Monica Carson
@brainimmunity.bsky.social
Fan of microglia, macrophages, glial-neuronal and brain-immune interactions (both innate & adaptive); flirted with oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and occasionally even neurons.
EIC Journal of Neuroinflammation
Sci-Fi and SDCC (Comicon)
opinions are my own
EIC Journal of Neuroinflammation
Sci-Fi and SDCC (Comicon)
opinions are my own
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
Yolk sac and tissue resident myeloid lineages are fun and heterogeneous stuff! Very cool roles for eardrum #macrophages in middle ear development and ear infection susceptibility explored here #immunosky #neuroskyence #neuroinflammation
Defects in tissue-resident macrophages lead to smaller eardrums and abnormal neurovascular networks with increased middle-ear infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.13.699360v1
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Yolk sac and tissue resident myeloid lineages are fun and heterogeneous stuff! Very cool roles for eardrum #macrophages in middle ear development and ear infection susceptibility explored here #immunosky #neuroskyence #neuroinflammation
Tenured faculty positions: #Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside. Seeking colleagues examining molecular mechanisms of disease who are committed to collaborative research approaches, and expert in their disease models
#facultyjobs #medsky #academicsky
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02207
#facultyjobs #medsky #academicsky
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02207
Biomedical Sciences - Ladder Rank Associate or Full Professor (Tenure)
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Tenured faculty positions: #Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside. Seeking colleagues examining molecular mechanisms of disease who are committed to collaborative research approaches, and expert in their disease models
#facultyjobs #medsky #academicsky
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02207
#facultyjobs #medsky #academicsky
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02207
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Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
Astrocytes put the brakes on brain plasticity in mice by secreting the protein CCN1 to stabilize existing circuitry, a Nature study shows.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/a...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/a...
Astrocytes stabilize circuits in adult mouse brain
The glial cells secrete a protein that suppresses plasticity post-development.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
#neuroskyence #glia very needed single cell map of the murine female brain as a function of estrous cycle
Worth a read!
Worth a read!
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
#neuroskyence #glia very needed single cell map of the murine female brain as a function of estrous cycle
Worth a read!
Worth a read!
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Happy New Year to Democracy Defenders! Protecting democracy in 2026 starts now!
Defend the vote. Call out lies. Register voters.
Hold leaders accountable to the law. Defend a free press. Stand up to corruption & fascism. Participate, organize local rallies!
We can do this!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
Defend the vote. Call out lies. Register voters.
Hold leaders accountable to the law. Defend a free press. Stand up to corruption & fascism. Participate, organize local rallies!
We can do this!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
January 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Happy New Year to Democracy Defenders! Protecting democracy in 2026 starts now!
Defend the vote. Call out lies. Register voters.
Hold leaders accountable to the law. Defend a free press. Stand up to corruption & fascism. Participate, organize local rallies!
We can do this!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
Defend the vote. Call out lies. Register voters.
Hold leaders accountable to the law. Defend a free press. Stand up to corruption & fascism. Participate, organize local rallies!
We can do this!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Go Team #glia ! Nice field perspective
Astrocytes make up one-quarter of the brain. Nature reports how researchers are learning their value in shaping our behaviour, memory, and health. #Neuroskyence 🧪
The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health
Astrocytes make up one-quarter of the brain, but researchers are only now realizing their true value.
go.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Go Team #glia ! Nice field perspective
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#JNC invites submissions to our Special Issue on Neurochemistry of Autonomic Regulation. Explore autonomic circuits, disease impacts, and emerging therapeutic approaches.
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
🔗 ow.ly/NuVq50XGRJz
#WeAreNeurochemistry #neurochem #neurosky #neuroskyence
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
🔗 ow.ly/NuVq50XGRJz
#WeAreNeurochemistry #neurochem #neurosky #neuroskyence
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#JNC invites submissions to our Special Issue on Neurochemistry of Autonomic Regulation. Explore autonomic circuits, disease impacts, and emerging therapeutic approaches.
