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Naguib Mechawar

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The bookish neuroscientist ™

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · Nov 15

If you’re wondering whether or not new neurons are generated in the adult human brain, this is your lucky day. Here’s my lab’s most recent paper, precisely on this topic. Kudos to PhD student Sophie Simard and to collaborators Corina Nagy and @nataliematosin.bsky.social.

www.jpn.ca/content/49/5...

Spatial transcriptomic analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the human brain

Background Adult hippocampal neurogenesis has been extensively characterized in rodent models, but its existence in humans remains controversial. We sought to assess the phenomenon in postmortem human...

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 8m

Excellent choice. I'd show you my pile, but I'm not at home. 😂

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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 19m

Congrats!

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 25m

Told you so!

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 23d

Three weeks before the Nobel announcements. Who will win the Nobel in literature this year? I think it will be either László Krasznahorkai or Gerald Murnane.

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 1d

Grazie mille.

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 1d

If Greta wins it, we'll never hear the end of it!

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 1d

** spoiler alert **

I've been in Venice for 24h and, despite all my efforts (I even hired a gardener), still no trace of the Aspern papers. It's as if someone has burned them or something.

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 1d

He mentioned the comfortable house (but not the gondola excursion) in a letter to his wife.

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 1d

Rilke stayed on the second floor of this small house (painted blue at the time) facing the Giudecca canal, during his November 1907 visit to the Venice. The Pensione Romanelli was run by two sisters and, Rilke being Rilke, he rapidly declared his love to one of them, on his knees, in a gondola. 😂

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Monteverdi, my fave (as confirmed by Spotify).

Cappella dei Milanesi, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venezia

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 2d

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 3d

Don't you think Shakespeare is way overdue?

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Nature @nature.com · 3d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 3d

Just sat down in front of the same. Love it.

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 4d

My tailor is swift (and rich).

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 5d

Buona sera

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 5d

My jaw is still on the floor.

𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social · 5d

They still have a lot of reputational damage to recover from after the ridiculous decision to award the prize to Bob Dylan in 2016.
The taint lingers on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWV...

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 7d

Bruce Springsteen

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 7d

Long overdue! Still patiently waiting for the Pléiade edition of his complete works, announced ages ago. He requested new French translations and it's taking an eternity.
But I think that the Nobel will awarded to Krasznahorkai or Murnane.

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 7d

LOL
Poisson d'octobre!

lp.ca/bczCcX?shari...

« Assaut de l’islamisme radical » | Le ministre Roberge appelle à se « réveiller »

Au lendemain du discours de François Legault qui a dénoncé, selon ses mots, « l’assaut de l’islamisme radical », le ministre de la Laïcité, Jean-François Roberge, a appelé mercredi à se réveiller deva...

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!!! But... was it fair for Brain Canada to select you since you're a current leader?

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 9d

Bonne nuit.

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 9d

As you probably know, P&V have their equivalent in French: André Markowicz. I keep trying his translations of Dostoevsky, but I can never read more than 10 pages.

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 9d

Albertine, disparue, was later found in aisle 19 of Balbec's Walmart Supercentre.

Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 11d

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