For anyone attending the Alzheimer's Association® International Conference #AAIC2026 in London, we have a lot of new work to share. Feel free to stop by our lab posters and talks. #Alz

I am recruiting an exceptional postdoc to join my lab at UC Irvine. Must be a productive researcher with experience in functional neuroimaging, network neuroscience, AI/ML, who is interested in aging, neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative illness. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

It felt like the right time for a reminder. This is based on an older interview but almost too relevant today. “On Failure and “Pathological Persistence” in Science“ by Michael Yassa on Medium: medium.com/@myassa_6289...

On Failure and “Pathological Persistence” in Science

If you look at a CV, academic life can appear very linear. Degrees lead to positions. Grants lead to papers. Papers lead to promotions…

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If you’re a scientist and you’ve ever opened a blank doc to start a paper and immediately regretted your life choices, you’re not alone. Here's my method. Read "Slot-Based Writing: The Cure for Scientific Paper Paralysis" on Medium medium.com/@myassa_6289...

Slot-Based Writing: The Cure for Scientific Paper Paralysis

If you’re a scientist and you’ve ever opened a blank doc to start a paper and immediately regretted your life choices, you’re not alone…

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#ACNP2026 - Wednesday afternoon @biancaleonard.bsky.social will present a computational model-driven motivational conflict challenge that identifies novel, *opposing* influences of early-life unpredictability and anhedonia @mikeyassa.bsky.social @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social @malejandra.bsky.social

Incandescently happy to spend an evening with friends and colleagues at @ucirvine.bsky.social & the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory for the 2026 Barclay Lecture. @mikeyassa.bsky.social, it's an honor. Join us Jan 28. Registration: cnlm.uci.edu/emilyjacobs/ @ucsb.bsky.social

How do brains manage it? For a long while, the hippocampus has been known to be involved (thanks to @brockkirwan.com, @mikeyassa.bsky.social and others) - eg individuals with hippocampal damage are impaired at tasks like the Brady task. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... /3

Landed at #SfN and we have lots of fun new results to share. See below for Yassalab poster presentations. If you want to talk #Alzheimers or #mentalhealth come chat with us. #SfN25 #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Dana M. Parker, Michael A. Yassa, et al: NODDI-derived measures of microstructural integrity in medial temporal lobe white matter pathways are associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Published! to NAIL human paraventricular thalamus, we imaged & aligned postmortem human thalamus labeled c calretinin. Finally a gold standard allowing mouse, rat human comparisons onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social @flagel-lab.bsky.social @mikeyassa.bsky.social l

A Combined Neuroanatomy, Ex Vivo Imaging, and Immunohistochemistry Defined MRI Mask for the Human Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus

Existing definitions of the human paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) differ between histological and MRI atlases; this study addresses this conflict by leveraging MRI and histology in the ...

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Curing Alzheimer’s disease requires a radically different approach. Read my latest piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways, writes @mikeyassa.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/alzheimers-d...

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Gary lynch rocking a huge crowd talking about th 50 years of LTP @cnlm.bsky.social @serenadudette.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @mikeyassa.bsky.social 🧪🧠 #memory @franklandlab.bsky.social

UC Irvine CNLM spring meeting fully in session! Celebrating decades of work on synaptic plasticity: From Molecules to Memory @ucirvine.bsky.social

The brilliant artwork by @neurobatool.bsky.social

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Loved seeing my brain artwork on thank you cards by the #Yassalab to their BEACoN study participants! Thanks @mikeyassa.bsky.social and #Liv for making this happen! ☺️

DEI is under fire… but may be we need something better. I spent five years as a diversity officer in academia and this is what I’ve learned. Read my take at @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Confessions of a Reformed DEI Officer (opinion)

We need to distinguish between good DEI and bad DEI, Michael A. Yassa writes.

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Ecstatic to receive my PhD today!! So incredibly thankful to my PI @mikeyassa.bsky.social for all his encouragement in growing my scientific career and endeavors. Also thankful to family, friends, and other mentors/collaborators! 😍🧠🎉 @elizabethhead.bsky.social @chrastil.bsky.social