More peripheral #neuroimmunology involving cGRP (best known as a migraine target)

Astrocytes remember inflammation #MECFS #LongCovid

cell.com/immunity/abstr…

We'll be giving you an update about everything that's new with #Psychtoolbox during the #VSS2024 Psychophysics Software with MATLAB Satellite Event.

Come by on Monday at 2pm to find out more!

'No one gives you a medal for sitting at home, but I'm able to say it is truly incomparably harder than any Olympic training I've ever done.' - Oonagh Cousins, former athlete with #longcovid #UniteToFight2024

Agree: strong teamwork between MDs & PhDs is the best version of the future. Their value depends on each other! Ofc: mutual respect will be key.

I think research can play a role in medical education...up to the MS level. Few if any MD-PhDs needed in a well functioning system!

A thread on why research skills gained at university level can be life-saving: 18 years ago my mum told me she’d seen a tick on her arm. I was studying for my PhD in York while she was five hours south of me. A week later she said a bulls-eye rash had emerged around the bite.

On this #MEAwarenessDay , I am preparing my talk for the #UniteToFight2024 to share our research and insights on #longCOVID and #PAIS . #MECFS is a serious health crisis that requires urgent attention and action on a global scale. Help us raise awareness today.

As someone who had never heard of ME 3 years ago, and is now a ME researcher, it is so important that we spread awareness and share the stories of those suffering from ME.

Extremely proud to be a ME researcher!

#MEAwareness Day
#MECFS
#MEAwareness

Meine Rede zu Betroffenen #ME /CFS in Berlin. ME/CFS muss aus Tabuzone. Ärzte müssen Schwere der Erkrankung und Behandlung endlich kennen. Forschung schieben wir jetzt an, Industrie tut viel zu wenig. Politik will von COVID nichts mehr hören. Das ist falsch. Niemand bleibt zurück!

One of the craziest things I learned last week at #AAI2024 was that we have more free-floating extracellular mitochondria in our blood than white blood cells. This was not in any textbook that I ever read!
sci.news/biology/cell-f…
And the original paper:
faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fj…

Advancing Human Neuroscience Through Neural Stimulation and Recording: Opportunities and Challenges for Coordinated Efforts workshop being held on May 23 & 24. bit.ly/3QAqjgb #studyBRAIN

Writing in The Times and The Sunday Times, former health secretary ⁦Sajid Javid⁩ says people with ME have been ignored for far too long

thetimes.co.uk/article/3a463a…

The nice thing about loops is that there isn't really any 'top down' or 'bottom up'.

The not-so-nice thing is that they are hard to understand, and get ignored as a result.

Typical unfortunately: 'cardiac concerns' conveniently excludes #POTS . 💓🙈

The bakers behind WE&ME Foundation have probably earned an honorary PhD by now...with more sure to come!

Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response go.nature.com/4dmc9Jo

The first part is true: many (so-called) placebos used are not inert.

Salt for example!

1. Patients suffering from vaccine induced ME or LC, or where vaccines worsened their conditions are facing double the gaslighting from doctors and from many on the community that should be supporting them. We need to hold space for nuanced conversations and believe ALL patients.