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thinakaran.bsky.social
Thinakaran.bsky.social
@thinakaran.bsky.social
Molecular pathologist and cell biologist engaged in Alzheimer's disease research, amateur wanna-be chef, Professor of Molecular Medicine, and CEO of Byrd Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute at the Univ of South Florida, Tampa
www.thinakaranlab.org
Read our recent paper in #Nature: PICALM #Alzheimers risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in #microglia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Awesome collaboration with Prof. Jubao Duan at Endeavor Health Research Inst and the Univ of Chicago
@usf-research.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social
PICALM Alzheimer’s risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in microglia - Nature
A PICALM allele associated with increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease has a microglial-specific role in lipid droplet accumulation.
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Want to live and work in a fantastic place? Come to Tampa! #PostDocOpportunity in the Thinakaran Lab at Byrd Institute. Apply spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, and a lot more to explore the mechanisms of genetic risk factors in AD.
#neuroscience @USFHealth @jobRxiv @PostDocsForum Please RT.
January 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM