Neuroimmune Interactions Laboratory @UMASS
@neuroimmune_usp
interested in #ZIKV #neuropathogenesis, #astrocytes, #neuroimmunology and also in good talk and good people - Department of Neurology -UMASS Chan Medical School
Happy to have our paper SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection Impacts Carbon Metabolism and Depends on Glutamine for Replication in Syrian Hamster Astrocytes online today! 😊 Beautiful @LilianLGO an @H4rvester 🎉🎉🎉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
A route for cerebrospinal fluid flow through leptomeningeal arterial–venous overlaps enables macromolecule and fluid shunting @jonykipnis @Drieu_Antoine @WashU nature.com/articles/s4159…
How are big proteins washed out from CSF, if they can’t go through the glymphatic system? Here is how: our new finding on glymphatic bypass || nature.com/articles/s4159… Congrats @Drieu_Antoine and Ben Plog and thank you to our many collaborators!
After >10 years of hard work by several teams worldwide, I'm proud to present our global #multi-omic study providing novel insights into the genetic, immunological, and metabolic underpinnings of HAM #HTLV-1 associated myelopathy researchsquare.com/article/rs-596…
What a beautiful place for a grant writing retreat!!! The Higgins House at WPI!



Delighted to see this finally out - kudos to @Dr_LPJ & friends! Neural stem cell grafts remyelinate MS-like lesions in mice, opening new possibilities for progressive MS treatment. #Neuroscience #progressiveMS #RegenerativeNeuroimmunology academic.oup.com/brain/advance-…
Dorothy Schafer, PhD, & Travis Thomson, PhD, have received a $50,000 award from the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience to study how the brain and organs, notably the liver, use extracellular vesicles to communicate: direc.to/nV4i @NeurobioUMass @UMassChanGiving
Megan Orzalli, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at @UMassChan, has received a PATH award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund: brnw.ch/21wTPeL The $505,000 award will support Dr. Orzalli’s research on the skin’s immune system. #BWFpath @BWFUND @UMass_Medicine
Check out the new publication by Christopher C. Hemond regarding the Paramagnetic Rim Lesion biomarker used in multiple sclerosis diagnosis. #neurology #MultipleSclerosis
The FEBS Journal: Vol 292, No 12 Congrats to @KarinaBortoluci and @inflammasomelab for this Beautiful work. It was a pleasure collaborating with you guys !!! 🎉👏 febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17424658/2…
Neurons are cool, but do you work with something cooler and understudied like the Blood-Brain Barrier? As a Guest Editor, I invite you to submit manuscripts in the Brain-Immune-Vascular interface for NPJ Dementia! More info at: nature.com/collections/ih… #Neuroscience #Alzheimer
Two years ago I left a 10y tenured position in Brazil. Last week I sent my official resignation-no regrets. @UMassChanNeuro has been incredible. The best way to close this chapter? My last PhD student @LilianLGO got Honorable Mention for her thesis😊Huge congrats. So proud!👏👏

Hey #Neuroimmunology enthusiasts: DO NOT MISS THIS ! Fantastic event #ReThinkNeuroimmunology organized by simply the best: @QuintanaLabHMS @kipnislab @IdoAmitLab @stevens1lab @RejaneRua Registration is now open ! genelayinstitute.org/rtn
Last #neuroinflammation data club! Fantastic year with so many great talks !!! Thanks for all the speakers and atendees! As well as to our friend @SchaferLabUMass for co-hosting! See you all in September!


Hello @UMassChan @UMassChanNeuro community. Our next #neuroinflammation data club is tomorrow. Looking forward to more fantastic talks. See you there ! @SchaferLabUMass

Hot off the press from the Khvorova & Brown labs @UMassChan RNAi-mediated silencing of SOD1 profoundly extends survival and functional outcomes in ALS mice cell.com/molecular-ther… #RNA #RNATherapeutics
Meet Eduardo Oliveira, a bioinformatician supporting the Neuroimmune Interactions Lab. umassmed.edu/neurology/rese… #neurology #research @neuroimmune_usp
Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, a dermatologist and physician-scientist @UMassChan, have endowed a scholarship at the Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians. ow.ly/VJ7x50VO3vv
Thank you Sam and Samara for you great talks today! Thanks everyone for coming ! See you next time ! 🤓🙏@SchaferLabUMass


Redefining CNS immune privilege bit.ly/432fwRC
Yes its time! Hello #neuroimmunology enthusiasts from @UMassChan ! Our next Neuroinflammation data club is tomorrow. More great science and great people ! See you there ! 🤓🙏 @SchaferLabUMass
