Collin Nadarajah

A week ago, I defended my PhD thesis about the role of REV-ERBs in astrocytes in neurodegeneration. None of this was possible without the support of my family, my PI, my wonderful lab and my friends. Now onwards into clinic #PhDone #mstp #washumed

Making a thesis defense presentation while my street got hit by the #STL #Tornado yesterday. Thankfully, I’m alright. God is sending a message but I’m not sure what it is.

Thesis has been submitted and in 2 weeks, it’s Defense time #PhDlife #MSTP

Turning 30 today and this decade is going to bring some fun and interesting things real soon: -Defending my PhD Thesis in a couple months -Going back to med school in June -Go to residency and learn how to be physician

4 years ago on #ElectionDay , I was studying for Cardio, Pulm, Renal, and Path block exams that week (that was a fun time 😅) Now during #Election2024 I’m putting together my first solo first author manuscript. Times change and yet the stress and deadlines remain

the weirdest places I’ve seen the Eduroam WIFI so far: a small monastery on a lake an hour outside Munich and the Dachau concentration camp memorial

MSTP student extraordinaire @Neuro_Nada delivering his talk on astrocyte REV-ERBs at #CSHLglia. It's a big stage but he did very well. My first time at the meeting and it was great. Thanks to @ErinMGibson for highlighting our glial circadian translatome paper.

Very rewarding to see all of Michelle’s hard work and persistence pay off. Fantastic student and budding scientist.

The only time I’ll be able to post this. Started the MSTP as a bright eyed 24 year old. Now hopefully in the second half 😅😅

I’ve only written the wrong year on my samples twice so far. It’s the small joys.

Lab has been rough of late but that doesn’t matter… THE TEXAS RANGERS ARE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!! #GoAndTakeIt World Series here we come!!

Very happy to finally present my PhD paper in the Musiek lab where we find astrocyte activation via loss of Bmal1 abrogates intra-neuronal tau/synuclein pathology! We also find Bag3 upregulation in a cluster of astrocytes in human AD patients that resemble DAA astrocytes! 👇

Excited to share @patwsheehan and @Neuro_Nada's new paper with @GusDavisLab out in @NeuroCellPress! Circadian clock disruption via Bmal1 KO protects against tau and synuclein pathology. How can this be? It’s the astrocytes! This led us to astrocyte BAG3 as a protective response.

Our @NeuroCellPress paper is finally out! We found a Bmal1-Bag3 axis in Astrocytes that is protective against Tau and Synuclein pathology! Check out the thread from fellow first-author @patwsheehan who spearheaded this awesome project

Thrilled to find out that our prediction of BAG3 regulation of tau aggregation in astrocytes published in rdcu.be/c5gw5 has been validated by Collin Nadarajah @Neuro_Nada in the @ErikMusiek lab at #KSNeurodegen23 #KSNeuroimmune23 @KeystoneSymp poster presentation!

Couldn’t have done this without the tremendous work of @patwsheehan, and the guidance and support of @ErikMusiek and @GusDavisLab. Hope to see this work published soon!

Submitted my first F30 grant application to the #NIH. That was… a lot of work. I can see why PIs spend so much time doing them. #mstp

Passed my thesis proposal. So apparently I do occasionally know what I’m talking about #phdcandidate #mstp

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