Monica Carson
Fan of microglia, macrophages, glial-neuronal and brain-immune interactions (both innate & adaptive); flirted with oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and occasionally even neurons.
EIC Journal of Neuroinflammation
Sci-Fi and SDCC (Comicon)
opinions are my own
- #neuroskyence. Beautiful studying showing the interplay between aging, injury and inflammmation driving neuronal senescence. Potential new targets for chronic #pain
- #academicsky Happy to see all my favorites represented as signatories👏 Especially happy colleges/uni’s of my family were in the early wave of signers. Go #sevensisters 👏 some key places stll missing! #standup “we must, indeed, all stand together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately”
- The public letter by college/university presidents is now over 500 signers. (Almost three times as many, as three days ago.) www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
- Just when you think you know what they will do, #microglia will still surprise you with new ways of interacting with #neurons in #neurodegeneration - great read! #prions #glia #Neuroinflammation #neuroskyence
- As with many things, the final breakdown of complex systems, may not be where obvious activity/damage is. It seems obvious that autoimmune loss of #cns #myelin in #MS is due to an attack on myelin-think again, perhaps it’s against a less obvious but critical system: #astrocytes #neuroskyence #glia
- Rainbows appear even at sunset with clouds and rain still happening. Only commenting on weather☺️
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- #nih #academicsky The post below says it all
- Way cool #neuroimaging study with #marathon #runners suggests brain myelin “content is temporarily & reversibly diminished by severe exercise” consistent with rodent studies suggesting myelin lipids act as “glial energy reserves in extreme metabolic conditions.” #neuroskyence #glia #academicsky
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- #covid and inflammatory bits of Covid virus linger - detection in brain and lungs 3 months post infections in non-human primates. Can’t see how human primates would be different. Hence I still #mask for #health #neuroinflammation #neuroskyence #immunosky
- #academicsky Ohio is seeking to deputize college students to police #academic discourse
- Wish to #Boycott #amazon but don’t know what #amazonalternatives to use? Tomtomato55 Reddit provides this ChatGPT list
- Happy #Pi Day!
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- I understand the sentiment. No matter what being a parent is a tough exhausting role. But….I had two kids in grad school…And compared to my friends with “real jobs”, I always had flexibility they didn’t to be there for my kids to be class mom, go to school plays and all sorts of weird field trips
- #nih supports our #economy creating jobs, improving #health and discovering cool science & biology. Even #forbes agrees. Let your elected representatives know this matters to you! #academicsky #medsky
- New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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- This is definitely true - for some but not all. For some, this is indeed the goal. So those are not the minds one can change. The key is to get sufficient votes from those who have changeable minds or need an energy from their constituents ti meet their districts needs and best interests.
- Dud you know the government doesn’t send your university a big check when you receive a #NIH #grant ? it transfers funds to an account as you spend the money - but no more than 3 days in advance of grant spending on salaries and purchases. Great J Berg tutorial for #academicsky #academicresearch
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- I have always liked to think of the grant funds as being in an escrow account - paying out only as needed - but safely stored until expended or “sent back”.
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- Agree with stay up all night 🦉😂clocks move ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time (so if you want to be awake at 2:30am, and haven’t set your clock forward before sleeping…it’s 1:30am🙁
- #InternationalWomensDay #IWD celebrating and recognizing #womeninscience stories. Hedy Lamarr was successful in films but was also an incredible innovative inventor dubbed “the mother of Wi-Fi” and wireless GPS and Bluetooth communications www.womenshistory.org/education-re....
- Celebrate and recognize #internationalwomensday #IWD #academicsky #medsky #neuroskyence www.internationalwomensday.com
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- I understand and do not wish to change your choices. I would still celebrate in a world of equality, to celebrate the joy of those who lead in small and large ways by their actions. Today - I celebrate the outstanding women and the joy having them in our worlds.
- Recognizing #womeninscience Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay #IWD and #StandforScience #academicsky
- #StandingupforScience and Celebrating #internationalWomensDay By reposting cool science stories on Bluesky #academicsky
- #NIH is still being stalled. please keep contacting your elected representatives to let them know the #economic impacts to their regions. #academicsky
- Some great new #PopSci 📚 from Feb 25th. 🧵 Up first is @carlzimmer.com's latest, which I am THIS close to finishing (spoiler--it's excellent): Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe 🧪 amzn.to/4bq8jyD
- Great #read but please consider buying #books from sources other than #amazon. One of many to consider that is just as quick & easy? #Bookshop.org
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- I realize there are large differences across fields. In my field, #academia really is the “alternate” career: the majority of jobs are outside of academia. Hence the majority of my trainees had career goals outside academia before they joined my lab, and I actively supported their career goals
- Lifelong #health is not just about our genes-it’s about additive & synergistic consequences of life choices, life #exposures with #genetics Interesting #aging study quantifying contributions to disease patterns & mortality #medsky #academicresearch #neuroskyence #immunosky #neuroinflammation
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- I’m weaning myself off Amazon. Hard at the beginning, easier as I go along. Using Amazon just to find who sells what - then mostly buying directly.
- Ed Yong is such a real one <3 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
- Nearly 1/3 of people on earth, & an estimated 60 million in USA are chronically infected with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. New Study: in infected rats, low protein #diet (more than high-fat) accelerated signs of cognitive & motor impairment plus loss of neurons #neuroinflammation #neuroskyence
- Want to advocate for #health , #research and #Nih but don’t know where to start? Check out sfn’s website #advocacy best practices - highly practical resource, even with videos on how to communicate with legislature #neuroskyence #academicsky
- #heart health is #brain #health! Cool article linking atrial fibrillation, glymphatics and cognition #neuroskyence #medsky
- #nih funded projects are #economic drivers and multipliers usually $2.5 for region for every $1 of nih grant funded. Please contact your elected representatives so that your region doesn’t lose these investments in jobs and economy #medsky #immunosky #neuroskyence #academicsky
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- #scifi to message difficult truth #TheDayTheEarthStoodStill is a plea for global peace during Cold War. The alien Klaatu is on a benevolent, civilizing mission for earth not one of conquest or domination. We can’t remove #tesla batteries but we can change the message #dotherightthing #SDCC #resist
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- Money talks
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- Costco is a publicly traded company with Vanguard the largest shareholder. Costco isn’t owned by Target.
- “Nearly 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children who become infected with #measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications” #neuroinflammation #neuroskyence #immunosky #health www.cdc.gov/measles/sign....
- #measles vaccine reduces childhood mortality more than explained by prevention of measles infection. #vaccination limits measles-induced immune amnesia & prevents severe health consequences from multiple secondary post-measles infections #neuroskyence #immunosky #health asm.org/articles/201...
- #measles #neuroinflammation #neuroskyence #immunosky #medsky Measles is not just a harmless childhood rash - measles resets the immune systems of infected patients - inducing immune suppression through a process called immune amnesia - increasing susceptibility to a broad spectrum of pathogens
