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Jason Shepherd
@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social
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🇿🇦🇳🇿🇺🇸Neuroscientist/amateur virologist. Professor, University of Utah. Molecular mechanisms of memory, repurposed transposons, and virus-like intercellular signaling. Personal views. Photography, travel, sports. www.shepherdlab.org
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · Aug 8
Congrats to Sven Bervoets and co-authors for our paper on fly Arc now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social !! This was an awesome collaboration with @thecaronlab.bsky.social’s lab @utah.edu

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lZlk3QW8S...
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 22h
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 1d
#goals
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks. Didn’t know about this!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 6d
WORD
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 7d
If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”

Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close
www.nytimes.com
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 6d
He’s not wrong!
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Liz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social · 6d
"What is happening in this country is happening because science is bad for tyrants, and always has been"
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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 7d
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 6d
AR groups? (Sorry not familiar)
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 6d
Curious on what views you didn’t agree with?
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 7d
Finally had some time to process a few camera shots! This was a magical morning on the #Normandy coast in France...📷 🌄 @sonyalpha.bsky.social
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 9d
lol. Metaphorically..maybe. But no, we got married at snowbird last year.
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 10d
😅
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 10d
Yes sir!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 10d
Anniversary weekend at the place where it started!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 16d
There will prob be a govt shutdown anyway 🤪
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 18d
Some notable OG folks who will attend include Jim McGaugh and Lynn Nadel.
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 19d
Heads up: It will be the 50th anniversary of the Park City Learning and Memory meeting next Jan (8-11th) 2026! We will have special guests, alumni, and historical reflection of the field. We hope you can join us! parkcitywinterconf.org
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 19d
I don’t think even the NIH knows the answer 🤪
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Caitlin Vander Weele, PhD @caitvw.bsky.social · 22d
I was going to write a whole post about all this incredible work with all these amazing scientists and organizations, but I’ll just leave @stellatecomms.bsky.social design sizzle reel here.

It speaks for itself.

youtu.be/x2O7DkpIoCA?...
Stellate Communications Reel
YouTube video by Stellate Communications
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23d
Powerful new article in NYT Magazine on cancer research

[Gift Link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 22d
Picked a good weekend for our annual lab retreat! We all needed it. Escaped to the “Caribbean of the Rockies”…Bear Lake!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 25d
Yay!!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 25d
This was during COVID! I did a OR coast trip and camped/slept in my car. No one was around!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 25d
Current mood. #oregon 📷 🏞️
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 27d
Timeline cleanse 📷 🏞️
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 27d
We are not safe on Utah education campuses. State laws allow open carry guns and our politicians fan the flames of hate and division. The USA will never be a “free” country until something is actually done about gun violence! I fear for where we are heading 😢
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