Another stunning image from the Art of the Brain! In the Zhou Lab's Anurupa Ghosh's "Attack the Plaque", we see phagocytosis of #Amyloid-beta plaques (red) by #Microglia (pink) with the help of #Astrocytes (Green)! VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 17 👉 Most 💗s wins!

Madeline Cheshire's art leverages her experience with brain imaging to exquisitely communicate the beauty of #Neuroanatomy. Her #ArtoftheBrain submission, "Hecate Anatome", is an ink & watercolor triptych on paper, three anatomical drawings of the brain. VOTE for Image # 16 👉 Most 💕s wins!

The Bond Lab's Alison Salinas' image, "Lonely Neural Stem Cell", is a single neural stem cell in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. These cells serve as the primary source of lifelong neurogenesis. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 5👉Most 💙s wins!

Thank you to Juliette, the owner of this brain. The Beck Lab's Madeline Cheshire's #CallforImages submission, "Juliette", is an artistic representation of a brain MRI, created using ink, marker, and oil pastel on paper. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 4 👉 Most 💕s wins!

Much like a sun at the center of a solar system, mitochondria w/in microglia radiate outward, fueling brain's primary immune responders. Swagata Dey's image captures "Source of Power" at a cellular level, where biological energy takes on form of a celestial event. #ArtoftheBrain #15 👉 Most 💛💙s wins!

In Swagata Dey's "The Garden of Forgetfulness", Aβ plaques bloom like toxic flowers in a neural landscape of an #Alzheimers brain while a dense thicket of glial cells attempts to contain the "overgrowth" in a biological valley where memory begins to fade. VOTE NOW #ArtoftheBrain # 14 👉 Most 🧡s wins!

In Maria Gabriela Parra Riveros' & Yousaf Ali's "Autoimmunity", we see #SystemicLupusErythematosus refracted thru two chromatic interpretations (💙 normal & ❤️ inflamed). The piece reflects the paradox of autoimmunity. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 13 👉 Most ❤️💙s wins!

With a nod to the ideal of precision medicine, @kg-retallick.bsky.social's "Genesis" asks when & how human consciousness forms & how can we connect a "snap shot" of brain function, single cell networks, to the complexity of what it is to be "human"! VOTE for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 12 👉 Most 💕s wins!

Many of today's youth are under the misconception that #cannabis is not addictive, but the truth is, it can be.

I spoke with Impact Parents about empowering youth to understand the effects of cannabis use on their brains and health 🧠 ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wZu...

Natalie Suhy's beautiful image, "Patient Stem Cell-Derived #BloodBrainBarrier In A Dish", is so much deeper. In the @joelwblanchard.bsky.social Lab, the 3-D model allows Natalie to study genetic drivers of #Alzheimers pathology in human tissue. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 11 👉 Most 💝s wins!

More from the Art of the Brain🧠! The @paulkennyphd.bsky.social Lab's Dr. Dina Vázquez Carrillo's intense image, "The Universe of the Brain", shows that we do not just live in the universe... we contain a universe as well! VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 10 👉 Most 💝s wins!

This image, by the Roussos Lab's Sarah Murphy, is of the human choroid plexus, a brain structure responsible for producing #CerebrospinalFluid. This area of choroid plexus has multiple vessels that look to be in motion, reminiscent of maelstrom whirlpools. VOTE NOW #ArtoftheBrain # 9 👉 Most ❤️s wins!

Similar to galaxies, the brain remains vastly unexplored. Traveling thru "Galaxies" w/ Neuropathology Brain Bank's Dr. Claudia De Sanctis & Victoria Flores Almazan, we encounter small, solar-like structures, #LewyBodies, hidden deep w/in neurons. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 8👉 Most
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The Neuropathology Brain Bank's Claudia De Sanctis' image, "SpiderWeBrain", depicts #Astrocytes in Human Brain tissue. With a combination of soft pastel, lavender tones & sharp blasts of darker color, it evokes an electric, high-energy feeling. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 7 👉 Most 💙s wins!

The Bond Lab's Alison Salinas' luminous Art of the Brain image, "Shining Stars of the Hippocampus", is simply stunning. 💫 #Astrocytes, glial cells that support neurons, labeled by 3 different markers, look like shining stars in the hippocampus. ✨ VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 6 👉 Most 🧡s wins!

More AMAZING #ArtoftheBrain #SciArt & another dazzling image from the Jacqueline-Marie Ferland Lab's Alyshia Davis ✨ "Neurovascular Constellation" ✨! #Astrocytes (🤍) wrap around blood vessels (♥️) & interact with other cells (💙) in the brain. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 3 👉 Most ♥️'s wins!

