Highlighting researchers studying sex differences: a thread of amazing scientists you should follow!🧵 #SABV (@ this account and use #SABVscientists if you'd like to be added!)
. @jordanmarrocco is a molecular neuroendocrinologist @RockefellerUniv where he studies epigenomic signatures of stress. He was the first to demonstrate that stress induces a sex-specific translatome in CA3 pyramidal neurons. nature.com/articles/s4146…
.@patosilveyra leads the @silveyralab where she studies sex differences in lung disease and how physiological fluctuations in sex hormone levels can influence lung health. She published the first book ever to describe sex differences in lung physiology: springer.com/gp/book/978303…
.@tweetnicolepete is a neuroscientist @UCLA studying how ovarian hormones affect brain structure and function. Her recent paper showed how oral contraceptives change cortical structure. Get in touch if you’re interested in joining her lab! 👀nature.com/articles/s4138…
.@DrLJBrady is a postdoctoral researcher at Vanderbilt in @TheCalipariLab studying sex differences in cholinergic regulation of dopamine release underlying motivated behavior
.@yeseniatweets is a neuroscience PhD student at Emory working with @birdbrainlab to investigate how sex differences are reported in the biological sciences and which statistical approaches are used. Check out the lab’s website to learn more! birdbrainlab.org/science-of-sex…
.@Zuloaga_Lab is uncovering how sex and #aging influence metabolic & vascular contributions to dementia. Recently, grad student @salinero_abby found that high-fat diet causes greater metabolic and cognitive impairment in middle-aged females vs. males. doi.org/10.1096/fj.202…
.@mhyer787 is a postdoc fellow in neuroscience with @GretchenNeigh. Her recent paper shows that female rats with a history of adolescent stress are at higher risk for impaired cognitive flexibility, possibly driven by changes in glutamatergic signaling. doi.org/10.1016/j.ynst…
.@hhunsber is a postDoc at @Columbia studying Alzheimer's disease. In this video with @MelNuesch, she talks about sex differences in AD, its link with anxiety and how this has predictive potential.
.@Sam_C_Woodburn is a PhD student with @WohlebLab interested in sex-specific effects of stress on microglial phagocytosis and growth factor signaling. Check out his recent paper on temporal and sex-specific effects of chronic stress: doi.org/10.1016/j.ynst…
.@emilyjacobs is an Assoc Prof of Psych & Brain Sciences @ucsantabarbara. Her lab is revealing sex hormones’ powerful influence on the architecture of the human brain. Check out this thread on her research from last year -
.@ChantalRytz is a PhD student @UCalgaryMed studying the cardiovascular effects of gender-affirming estrogen therapy (GAET) in transgender women. Her goal is to improve the understanding of the use of GAET to create safe hormone therapy guidelines.
.@meradfor is an Assistant Professor at @UNC_SOM. She studies the effects of inhaled toxicants on respiratory immune health. Her recent paper identified dysregulated immune responses to influenza infection in e-cigarette users. atsjournals.org/doi/10.1165/rc…
.@LisaRobison86 studies sex differences in the effects of lifestyle factors, like diet & exercise, on neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Her recent paper reported sexually dimorphic metabolic outcomes in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease doi.org/10.1186/s12974…
.@CorriveauNick is a neuropsychologist and a research fellow at Mayo Clinic. Part of his research focuses on sex differences in functional brain networks in aging and dementia.
.@LiannaWat is a PhD candidate @ubclifesciences studying the metabolic pathways that regulate sex diffs in fat metabolism. She identified a novel role for the triglyceride lipase, brummer, in neurons where it sex-specifically regulates fat metabolism. doi.org/10.1371/journa…
.@JWMillington is a PhD candidate @ubclifesciences. He found that the sex-biased regulation of insulin signaling during development controls the sex difference in nutrient-dependent body size plasticity. lsi.ubc.ca/2021/01/20/rid…
.@TravisEHodges studies the sex-specific neurobiology underlying stress-induced negative cognitive bias across the lifespan. In a recent review, he joins @LiisaGalea & @WQiuPhoenix to discuss the heterogeneity of perinatal depression in rodent models. doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrn…
Travis also wants to promote the Women's Health Research Cluster (@ResearchonWH) as a hub for #SABV seminars & blogs, as well as their trainee presentation series that welcomes trainees to present their research. womenshealthresearch.ubc.ca/home
.@boulderjess Dr. Jessica Babb’s Lab of Translational Psychiatry at VA Boston studies how sex and hormones affect the brain’s response to stress in rodent models, with the goal of developing better treatments for PTSD and opioid addiction. kaplanlab.org
.@Just_Bollinger is a post-doc with @WohlebLab (mentioned earlier in thread) studying stress effects on glia-neuron interaction! His recent findings show that gonadal hormones mediate sex-dependent stress effects on microglia and astrocytes. doi.org/10.1111/jne.12…
.@SivaniyaSubram is a PhD student and founder of wisdomexchangeproject.com
See the link to her most recent publication “Sex differences in brain aging among adults with family history of Alzheimer’s disease and APOE4 genetic risk”
.@LastWeekTonight did a great piece on bias in medicine in 2019 that features an excerpt of an interview with Larry Cahill from a 60 Minutes story ("Sex Matters" in 2014).
Larry Cahill wrote a great response to Gina Rippon's "The Gendered Brain" -- a tweet from the amazing @Docbecca explains...
At the start of lockdown last year, I downloaded #TikTok and I’ve been hooked ever since! My own videos are a mix of “life in the lab”, some singing & music, and a generous helping of silliness 😁 vm.tiktok.com/ZMeqjhy3c/
I’ve really enjoyed being part of the science community there over the past year — here are a few of the amazing scientist creators on TikTok ⤵️
Hello all! @NeuroErinPhD here - I’m thrilled to be curating the feed this week. Here's an intro thread on my journey in science…🧵(1/7)
I'm a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience at University College Cork, Ireland @AnatNeuroUCC. My research in the lab of Dr. Olivia O'Leary focuses on sex differences in stress-related psychiatric illness and developing novel therapeutic targets (2/7)
So how did an American neuroscientist get a job in Cork? The power of #sciencetwitter, of course! I saw @oliviafoleary's postdoc ad mentioning stress, sex differences, & adolescence...and I had to reach out! 3 years later, I’m living in Cork doing science with awesome people. 3/7
Ok so I had a rather hectic evening, but now let's talk about simulating proteins!
First of all, what's a protein?
Protein's are large biological molecules that are responsible for a myriad of different processes in living things. Feel hungry? In pain? Taste something sweet? Feeling an emotion? All of these things are controlled by a vast array of proteins!
Proteins are amazing! Each one is highly specialised to carry out a specific task, what's incredible is that all proteins are made from the same building blocks called amino acids (AAs).