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Today is my birthday and of course it's #FluorescenceFriday 🔬! My mother was going to come and spend the day with me, but life had other plans💔. If you can, share a photo you took, with a microscope, telescope or cell phone! 100% AI-Free! Microglia🔵 & Neurons🟡 in the hippocampus in the image below!

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

A black hole in the early universe? Sometimes I like to imagine that I operate a telescope, not a microscope 😁. The hole in the middle of the image is actually a blood vessel. The stars are astrocytes🟡 in the human brain, interacting with beta-amyloid🔵. The brain is from a donor with #Alzheimer.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Politics: #COVID is over, the pandemic is over, go live and celebrate! Science: Calm down, there is much more that COVID can do to the body.... Scientists: This is bad, I think we can use COVID-19 as a prototypical disease model for ischaemia injury. 🙄🙄

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

"I would sooner give my children Covid-19 than a McDonald's happy meal." These anti-science people think dying is the only dire consequence of getting #COVID. Later regret their choices and start sending DMs to me and other scientists when their kids develop #LongCovidKids.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

The deadline for submitting abstract for #SfN25 is today!

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Just released. My Nature piece: "Never before has the USA seen such an anti-intellectual, anti-science assault... History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction become sufficiently threatening to individuals or the planet that scientists... rdcu.be/eo3Hb

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

Post 1: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨. When I posted my first position, not surprisingly, I wasn't known as a young PI. Yet I received over 250 applications for that single position. How? 🧵

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Mood.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Calling all chronically ill artists and allies to help @drjogreer.bsky.social with this beautiful project: 'One Red Leaf at a Time', bringing awareness about #ME Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the need for funding for research. More information here: theredtreeandme.substack.com/p/one-red-le...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

In a move that could bring future research on HIV vaccines to a near halt, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases notified researchers today that it will not renew funding next year for two major consortia in the beleaguered field, Science has learned. scim.ag/4jpUm5W

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

I spoke with CNN about why scientists like me are leaving the U.S. 🇺🇸: Your research in virology and #LongCovid is not relevant, and we no longer need you. 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇨🇦: Come work with us, we want you. Read behind the paywall here: dale-confirmation-1.ezihost.net #BrainDrain #SpeakOut

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

Another hallmark of #Alzheimer is misfolded Tau accumulation. Everything in 🟡 in the image below is dying neurons in the human hippocampus, a major region of memory processing. This 🧠 is from a donor with advanced Alzheimer. Healthy neurons in 🔵, Dapi🟣 It's still #FluorescenceFriday in California 😁🔬

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

I moved to the US in 2017. I survived Trump's first government, but I will not stay for the second one. Now your funding can be cut at any time, you can lose your fellowship or have your visa revoked without explanation. Science is already hard, who will want to work in these conditions? #BrainDrain

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

This battle against #COVID vaccines has the sole purpose of undermining science & health. You will never hear a REAL scientist say that they are not safe or extensively tested. Conspiracy theories and pseudoscience are only hindering scientific progress and making more people sick.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Want a #COVID vaccine? Do you live in the U.S and are under 65? It will cost you $200 and might be difficult to get. We will need to monitor the increase in cases of #LongCovid happening in the U.S starting in 2025.💔

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

How this image is #notthecover? It's the coolest one I've seen in a while! All praise to M, our microglia savior, for destroying amyloid and rescuing neurons!

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

The reality of so many suffering with #chronicillness. 😔 "The actress, 52, can trace early symptoms back to her childhood, but claims doctors brushed off the red flags for decades. “It took me 30 years to get an MRI,” Blair said last week. #MultipleSclerosis

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

What about pregnant woman? #COVID infection in pregnancy is shown to impact fetal brain development via maternal and placental immune activation. Several adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes have been reported. #NeuroCovid #LongCovidKids www.cell.com/trends/molec...

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

"Kennedy said in the video announcement that there was no clinical data to support additional shots for healthy children" LIES. Examining more than 386,219 kids and teens, scientists have shown that #COVID vaccine reduces the chances of developing #LongCovid by 20% www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

submitted 12 days ago • 10 comments

I am tired of seeing people who create nothing new removing my name from my images to share them online for likes. It is not okay to do that, even if you mention my name in the text. Just don't do it. That's why we can't have nice things on the internet.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

#MicroscopyMonday

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

More than 75% of 1,608 scientists who responded to a poll were considering leaving the U.S. Other countries sense opportunity: France’s Aix-Marseilles University launched a Safe Place for Science campaign with three years of funding—and got almost 300 applicants for 20 spots. By Michael Fitzgerald.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with #LongCOVID. Important preprint work from our Team Clots: @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and @resiapretorius.bsky.social 👏👏 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

"He is denied therapies, but euthanasia is granted." The reality of millions living with #ChronicIllness #MECFS #LongCovid www.rtl.de/news/tobias-...

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

The brain is so much more than just neurons and their connections. It is a complex balance between neurons, astrocytes, microglia, oligos and more... there are so many different cell types in the brain. All of them together make us who we are, our thoughts, beliefs, hopes and dreams...🧠🔬 #Microscopy

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

How does a white matter lesion look like under the confocal microscope 🤓? You can see a blood vessel going bad in the left corner. These lesions are often associated with age and cardiovascular risk factors, but can also be found in young adults. Neurons🔵, astrocytes🔴, microglia🟡 #FluorescenceFriday

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Intravenous #SARSCoV2 Spike protein induces neuroinflammation and alpha-synuclein accumulation in brain regions relevant to Parkinson’s disease #NeuroCovid #LongCovid www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Trump just revoked the ability for foreign students to enroll at Harvard. Every foreign student, which is in the thousands, enrolled for next year at Harvard will not be able to continue studying if this isn't challenged in court. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

submitted 17 days ago • 76 comments

Apparently existing foreign students at Harvard MUST transfer according to the Trump administration. My Harvard neuroscience/connectomics peeps: If this impacts any of you (faculty/students), get in touch with me and we can chat about how I can help you.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Want to check your grant application to see if it contains any of the federal "forbidden" words, tally them, & catch where they're located? Try Dr. Sean Mullen's free ScanAssist app! tinyurl.com/scanassist Scanned my recent grant & found 1,750 forbidden words! 🤣 #censorship

submitted 19 days ago • 12 comments

After three years of intensive negotiations, the World Health Organization on Tuesday adopted the world’s first agreement on how to cooperate and respond to future pandemics — without the support of the United States.

submitted 19 days ago • 157 comments

Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine. It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions. The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

submitted 19 days ago • 234 comments