Brendan Whitelaw

MD/PhD student @RocMSTP; microglia researcher

[Sarah Clark @sarahhartclark]

Tonight I moderated a panel for a discussion on the NY Health Act. Community members came to share their stories & get answers to questions about what the #NYHA could mean for NYers. TY @metrojustice & all of the advocates for your dedication to ensuring healthcare for all.

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Nice article @friscojosh with good use of bootstrapping but... ! Why not do the same analysis on points scored? Might show that the low points is also just noise and make the whole article a moot point.

https://t.co/0HYBvxZsuX

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Next up, NYS! @JeremyCooneyROC @samraforsenate

[John Whitelaw @johnswhitelaw]

The Delaware Senate has acted. Thanks to @BryanTownsendDE for your leadership on this crucial bill. On to the House.

[Metro Justice @MetroJustice]

The fight for a #CompassionateNY is a multi issue campaign! True justice only occurs when we work together to put everyday New Yorkers first. @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins are you with us?

[Metro Justice @MetroJustice]

The #CompassionateNY package is both morally right and fiscally responsible. The Compassionate New York would save nearly $12 billion in the first year of implementation alone. #PassNYHealth #JusticeRoadMap #EvictionFreeNY

[Metro Justice @MetroJustice]

Great to have them speak at our rally!

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

Collaboration @UofR is vital to
#URochesterResearch

Functional MRI Correlates of Sleep Quality in HIV

Sr: Dr. Giovanni Schifitto @URMC_Neurology
1st: @tall_arun

@madativ (#neuroscience) @JenMarsellaMD @zhongroc Yuchuan Zhuang, Xing Qiu, PhD, Lu Wang

https://t.co/mvs1qA2Vbu

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

@RocMSTP Didn't realize Harrison Ford worked at UR! 😆

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

@samraforsenate @AndreaSCousins Congratulations!! Please co-sponsor the #NYHealthAct so that all New Yorkers have access to mental health care they need! Even with private insurance, mental health care is too expensive for so many people!

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Took me a few days (and the CDC recommendations!) to internalize this. But please! A trip canceled is a chain of transmission broken

[Mariko Bennett MD PhD (she/her) @nachoriko]

Please do not travel this holiday season. Yes it’s a bummer. Yes we’re tired. Yes we can test but holy hell false negatives & we are in a surge WITH masking & testing &quarantine. This pregnant doc is double tired & feeling like people are acting reckless w eachothers’ safety.

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Systemic lack of accountability or consequences for appalling actions by the police. No basic investigatory authority by independent groups. Story about ROC PD, but happening everywhere.

https://t.co/BkEZTPgGCM

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

@URNeuroscience @SfNJournals @evelynmatei big thanks and congrats to Evelyn (UR '20), her first publication!

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Most people use only 10% of their brain at a time...

And that 10% is microglia. Those cells are doing WORK

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

5+ years @nytimes refused to state the obvious for fear of being accused of ‘bias’. Very good reporting, hamstrung by @deanbaquet’s insistence on euphemisms. The folks that beat the drums into Iraq...

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Micro-ghoul-a, the resident spooky-cytes of the CNS

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

@Adobe reader spellcheck... 🤔

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Wow!

[Mark Zylka @MarkZylka]

Just out! Angelman syndrome has the potential to be prevented with a CRISPR/Cas9 gene therapy. Early detection, followed by early treatment will be key. Special thanks to our amazing research group and @Angelman @SFARIorg @NINDSdirector. https://t.co/IEkmOYZMHq

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Especially with superscript numbers and not parentheticals. I do like sometimes seeing the first authors if I’m familiar with the field. What about a hybrid where numbers are used when >1(?) paper supports a single statement.

[Sam Gershman @gershbrain]

@NatureNeuro please consider eliminating the reference limit. It contributes to a rich-gets-richer pattern where only a small number of papers get cited over and over, and these tend to be by men.

[Uri Manor @manorlaboratory]

are any of you mac dropbox smart sync users? does anyone have a great way to sort folders and files in a mac finder window by *actual* local hard drive use, as opposed to full folder size (which includes both local and online-only file sizes)?

[Brendan Whitelaw @braindan_w]

Some really interesting papers I've been reading:
https://t.co/JeWMGZr3r7
https://t.co/GpkjvvUfSz
Looking at role of Arp2/3 in fibroblast and macrophage cytoskeleton/motility/chemotaxis.
Inspired by @realjamesdrew et al. bioarxiv post.
https://t.co/2vTpAshfto