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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 18d

Check out these and other tools from the @alleninstitute.org and follow the tags #OpenScienceWeek and #ScienceForAll to see other resources! #openscience

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 18d

I use these tools to ensure I know where in the brain I’m getting images from, since the brain is different from front to back and from top to bottom 🤯 with different regions contributing to specific functions.

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 18d

🧠 Celebrating #OpenScienceWeek, by highlighting my favorite (and my most used!) open science tools from the Allen Institute 🐭🧠🌐 @alleninstitute.org

#neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Jul 8

Full house tonight for @carlbergstrom.com + Kevin Gross at Smarty Pints talk in @burkebrewing.bsky.social !
Lots of great Qs from crowd.
#research #academics #mistrust
@sufsseattle.bsky.social
Enjoyed with @neurochemequeen.bsky.social @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social + @ellenkuwana.bsky.social

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · Jul 8

It was a great night of discussion and brews! 🍻🧬

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jul 1

📣EVENT ALERT!

Join us next Monday, July 7th at 6:30pm PT at Burke-Gilman Brewing Co. in Seattle, WA for a conversation on how science works with @carlbergstrom.com (UW Biology) and Kevin Gross (NCSU Statistics) - and you!

Find the event here & register➡️ zurl.co/nEQAN

@burkebrewing.bsky.social

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West Seattle Indivisible @westseattleindivisible.com · Jun 24

Learn how research today saves lives 10 years from now!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9I...

From Lab Bench to Cure: The Power of Scientific Discovery (“Why Research Matters to YOU!” Part 1)

YouTube video by West Seattle Indivisible

www.youtube.com

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Kenji @elementaleucology.com · Jun 23

Sharing to help folks find each other! There are a lot of people and groups sitting at intersections in this moment that need to be connected so that they can share resources and maximize reach.

If you're disabled and/or in STEM follow this account and resource them to the best of your ability. 🫡

DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · Jun 23

Since the US politics have decided to target DEI spaces, I’ve seen a huge drop of engagement in #DisabledInSTEM

Disabled, disability and accessibility are part of the list of banned words for grants too really really highlights that these identities are being specifically targeted to be silenced.

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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · Jun 23

Since the US politics have decided to target DEI spaces, I’ve seen a huge drop of engagement in #DisabledInSTEM

Disabled, disability and accessibility are part of the list of banned words for grants too really really highlights that these identities are being specifically targeted to be silenced.

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · Jun 20

Congratulations!! 🙌🏼🌱

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · Jun 19

👀👀 😂😂

Also @kimberlybennett.bsky.social !! The HHMI/BBB crew is growing 💪🏼🧠

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Natasha O'Brown @natashaobrown.bsky.social · Jun 18

So excited to share that I am one of the new @hhmi.org freeman hrabowsi scholars with so many other amazing new PIs. Check out the full list here www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI

Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.

www.hhmi.org

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · Jun 19

Ahhhh congratulations! Looking forward to all the cool BBB research this will enable you to continue 🧠 🙌🏼

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · May 18

Why #labs support #research that saves lives. @sufsseattle.bsky.social

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · May 18

Rock star @neurochemequeen.bsky.social spoke up at #Seattle event today. @sufsseattle.bsky.social Support from @nswa.bsky.social

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · May 23

🧠 Publication the article is based on! For all your primary #astrocyte and brain microvascular #endothelial and #pericyte needs: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38992711/

Isolation methods and characterization of primary rat neurovascular cells - PubMed

Neurovascular cells can be isolated through our optimized protocols that minimize cell loss and encourage the adhesion and proliferation of isolated cells. By identifying timepoints of viable glia and...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · May 23

It describes our motivations for writing our methods paper as well as a little sneakpeek into some of our upcoming future work 😉✨

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · May 23

Our recent #BBB publication was featured in this article by @uofwa.bsky.social ChemE - which was highlighted in the "UW Today" News email! 💜 www.cheme.washington.edu/news/article...

Images of astrocytes with the text “a blood-brain barrier research roadmap” underneath

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · May 23

Publication the article is based on! For all your primary astrocyte and brain microvascular endothelial and pericyte needs! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38992711/

Isolation methods and characterization of primary rat neurovascular cells - PubMed

Neurovascular cells can be isolated through our optimized protocols that minimize cell loss and encourage the adhesion and proliferation of isolated cells. By identifying timepoints of viable glia and...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · May 23

It describes our motivations for writing our methods paper as well as a little sneakpeek into some of our upcoming future work 😉✨

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to sharing about why #SCIENCE matters to me and why it should matter to YOU!! 🧬 🥼

5/18 @ the #Seattle waterfront 🌊 🛥️

Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · May 13

I'll be in a booth Sun. (5-18) answering Qs as part of @nswa.bsky.social at the RALLY. Be there, or be a square root. 9-11 a.m. on the overlook. SIGNS, banners. Tell me you are coming! 🧪
Thanks @neurochemequeen.bsky.social
@sufsseattle.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience

A cartoon red octopus holds a sign reading "Science for All" on a poster for a rally May 18 from 9-11 a.m. on the Seattle waterfront.

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · Mar 28

A new #FluorescenceFriday for today! ✨🔬🧠

My 1st time assembling a full #BloodBrainBarrier in a #microfluidic device.

🔴 Claudin 5 (endothelial protein)
🟡 ZO-1 (endothelial protein)
🟢 GFAP (astrocytes)
🔵 DAPI (cell nuclei)
🟣 NG2 (pericytes)

#neuroskyence #neuroscience #bbb #microscopy #confocal

A multicolored confocal microscopy image with blood-brain barrier cells in a microfluidic device on a black background. Red colored endothelial cells are in the left channel, green astrocytes, and purple pericytes are in the right channel. The channels are connected by small openings

Confocal microscopy image of endothelial cells highlighting their tight junction proteins in yellow (ZO-1) and red (Claudin 5) on a black background

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · Feb 2

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! ✨

They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try.

So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · Feb 2

Sydney Floryanzia is a neuroengineer & science communicator ✨

As a PhD candidate at UW, @neurochemequeen.bsky.social investigates models for therapeutic particles to cross the Blood-Brain-Barrier to treat brain diseases 🧠

She’s also passionate about making STEM fun for kids to learn💞
#BlackInNeuro

A collage of Sydney Floryanzia (a Black woman with twists) on the left crossing her arms and smiling for a professional photo, and two microscopy images of her research on the right.

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · Feb 2

Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠

The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭

#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social

Dr. Marlin, a Black woman neuroscientist, is smiling proudly in her lab space. She’s wearing a white shirt, simple necklace, small hoop earrings, dark red lipstick and has a beautifully shaved head.

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