Joao Pereira
@jdpereira.bsky.social
Neuroscientist.
Assistant Professor of Neurology at UAB
Trying for a better, more humane approach to science.
Interested in neurodegenerative diseases, AI toolsets, and science in general!
STOP ALS.
Assistant Professor of Neurology at UAB
Trying for a better, more humane approach to science.
Interested in neurodegenerative diseases, AI toolsets, and science in general!
STOP ALS.
Pinned
Joao Pereira
@jdpereira.bsky.social
· Nov 12
“But when I see something
I’ll reach and grab some wings
And fly away
During the day
Why can’t people do the same as birds?
I’ll say it with other words:
Why am I heavy and not light?
And why can’t I see it too?
A perfect bird’s eye view
When the sun is shining bright.”
7yo.
(Now 8yo)
I’ll reach and grab some wings
And fly away
During the day
Why can’t people do the same as birds?
I’ll say it with other words:
Why am I heavy and not light?
And why can’t I see it too?
A perfect bird’s eye view
When the sun is shining bright.”
7yo.
(Now 8yo)
A reminder that the first US born pope will visit Turkey for Thanksgiving.
:P
(Look, I’m sure it’s important but come on..)
:P
(Look, I’m sure it’s important but come on..)
Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S., will take off on his first international trip on Thanksgiving Day, traveling to Turkey and Lebanon for a six-day tour. Here's what to know.
Pope Leo to Visit Turkey and Lebanon
Leo XIV will meet political and religious leaders in Turkey and Lebanon, providing an early test of his geopolitical mettle. Here’s what to know.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A reminder that the first US born pope will visit Turkey for Thanksgiving.
:P
(Look, I’m sure it’s important but come on..)
:P
(Look, I’m sure it’s important but come on..)
“I wish I could write poetry like you sister.”
“You can. It’s not just words, and the words barely matter. A teardrop can be poetry.”
I can’t. Even. With. These. Girls.
“You can. It’s not just words, and the words barely matter. A teardrop can be poetry.”
I can’t. Even. With. These. Girls.
elmo from sesame street sitting at a table with a purple cup and straw
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November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“I wish I could write poetry like you sister.”
“You can. It’s not just words, and the words barely matter. A teardrop can be poetry.”
I can’t. Even. With. These. Girls.
“You can. It’s not just words, and the words barely matter. A teardrop can be poetry.”
I can’t. Even. With. These. Girls.
Reposted by Joao Pereira
u-Segment3D
Universal consensus 3D segmentation of cells from 2D segmented stacks
Work on complex networks, organelles & even endothelial filopodia🤯
A solid step toward single-cell 3D spatial omics 👹
@natmethods.nature.com 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Universal consensus 3D segmentation of cells from 2D segmented stacks
Work on complex networks, organelles & even endothelial filopodia🤯
A solid step toward single-cell 3D spatial omics 👹
@natmethods.nature.com 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
u-Segment3D
Universal consensus 3D segmentation of cells from 2D segmented stacks
Work on complex networks, organelles & even endothelial filopodia🤯
A solid step toward single-cell 3D spatial omics 👹
@natmethods.nature.com 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Universal consensus 3D segmentation of cells from 2D segmented stacks
Work on complex networks, organelles & even endothelial filopodia🤯
A solid step toward single-cell 3D spatial omics 👹
@natmethods.nature.com 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I put on some classical music for the twins.
For some reason I don’t understand they will not stop clapping to Chopin.
For some reason I don’t understand they will not stop clapping to Chopin.
a little girl in a white dress is playing a piano while a man in a tuxedo watches .
ALT: a little girl in a white dress is playing a piano while a man in a tuxedo watches .
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I put on some classical music for the twins.
For some reason I don’t understand they will not stop clapping to Chopin.
For some reason I don’t understand they will not stop clapping to Chopin.
Reposted by Joao Pereira
We are looking for a new Chair of our Department of Imaging. Please RP! www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/940419/c... #imaging #radiology
Chair of the Department of Imaging - Los Angeles, California job with Cedars Sinai Medical Center | 940419
Cedars-Sinai Health System seeks a collaborative and strategic leader to serve as chair of the Department of Imaging
www.nejmcareercenter.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are looking for a new Chair of our Department of Imaging. Please RP! www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/940419/c... #imaging #radiology
Reposted by Joao Pereira
Last call! Applications for the @crg.eu International PhD Programme 2025 in beautiful Barcelona close next week! Join us and our inspiring colleagues at the CRG - an exceptional environment for discovery, creativity, and scientific growth.
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last call! Applications for the @crg.eu International PhD Programme 2025 in beautiful Barcelona close next week! Join us and our inspiring colleagues at the CRG - an exceptional environment for discovery, creativity, and scientific growth.
