Was so excited to receive my first letter from my STEM pen pal this week! Hope she enjoys reading my 4-page response detailing my journey as a scientist. Can’t wait for the next letter! Letters to a Pre-Scientist

Congratulations to Katharine Babcock (Katharine Babcock), a PhD student in the McKee Lab, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday! We are proud of all she has accomplished and look forward to continuing to work with her as a postdoc at BU CTE.

Congrats, Dr. Babcock!

Successfully defended my PhD, a dream I’ve had since I first discovered neuroscience when I was 16 yrs old. Grateful for the support of my advisors annmckee & twitterless Russ Huber, Boston University CTE Center, Anatomy & Neurobiology Boston University, friends & family! 🧠

#reachforthestars #33weekspregnant #WomenInSTEM

Thank you Boston University & AAAS Gov't Relations for the opportunity to attend the 2023 AAAS CASE Workshop this week! This was such an invaluable experience to learn about the federal policy-making process and how my voice can be used to #makeacase for science! Feeling inspired & energized 💪👩‍🔬

Get to know your BUtiful Brain! Had a blast spreading the joy and wonder of the brain at the Museum of Science this weekend. Our grad student volunteers were amazing. We had 18 volunteers over 2 days & interacted with hundreds of museum visitors. A memorable weekend for everyone!

Better late than never… US health body rules collision sports cause CTE in landmark change | Concussion in sport | The Guardian theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct…

'Be open about who you are - your difference is your greatest advantage. Don't let others take your happiness away.'
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Ask the Question #AskTheQuestion #BenBarres #Glia

So excited to receive this incredible award and attend Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2022 ! If you’ll be in San Diego, come check out my poster on astrocytic changes in repetitive head impacts and CTE. #reachforthestars #seeingstars

If you don’t feel stupid doing science you’re not trying hard enough.

ASTROCYTES ARE NOT ONLY IMPORTANT, THEY ARE VITAL. WITHOUT ASTROCYTES, NEURONS CANNOT MATURE THEIR CONNECTIONS PROPERLY AND LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO EXPERIENCE. THEY ARE CALLED A-S-T-R-O-CYTES BECAUSE THEY ARE, IN FACT, THE STARS OF THE BRAIN

Nice work, Morgane! Morgane Butler

My first, first-author paper is officially published! Check it out here rdcu.be/cLi03 #astrocytes #tbi #AcademicTwitter #seeingstars

People have long thought that astrocytes release something that kills neurons, which could partly explain why neurons die in injury/neurodegenerative disease. In a paper that just came out, we think we found one of these long-sought toxic factors! (1/8) go.nature.com/3afi6si

Reach for the stars (of the 🧠)!
nature.com/articles/s4159…

When your dinner's anatomically correct #FoodForThought #neurotwitter #myfirstTweet

Full disclosure for the grad students struggling out there.
I was in lab for 15h yesterday. And my experiments didn't work. I've done this assay over 1000 times. And it didn't work. It happens sometimes.
Looking at my lab notes today to work out what went wrong.

Hang in there.

Allison here (highacking the lab Twitter) - a MASSIVE “thank you” to everyone who supported mine and Zhikai Liu’s design and Black In Neuro 🧠. We’ve sold over 1k shirts and raised over $7k! This is an AMAZING community and we’re so proud to be part of it.

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Astrocytes, astrocytes, astrocytes! This Weds @ 3p ET we have Dr. Wanner from UCLA Health presenting. Got some nagging questions about reactive astrocytes in brain injury? Get them answered this Weds afternoon…👀 at you @WashUGlia

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