Neuroscientist & glia enthusiast; Instructor @SchaferLabUMCMS @UMassChan | PhD @HopkinsNeuro he/him
Worcester, MA
Joined July 2018
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Applications are now open for our 2027 Fellows-to-Faculty Award! This program helps early-career neuroscientists and autism researchers transition into tenure-track faculty positions through funding, career development & mentorship.
Read more and apply: bit.ly/4ihxzMd
#science #neuroscience
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A new study of congenital epilepsy found that depressive psychiatric symptoms—but not seizures—are caused by antioxidant imbalance in brain-supporting astrocyte cells and reduced neuronal activity. @TravisFaust2 scim.ag/4bkFzs5
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A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, published in @CellCellPress explains how different cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to the connections between neurons: direc.to/nJHE @SchaferLabUMass @TravisFaust2
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Now online! Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling dlvr.it/TN1NQ3
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Faust, Brenner et al. @BrighamWomens @harvardmed show that type I IFN signaling contributes to #arthritis pathogenesis in obesity through activation and expansion of CD8 T cells in visceral adipose tissue and synovium. hubs.la/Q03w2B-S0
#Autoimmunity
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Have you ever wondered how homeostasis is maintained in human synovial tissue? Read our paper describing how fat helps maintain homeostasis through the activation of cortisol! This circuit is disrupted in arthritis, leading to fibroblast dysfunction: rdcu.be/d0c26
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Please RT: We are hiring! Apply to join the exciting research going on @DukeCellBiology! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…
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Going to @SfNtweets #SfN2024 in Chicago? Come to our GLIA+NEUROIMMUNE social MON 10/07!
@stevens1lab & I will be there, along with @SchaferLabUMass, @KlausNave, @Harwell_Lab, @rolls_asya, @jonykipnis, @michael_heneka, @ErinMGibson.
rumors of @Dr_Oligo's 2024 afterparty are true!
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📢Glia trainees! Applications for the #GliaGRS are open! Please spread the word and submit your abstract early since it usually oversubscribes. @MartinaChiacch2 and I are very excited to see you all there!
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🚨 Neuroscience job alert!! UVA Biology is hiring multiple TT faculty in Neuroscience (circuitry, glia, behavioral genetics, etc.). If you're looking for a vibrant scientific community with wonderful colleagues then check it out!
Please share/rt!
apply.interfolio.com/153064
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The University of Notre Dame is hiring a cluster of 5 new Assistant Professors in Neuroscience starting this year, focused on cellular, molecular, or computational neurobiology.
Come be a colleague! More information here:
apply.interfolio.com/152596
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Happy to share our lab’s recent review in Current Opinion Neurobiology on “Microglial phagocytic mechanisms: Development informing disease”. Special Thanks to @becca_beiter and @patwsheehan in the lab @NeurobioUMass for their hard work on this piece:
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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My final paper from my PhD with @ErikMusiek is now on biorxiv! We asked if microglia and astrocytes have the ability to change which genes are expressed in rhythmic manner during Alzheimer's pathology and during normal aging. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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A proud day for the lab and @NeurobioUMass as @FeinbergPA graduates with his MD/PhD and received the prestigious Provost’s award for his excellence as a physician scientist. I could not be happier and look forward to all Of Philip’s future successes @UMassChan!
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Congratulations to Patrick Sheehan @patwsheehan in my lab @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan for his Marian Kies award from @ASNeurochem for his outstanding graduate work in @ErikMusiek lab. Well deserved and many great things for Pat ahead! Also congrats to other awardees.
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Congratulations to Schafer Lab postdoc, Rebecca Beiter, on receiving a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship. umassmed.edu/news/news-archi… @UMassChan @SchaferLabUMass
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***Job Openings*** in the Hayes Lab at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center! @OUHSC_GPiBS
1. The Lab website is live! hayes-lab.github.io/
2. Find the job postings here! ou.taleo.net/careersection/2…
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Final version of this is out now @NatureComms! Quick recap: we used miRNA targeting to generate AAVs with improved astrocyte specificity nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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**PLEASE RT**
Two sleeps until the glia social. Details below!
Did you know @cshlmeetings Glia is the largest meeting at CSHL?
Let's make the @SfNtweets #SfN2023 Glia social the biggest social of the meeting!
@SfNtweets #Glia
**PLEASE RT**
Don't forget the #SfN2023 Neuron-Glia Interactions Social
WHEN: Monday NOV 13, 645-854pm
WHERE: Westin (formerly Renaissance – 999 9th St.) - River Birch
come see friends new & old, & maybe learn about the secret after party from @Dr_Oligo :-P