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Sitting, writing, while the kids play upstairs.
“Mommy, the emperor has new clothes!!”
Sigh.
Guess one of the babies took off their diapers.
“Mommy, the emperor has new clothes!!”
Sigh.
Guess one of the babies took off their diapers.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
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November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sitting, writing, while the kids play upstairs.
“Mommy, the emperor has new clothes!!”
Sigh.
Guess one of the babies took off their diapers.
“Mommy, the emperor has new clothes!!”
Sigh.
Guess one of the babies took off their diapers.
It’s funny, a friend asked my spouse how I got work done when I’m walking so much.
Jokes on you mate, I’m always working :P
(Literally mentally designing grants while walking. 0% spatial awareness of my surroundings. Send help.)
Jokes on you mate, I’m always working :P
(Literally mentally designing grants while walking. 0% spatial awareness of my surroundings. Send help.)
a cartoon of spongebob holding a pencil and a piece of paper with the words weird flex but ok below him
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November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It’s funny, a friend asked my spouse how I got work done when I’m walking so much.
Jokes on you mate, I’m always working :P
(Literally mentally designing grants while walking. 0% spatial awareness of my surroundings. Send help.)
Jokes on you mate, I’m always working :P
(Literally mentally designing grants while walking. 0% spatial awareness of my surroundings. Send help.)
The fact this isn’t 20k is really getting on my nerves.
(I blame the day I was sick and sluggish)
(I blame the day I was sick and sluggish)
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact this isn’t 20k is really getting on my nerves.
(I blame the day I was sick and sluggish)
(I blame the day I was sick and sluggish)
When I started a lab, I gambled.
See, there are a couple of possible ways to do this.
Conservatively, where you don’t waste resources, and play the long game, all-out, where you just go for it, or a mixed approach.
I decided to go all out.
1/3
See, there are a couple of possible ways to do this.
Conservatively, where you don’t waste resources, and play the long game, all-out, where you just go for it, or a mixed approach.
I decided to go all out.
1/3
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When I started a lab, I gambled.
See, there are a couple of possible ways to do this.
Conservatively, where you don’t waste resources, and play the long game, all-out, where you just go for it, or a mixed approach.
I decided to go all out.
1/3
See, there are a couple of possible ways to do this.
Conservatively, where you don’t waste resources, and play the long game, all-out, where you just go for it, or a mixed approach.
I decided to go all out.
1/3
“I miss having a pet. Is there anything we could have as pets that wouldn’t be too much with the girls and the boys, and also wouldn’t be extremely expensive to take care of?”
“Fleas.”
“Fleas.”
a cartoon of a woman with red hair and the words " no one could have seen this coming "
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November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“I miss having a pet. Is there anything we could have as pets that wouldn’t be too much with the girls and the boys, and also wouldn’t be extremely expensive to take care of?”
“Fleas.”
“Fleas.”
“The graveyard is filled with important men
Could not be spared but were in the end.”
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra did not have to go this hard, but I am so glad they did.
Could not be spared but were in the end.”
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra did not have to go this hard, but I am so glad they did.
a woman is playing a piano on a stage while flames are coming out of the keyboard .
ALT: a woman is playing a piano on a stage while flames are coming out of the keyboard .
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“The graveyard is filled with important men
Could not be spared but were in the end.”
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra did not have to go this hard, but I am so glad they did.
Could not be spared but were in the end.”
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra did not have to go this hard, but I am so glad they did.
Sick.
Don’t like it.
Blah.
Don’t like it.
Blah.
spongebob squarepants is sitting in a chair in front of a window with his arms outstretched .
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November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sick.
Don’t like it.
Blah.
Don’t like it.
Blah.
It’s not a “claim”!!
The “claim” is that they do!!
Otherwise everything works - vaccines also haven’t been ruled out to cause people to turn into Mickey freaking Mouse!!
The “claim” is that they do!!
Otherwise everything works - vaccines also haven’t been ruled out to cause people to turn into Mickey freaking Mouse!!
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It’s not a “claim”!!
The “claim” is that they do!!
Otherwise everything works - vaccines also haven’t been ruled out to cause people to turn into Mickey freaking Mouse!!
The “claim” is that they do!!
Otherwise everything works - vaccines also haven’t been ruled out to cause people to turn into Mickey freaking Mouse!!
“I think I’m a poet.”
9yo
9yo
a close up of a man 's face with the words " i know " on his chest
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " i know " on his chest
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November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“I think I’m a poet.”
9yo
9yo
“Patience is the key to life, but it won’t unlock your heart. Only the people you loved, and love you back, your family and friends can do that.
