Alison Brack, PhD

🧠 interested in glia in early brain development and stress (she/her)

[Chen-Lab @ BU @ChenLabNeuro]

Congratulations to @BU_Biology PhD student Alanna Carey @AlannaCarey3 on her NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative D-SPAN F99 Award! Keep an eye out for the exciting research that she is working on. Very well deserved! https://t.co/C1Sf1xBHBH

[Rhushikesh Phadke @rhushikeshphadk]

The story that began in the silence of a city in lockdown is finally out! Our work showing a novel, intracellular pathway through which complement 4, a schizophrenia risk gene, alters synaptic machinery is now out in Molecular Psychiatry!

https://t.co/BlH9zbnTjj

[Alanna Carey @AlannaCarey3]

Ever wondered why some mouse strains are better learners than others? Come see me on Tuesday morning to find out! https://t.co/Ix5wgv1ELq
#SFN23

[Rhushikesh Phadke @rhushikeshphadk]

Very excited to share our new preprint out today!! Check out our work on exploring a non-canonical pathway of Complement 4 action in neurons.
#schizophrenia #complement #microglia #synapse
@alisonbrack @EzraKruzich @MingqiSha @connorj701

[Rhushikesh Phadke @rhushikeshphadk]

Check out our new GUI for synchronised multi camera acqusition for usb3 cameras!!

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

REVEALS: An Open Source Multi Camera GUI For Rodent Behavior Acquisition https://t.co/Ugu8DG3JNg #bioRxiv

[Alanna Carey @AlannaCarey3]

Very excited to present part of my thesis results! See you all in DC!!

[Alison Brack, PhD @alisonbrack]

@CalebLareau @MSKCancerCenter Congratulations!! So exciting!

[Tay Lab @TayLab_CNS]

#glia2023 #gliameeting Finishing your PhD in Europe and thinking of an interdisciplinary postdoc @ Boston University? Bring me to your poster/chat me up during breaks! #RT #diversityInSTEM #womeninSTEM

[Alison Brack, PhD @alisonbrack]

Starting the trip to Berlin for @gliameeting! Be sure to stop by my poster on Saturday about our lab’s work (led by @rhushikeshphadk) describing a non-canonical complosome mechanism of synaptic weakening upon C4 overexpression 😊
#euroglia #glia2023

[Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell]

In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter

https://t.co/6LsW1sicNJ

[roly-poly little bat-faced boy @1isan_a1_gaib]

He educated the people of Boston is what he did. He was a brave Bostonian man of taste. And in this house, the B line T operator who yells anime we should watch into the intercom every day is a hero! End of story!

[AstrocyteCafe @AstrocyteCafe]

We are very honored to introduce our speakers of this month #AstocyteCafe; Karine Loulier @LoulierK and Francesco Petrelli @PhDPetrelli. We are meeting on Thursday, the 16th of February🤩

[Alison Brack, PhD @alisonbrack]

We're seeing these aggregates of Zsgreen1 when expressed in astrocytes under the gfaABC1D promoter in cortex. Has anyone else seen these aggregates? Any tips on preventing them?

[Lee Peyton, PhD @LP_PhD]

Fluorescent Friday could not wait!! Astrocytes are even more spectacular than neurons 🤯

[Alison Brack, PhD @alisonbrack]

@DrSalinasLab We give our moms wood blocks to chew to reduce their stress!

[Alison Brack, PhD @alisonbrack]

Does anyone recommend any software tools for registering whole-slice images to the allen brain atlas? I'm hoping to get mean intensity values per region. I'm seeing a couple options but wondering if anyone has any recommendations before diving deep into each one's documentation!

[Alison Brack, PhD @alisonbrack]

@NeuroWoodworks I think I was the recipient of this one (or one just like it) as a gift. It’s beautiful! Thank you!

[Alanna Carey @AlannaCarey3]

Got some help on my F31, hope the NIH is cool with that