3 papers in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social today exploring the mechanistic connection between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis #MultipleSclerosis cell.com/cell/fulltex... cell.com/cell/fulltex... www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Andrew Mendiola
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Assistant Professor, UCSD School of Medicine We study brain Immunology and how innate immunity drives inflammation in multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s. Mendiolalab.com
WE ARE HIRING! The Smyth Lab at Monash University is looking for a postdoc to join our team! Come join us if you are excited about neuroimmunology and the meninges. 📍 Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 Apply now: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... #Neuroimmunology #Meninges #PostdocJobs
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Agency declines to reappoint Walter Koroshetz, who has led NINDS since 2015
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7mo agoMore on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...
Our latest collaboration with @jkpritch.bsky.social – led by joint post-doc Mineto Ota – is in @nature.com today: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am very grateful for Steve's leadership and excited to step into this new role! www.neuro.duke.edu/news/lisberg...
Lisberger to step down as department chair; Bilbo named interim leader
Stephen Lisberger, PhD, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology, will step down from his role as
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NIH grant applicants: October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-005: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities NOT-OD-26-005. NIH
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions. What follows is my personal perspective. 1/41
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Applications are open for the 2026 Zara Weinberg cohort of Leading Edge, named in honor of the incredible, brilliant, fearless @weinberz.witchlab.org. The LE community has been truly transformative for my scientific journey and my happiness. Please apply!! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
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Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.
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Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
Excited to share some research highlights today during the neuroimmune sessions at KAI2025, beautiful day in Incheon, Korea
Very pleased to publish this new review with Farah Wahbeh on the role of #EBV in #Multiplesclerosis. I learned a lot writing this, I hope others find it useful too www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
Epstein-Barr Virus in Multiple Sclerosis | Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a very common herpesvirus that infects more than 90% of the general population. Epidemiologic data indicate that EBV is a requisite risk factor for the development of multi...
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A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H. The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).
Ian L Morgan@ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 11mo agoHouse LHHC bill is out. Lots of hits to HHS, but the top line number for NIH is 1% decrease, mostly due to cuts ARPA-H. This seems like a huge rejection of the president's budget request.
Honored to receive an @alzassociation.bsky.social Research Grant for my project “Role of APOE4-driven microglial mitochondrial dysfunction”. Excited to advance our research on APOE4, neurovascular inflammation, and microglial metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease. Grateful to be #ALZFunded !!
#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @cp-cell.bsky.social! With @danielboehmer.bsky.social, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...
This is so frustrating. In 2018 I remember thinking how this paper would transform my work since we were already looking at mitophagy. I have cited this paper in 3 of my papers between 2018-2020 and probably every grant application. This guy won a 2021 breakthrough prize in part because of this work
I have NIGMS R35, impact score 12 NIHGRI R21, 4th percentile NHGRI R01, 7th percentile (co-I) and it seems like none will be funded. 0/3. PO (who has been very helpful) said "Unfortunately, I do not expect this application will be selected for funding in FY25." 😭
Delighted to share this perspective piece by Lewis Yu on microbial regulation of serotonin and neuroimmune interactions. Looking forward to sharing more on this topic soon 🤞 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Microbial regulation of serotonin and neuroimmune interactions
Bidirectional communication between the gut microbiota and neuroimmune system is essential during host–microbiome interactions. Recent research has be…
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Managed to track down some texas-style bbq in san diego. Gathered the lab to celebrate their accomplishments and keep building our amazing community!
The numbers of women in science falls substantially at the transition from postdoc to independent investigator/ PI So what can we do to prevent this? One initiative we now organise annually at #EACR is the highly successful 'Women in Leadership' workshop ⏬ #WomenInScience 🧪 @helloeacr.bsky.social
The EACR’s Women in Leadership workshop returns for 2025 - The Cancer Researcher
Ahead of the EACR 2025 Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, the EACR once again hosted its popular Women in Leadership Workshop on 16 June 2025. The event brought together 26 early-career female cancer resea...
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200 days in, checking in on HHMI funding opportunities: Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program - not accepting applications Gilliam Fellows Program - not accepting applications Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program - not accepting applications Investigator Program - not accepting applications
Ran Blekhman@blekhman.bsky.social · last yr.This is not some small foundation -- HHMI has a $24 billion endowment. It is the world's 2nd richest biomedical research foundation. If any funder can double down on their support for science right now, it's HHMI. But they are doing the opposite.
Just to give the TL;DR on this one: *The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · 12mo agoThis is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read. And that's saying a lot. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Thrilled to share that I received the NoA for my first R01 “Mechanisms of pathogenic microglial populations in CNS inflammation”. Major milestone for the Lab. Extremely grateful for SS/SRO, PO and everyone else at NINDS for their continued support. Photo of my lab, wife and son, celebrating!
RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis by chemically caging acp3U. Excited to report this work lead by Vinnie @vinnieviruses.bsky.social and in collaboration with @vijayrathinam.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We need a new microscope objective. A $1.6k tariff for something that you can hold in your hand and that is only manufactured in Germany
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Great review on "Alzheimer’s disease and vascular biology – A focus on the procoagulant state"
