regulatory T cells restrain local interferon-γ–producing lymphocytes, thereby safeguarding parenchymal brain homeostasis
@sciimmunology.bsky.social @mmr2.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jan 28

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

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Nick Silva @nicholasjsilva.bsky.social · Jan 24

Excited to share that our lab website is live! nicholassilvalab.org

Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬

Silva Lab – Neuroimmune mechanisms in health and disease

nicholassilvalab.org

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · Jan 24

Use the Human Microbiome Compendium data!

We made the data and code available, & created a website and R package to navigate the compendium. Links:

- Website: microbiomap.org

- Data: zenodo.org/records/1373...

- R package: blekhmanlab.github.io/MicroBioMap/

- Code: github.com/blekhmanlab/...

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · Jan 24

The RFK Jr. confirmation hearing has been scheduled for 1/29/25. The nomination is on shaky ground.

Here's the call to action: Reach Out To Your Senators and Urge Them To Oppose RFK Jr's nomination to be HHS Secretary

Here's how to do that, step-by-step:

CTA: RFK Jr Nomination Hearing Scheduled - Time To Reach Out To Your Senators | Matthew Cortland

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · Jan 23

find your state here....https://www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-state/

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Daniel McManus, PhD @danmcmanus123.bsky.social · Jan 15

Excited to share my PhD work from Rafi Ahmed’s lab, now published in @nature.com. We show how CD8 T cells overcome the inability to predict how long a viral infection will last by making adaptable precursor cells a priori—an elegant strategy for a non-prescient immune system! tinyurl.com/53nrpsa6

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Christina Stallings @stallingslab.bsky.social · Jan 10

Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis...
Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!

2025 Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Quentin Huys @docqhuys.bsky.social · Nov 28

New position at UCL!! Lecturer in Neuroscience in the Department of Imaging Neuroscience, home to the internationally renowned Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL). Details are here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/.... 70% research, 30% teaching on a new BSc Neuroscience course.