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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations Dr Al-Naama!! So proud of my first PhD mentee and all she’s achieved.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29d

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Sep 7

🧪🧠 #neuroscience

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Sep 7

Super proud of Njoud and her PhD thesis work.
Here she demonstrates that mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the earliest defects in DRPLA-patient derived neurons. Furthermore, neurodegeneration and ROS accumulation can be rescued with phenylbutyrate treatment.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Mitochondrial dysfunction precedes neurodegeneration in DRPLA patient-derived neurons, and phenylbutyrate improves survival.

Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a progressive autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the ATN1 gene, which encodes the transcriptional corepre...

www.biorxiv.org

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Might have to update my website with this image….🧠🧪

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Paper submitted! It’s just the beginning but super grateful to all our co-authors🤞🏻🧠⚡️🧪

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Jun 21

Enjoyed my time at the @foxp1foundation.bsky.social meeting in the Netherlands. So great to see lots of exciting #FOXP1 related research and meet so many inspiring parents 🦊🧪

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Jun 7

Know any great developmental neurobiologists looking for a post doc position?
Are you looking for an adventure with cerebral organoids in New York City?
We are looking for an enthusiastic new team member!
Feel free to DM or email me 🧪 🧠 🍎
#science #neurodev #neurobiology #neuroscience #devbio

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy to contribute to this methods paper from our collaborators at University of Michigan - it was an exciting day when vitrified cerebral organoids arrived! 🧪 🧠 👩‍🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Cryopreservation of Human Cortical Organoids Using Vitrification

Cryopreservation at ultra-low temperatures is a valuable tool for preserving cells and tissues used in research. However, few protocols exist for the preservation of brain organoid models. Current met...

www.biorxiv.org

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Apr 9

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/health/nobel-laureate-research-funding-patapoutian/index.html

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 28

#fluorescencefriday 🧪🧠🧫😍 I ❤️ neural stem cells

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 26

Can finally breathe and celebrate that my R01 application has been funded! 🧪🧠🥳 #GLUT1 #neurobiology

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 11

Excited to see the latest preprint from the Badhuri lab at UCLA 🧠🧫🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Metabolic Atlas of Early Human Cortex Identifies Regulators of Cell Fate Transitions

Characterization of cell type emergence during human cortical development, which enables unique human cognition, has focused primarily on anatomical and transcriptional characterizations. Metabolic pr...

www.biorxiv.org

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 8

Always had a strong squad of #womeninSTEM for support and friendship @emmanning.bsky.social @kchinnaiya.bsky.social Pam Ellis, Katherine Jeays-Ward, Marysia Placzek. Inspiring, encouraging and life long mentorship

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women's Day!
Science is a team sport and I'm so thankful to be part of such a strong squad of #womeninSTEM
@suprajagv.bsky.social @madelineandrews.bsky.social @jennkong.bsky.social @katrinaladams.bsky.social 🧪💪👩‍🔬🦄

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 8

Fab new study on #FOXP1 and its role during cortical development from Gena Konopka and her team 🧪🧠🦊👏

Cell-type-specific roles of FOXP1 in the excitatory neuronal lineage during early neocortical murine development

Ortiz et al. leverage mice with loss of FOXP1 in their cortical progenitors. Detailed cell-type-specific genomic and epigenetic alterations are described, with key findings in progenitors related to a...

www.cell.com

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Mar 4

Do you think it’s more in response to this? www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...

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Ashley Ingiosi @ashleyingiosi.bsky.social · Mar 2

Try this 👇 to access era commons, and view the rest of the thread for access solutions to PubMed, etc.

Raphael Wimmer @raphaelwimmer.bsky.social · Mar 2

Add to hosts file:

128.231.210.88 public.era.nih.gov
128.231.210.105 www.era.nih.gov

Or alternatively, just set the nameserver your computer is using to 1.0.0.1 (Cloudflare's nameserver still correctly resolves nih.gov domains).

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the ...

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Herman Wong @hermanywong.bsky.social · Feb 11

Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds

Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Jan 30

New cover slide for work in progress talk tomorrow #devbio #neuroscience 🧪🧠🌈

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Jan 27

An actual #microscopymonday in action! Beautiful #organoids packed full of neurons #neurobiology #neurodev 😍🧠🧪

Microscopy image of an organoid on a computer screen

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Jan 10

We are hiring! Looking for a research technician to join our team, preferably with some wet lab experience but not necessary. We welcome anyone with a willingness to learn! Applications can be submitted through jobs.weill.cornell.edu/job-invite/9...

Research Technician I

jobs.weill.cornell.edu

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Dec 29

Have some reading to do! Thanks @trayon.bsky.social for this list!

Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · Dec 29

A selection of papers in 2024 associated with developmental timing & mammalian pausing.
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#EvoDevoTempo

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Dec 11

Super happy to receive an R03 from the NIMH to continue our work on FOXP1 and further our understanding of its role during brain development 🧪🧠🦊

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Pearson Lab @capearson.bsky.social · Dec 11

It seems like there are so many journals that will accept reviews from another journal now it might be worth doing that - especially after a year!

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