Aly Cavalier, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow in the Frost Lab @ Brown
Resident goth scientist 🦇🍂⚰️🔬 🎃
Bioinformatics | Brain Aging | Neurodegeneration

[Michelle Monje 🟦 @michelle_monje]

Brain cancers take advantage of neural circuit activity. Re-purposing an anti-seizure med called levetiracetam disrupts an important neuron-cancer interaction in #DMG #DIPG, slowing growth and extending survival in mice and retrospective patient data.
https://t.co/XTXKkDyt90

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

Advice for new PhD students: choose a mentor who is committed to your training, not just your project. The most important product of your PhD - even more important than the science - is you, a newly trained scientist.

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

@JasonSynaptic As an early career scientist, grant scores are so valuable for me to learn about what was good, needs to be improved, or be taken out. They can't stop "fraud & abuse" by destroying the review process to select the "best" proposals. It's not perfect, but this isn't how we fix it.

[Nick Norwitz MD PhD @nicknorwitz]

The internet has created a strange situation where people are overeducated in conclusions and undereducated in mechanisms.

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

"They thought they were free."

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

Downloading papers I’ll never read like

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

@agingdoc1 Wow, thanks for sharing!

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

The cell culture squad took a picture in our matching Hawaiian lab coats from @Celltreat. Nice and roomy, with long sleeves for my monkey arms.

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

Just heard an interview with @LabCsu on the @Ologies
episode about MS. CSU represent!! So excited to see Brett Fling getting the recognition he deserves! #HESForever @CSU_HES_Dpt @HealthHumanSci

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

Check out my new open access article @GeroScienceAGE about transposable elements and cognitive impairment!

[GeroScience @GeroScienceAGE]

📢Breaking: New Open🔓 Access Publication

Epigenetic dysregulation of transposable elements in cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease by Alyssa N. Cavalier & Thomas J. LaRocca et al.

https://t.co/FqpRg7rijr

#AlzheimersDisease #transposableelements #mildcognitiveimpairment

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

🚨New paper just dropped 🚨
We found that transposable element transcripts that are elevated in the blood of older adults and those with dementia are also epigenetically dysregulated, and may predict peripheral markers of inflammation & neurodegeneration
https://t.co/n2mIs8BeXd

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

@davidasinclair Hi David, so glad you like the paper! It was my F31 project and I'm so glad to finally have it published. Definitely not the only explanation, but I think the data will at least be a good resource for others seeking datasets for secondary analyses

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

Who's joining us at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC on Friday?!

[Dr. Aly Cavalier @executivespooky]

"Alexa, play Trashin' the Camp from Tarzan"

[Bess Frost @bess_frost]

Check out a new blog post from our own @SohnClaira on Association of Science Communicators @ScienceTalkOrg! From Strawberry DNA to STEM Success: Making Science Accessible for Every Child
https://t.co/bkgVySNInT

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Define epigenetics:

[U.S. Surgeon General @Surgeon_General]

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[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

@bess_frost @_MorganLambert_ @UTHealthSA_GSBS Congratulations!

[Aly Cavalier, PhD @HealthspanAly]

@ThePhDPlace "Wow, you're putting off getting a real job for a looong time!"

[Yves Clément 💻🧬🇺🇦🇪🇺 @TwelveSharp]

(In case you've never heard it)
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