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Posts by Kristen Funk, PhD
Very excited to share our preprint posted to BioRxiv from my first PhD student, Britanie Blackhurst! Our results show that CD8+ T cells cause interstrand crosslinking DNA damage in neurons, which may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases. Check it out below!
🚨 PhD Programme – Vascular Dementia Research
New 4-year PhD funded by BHF & UK DRI on vascular mechanisms in dementia.
Training across UCL, Oxford, Leicester & Edinburgh with lab rotations.
📅 Deadline: 14 April
🎓 Start: Sept 2026
Apply: CV + statement + 2 refs → neurophd@ucl.ac.uk
Please share!
🚨Job alert - please share🚨
Senior Research Fellow (Programme Manager, Neuroimmunology), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland.
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Are you an experienced researcher keen for a unique challenge? Want to help set up and lead a new neuroimmunology research team/lab in TCD...
Soluble c-Met ↑ in CSF & plasma, CSF c-Met links to NfL/GFAP, plasma ADAM10 ↓. Suggests compartment-specific c-Met shedding in early MS. #MultipleSclerosis #Biomarkers #Neuroinflammation
Check the paper👇:
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🧠👶🏻 Upcoming release of a special issue dedicated to Pediatric Neuroimmunology.
Call for paper, check details below and submit your work:
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🧠🦠 Open Call: Gut–Brain Axis Special Issue
Exploring microbiome and CNS communication & translational insights.
Submit your work 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#GutBrainAxis #Microbiome #CallForPapers
🚨We're hiring a new editor!🚨
We're especially looking for someone with expertise in neurodegeneration and cellular/molecular neuroscience. Must have a Ph.D. and be able to work from Madrid, Shanghai, or Pune. Deadline to apply is March 9.
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The Da Mesquita lab at Mayo Clinic (www.mayo.edu/research/lab...) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on projects investigating the role(s) of the meningeal lymphatic vasculature in models of neurodegenerative diseases. Please spread the word and contact me in case you are interested! 😃
I'm very proud to share a new pre-print in collaboration with a talented, recent bioinformatics PhD, Katie Jensen. We found increased nucleotide variants in RNA transcripts of Alzheimer's disease patients using a new bioinformatics pipeline.
Check it out on BioRxiv
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Apply by 1/31 for the Neurotech Justice Accelerator 2026 Internship Program.
This paid internship provides structured research training, hands-on mentorship, and professional development opportunities at the intersection of neuroscience and society.
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We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
Our SOP is to grow in DMEM
We are looking for talented graduate students to join our group for Fall 2026 studying the role and regulation of Hsp70 PTMs! If you are interested please check out www.trumanlab.org
🚨ATTENTION EARLY CAREER VIROLOGISTS🚨 We have a webinar on how to get a faculty position! Hear from Jean Lim,
@drsprggs.bsky.social and @tylernstarr.bsky.social. Check your email for registration link and form to submit questions in advance.
#Immunologist interested in Public Policy? #SciencePolicy? Federal Legislative Actions? Advocate for Science Funding?Apply to the @aai.org Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP). A year long program to learn about Science Policy & advocate for #Science to our lawmakers! Also making life long friends!
Applications are open for our Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the San Juan Islands!
🧠💻 Perfect for PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
More info: alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-o...
🧪 ✏️Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with
@science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Exciting PhD opportunity in beautiful Edinburgh: discover how ageing and vascular dementia biology maps onto neuroimaging signals. Using cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics + a new TSPO PET ligand, this project probes the immune-vascular mechanisms driving white matter decline.
shorturl.at/8fMmA
I'm happy to answer any questions about the Department or the University!
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
🏆 Among 40 talented students from around the world, who will be the next Brain Bee Champion?
The #IBB World Championship 2025 is taking place now between 7 and 12 November with online tests, workshops & a live judging session.
Best of luck to all the contestants!
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The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) has expanded eligibility!
NSP is now open to all trainees meeting the eligibility criteria.
Applications are now open! Join a supportive network dedicated to your success.
Learn more & apply by October 21.
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The Anne West lab at Duke is hiring a postdoc to work on nuclear cell biology in neurogenesis. Please help me spread the word! Applications to west@neuro.duke.edu.
Well, this makes it real: I'm retiring in September and this is the just-posted job listing for my replacement. @Science.org is a fabulous place to work, so @sciencewriters.org, apply here! recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
Come work at Nature Methods! A dream job. I know from experience 😄
#posting this again if any #postdoc candidates are interested in digging deep into #TCR #Crossreactivity #Tcell functional studies in #autoimmunity and #cancer -please contact me!
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Apply to the Dana Foundation's Professional Development Awards by July 27! Trainees can request up to $5,000 for a conference, workshop, coursework, or other interdisciplinary activity that furthers their training in neuroscience and society.
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We are looking for post-docs interested in studying T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection…especially basic T cell immunologists who are interested in learning to work with BSL3 pathogens. The NIH intramural program is an amazing place to train!