INCREDIBLE to see the great #CallforImages #SciArt coming from #FriedmanBrainInstitute! The Ferland Lab's Alyshia Davis' "Luminous Barrier" is stunning! #Astrocytes (💙) surround the blood vessels (❤️) of the brain to form the #BloodBrainBarrier. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 2 👉 Most ❤️'s wins!

Later that day, at Icahn School of Medicine's Commencement, @craigmcrews.bsky.social will receive an honorary degree from @mountsinainyc.bsky.social in recognition of his groundbreaking research on PROTAC technology, a strategy that uses small molecules to target specific proteins for degradation.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS | On May 5th, 3pm, in Hatch Auditorium & hosted by @paulkennyphd.bsky.social, Dr. Ming-Ming Zhou & Dr. Mone Zaidi, Yale University's Dr @craigmcrews.bsky.social will give a Special Seminar concerning one of the most exciting areas in drug discovery research today. Please join us!

SUPER EXCITED to present our first #CallForImages submission! The Bravo-Cordero Lab's Dr. Cristina Megino shares a beautiful, geometrical structure image, “Latency in the Lattice”! VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain image #1 👉 Most 💟's wins!

Identifying the synaptic locus of learning is a central problem in neuroscience. On Friday, April 24, 3 PM, join hosts Drs. Freida Blostein, Marco Rizzo & @chloelopezlee.bsky.social when they welcome Duke's Dr. @schreinerdrew.bsky.social to #MSNseminars. NOT TO MISS 👉 JOIN US on 4/24 & LEARN MORE!

⭐️April is #GraduateStudentAppreciation Month! SUPER EXCITED to highlight Earnest Chen, Ashley Cunningham, Elizabeth Kahn, Alexa LaBanca, Rita Futamura, Trevon Gyles, Christabel Mclain and Giselle Rojas, the graduate students of the @ericjnestler.bsky.social Lab! They are the future of neuroscience!👏

Graph from the article showing the increase in ER visits since 2016 due to cannabis-related toxicity.

Cannabis-related ER visits have more than doubled in New York state since 2016. Youth, in particular, are vulnerable to the effects of new high potency #cannabis products. We need to educate kids on the risks of cannabis use.

Read more in @timesunion.com: www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Thrilled to announce Dr. Francesca Garretti, a postdoctoral fellow in the Alison Goate Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine, has been awarded an @alzassociation.bsky.social Research Fellowship to investigate impact of #Alzheimers risk genes EIF2B2 & EIF2B3 on #Microglia function. CONGRATS Francesca💯🎉

PRESS RELEASE! A team led by @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Dr. Kuan-lin Huang has been named a winner of the $1 million #Alzheimers Insights #AI Prize which honors the development of Biomni-AD. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Kuan-lin Huang & team! 👏 Learn More ➡️ www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...

CHECK OUT their research in Molecular Psychiatry @natureportfolio.nature.com ➡️ #MajorDepressiveDisorder shares systemic immune signatures and potential therapeutic targets with inflammatory skin diseases - Emma Guttman, James Murrough, et al. 👉 nature.com/articles/s41...

ONLINE NOW! In this interview with Psychiatric Times, Dr. Emma Guttman and Dr. James Murrough discuss their research collaboration linking inflammatory pathways in atopic dermatitis to the pathophysiology of #MajorDepressiveDisorder. Watch Interview Here 👉 psychiatrictimes.com/view/depress...

⭐️ April is #GraduateStudentAppreciation Month! 👩🏻‍🎓
We are SUPER EXCITED to highlight the Yue Lab’s Marianna Liang! A 5th year PhD Candidate, Marianna is dedicated to advancing our understanding of #BrainAging, aging-related #NeurodegenerativeDisorders & #Healthspan extension.👏

🧠 🔋 It was a delight to share our research on how memories are powered by mitochondria within synapses with PBS, along with Dr. Daphna Shohamy @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social and @paulkennyphd.bsky.social of @sinaibrain.bsky.social.

Please check it out on @southfloridapbs.bsky.social PBS channels.

⭐️April is #GraduateStudentAppreciation Month!👩🏻‍🎓

👏 Nitika Kamath is a 2nd year Master Candidate @mountsinainyc.bsky.social where she is currently conducting research in the Yue Lab. Her work primarily explores molecular mechanisms of #NeurodegenerativeDiseases. 🧠

GREAT WORK Nitika! 💯