Tony Umpierre

@YunluZhu @UMichOto Congrats!!!!!

Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my lab in the Kresge Hearing Research Institute @UMichOto in May! We study how the brain turns gravity signals into stable movement → zhulab.fish (yup, proudly a #zebrafish lab🐟) If you're interested, get in touch! #newPI

@JasonSynaptic Almost 100 points and 1100 yards of total offense. That was the craziest game I’ve ever seen. Would have been nice if we figured out how to have a second level of run defense. At least it was a W

Utes. WTF. 😭

@JasonSynaptic Yea same haha.

@TonyUmpierre I remember seeing this out in the desert years ago and thought we were being visited lol.

Is this aliens?

@andyblarsen Yea. You’re the only Andy in media I trust. The Andy doing the video must be an alien.

@TonyUmpierre Hold on, I’m hearing that website “WQAD” is actually run by aliens

@andyblarsen Couldn’t just let me think it was aliens for 15 minutes? lol.

@TonyUmpierre Starlink wqad.com/article/weathe…

@JasonSynaptic Agreed. One thing that’s particularly interesting and consequential is individual variabilty in an immune response. A one-size-fits-all model would be a disservice in that sense.

@TonyUmpierre I'm skeptical too. I've yet to see virtual cell models that do well. But, they are definitely rapidly getting better. The big doubts for me are that they need real biology data to "train" on...and do we even have enough data yet?

CZI pivots, going "all in" on AI models of the cell and now whole physiological systems..starting with the virtual immune system. apnews.com/article/chan-z…

Our paper is online! Huge thanks to the team for making this happen @LongJun_Wu

@JasonSynaptic Better policy: investigate people submitting 15+ grants per year. If they seem to be alive and well, I expect it’s AI. If they’re barely clinging to life…that aligns with my expectations for anyone actually writing that many grants per year.

The NIH has decided that scientists can only submit 6 grants a year. OK. But you need a score that’s < 10% at least to get funded. Meaning, at best, 1 out of 10 grants you submit will have a chance (YMMV of course). 🫠

@eyolab @LongJun_Wu Thank you for highlighting! Hope all is well at UVA!

In 2020, in a study led by Umpierre et al. @TonyUmpierre from @LongJun_Wu lab, we learned that microglial calcium activity is increased by both changing neuronal activity indicating bi-directional sensitivity to neuronal activity #content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">elifesciences.org/articles/56502….🤩#20YearsInVivoMGImaging

@JasonSynaptic We don’t need statements. We need lawsuits and temporary restraining orders or people will lose their jobs. Sick of statements. Universities need to take some goddamn action.

Nice to see a university step up to the plate..more of this please.

So honored and excited to co-chair #2026EpilepsyGRS with the incredible @LivHoff96 & getting the privilege to work with our #2026EpilepsyGRC chairs @KMlab4brains @Go3than Special congrats to our newly elected vice chairs @jmaglab @AvtarRoopra Let the countdown begin! 🧠🧫🔬🐭

@BohanLi_PKU Thank you, Bohan!!!!

@TonyUmpierre Big congrats Tony！

It’s official! I’m excited to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota this summer!

@arifahamid Thank you, Arif!!!!!!

@GHandy50 Absolutely. I’d love to collaborate on some of the anticipated projects! I will be in town in June. Let’s grab lunch and catch up!!

@geewhiz_ephys That reminds me. Are cotton candy machines allowable expenses?