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Anurag Das

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Neuroscience PhD Candidate @ Iowa State University, U.S.A.; Glia, metabolic organelles, circadian/sleep & 🪰 enthusiast. Driven to discover the unknown & generate new knowledge. ChelseaFC 💙

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Jun 25

Preprint for my PhD. Thanks to Dr. Bai for letting me merge my interests in neuroscience with lab focus on peroxisome. We discover unexpectedly cell type specific peroxisomal import in subset of glia under autonomous circadian regulations. Gratitude to Dr. John Vaughen for his support. Thread soon.

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jun 25

Peroxisomal import is circadian in glia and regulates sleep and lipid metabolism https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.23.661129v1

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 14h

I’m extremely honored to be a recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award!

Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, celebrating “scientists with outstanding records of creativity.” His lab will explore how the sense of touch can help build relationships. 🫶🧠💡

See zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/zuckerman-in...

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations Ishmail!

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UMass Chan Medical School @umasschan.bsky.social · 1d

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, in Cell explains how cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to remodel synapses: direc.to/nJHH

Alzheimer’s and ALS patients have synaptic damage.

@travisfaust.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social

UMass Chan scientists show how the non-neuronal brain cells communicate to coordinate rewiring of brain

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, explains how two different cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input.

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations!

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Tim Kenny @timckenny.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thrilled to announce that I will be joining the @mountsinaicvri.bsky.social at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as an Assistant Professor in January! My laboratory will focus on nutrient transport and cellular metabolism in physiology and disease.

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Irfan Lodhi @lodhilab.bsky.social · 21d

Happy to share our new paper in @nature.com led by staff scientist Xuejing Liu. We report identification of a UCP1-independent pathway of brown fat thermogenesis involving ATP-consuming metabolism of BCFA in peroxisomes. #Obesity #T2D
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Travis Faust @travisfaust.bsky.social · 26d

Thrilled to share our new paper @cp-cell.bsky.social:
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling.”

This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and coordination during synapse remodeling.

🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Faust et al., Cell 2025

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations to you & Dori. She had mentioned about the story when I was hosting her at Iowa state earlier this year!

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 26d

Neutral lipid processing in glia is sexually dimorphic and promotes sleep through diacylglycerol catabolism https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.10.674993v1

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · 27d

Amazing video!

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, on being named a finalist for the prestigious Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists! 🎉 He was selected for his groundbreaking research shaping the future of neuroscience and medicine. stemcell.ucsf.edu/news/tomasz-... @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social 🧪 🧠📈

UCSF neuroscientist Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, seated at a bench in his lab.

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations Rupinder!

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · Sep 7

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87

www.nytimes.com

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Sep 4

You’re welcome Rory. Great to hear from you! :) best wishes & good luck for your new beginnings, you’ll be great! 👌🏻😄

Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations Rory! ✨

Rory Coleman @rorycoleman.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am thrilled to announce that I just opened my lab at New York University in @nyucns.bsky.social and Biology! Our work will explore the richness of animal behavior, dissecting the genetic and circuit mechanisms that shape its evolution.

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations Jaeda!

Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 29

Very cute dog Annika!

Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 27

It was inspiring to attend the Changing brain conference. Some brilliant science across the field of neuroscience was on display.Fortunate to have presented my research and discuss it some of the best neuroscientists in USA & Europe. Thanks for the travel support from the organising committee.

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · Aug 26

A phenomenal talk and a fantastic kickstart to our fall gcdb seminar series by @mariadelapax.bsky.social this afternoon!
@iubiology.bsky.social
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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you Shefali. He is just amazing, equally excited. 😄✨

Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 26

For those in Iowa State and in the area, we have a fantastic start to the GDCB departmental seminar for Fall 2025 as we host Prof. Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social from the Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. It is an honor & privilege to host him. ✨

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Abhilasha Joshi, PhD @rhythmicspikes.bsky.social · Aug 25

We are still accepting applications for the #postdoc opportunity in the lab 🕵‍♀️ 🧠

More details 👇
Postdoctoral position: lnkd.in/g4TkRxpM
Research directions: lnkd.in/eV2iMKGf
Our team and philosophy: lnkd.in/eh3nnNgq

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Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 23

I am fine Shefali, good to hear from you! Celebrating your (steps to) success ✨🥂

Anurag Das @anurag721.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations

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DeBerardinis Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center @rjdlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

1/New paper on peroxisome assembly, reporting the detailed mechanism of PEX39, a new peroxin involved in PTS2 protein transport. Fantastic work by ‪@walterwchen.bsky.social‬ and a dream team of collaborators, as explained below. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PEX39 facilitates the peroxisomal import of PTS2-containing proteins - Nature Cell Biology

Chen et al. show that PEX39 cooperates with PEX7 in the peroxisomal import of proteins containing a PTS2 site and uncover an (R/K)PWE motif in PEX39 and PEX13 that binds to PEX7 and facilitates the im...

www.nature.com

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