At the end of your life, only love will unlock your heart.”
9yo channeling…. Something.
At the end of your life, only love will unlock your heart.”
9yo channeling…. Something.
a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while sitting at a table .
ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while sitting at a table .
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Patience is the key to life, but it won’t unlock your heart. Only the people you loved, and love you back, your family and friends can do that.
At the end of your life, only love will unlock your heart.”
9yo channeling…. Something.
At the end of your life, only love will unlock your heart.”
9yo channeling…. Something.
One of the babies has been sleeping for four hours.
We’re in for a wild night.
We’re in for a wild night.
a man with a beard says prepare for glory
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November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One of the babies has been sleeping for four hours.
We’re in for a wild night.
We’re in for a wild night.
Ok, so a total of 57km in the last four days. Funny how it was fine yesterday and today…
It’s not fine.
It’s not even remotely close to fine.
It’s not fine.
It’s not even remotely close to fine.
a woman in a suit says everything hurts and i 'm dying .
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November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ok, so a total of 57km in the last four days. Funny how it was fine yesterday and today…
It’s not fine.
It’s not even remotely close to fine.
It’s not fine.
It’s not even remotely close to fine.
A restaurant was just raided close to us.
I’d never been, but there is such a strange feeling of loss.
Like the loss of safety, of sanctuary.
Restaurants felt like a safe place.
I like to think even the Kurgan would behave.
I’d never been, but there is such a strange feeling of loss.
Like the loss of safety, of sanctuary.
Restaurants felt like a safe place.
I like to think even the Kurgan would behave.
a man in a leather jacket is standing in a church with a priest .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is standing in a church with a priest .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A restaurant was just raided close to us.
I’d never been, but there is such a strange feeling of loss.
Like the loss of safety, of sanctuary.
Restaurants felt like a safe place.
I like to think even the Kurgan would behave.
I’d never been, but there is such a strange feeling of loss.
Like the loss of safety, of sanctuary.
Restaurants felt like a safe place.
I like to think even the Kurgan would behave.
I find it hilarious the crowd of “Harvard has moneys!!”
And what? They should distribute it for the good of the people?
Ya can’t advocate that AND capitalism mate.
And what? They should distribute it for the good of the people?
Ya can’t advocate that AND capitalism mate.
You Need To Be Consistent Get It Together GIF
ALT: You Need To Be Consistent Get It Together GIF
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I find it hilarious the crowd of “Harvard has moneys!!”
And what? They should distribute it for the good of the people?
Ya can’t advocate that AND capitalism mate.
And what? They should distribute it for the good of the people?
Ya can’t advocate that AND capitalism mate.
A while back 9yo made a story about a new holiday everyone could celebrate: a birthday for those who did not know their birthday.
She set a date: it’s today.
So, I drove to the store, and we picked up a cake, and we had a birthday for those that don’t.
Happy birthday everyone.
She set a date: it’s today.
So, I drove to the store, and we picked up a cake, and we had a birthday for those that don’t.
Happy birthday everyone.
a birthday cake with lit candles and the words happy birthday on it
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November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A while back 9yo made a story about a new holiday everyone could celebrate: a birthday for those who did not know their birthday.
She set a date: it’s today.
So, I drove to the store, and we picked up a cake, and we had a birthday for those that don’t.
Happy birthday everyone.
She set a date: it’s today.
So, I drove to the store, and we picked up a cake, and we had a birthday for those that don’t.
Happy birthday everyone.
Did 17.2.
I’ll get there.
I’ll get there.
The thing I miss the most about Boston was walking around everywhere. Can’t walk around nearly as much here, and it’s taking a toll.
So this weekend I’m on track to walk 20 miles, and hope to keep that up during the week.
So this weekend I’m on track to walk 20 miles, and hope to keep that up during the week.
a cartoon of spongebob saying delulu with his hands
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November 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Did 17.2.
I’ll get there.
I’ll get there.
The thing I miss the most about Boston was walking around everywhere. Can’t walk around nearly as much here, and it’s taking a toll.
So this weekend I’m on track to walk 20 miles, and hope to keep that up during the week.
So this weekend I’m on track to walk 20 miles, and hope to keep that up during the week.
a cartoon of spongebob saying delulu with his hands
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying delulu with his hands
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November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The thing I miss the most about Boston was walking around everywhere. Can’t walk around nearly as much here, and it’s taking a toll.
So this weekend I’m on track to walk 20 miles, and hope to keep that up during the week.
So this weekend I’m on track to walk 20 miles, and hope to keep that up during the week.
Hey mushroom people (Eheh) what is this?
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hey mushroom people (Eheh) what is this?