Jason Shepherd

Very excited for our new paper, now out in @CellCellPress! /🧵The protein Tau forms intracellular toxic tangles in neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and Tauopathies. Tau pathology slowly spreads from cell-to-cell but the mechanisms of Tau transmission are not clear. /1

Lindsey Graham’s sister randomly gets his job because he died?? Do I become a neuroscientist at Cornell when my sister dies because I’m not ready for that

@GovCox Stop lying to us.

The question has never been whether to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, but how to protect them best. We deeply value these natural, cultural, and scientific treasures. The historic landmarks and other nationally significant resources remain under federal protection, while allowing agencies to direct limited resources toward caring for these specific sites rather than millions of surrounding acres.

@Ger_Crowley13 @soyonhonglab Thanks! These big papers take time.

@JasonSynaptic @soyonhonglab Thanks Jason! Great to see Mitali’s paper published recently too, major congrats on that 👏

Delighted to share my PhD work, published this week in Science! Huge thanks to all of my co-authors for their invaluable input, especially @soyonhonglab who supported me wholeheartedly throughout this incredible journey. Read all about it here! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@DannyHeinz57 @British_Airways 😆

@JasonSynaptic @British_Airways Have you tried convincing everyone that you ARE wearing clothes, but only those who are truly pure of heart can see them?

Well damn. Thanks to @British_Airways we landed in London for a wedding..and they lost our bags from Venice. So now…we have no clothes 🙄

WANTED: Jobs in English countryside so I can walk my horse down the street everyday. Also a job for @JasonSynaptic. @UniofOxford @Cambridge_Uni

@KimberleyShoaf @British_Airways Word. Just didn’t think they could lose bags on a short direct flight 😭

@JasonSynaptic @British_Airways Always carry an extra set of clothes in your carry-on.

@British_Airways They are still AWOL. So that doesn’t help with a change of clothes or prescription meds for today. Seemed hard to lose bags on a direct flight but you all managed it.

@JasonSynaptic We’re sorry your bag has been delayed. Please be assured that as soon as we have any information to share with you, your missing baggage report will be updated to reflect this. You can check for the latest updates here: britishairways.com/content/inform…. Milika

Flying in to London to watch England v. Norway at a British Pub? ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ @British_Airways losing our luggage? Red card! 🚩 Anyone have @KensingtonRoyal’s stylist info? We are in need of cocktail party and wedding guest attire! Thanks! 🙏 @JasonSynaptic

@Cugu89 @NutritionNerd Not this time but happy to visit one day!

@JasonSynaptic @NutritionNerd Any chance you could make a small detour to Milan to share your great science? :D Happy holidays!

“Dolomiti, ti amo"

Alzheimer’s disease is driven by a buildup of a toxic protein called Tau that kills neurons. Researchers have discovered that, in mice, a brain protein called Arc helps spread Tau from sick brain cells to healthy ones. Learn more: healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/news/…

The @IBROorg World Congress program committee has finalized a 🔥 keynote and special lecture line up. Stay tuned! In the meantime, symposia submissions are open (link below). Join us in Cape Town next year for this unique global neuroscience meeting!

I inadvertently booked a tour at the Sagrada Família just before the Tour de France riders literally biked past it yesterday. So cool!

@PDA_PhD @NutritionNerd I need to go to that RNA meeting one day.

@JasonSynaptic @NutritionNerd Ah nice. I head to Barcelona tomorrow from Porto. Have fun!

Quick stop through BOS on our way to Barcelona!

@PDA_PhD @NutritionNerd IBRO premeeting and then vacation! But need to go to FENS proper one day.

@JasonSynaptic @NutritionNerd FENS??

@HistedLab He has no idea what he’s talking about. It’s laughable that he thinks industry could replace the NIH. NIH funded labs train almost every scientist who ends up in industry . As you state, the science funded by NIH is the bedrock for biotech and the govt MAKES $ on that investment!

Last, abolishing the NIH and NSF would create a funding vacuum. I hesitate to even engage with this utterly naive view of economics and science, but I’ll note CZI and HHMI’s dramatic course changes, Bell Labs support by govt contracts, and check out Wellcome/CZI/HHMI budgets.

It is sad that Scott Atlas doesn’t understand basic economics. Paul Samuelson wrote about public goods—why NIH has been such a stunning success—more than 75 yrs ago. Also, to see why Atlas urges ending US success, just look at who elevates him: pro-privatization billionaires. 1/