Holly Wasserman
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Holly Wasserman
@OTNYC
An Occupational Therapist transitioning to the Neuroscience World in Education & Research





Do we have PIGs in our brains? This seems like a strange question, but it’s an important one, and the answer helps us understand how Alzheimer’s disease develops. @HaselPhilip decided to investigate - and it's published today: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al… (thread: 1/9)


(1/7) Now that SfN is over, sate your neuro hunger with a new preprint from the talented MD/PhD student, @RPancholi19: "Microstimulation of sensory cortex engages natural sensory representations" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…






🏆 Join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2023 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in #BiomedicalScience and #Music: @Planaria1, @duYun, @angeliquekidjo, @echouchani, @BiyuHe, Shixin Liu, @arooj_aftab, @jpcomposer, and @rubyibarra. Read more @Vilcek. vilcek.co/2023vfpton






A big congrats to 2022’s cohort of Google PhD Fellows, who are part of our program that recognizes and supports graduate students doing exceptional research in computer science and related fields. Read more about the experience from three alums ↓ goo.gle/3CR3AXf



Announcing the 2022 Christine Beattie Award Winner: Yunlu Zhu! The award recognizes junior investigators who demonstrate excellence in the field of zebrafish research and exhibit promise as a future leader in the zebrafish field. Learn more: izfs.org/news/announcin… #zebrafish


Excited to share our most recent publication led by @michaelrodea, Lauren Green, and @camdenhoover3. A thread on the findings and the story behind the science. 👇 nature.com/articles/s4159…






