Mara Mather
@MaraMather
I tweet when I come across science that amazes or surprises me. Also at @maramather.bsky.social @[email protected]
Published today! Daily heart rate variability biofeedback to increase vs. decrease heart rate oscillations led to large effect size differences in plasma amyloid-β. rdcu.be/c7ekt
Wow. The CEO of @DanaFarber Cancer Institute, currently implicated in allegations of widespread sloppiness and misconduct doubled her salary in 2022 to $4 million. Note that this is a non-profit institute. Well, there ain't no profits if it all goes to the CEO!
I just published Dana — Farber Cancer Institute Leadership Lacks Accountability as Scandal Continues link.medium.com/C95hBmW0FGb
Energy flow creates patterns of endless beauty, and some regularities emerge in different branches of nature -- like between human brains and purple cabbage
Why does my cabbage resemble the way the human brain folds (gyrification)? Is my cabbage conscious?
Applications for postdoc fellowships for multidisciplinary research training in Gerontology due Dec. 1! Please repost and send to any graduate students who might be interested. For more information please see gero.usc.edu/mrtraining-i...
Reducing publication bias with Registered Reports | Nature Neuroscience nature.com/articles/s4159…
Here are 10 remarkable times when people admitted they had been wrong. Examples like these help promote the healthy norm of admitting when we've made a mistake (since mistakes are just a part of being human) so that we can all learn and grow: admitting being wrong megathread 🧵
Human life seems valuable in Japan. Platform safety in Japan.
Via the magic of Zoom, I'll be giving a @NeuroSchool_mrs seminar in Marseille from Los Angeles on Thursday. If aging and the #locuscoeruleus #noradrenergic system is of interest to you, you are welcome to join (see link below).
Noradrenaline's role in traumatic brain injury and the possible benefits of acute administration of adrenergic antagonists nature.com/articles/s4158… work by @NedergaardLab #locuscoeruleus
Now in press! A new perspective on the age-related positivity effect. Or a paper in which I argue with my previous self. In this theoretical review I propose a framework to explain the HRV/emotion conundrum in aging. osf.io/preprints/psya… #hrv #locuscoeruleus #aging
Interesting results regarding the quickly decreasing wakefulness inducing potential of the locus coeruleus and how intense LC activity leads to sleep afterwards: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is why physics is such a wonderful magic.
Thrilled about both 1 & 2! Congrats to Martina on receiving the Marie Curie Fellowship!
🧵Two fantastic life-changing news: 1. On Feb 1, I have started my postdoc at @USCLeonardDavis with @MaraMather 2. Today, I discovered I obtained a global #MSCA postdoctoral fellowship together with @MaraMather & @IlseVanDIest Incredibly grateful for these opportunities!
Hilarious AI attempt at depicting fat couch potatoes
This is why people get fat in relationships (it's not what you think): A study was done to find out what happens to people who get into relationships and the results were pretty shocking. Researchers found that when men and women get in relationships they exercise less and stop…
This is a brave piece. When a postdoc in my lab committed fraud, I had to face my own culpability | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…
Start 2024 in an exciting new position as clinical research coordinator II, in a fun lab that values teamwork, communication and good food! If you are interested in neuropsychology, the brain, aging and dementia, then apply! @MGH_RI @MGHNeuroSci #Boston
We are hiring a Clinical Research Coordinator II. Are you motivated to work with older individuals and those at risk of Alzheimer's disease, have good interpersonal skills, a high level of organisational skills and are proactive? Come and join us!! Info: shorturl.at/cd136
Midjourney version 6 was released two hours ago, and it's incredible. I compared it to the previous version 5.2 across 15 very different image categories. Here are the results:
Intensive exercise, which generates a high degree of shear stress, destroys circulating tumor cells. As a quirk of cancer cell biology, many types of metastatic cancer cells are vulnerable to shear stress created by blood flow itself. However, it's important to recognize that…
The shear force of blood flow generated from aerobic exercise literally KILLS circulating tumor cells Just another benefit of exercise to add to the list
Did you ever wonder why our marrow is located inside of our *bones*, #MedTwitter? There’s no a priori anatomical reason it should be sited there. Blood cells could form in our spleens & livers, as they do during our fetal lives; or elsewhere, as in some animals. Let’s discuss! /1