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Very excited and proud to share this preprint from AMAZING scientist Shiyi Wang and colleagues, pinpointing a novel role for an astrocytic mechanism in Parkinson's Disease (PD) pathogenesis. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🧵📢 We need to retain talented postdocs in academic science. I'm happy to say that HHMI has taken a big step forward this week. $70,000 That's the new starting minimum salary for all postdocs employed in HHMI labs hhmi.org/sites/default/… (1/4)

Please spread the word: we're hiring! We're recruiting a research technician to join our team and study astrocyte cell biology in the supportive environment of the UNC Neuroscience Center. See the job posting for more details: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/254031

📢Thinking about applying to STEM grad programs this Fall? Sign-ups open soon for our grad school applicant mentorship program!!! #GSMI2023 Register to attend our open house & learn about how we can support your journey applying to grad school!! 🚀👏✨ eventbrite.com/e/gsmi-open-ho…

Are you about to start a STEM grad program?🧪 Científico Latino’s GSEC program (Grad Student Engagement & Community) is now OPEN to the public! cientificolatino.com/gsec 1st year grad students & mentors – apply by May 20! 🧵 1/5

Very proud and excited to have this beast set free. Please check out all of the incredible work our peers and colleagues have done this past year! And a huge thank you to @Dr_of_Diversity for her guidance and patience in dealing with my ridiculous ideas!

Super proud of my undergraduate students who presented their first research posters yesterday at #gliacamp2023! I am very lucky to get to mentor these brilliant young scientists 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬

Applying to STEM grad programs? Know someone who is? 🎓 Sign ups are ✨OPEN✨ for #GSMI2023!🤩 The GSMI program supports applicants from minoritized backgrounds through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, & more! Applications due 6/15 cientificolatino.com/gsmi MORE INFO in 🧵 1/

Big CONGRATS to Científico Latino #GSEC director @Vale_Tornini on her position UCLA !!!!!! 🎉💖🪩🥳 GSEC is our first-year grad student mentorship program!! If you're starting grad school this fall, or would like to be a mentor, sign up here! ⬇️ cientificolatino.com/gsec

Congratulations to Cagla Eroglu, professor of Duke Department of Cell Biology and Duke Neurobiology. She studies the development of synaptic connectivity in the mammalian brain. Her focus has been on how glial cells called astrocytes affect synaptogenesis. Cagla Eroglu

Online today! Isolate mitochondria from your cell type of interest by using the MitoTag mouse model. Many thanks to all authors from the Perocchi & Misgeld labs for making this protocol possible. nature.com/articles/s4159…

🎉Happy Gilliam Day! 🎉We’re excited to announce the 50 new #GilliamFellows and their advisers who are committed to advancing equity and inclusion in science. hhmi.news/3rKsRPv

Out now in Cell! doi.org/10.1016/j.cell… Historically marginalized student representation drastically drops from undergrad to grad school. Are underrepresented students unqualified? Or are grad school admissions unnecessarily confusing, costly, & gatekeeping? 1/🧵

How do astrocytes identify their neuronal partners during cortical development? In my doctoral work in Cagla Eroglu lab, I show that δ-catenin controls astrocyte morphogenesis via layer-specific astrocyte-neuron cadherin interactions: rupress.org/jcb/article/22… (🧵⬇️)

See my tweet about this if you want the TLDR!

I am incredibly proud of this beautiful paper by the amazing Christabel Tan, PhD! In her Ph.D. studies, using the developing mouse cortex as her model, Christabel identified that a Cadherin-based neuronal cell adhesion code instructs astrocytes to arborize in a layer-specific manner...

Hot preprint alert!!! Please check out our study led by the amazing Pia Rodriguez on how mitochondrial fission regulates astrocyte morphogenesis! Unexpected findings linking astrocyte mitochondria to tiling and gap junction coupling!!! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…