Or Shemesh

Neuroscientist and bioengineer, Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, creates tools to study the DISEASED brain, avid climber, father of dragons.

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Viruses cause Alzheimer’s! And tau is antiviral! 🧠
Our Cell Reports study shows tau fights Herpes in the brain, reducing viral spread & protecting neurons. Should we help tau instead of blocking it? Read more: https://t.co/U7BBozYI0X 🧪✨ Congrats Vanesa & the team! #Alzheimers

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Infectious Neurodegeneration

Come check out our poster showing the link between expression of Herpes Simplex Virus proteins and pathologies of Alzheimer's disease. Vanesa Hyde from my group is presenting!

Session : 275
When: 11/14/2022 8:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM.

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We wrote a book chapter! First try as a corresponding author. The chapter, in Methods in Molecular Biology, describes how to gain single cell light control over neurons, in culture, or a brain slice, or in-vivo
https://t.co/hy0urNqH5l

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@ww42 Hey @ww42, I don't know why nuclear GCaMP is a thing, but I know it is much slower than Soma or untargeted GCaMP. Perhaps the mouse community has aneed-for -speed?

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I'm excited to launch my group in the Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences at the U of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) this fall as an Assistant Professor! I look forward to working with my wonderful colleagues and students at UIC. @ChemistryatUIC @UIC_BioS @UICLAS

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@PiatkevichL Kiryl, I just read a paper about the colon. What should I ingest???

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Want to create tools to study brain disease? Postdoc positions are available. Email me at [email protected] ! Detailed Ad and application details can be found here:
https://t.co/O9fwxNla2u
And a bonus: SOME of projects you can go for! Got a better project in mind? I'm listening

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TEDxMIT talk,
Deciphering the Alzheimer’s Enigma Using Technology.

The big news: this was the first time I wore pants since the pandemic happened

https://t.co/eZYXcBoOXi

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@inna_slutsky Toda Inna!

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The Counter Disease Eng㏌eer㏌g group is open㏌g its doors! Excited to start a group ㏌ the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh．We focus on mak㏌g new technologies to study and reverse bra㏌ DISEASE．😘 First two postdcos jo㏌ed!
https://t.co/VHdGDJ7zkU

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@inna_slutsky Thanks Inna, and have a great 2021!

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@Masha_P_K Thank you Masha!!! Happy New Year!

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@YaelLitvak Yael! Happy NY! And Toda Raba...

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@MeitalOren Thanks Meital! Happy 2021

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@AlaLaurilaLab Thanks Petri! Finally! This is exciting!

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@ChenRan00190627 Thank you Chen!

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@Spiegel_Lab Thanks Ivo!

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@ShohamLab Thanks Shy! Looking forward to doing impactful stuff together!

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@Yoav_Livneh Thanks Yoav!

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@Noam_Kaplan Thank you! And see you in several months. I see you are vaccinating FAST...

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@Neurosenblum Thanks Kobi, see you at ISFN!