Evan Butlig

PhD student studying Alzheimer’s disease using brain organoids at University of South Alabama

[Sergiu P. Pasca @Sergiu_P_Pasca]

By popular demand — the next edition of our hands-on @Stanford @BrOrganogenesis course is coming in 2026!

This year, the focus turns to neural #assembloids, reflecting the growing movement toward modeling circuit-level and complex cell-cell interactions in brain disease.

The course remains free (including lodging) and is taught by my lab for a full week.

We look forward to welcoming another cohort of 20 participants from all over the world selected from hundreds of applications each year.

Organized by an amazing trio of scientists: @RebeccaJLevyMD, Sabina Kanton, and Merve Avar.

Supported by @BrOrganogenesis, @StanfordBrain, @StanfordBioX, and @NIH_NINDS.

🧠 Deadline: mid-December

[Sergiu P. Pasca @Sergiu_P_Pasca]

This week we welcome the 2025 class of students for our hands-on Stanford @BrOrganogenesis course.

With students joining from across the globe, this is our most international class yet—diving into cutting-edge neural #organoid and #assembloid methods, ready to bring them back to their home labs.

Huge thanks to the phenomenal organizers @RebeccaJLevyMD Merve Avar & Sabina Kanton, and the entire lab.

[USC Stem Cell @USCStemCell]

Variants of #SYNGAP1, an autism-linked gene previously thought only to affect synapses, may disrupt early brain development. The findings from the lab of @GiorgiaQuadrato appear in @NatureNeuro. @cureSYNGAP1 @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC https://t.co/nUwKJWPtYY

[Evan Butlig @Evanbutlig]

Beyond grateful to have had the opportunity to share my research at #SENDCon23 in Atlanta,GA! Thank you to @alzassociation for the travel fellowship that allowed me to attend. Until next time!

[Elizabeth Crouch, MD/PhD @ElizabetsCrouch]

Pleased to announce our paper @CellCellPress describing the #endothelial and #mural cells in the prenatal human brain is out today https://t.co/LMOQkvfrCP 🧵to follow

[Momoko Watanabe Lab @LabMomoko]

I am thrilled to announce that our paper got published @NovitchLab ! The state of hPSCs influences the capacity to make cortical organoids efficiently. https://t.co/E2j2kI6gkn

[Joshua Keller @joshkeller10]

🚨New publication🚨
@miranda_traylor first lead author paper!

"...losing skeletal muscle mass may be more disadvantageous to healthy aging compared to the accumulation of fat mass..."

https://t.co/79kA1ORbxB

[Joshua Keller @joshkeller10]

Publication 🚨 🧠

Big collaborative effort to get some more evidence out that there are NUMEROUS health disparities, especially here in our local community (AL, USA)!

How do these disparities lead to disproportionate neurodegeneration?

Read ->
https://t.co/brxmFniSJD

[matt @mattmagzz]

How it started: How it’s going:

[Evan Butlig @Evanbutlig]

@Jose_Alaras i’m so proud of you best friend 😊

[Thoughts of Dog @dog_feelings]

i was lying on the couch. all snuggled up with the human. when they got up and left the room. it’s like they don’t know. that without attention. i will explode

[Evan Butlig @Evanbutlig]

@Jose_Alaras 🙄duet buddy you can sing!! 😂

[Evan Butlig @Evanbutlig]

@Jose_Alaras deserve? yes.
need? heck no.

[Evan Butlig @Evanbutlig]

@Jose_Alaras YESSS WE’RE SO LAME 😭😂

[Evan Butlig @Evanbutlig]

@Jose_Alaras yo same