Travis Faust

Neuroscientist & glia enthusiast; Instructor @SchaferLabUMCMS @UMassChan | PhD @HopkinsNeuro he/him

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

Thrilled to share our new paper in @CellCellPress:
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling”

This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and cooperation.

https://t.co/roG9LUmrkp
Faust et al., Cell 2025
#Neuroscience #Glia

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

Grateful to see our Cell paper highlighted in a new Targetome commentary by Zhao, Agarwal & Bai on microglia→astrocyte Wnt signaling and glial coordination in synaptic pruning.

https://t.co/4sso0Jc7q5

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

Thrilled to share our new paper in @CellCellPress:
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling”

This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and cooperation.

https://t.co/roG9LUmrkp
Faust et al., Cell 2025
#Neuroscience #Glia

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, published in @CellCellPress explains how different cell types in the brain communicate in response to changes in sensory input to the connections between neurons: https://t.co/4eysDrOFXm @SchaferLabUMass @TravisFaust2

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@ImmunoPodcast @SchaferLabUMass @CellCellPress Thanks for featuring our study! Love seeing how it resonates in an immunology context.

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@xinduan @SchaferLabUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass Thanks!

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@Sukanya_neuro @CellCellPress Thank you!!

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@DAgalliu @EthanHughesLab @SchaferLabUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass Thank you Dritan!

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@IdoAmitLab @CellCellPress Thank you!!😊

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

@achtera @CellCellPress Thanks for sharing your interest in astrocytes — there’s definitely exciting research happening! I recently gave a public seminar on this topic that starts broad and explains how glia shape brain health: https://t.co/D5ankXJJsX

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

@Oliver__Hahn Thanks so much, Oliver! We’re excited about the implications for the field.

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@sagun100 @SchaferLabUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass Thanks Sagun! Appreciate the kind words.

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@Pluchinolab @SchaferLabUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass Thank you Stefano! 🙏

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@LongJun_Wu @SchaferLabUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass Thanks so much Longjun!

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@jonykipnis @SchaferLabUMass @UMassChan @UMassNeuro @NeurobioUMass Thank you Jony!

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@KevinParkUTSW @CellCellPress Thanks Kevin!

[Cell @CellCellPress]

Now online! Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling https://t.co/8MaSZlVFIH

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

🙏 Thanks to my mentor @SchaferLabUMass, collaborators @c_eroglu, Pinar Ayata, and @lab_schaefer, and to all my amazing co-authors.

Proud to do this work at @UmassChan and @NeurobioUMass.

💡 Excited to see where glial biology goes next!

[Travis Faust @TravisFaust2]

🔮 Open questions ahead:

What happens when astrocytes change how much they touch synapses in development, sleep, aging, or disease?

Does reduced astrocyte contact generally make synapses easier for microglia to remove?

How do microglia remove less-contacted synapses?