Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD

Neurogeneticist, wife and mother. CEO and Principal Consultant @PurplexCell. Stem cells and organoids enthusiast, supporter of #WIS and #openscience.

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

10/23/25 Giveaway: Set of Matte Grape Crochet Hooks https://t.co/inVZmbGvrM

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

Very interesting take on the topic of the week: Nobel laureates!

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too?

And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates.

A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

[Stellate Communications @stellatecomms]

Congrats to @RhienEHare on her promotion to Account Coordinator! 🎊 She joined Stellate as an intern back in the summer of 2023, and since then, she's been promoted x2 supporting teams on both nonprofit & investigator accounts. We are so proud of you, Rhien!

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@DaniBeckman @RobWust No wonder I felt like I did not know how to move my body when I tried to get a workout in, 3 weeks after covid!

[Stellate Communications @stellatecomms]

Hey Scientists! Are you looking for a website, logo, or custom design work?

Stellate's Creative team is open for business ✨ We have capacity to take on new projects starting in June 2024 with late summer / early fall web launches.

Learn more here: https://t.co/tqcbhFNFMF

[Silvia De Rubeis @DeRubeisLab]

We could be your host 🍎 and you could enjoy this view from your lab bench!

Join the @AvHStiftung event 👇🏼 and reach out if interested in learning more about our research 🧠 🧬🔬

[Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD @FannyElahi]

Exciting breakthrough in vascular dementia research! 🧠

Our latest pre-print identifies unique blood proteomic signatures in CADASIL, the most prevalent monogenic form of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID).

https://t.co/d8kpO3XXYi

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

Such an amazing team and company to work for! I can’t say enough good things about @caitvw @gserratomarks and their team!

[Stellate Communications @stellatecomms]

Stellate is hiring a full-time Web Development Manager to join our growing Web Team!

Ideal candidates will have experience with Webflow and/or other no-code platforms.

Compensation: $85-$95K

Learn more by visiting our Careers page: https://t.co/0vKsULFwxJ

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@NinaSteele17 @Momademia I hope your LO gets well soon, hfm is so hard (my oldest had it twice!!!)

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@NinaSteele17 @Momademia I’m sorry, I feel you! It’s impossible to understand how big of a problem this is until you experience it first hand. We restorted to have a live-in nanny (it was covid so it started as the only option). Not everyone can afford it, but it saved our sanity (and our jobs)

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@jogleeson_ucsd @UWISCRM had the option to do it for internal teams but might be able to do it for externals as well. @UCSDHealth also has an amazing facility, possibly @jan_nolta can help you?

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@ravenscimaven Coocking coconut oil…

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@stellatecomms @BaileyCSarka @OlsenLabMCW What an amazing start of the year @BaileyCSarka! Congrats!

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@KSchaferPhD The honesty of this tweet is life. We should really stop the narrative that motherhood is a magical thing. I love my kids with all my being, but I don’t know that I would choose to be a mother knowing what I know now. It does get better, but you don’t get these years back.

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

First year (almost) i the books for @purplexcell, and I could not be happier.

🎄Happy Holidays everyone!

[PURPLExCELL @purplexcell]

🎉 Cheers to an amazing year of growth and innovation! 🧬 We thank our valued clients for their trust and partnership.

🔬 May your holidays be filled with joy and relaxation. 🌟

🎄 Here's to cell-ebrating the season and embracing new beginnings! 🥂 #HappyHolidays #Biotech

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

@jan_nolta Now, that's a true celebration! Happy holidays @jan_nolta !

[Dr. Milena Pirozzi, MSc, PhD @biomilly]

The best team too work with, and very fun projects to work on. If you are interested or have questions, feel free to DM me! #womeinstem #CareerDevelopment #Jobs #scicomm

[Stellate Communications @stellatecomms]

Stellate is hiring in early 2024 for two full-time roles:
✨ Account Supervisor: $92-100K
📝 Grant Writer: $90-130K

Learn more by visiting our Careers page, including on how to apply: https://t.co/0vKsULFwxJ

[Shebani Sethi, MD @ShebaniMD]

People with serious mental health illnesses face a reduction in life expectancy, often dying 10-20 years earlier than the general population. Thank you @StanfordHIL for inviting me to speak on how Metabolic Psychiatry opens new avenues of treatment for serious mental illnesses.

[Danielle Beckman @DaniBeckman]

My last post about being sick with #COVID19 attracted much attention, good and bad. For those who wished me well, thank you very much! I have already recovered my sense of smell and taste and am improving from Covid symptoms every day.
For the denialists who took precious time of their lives to come to my post and say that the virus does not exist or that it is just a common cold, just a message:
I directly see the virus in the brain using microscopy, and you can see it as well in the video I made below. Viral protein (red, viral nucleocapsid) is found mainly inside neurons (blue, neun) in the olfactory cortex. Glial cells such as astrocytes (white, gfap) and microglia (green, iba1( are attacking these infected neurons, trying to slow down the viral spreading across the brain. Although beneficial, this mechanism also generates more neuroinflammatory propagation, with additional collateral damage to the circuits besides the death of infected neurons.
You can deny as much as you want that this is happening, but science is here clearly proving what is going on. Our first study was published last year: https://t.co/xL79P0zds9
We are currently also looking at how vaccines can modulate this type of neuronal damage. So far, it seems that, although not able to prevent neuronal infection, vaccination reduces the neuroinflammatory response generated by the immune system in the brain. More to come soon! #FluorescenceFriday