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Thinakaran.bsky.social

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Molecular pathologist and cell biologist engaged in Alzheimer's disease research, amateur wanna-be chef, Professor of Molecular Medicine, and CEO of Byrd Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute at the Univ of South Florida, Tampa www.thinakaranlab.org

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Thinakaran.bsky.social @thinakaran.bsky.social · Sep 4

Read our recent paper in #Nature: PICALM #Alzheimers risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in #microglia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Awesome collaboration with Prof. Jubao Duan at Endeavor Health Research Inst and the Univ of Chicago
@usf-research.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social

PICALM Alzheimer’s risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in microglia - Nature

A PICALM allele associated with increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease has a microglial-specific role in lipid droplet accumulation.

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Thinakaran.bsky.social @thinakaran.bsky.social · Jan 18

Want to live and work in a fantastic place? Come to Tampa! #PostDocOpportunity in the Thinakaran Lab at Byrd Institute. Apply spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, and a lot more to explore the mechanisms of genetic risk factors in AD.
#neuroscience @USFHealth @jobRxiv @PostDocsForum Please RT.

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