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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · 6d

WTI Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are open! Unique opportunity for those pivoting fields or working across disciplines. I’d be happy to support candidates with a background in immunology and/or in vivo 2-photon imaging, including collaborations with other WTI labs wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowships | Wu Tsai Institute

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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · 6d

WTI Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are open! Unique opportunity for those pivoting fields or working across disciplines. I’d be happy to support candidates with a background in immunology and/or in vivo 2-photon imaging, including collaborations with other WTI labs wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowships | Wu Tsai Institute

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Sep 1

Eerie how timeless this quote is. Came across it while walking in downtown San Diego.

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · Sep 1

Every few months the "good lab hands" thing comes up and it misses a key point: you can learn to have good hands. Training matters.

Good hands aren't some magic gift from the PCR gods, you have to develop them through directed repetitive practice, like any other skill

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Zachary H. Gursky @zachary-gursky.bsky.social · Jul 18

Excited to be representing the @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social lab at @krfoundation.org 's 2025 Innovations symposium! If you're here, feel free to say hi and come talk about brain-immune system interactions! #idb #brain #neuroscience #immunology #research #scicomm

Picture of symposium room with podium. Two projector screens on the sides of the podium say "Kenneth Rainin Foundation 2025 Innovations Symposium" with a picture of Turtle Bay Oahu, Hawaii.

Picture of Zachary Gursky, smiling, holding a name tag that says "Kenneth Rainin Foundation 2025 Innovations Symposium, Zachary Gursky, Yale University, Grantee"

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Oscar Marín Lab @marinlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

1/10 Our latest research, led by Monika Moissidis, identifies a mechanism regulating the maturation of PV interneurons in the #cortex. This is the story @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... ⬇︎ thread @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
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A postnatal molecular switch drives activity-dependent maturation of parvalbumin interneurons

Neuronal activity triggers PGC-1α-mediated transcriptional programs that drive the late maturation of PV+ interneurons, essential for cortical circuit function. PGC-1α partners with ERRγ and Mef2c to ...

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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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Patterns, a Cell Press journal @cp-patterns.bsky.social · Jun 25

Equity in science isn't optional, it's essential! Explore @cellpress.bsky.social Inclusivity in Science collection, featuring research and perspectives that push for a more diverse and inclusive scientific community 🔬🔎🌍https://www.cell.com/cp/collections-inclusivity

Building inclusivity in science: Cell Press

We are proud to present this collection of voices, perspectives, and commentaries focused on building a more inclusive scientific community.

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Seth Blackshaw @sethblackshaw.bsky.social · Jun 19

New collaborative study out with Mark Wu’s group identifies a thalamic reuniens-zona incerta circuit as both responsive to induced sleep deprivation and essential for mediating recovery sleep. Further perspective on this work follows./1
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Sleep need–dependent plasticity of a thalamic circuit promotes homeostatic recovery sleep

Prolonged wakefulness leads to persistent, deep recovery sleep (RS). However, the neuronal circuits that mediate this process remain elusive. From a circuit screen in mice, we identified a group of th...

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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · Jun 15

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jun 13

Something I've been feeling a lot lately, but haven't heard much about is the grief that comes with being an early career scientist in America in 2025.

I think we all understand that, even if things turn out well, there is no going "back to normal" now.

A (sad) thread /1

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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · May 31

Exciting to see growing work on microglial GABA receptors and their role in regulating inhibition. Here, hyperactive inhibitory neurons in epilepsy activate microglia via GABA. Activated microglia then eliminate inhibitory synapses through a GABA–C3 feedback loop. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

GABA-dependent microglial elimination of inhibitory synapses underlies neuronal hyperexcitability in epilepsy - Nature Neuroscience

The microglia–neuron interactions contributing to neuronal hyperexcitability are unclear. Here, the authors show how GABA and C3 signaling coordinate microglial engulfment of inhibitory synapses, driv...

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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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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · May 22

"An AAV capsid proposed as microglia-targeting directs genetic expression in forebrain excitatory neurons"
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Xiangmin Xu & colleagues
@cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social

An AAV capsid proposed as microglia-targeting directs genetic expression in forebrain excitatory neurons

Cao et al. demonstrate excitatory neuronal tropism of the AAV capsid AAV-MG1.2 that was initially proposed for targeting microglia in the mouse brain. AAV-MG1.2 shows great promise for expanding our g...

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Ed Boyden @eboyden3.bsky.social · May 22

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 22

International students upend their lives to join American science, bringing their novel insights that drive innovation.

Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.

Classic bully behavior.

We Stand Up for International Students.

www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · May 22

Type 2 cytokines act on enteric sensory neurons to regulate neuropeptide-driven host defense
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @kuchroolab.bsky.social @thexavierlab.bsky.social

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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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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · May 22

It’s been fun to contribute to this work, go check the latest subtype specific enhancers from Gord’s lab!

Gord Fishell @gordfishell.bsky.social · May 21

Here is the collective effort of 12 labs, lead by my own at the Broad to target the range of cortical interneuron subtypes! These tools should be a game changer for all of you using NHP and other less genetically amenable species! Have at it!
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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Gord Fishell @gordfishell.bsky.social · May 21

Check out the neuroview and all the great articles of new tools to target different cell types with enhancer-mediated AAVs!

Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · May 21

New Neuron issue! Discover methods for accessing neuronal and non-neuronal cell types in the CNS from the BRAIN Armamentarium Consortium. 🧠🔧

Read insights from Bosiljka Tasic & @gordfishell.bsky.social: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Explore the full issue here: www.cell.com/neuron/current

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Emilia Favuzzi @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social · May 19

Congrats!

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 16

Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.

On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.

This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)

europa.eu/!6Vdgmp

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Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social · May 13

May issue is online! Explore reviews on the #neuroimmune axis! The beautiful cover was designed by Ella Marushchenko, working with @jonykipnis.bsky.social. A brain encased in a walnut shell that is cracking open symbolizes our growing understanding of #neuroimmunology www.cell.com/immunity/iss...

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Jessica Osterhout @osterhoutlab.bsky.social · May 15

A few of the incredible women representing the future of neuroimmunology #neuroimmuneGRC

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Paul Frankland @franklandlab.bsky.social · May 14

Sharing a new paper from the lab. This paper, led by Sangyoon Ko, represents a merging of two longstanding research themes in the lab-- adult neurogenesis and systems consolidation.

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A short thread follows for those interested.

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Systems consolidation reorganizes hippocampal engram circuitry

Nature - A study shows that loss of memory precision associated with systems consolidation can be explained by neurogenesis-dependent reorganization of engram circuitry within the hippocampus over...

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