Jennifer Ma

@UofTIMS MSc '24 | @UnityHealthTO (St. Michael's) | @ASRlife_SMH

[IMS Magazine @IMSMagazine]

Learn about how Dr. Ostrowski is researching how the immune system interacts with HIV and is trying to develop a an HIV therapeutic vaccine
📝by Jennifer Ma (@_jenniferma_)
🖌️ by Anne McGrath (@stellalunaa__)
#HIV #Vaccine

[Unity Health Toronto @UnityHealthTO]

Dr. Mario Ostrowski, infectious disease physician and researcher at St. Michael's Hospital, is borrowing techniques from the COVID-19 vaccine to develop an HIV therapeutic vaccine. Read about his work in @IMSMagazine: https://t.co/R5fk6mvHNo

[UofT CPIN @CPIN_UofT]

The 2023 Toronto Brain Bee competition was successfully held. 🧠🐝

We would like to thank everyone who participated. You all did an amazing job!

#brainbee #competition #neuroscience #brain #neurology #teenager

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Microglia [in Alzheimer's disease patients] displayed higher glucose uptake than neurons and astrocytes...indicating that the cerebral glucose uptake in humans is also strongly influenced by microglial activity"

https://t.co/2GZzua3mi8

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "In neurodegenerative diseases, brain immune cells have a 'ravenous appetite' for sugar"

https://t.co/Xh4N4wr5i4

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Mice with UTI demonstrated significantly greater impairments in frontal and hippocampus-mediated behaviors...while treatment with systemic anti-IL-6 fully reversed these functional impairments."

https://t.co/5LvGTkNxmG

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Unlocking the cause of UTI-induced delirium"

https://t.co/LkIzfDoF6Y

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Male, but not female mice born to dams immunized with the extracellular portion of Caspr2, [which targets maternal IgG antibodies,] show an ASD-like phenotype...[increased microglial activation was also observed]"

https://t.co/uahDAH3Y6a

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Auto-antibodies shape brain development in myriad ways"

https://t.co/yeAjn6pEh1

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "We define ‘microglia inflamed in MS’ and ‘astrocytes inflamed in MS’, glial phenotypes that demonstrate neurodegenerative programming...[and] identify complement component 1q (C1q) as a critical mediator of microglial activation"

https://t.co/Bj9C33zEiH

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "NIH researchers develop a detailed cellular map of chronic MS lesions"

https://t.co/QUfw7RE82U

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Key secondary imaging analyses...suggest that teriflunomide might have beneficial effects in children with relapsing multiple sclerosis by reducing the risk of focal inflammatory activity"

https://t.co/XoQGnr0e1x

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Teriflunomide tempers lesion growth in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis"

https://t.co/v2D6F8K1OJ

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Microbiome differences in ASD may reflect dietary preferences that relate to diagnostic features, and we caution against claims that the microbiome has a driving role in ASD"

https://t.co/yR78L3PTly

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Diet Implicated in Autism-Microbiome Link"

https://t.co/bGfp1rkQQc

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "The brain can store and retrieve specific immune responses, extending the classical concept of immunological memory to neuronal representations of inflammatory information"

https://t.co/yd59XH9GKt

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Exploring psychosomatic inflammation"

https://t.co/ZLeuC70cxG

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Unlike most other infections, influenza was associated with Parkinson disease more than 10 years after infection...[indicating that] influenza infection may increase long-term risk of developing Parkinson disease."

https://t.co/yMS0L5YyRY

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Study Links Flu to Increased Parkinson’s Risk a Decade Later"

https://t.co/EpPKNXFX2Y

#4BB3neuroimmune

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 @hthsci4bb3 EVIDENCE: "Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities, [manifesting as brain edema], were the most was the most common adverse event [for patients treated with aduhelm], with 73.7% [of patients experiencing an event] within the first 8 doses"

https://t.co/nYv4Dt8Elb

[Jennifer Ma @_jenniferma_]

@hthsci4bb3 NEWS: "Concerns Grow Over Safety of Aduhelm After Death of Patient Who Got the Drug"

https://t.co/fVgAGo2014

#4BB3neuroimmune