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Mike Yassa

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · May 6

DEI is under fire… but may be we need something better. I spent five years as a diversity officer in academia and this is what I’ve learned. Read my take at @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Confessions of a Reformed DEI Officer (opinion)

We need to distinguish between good DEI and bad DEI, Michael A. Yassa writes.

www.insidehighered.com

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Tallie Z Baram @talliezee.bsky.social · 14d

Published! to NAIL human paraventricular thalamus, we imaged & aligned postmortem human thalamus labeled c calretinin. Finally a gold standard allowing mouse, rat human comparisons onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social @flagel-lab.bsky.social @mikeyassa.bsky.social l

A Combined Neuroanatomy, Ex Vivo Imaging, and Immunohistochemistry Defined MRI Mask for the Human Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus

Existing definitions of the human paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) differ between histological and MRI atlases; this study addresses this conflict by leveraging MRI and histology in the ...

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you Nicole. I was definitely channeling your thinking as I was writing it. Loved your weather analogy for this. www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Is the brain uncontrollable, like the weather?

The brain may be chaotic. Does that mean our efforts to control it are doomed?

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · Jun 16

Curing Alzheimer’s disease requires a radically different approach. Read my latest piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jun 16

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways, writes @mikeyassa.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Everything, everywhere, all at once: Inside the chaos of Alzheimer’s disease

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 5

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Tallie Z Baram @talliezee.bsky.social · May 9

Gary lynch rocking a huge crowd talking about th 50 years of LTP @cnlm.bsky.social @serenadudette.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social
@mikeyassa.bsky.social 🧪🧠 #memory @franklandlab.bsky.social

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · May 8

UC Irvine CNLM spring meeting fully in session! Celebrating decades of work on synaptic plasticity: From Molecules to Memory @ucirvine.bsky.social

Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · May 6

The brilliant artwork by @neurobatool.bsky.social

Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · May 6

Loved seeing my brain artwork on thank you cards by the #Yassalab to their BEACoN study participants! Thanks @mikeyassa.bsky.social and #Liv for making this happen! ☺️

Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · May 6

Confessions of a Reformed DEI Officer (opinion)

We need to distinguish between good DEI and bad DEI, Michael A. Yassa writes.

www.insidehighered.com

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Dec 7

Ecstatic to receive my PhD today!! So incredibly thankful to my PI @mikeyassa.bsky.social for all his encouragement in growing my scientific career and endeavors. Also thankful to family, friends, and other mentors/collaborators! 😍🧠🎉
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