alexdubrac.bsky.social
@alexdubrac.bsky.social
Passionate about neurovascular research?

Join our lab as a Ph.D or Postdoc at CHU Sainte-Justine (Montreal) to study endothelial cell function and neurovascular disorders using cutting-edge models and transcriptomics.

📩alexandre.dubrac@umontreal.ca
📅 Start: January 2026
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Although it's only February #GRC_Angiogenesis is already 1/2 full! If you love vessels and wanna dig into their interactions with their neighbors, you don't wanna miss this fabulous meeting in beautiful Newport, RI! We have ~30 slots for short talks! Don't wait, apply today using the link below👇
February 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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This one is very personal: I talk about our revascularization therapies and share a bit on how my experience as a #cancersurvivor is influencing my lab’s research. 1/
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(1/4) In recognition of #HeartMonth, join SCN’s Joanna Valsamis as she chats with biomedical engineering expert Dr. Sara Vasconcelos (University Health Network, Toronto) about cutting-edge stem cell research for heart disease—a leading cause of death and disability in Canada.
Recycling Blood Vessels: A Breakthrough in Organ Regeneration
YouTube video by Stem Cell Network - Réseau de cellules souches
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February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Here is an important read from an important journal ! To quote @davidsdickens.bsky.social from his earlier post, the authors "highlight several pioneering strategies that show promise for safely bypassing this barrier." #BloodBrainBarrier #cerebrovascular www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Crossing the blood–brain barrier: emerging therapeutic strategies for neurological disease
The blood–brain barrier is a physiological barrier that can prevent both small and complex drugs from reaching the brain to exert a pharmacological effect. For treatment of neurological diseases, drug...
www.thelancet.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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🚨 CNS barriers scientists...come join us for #cshlbbb 2025! Submit your abstracts by January 24th...we pick MANY talks from abstracts - we look forward to seeing you in April!
January 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Although it's only January, slots are filling up quickly for #GRC_Angiogenesis! If you love blood vessels and wanna dig into their interactions with their neighbors, Newport is the place to be this summer! We will soon start selecting abstracts for short talks! Don't wait, apply today. Link 👇
January 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Join us in Toronto for the next Canadian Zebrafish Meeting! Registration and abstract submission will open soon.
January 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Come and join us! Fantastic meeting and even better people :) @izfs.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Join us in Toronto for the next Canadian Zebrafish Meeting! Registration and abstract submission will open soon.
January 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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This week, we submit abstracts to attend the Brain Barriers 2025 meeting at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social and you should too, submission deadline is January 24th ! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp... This meeting, hosted at a prestigious Institution, is an absolute must for scientists in this field 😇
Brain Barriers
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
meetings.cshl.edu
January 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Thrilled to see this paper out!! 🧪

Spatial transcriptomics of brain aging and 'spatial aging clocks' identify cells that have pro-aging or pro-rejuvenating effects on their neighbors!

Huge CONGRATS to Eric Sun and all authors! Fantastic collaboration with @jameszou.bsky.social!

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Spatial transcriptomic clocks reveal cell proximity effects in brain ageing
Nature - A spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomics map of the mouse brain at different ages reveals signatures of ageing, rejuvenation and disease, including ageing effects associated with T...
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December 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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Another beautiful study from Mike Sapieha’s group! “Corticosteroids reduce pathological angiogenesis yet compromise reparative vascular remodeling in a model of retinopathy“ doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 2:51 PM