Cristina Boers Escuder

Neuroscience PhD student 🧠 @VUAmsterdam / Neuron-glia interactions / Woman in stem

[Julia Belk @juliabelk]

Gaining therapeutic access to the human brain is one of the biggest unsolved problems in biomedical science.

Today @nature, we uncover a massive influx of immune cells into the human brain during aging, revealing that the brain is more accessible than previously thought. 1/
https://t.co/BuHdVk1V2I

[Lola Martin-de-Saavedra🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @XubaskeroAColor]

We are hiring! 🧠🔬

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow interested in exploring new moleular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders. Prior experience with techniques such as iPSC models, cloning, or bioinformatics are a plus!

[Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9]

Check-out our new preprint on bioRxiv! https://t.co/KmPT7HkKRf

Here we find that intermediate filaments GFAP and Vimentin regulate astrocytic protein synthesis and that deleting them in Alzheimer's disease mice rescues astrocytic translation and early cognitive decline.

[Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9]

Últimamente he estado pensando mucho en lo rápido que está creciendo la IA y las implicaciones que esto podría tener..., y qué deberíamos hacer como sociedad al respecto.

https://t.co/ds4pMIhPvw

[Nature Neuroscience @NatureNeuro]

Astrocytic Ca2+ prevents synaptic depotentiation by limiting repetitive activity in dendrites during motor learning

@BaolingL

https://t.co/kMbQT5rufe

[Maurizio De Pittà (@mdepitta.bsky.social) @m_depitta]

The first @EMBO #Astrocyte #Meeting was a success. Thanks to our engaging lineup of excellent speakers, brilliant trainees & essential @DiBio_UniPD volunteers. Looking forward to the next iteration! @LauCiviero @theOlgaSin @wonsukchung Matthew.Holt

[Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9]

What an inspiring meeting on astrocytes! Thanks to the organizers @LauCiviero
@AstrocytesRus for putting together such a nice event with a great panel of speakers #EMBOAstrocytes

[Dr. Carmen Falcone @CarmenFalcone6]

Very well deserved @Cris_Be9 🙌

[Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9]

Thanks for organizing this wonderful workshop on astrocytes, looking forward to the next edition!

[Synapse Biology Group | NCBio ERA Chair @i3S_Porto @AstrocytesRus]

Congratulations to Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9 for winning the Best Poster Prize 🏆 , sponsored by @EMBO 👏
#EMBOastrocytes

[Eduardo Zimmer @erzimmer]

An inspiring kickoff to the #EMBOastrocytes workshop honoring the legacy of #ElenaGalea @zimmerneurolab

[Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9]

@bitacorabeagle Los ricos son más listos

[Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias]

We have an opening for a PhD position in computational neuroscience in my lab @SILS_UvA in Amsterdam. The goal is to build virtual brain models to study schizophrenia. Large European consortium, clinical applications, deadline Feb 25. Please share! https://t.co/N3EKHKYif5

[RTVE Noticias @rtvenoticias]

Concentración contra Luis Rubiales en directo en Las Rozas, Madrid, donde se encuentra la Federación Española de Fútbol.

En el #Canal24Horas
📺 https://t.co/icHe2Skye4

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Your academic CV is NOT linked to your ability to make big discoveries.

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1. Andre Geim, a co-discoverer of graphene, wrote in his Nobel Lecture article:

- “So, at the age of 33 and with an h index of 1 (latest papers not yet published), I entered the Western job market for postdocs.”

2. Albert Einstein searched for a teaching position for two years. He had to accept a position at a Patent Office, where in a single year he wrote the four papers that completely revolutionized #science (the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and E=mc2).

- Only few years later, he finally secured his first academic position as lecturer at the University of Bern.

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Other examples include Peter Ratcliffe and Frances Arnold, who won Nobel Prizes for the discoveries they made as young PIs in newly established labs. And many others.

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So, let us all keep in mind that:

1. Big discoveries are often unforeseen. They emerge from random and risky research (e.g. graphene was a tiny side project!). Make sure you have such projects in your lab.

2. Most truly impactful discoveries did not require high h-indices, excessive funding or a high-IF journal.

3. Rejection of your proposal does NOT mean it proposes bad science. Such rejections represent the opinion of one person who has a rather subjective idea of what ‘good science’ means.

4. For younger people, it’s easier to do risky research. Locking them to unnecessarily complex tenure requirements makes such discoveries unlikely.

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A strong scientist is not defined by high “academic metrics”.

It is the ONE who proposes risky endeavors outside the conventional boundaries.

Who sees risk as an opportunity to make discoveries.

And who is constantly seeking out these risks in the lab.

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Eduardo Garzón @edugaresp]

Hilo en el que desmonto una a una las mentiras sobre economía de Feijóo y Sánchez que se dijeron en el cara a cara (y que desgraciadamente nadie cuestionó o verificó en directo): 👇

[Mohit Dubey @MohitDubey_IO]

From pre-clinical studies to clinical research and from single axon recordings to human MRI studies. It promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking session that you won't want to miss! See you on Monday!
#glia2023 @ConstanzeDepp @MichaelEwers12

[ZucheroLab @ZucheroLab]

What controls the morphology of #myelin sheaths to enable them to fine-tune conduction velocity? TL;DR: Calcium (Ca2+) signaling; a.k.a. nature’s ultimate multitasker! Read our new pre-print to find out more, led by grad student @_manasi_iyer_! 🧵👇(1/n)

[Lourdes Ruiz Desviat @lrdesviat]

En la ceremonia de entrega de los Premios Nacionales de Investigación, acompañando a @LlorensLab, enhorabuena a todos los premiados, y en especial a nuestra compañera Maria Llorens! @CBMSO_CSIC_UAM

[Cristina Boers Escuder @Cris_Be9]

From the Women in STEM association at the VU we organize events like this, where female scientists share their research and experiences. We will also have hybrid events soon, so keep posted!

[New neuroscience papers in Nature Communications @NeuroPaperBot]

Hippocampal astrocytes modulate anxiety-like behavior https://t.co/ICUqm3vihN