PearceLab@USciences

Opened in 2016 at USciences in University City, Philadelphia. Lovers of Drosophila, training the next generation of scientists, and pineapple-topped pizza.

[PearceLab@USciences @DrosoPhilly]

We're hiring a postdoc!! Come join our team!

[Maggie Panning Pearce @m2p2phly]

Please RT! My lab @DrosoPhilly is hiring a #postdoc to study mechanisms for protein aggregate spreading and toxicity in #neurodegeneration. Available immediately! @USciences @USciencesBio @ucdphl

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Virtual lab journal club today led to great discussion about relationships between #inflammation and protein #aggregate pathology!

https://t.co/5HsAU1HbOi

[PearceLab@USciences @DrosoPhilly]

This week in Genes & Brains: students collaborating to optimize fly climbing assays! #CURE #negativegeotaxis #gofliesgo

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Our amazing technician, Brian!!

Brian Temsamrit Psy'17 Gained Hands-On Experience and a Career as a Researcher at USciences https://t.co/45VcTUBC3E

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2nd JC of 2018 comes 1 day after JC #1!
Glial Draper rescues Aβ toxicity in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer's Disease https://t.co/HxAIXPThrJ

[PearceLab@USciences @DrosoPhilly]

First JC of 2018!
Neuronal activity enhances tau propagation and tau pathology in vivo https://t.co/9W9LIqWVX6

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This week in journal club...from the Barres lab: microglia induce formation of neurotoxic A1 reactive astrocytes following injury or in neurodegenerative disease.

https://t.co/3YlyqKX2Zq

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Two journal clubs in one week?!?! YES! Identification of MMP-1 as a novel signal in glial responses to axonal injury in flies in @eLife from the Logan lab

https://t.co/lmHRXHNPe6

[PearceLab@USciences @DrosoPhilly]

Journal club this week...part 1: Fmr1 deletion causes defects in phagocytosis following infection and neuronal injury
https://t.co/U1GC2ZjwLr

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Journal club paper this week...new story in @CellCellPress from the Baehrecke lab - fly complement ortholog regulates Draper-dependent autophagy and cell death in cell non-autonomous manner

https://t.co/unijPxqLEJ

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UC Berkeley Receives CRISPR Patent in Europe | The Scientist Magazine® https://t.co/BNBiCGN5Rq

[PearceLab@USciences @DrosoPhilly]

Susan Lindquist, Scientist Who Made Genetic Discoveries Using Yeast, Dies at 67 https://t.co/9FOeVLgrZQ

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It's confocal microscope arrival day! Pearce lab be like...

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces investment to cure disease https://t.co/1FaDcb9XnG by @joshconstine

[PearceLab@USciences @DrosoPhilly]

Finally, the launch of our lab website!

https://t.co/Bx4djLLzzp