ICYMI: Implications for protecting against cognitive impairment following head injury👇
doi.org/10.1172/JCI1...

@castro-gomez.bsky.social & team find the inflammasome adaptor ASC drives long-lasting brain inflammation and cognitive problems after mild head injury in a closed-head injury model

Our latest article has just been published in its final printed version—a great reason to celebrate with the entire NeuroImmunity Group! 🎉

Read the article here: lnkd.in/dap2F3pb
🧠 ASC promotes sustained neuroinflammation and mild cognitive impairment in a closed-head injury model

Proud to share the first original experimental study from my junior group! Grateful to @TaoLi, our mentors @michael_heneka
and @valentinstein, for their invaluable guidance.
🧠 @jci.org: ASC, neuroinflammation, and cognitive impairment in CHI
📷 jci.org/articles/vie...

Was bedeuten Trumps Kürzungen in der Wissenschaft? Trumps Regierung kürzt Mittel an allen Ecken und Enden. Wir zoomen rein und fragen, was die Kürzungen bei NOAA, der Wetter- und Ozeanografiebehörde bedeuten. Und: Warum Bäume ihre Blätter oft bis im F...

🧠🛑 Stoppt die Hirnpolizei! (13:55) I was thrilled to contribute to this insightful scientific podcast on SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. It’s a pleasure to share our research, which helps deepen our understanding of the brain’s immune system. @immunosens.bsky.social
www.srf.ch/audio/wissen...

ASC contributes to sustained glial reactivity and mild cognitive impairment after closed-head injury www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06....

Thrilled to be part of this amazing journey! 🙌 Hurray indeed! @dfg.de has just approved funding for ImmunoSensation3 🎉 Focused on Immune Diversity, we're set for 7 more years of cutting-edge #immunology in #Bonn! Let’s go! 💥 #ImmunoSensation #science

The abstract submission deadline for the 8th Venusberg Meeting on Neuroinflammation has been extended until 24 March!
neuroinflammation.uni.lu

Propagation of neuronal micronuclei regulates microglial characteristics - Nature Neuroscience Neuronal micronuclei are transferred to microglia during the early postnatal period, which leads to altered microglial morphology and transcriptomic signatures, suggesting that these micronuclei may a...

Propagation of #neuronal micronuclei regulates #microglial characteristics.
Another great mechanism regulating #neuroimmune interactions!
#neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is excellent. Nicely distills lots of things that have been swirling round my head. Thank you @labliston.bsky.social & @deefitzgerald.bsky.social for this

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease - Nature Reviews Immunology This Review provides an in-depth examination of how inflammation contributes to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease. The authors explore the impact of extrinsic factors, such as brain trauma, diet ...

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease: rdcu.be/d4yqI
I feel very privileged to have contributed to this excellent review led by Prof. Michael Heneka together with other leading experts in the field.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...