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
🔗 ow.ly/NuVq50XGRJz
#WeAreNeurochemistry #neurochem #neurosky #neuroskyence
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
🔗 ow.ly/NuVq50XGRJz
#WeAreNeurochemistry #neurochem #neurosky #neuroskyence
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AMAZING PAPER ALERT!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
congratulations to @margheritazamboni.bsky.social, @ellorens.bsky.social, and the rest of the team.
This one is important and opens up lots of opportunityes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
congratulations to @margheritazamboni.bsky.social, @ellorens.bsky.social, and the rest of the team.
This one is important and opens up lots of opportunityes.
The regulatory code of injury-responsive enhancers enables precision cell-state targeting in the CNS - Nature Neuroscience
Zamboni et al. reveal how enhancers encode cell-type-specific responses to CNS injury. By combining multiomic profiling, deep learning and in vivo screening, they uncover injury-responsive enhancer lo...
www.nature.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
AMAZING PAPER ALERT!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
congratulations to @margheritazamboni.bsky.social, @ellorens.bsky.social, and the rest of the team.
This one is important and opens up lots of opportunityes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
congratulations to @margheritazamboni.bsky.social, @ellorens.bsky.social, and the rest of the team.
This one is important and opens up lots of opportunityes.
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Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B
#StateOfNeuroscience
#StateOfNeuroscience
Neuroscience funding: A source directory
Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Wisdom from Charles Schulz.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Wisdom from Charles Schulz.
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#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #Immunosky #microsky #neurosky #publichealth The interplay between the gut-immune-brain axis & #COVID is increasingly recognized as a significant factor in the manifestation & progression of #idiopathicParkinson’s disease.
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #Immunosky #microsky #neurosky #publichealth The interplay between the gut-immune-brain axis & #COVID is increasingly recognized as a significant factor in the manifestation & progression of #idiopathicParkinson’s disease.
I wrote a review of James Watson's obituary by CSHL: liorpachter.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/r...
Review of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Obituary for Dr. James Watson
James Watson, who described himself as “not a racist in a conventional way”, has died at the age of 97. Below is a review of an obituary for Dr. James Watson published by Cold Spring Ha…
liorpachter.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Astrocytes get less attention than their neuronal neighbors, partly because they’re harder to study. But the glial cells could help explain how memories take a more stable form after recall.
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/engra...
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/engra...
Engrams in amygdala lean on astrocytes to solidify memories
Disrupting the astrocyte-neuronal dynamic in mice destabilizes their memory of fear conditioning.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Astrocytes get less attention than their neuronal neighbors, partly because they’re harder to study. But the glial cells could help explain how memories take a more stable form after recall.
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/engra...
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/engra...
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American Acad. of Pediatrics issues independent evid.-based child & teen vaccination schedule in response to fed officials "undermining the rigorous scientific process for making recommendations." Includes guidance on COVID-19 vaccination that differs from fed policy, plus updates to RSV & flu recs.
AAP releases evidence-based immunization schedule; calls on payers to cover recommendations
The schedule includes guidance on COVID-19 vaccination that differs from federal policy along with updates to recommendations on RSV and flu.
publications.aap.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
American Acad. of Pediatrics issues independent evid.-based child & teen vaccination schedule in response to fed officials "undermining the rigorous scientific process for making recommendations." Includes guidance on COVID-19 vaccination that differs from fed policy, plus updates to RSV & flu recs.
August 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fun stuff nicely summarized for #neuroskyence #immunosky #medsky. the brain isn’t hidden from the immune system - these 2 systems are full partners. Like any partnership, when it works, life’s great for both mind & body. But when the relationship is dysfunctional, mind & body both suffer.
Our brain-immune system axis has recently has some fascinating new reports
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
August 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fun stuff nicely summarized for #neuroskyence #immunosky #medsky. the brain isn’t hidden from the immune system - these 2 systems are full partners. Like any partnership, when it works, life’s great for both mind & body. But when the relationship is dysfunctional, mind & body both suffer.
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August 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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August 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM