Tony Umpierre

Incoming Assistant Professor, U Minnesota Neuroscience. Glia, neuroinflammation and epilepsy development. opinions my own

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@YunluZhu @UMichOto Congrats!!!!!

[Yunlu Zhu @YunluZhu]

Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my lab in the Kresge Hearing Research Institute @UMichOto in May!

We study how the brain turns gravity signals into stable movement → https://t.co/cFTiiTbjSY (yup, proudly a #zebrafish lab🐟)

If you're interested, get in touch! #newPI

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@JasonSynaptic Almost 100 points and 1100 yards of total offense. That was the craziest game I’ve ever seen. Would have been nice if we figured out how to have a second level of run defense. At least it was a W

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@JasonSynaptic Yea same haha.

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Is this aliens?

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@andyblarsen Yea. You’re the only Andy in media I trust. The Andy doing the video must be an alien.

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@andyblarsen Couldn’t just let me think it was aliens for 15 minutes? lol.

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@JasonSynaptic Agreed. One thing that’s particularly interesting and consequential is individual variabilty in an immune response. A one-size-fits-all model would be a disservice in that sense.

[Manling Xie @Manling_Xie]

Our paper is online! Huge thanks to the team for making this happen @LongJun_Wu

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@JasonSynaptic Better policy: investigate people submitting 15+ grants per year. If they seem to be alive and well, I expect it’s AI. If they’re barely clinging to life…that aligns with my expectations for anyone actually writing that many grants per year.

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@eyolab @LongJun_Wu Thank you for highlighting! Hope all is well at UVA!

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@JasonSynaptic We don’t need statements. We need lawsuits and temporary restraining orders or people will lose their jobs. Sick of statements. Universities need to take some goddamn action.

[Brittney Boublil, PhD @brittneyboublil]

So honored and excited to co-chair #2026EpilepsyGRS with the incredible @LivHoff96 & getting the privilege to work with our #2026EpilepsyGRC chairs @KMlab4brains @Go3than

Special congrats to our newly elected vice chairs @jmaglab @AvtarRoopra

Let the countdown begin! 🧠🧫🔬🐭

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@BohanLi_PKU Thank you, Bohan!!!!

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It’s official!

I’m excited to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota this summer!

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@arifahamid Thank you, Arif!!!!!!

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@GHandy50 Absolutely. I’d love to collaborate on some of the anticipated projects! I will be in town in June. Let’s grab lunch and catch up!!

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@geewhiz_ephys That reminds me. Are cotton candy machines allowable expenses?