NeuroWoodworks
@neurowoodworks.bsky.social
Scientist by day, dad^4 + husband + artist by night. I sell my stuff here: www.neurowoodworks.com
I was asked to make small gifts for speakers at a cancer symposium. Do you think that would work? Woods are walnut and cherry. #cancerresearch
Mitochondrion on a block of walnut. I went all out on the sanding to make it super smooth on this one.
I just realized I completely ignored the Bluesky community. It seems all scientists have fled X. Understandable; it is a scary place out there. Anyway, here is a small cherry wood yoga neuron I made. Inspiration from @theneuronfamily.bsky.social
An #astrocyte carved out of a piece of walnut wood and mounted on a big chunk of red oak. This piece is available for purchase!
The awesome might of a raging supercell with a wedge tornado at night in the Nebraska Sandhills, April 27, 2025. #newx
New version of the neuron humming bird. It is composed of 12 independent #neuron cells manually cut out of wood. This piece will be donated to @SfNOttawa for an auction 🇨🇦. The back is bubinga wood. The humming bird is made out of walnut, padauk, maple (obviously 🍁) and cherry woods.
Excited to present my newest piece “Hippocampe neuronal #2”. A seahorse made out of 16 individual neurons manually cut out of various woods: walnut, cherry, padauk and maple. #brain #sciart #science #neurology #art
Excited to present my newest piece “Hippocampe neuronal #2”. A seahorse made out of 16 individual neurons manually cut out of various woods: walnut, cherry, padauk and maple. #brain #sciart #science #neurology #art
Excited to share a new article from the lab, with grateful support from @SanfordResearch and @Dont4getMorgan! frontiersin.org/journals/neu... BPAN is a devastating neurodegenerative #raredisease. Here, we characterize a mouse model mimicking a patient mutation. A thread...
My install at Cornell’s department of natural resources, featuring a ‘rotifer altar’ and an amoeba ‘painting’. Gotta keep busy. #sciart #microscopy #womenartists
Will you be my synaptic partner? 🧠 💕 . Print these valentines at home this year for a unique/nerdy valentine! . Looking forward to seeing more science-y valentines this year! 😄 @neurowoodworks.bsky.social @rqrd-qprn.bsky.social @laurabundesen.bsky.social
Three brain cell sculptures about to travel the US of A. Medium spiny neuron, Purkinje cell and a microglial cell I really like. #sciart
I had tried to replicate this one because it looked so good!
Rick Huganir@rhuganir.bsky.social · 2y agoPreprint of our new manuscript describing the differential enzymatic and structural roles of SYNGAP1. These findings highlight the complex interplay between SYNGAP1 structural and catalytic functions in neuronal physiology and disease. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First brain cell of the year carved out of walnut wood. A microglial cell. It is 18in long and 8in wide.
Another day, another glial cell. This time, #microglia. This is the natural wood color, padauk wood (closeup highlighting the cell body in comments). #biology #art
This is the first time I was asked to make this #astrocyte piece in cherry wood and I really like it. I worked on hard on making smooth curves. #neuro #art.
New preprint, marking a new direction for the lab. This work started with a 7:30 am call with a mom whose daughter was recently diagnosed with a rare disease @Dont4getMorgan #BPAN. We present phenotypes from a new mouse model mimicking a patient mutation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mutation in Wdr45 leads to early motor dysfunction and widespread aberrant axon terminals in a beta-propeller protein associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) patient-inspired mouse model
Beta-propeller Protein Associated Neurodegeneration (BPAN) is a devastating neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease linked to variants in WDR45. Currently, there is no cure or disease alterin...
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