Villeda Lab

Super thrilled to share our most recent work, published today in @Nature! Adam Schroer and Brit Ventura led this tour de force study, which shows that a platelet factor in blood plasma – PF4 – can attenuate inflammation and rescue cognition in aging: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Wonderful to be able to share this fantastic new work in @biorxivpreprint led by @HerberCharlotte (and in collaboration with @VilledaLab) on how aging impacts spatial coding and memory!

@_manasi_iyer_ Congratulations!!! So proud of you Manasi 😄

It's published!! So grateful to all the co-authors for all their hard work and contributions!

Interested in having your own independent lab immediately after graduate school? The UCSF Sandler Fellow Program is now open for applications. Deadline 1/12/24. Please spread words.

@JM_Castell @TrendsMolecMed @brittany_hemmer @philippi_sarah Thanks so much for the awesome Spotlight!!

Check out our @TrendsMolecMed Spotlight below on @villedalab's exciting publication (nature.com/articles/s4158…) discussing systemic factor PF4 as a modulator of neuroimmune function. Fun putting this together with @brittany_hemmer + @philippi_sarah! authors.elsevier.com/a/1i2ss5Eb1BZj…

@saralahue Congratulations Sara!!!!

@JM_Castell @AnaOF @brittany_hemmer @philippi_sarah Congratulations!!!! Such great work!!!!

Our study is out! TIMP2, prev tied to blood-borne revitalization of aged brain, regulates hippocampal plasticity via extracell. matrix. Great teamwork f/ 1st-auth @AnaOF, +@Brittany_Hemmer, @Philippi_Sarah, Alex Perales, + more! nature.com/articles/s4138… nature.com/articles/s4138…

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Amazing meeting, best science and wonderful friends ⁦@SimonsFdn⁩ ⁦@SCAgingBrain. Thx for the pic Saul ⁦@VilledaLab⁩!! ⁦@BrunetLab⁩ ⁦@ctmurphy1⁩ ⁦@JasonSynaptic⁩ ⁦@wysscoray⁩

Neuronal activation of Gαq EGL-30/GNAQ late in life rejuvenates cognition across species @ctmurphy1 @UCSFAging @VilledaLab cell.com/cell-reports/f… | @CellReports

We're proud to announce that @param_p_singh and @DrRohitBose are recipients of the @NIHDirector's New Innovator Award! This award is given to exceptionally innovative early-stage investigators. bit.ly/3rEDpzT #NIHHighRisk

New work from the lab @NatureAging! 🌱🌱 We asked whether the ability of plants to suppress pathological protein aggregation can be applied into human cell and animal models to delay or even prevent neurodegenerative diseases nature.com/articles/s4358…

@TheVilchezLab @NatureAging Felicidades! I was so looking forward to this coming out!

🌟 Exciting Job Opportunity Alert! 🌟 We are recruiting multiple faculty members @IHG_at_UCSF this year and want to hear from you!

@ctmurphy1 Felicidades Coleen - that’s awesome!!

Have you ever felt stressed about asking questions after a scientific talk? Here I share a few thoughts and tricks that might help you become comfortable in asking questions: valenzano-lab.github.io/docs/questions/

About time to officially announce that our lab recently moved to @IcahnMountSinai! We are so delighted to join the wonderful community here, and we are looking for postdocs. Come join our team! labs.icahn.mssm.edu/panagiotakosla… Apply here: careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3003926?l…

A protein involved in wound healing can improve learning and memory in ageing mice go.nature.com/47xwitb

An impressive trio of papers makes a strong case for platelet factor 4 (PF4) as the key to reducing inflammation and improving cognition in the aged brain model nature.com/articles/s4158… @Nature @VilledaLab @UCSFMedicine @justsaysinmice

This is a super cool convergence of work coming out of the labs of @DenaDubal @UCSF and Tara Walker @QldBrainInst demonstrating that the same plate factor – PF4 – can rejuvenate cognition in the context of klotho, exercise and young blood! @NatureAging @NatureComms