Giacomo Sitzia
@giachiblue.bsky.social
Neuroscience postdoc studying basal ganglia-brainstem circuits for locomotion in the Kiehn lab, University of Copenhagen.
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
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#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u
August 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u
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So, #AcademicSky PIs, a few completely random questions for you:
What’s something you wish you had known/did when you started your own lab?
-or-
What’s something you did when you started your lab that worked out well?
Asking for a friend...
What’s something you wish you had known/did when you started your own lab?
-or-
What’s something you did when you started your lab that worked out well?
Asking for a friend...
August 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So, #AcademicSky PIs, a few completely random questions for you:
What’s something you wish you had known/did when you started your own lab?
-or-
What’s something you did when you started your lab that worked out well?
Asking for a friend...
What’s something you wish you had known/did when you started your own lab?
-or-
What’s something you did when you started your lab that worked out well?
Asking for a friend...
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Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
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🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
July 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
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Why do some people with Alzheimer’s do not show symptoms of Alzheimer's?
During her PhD, @giorgitos.bsky.social explored this question. Part of the answer led her to an unexpected group of brain cells: underdeveloped neurons.
Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/the-eld...
During her PhD, @giorgitos.bsky.social explored this question. Part of the answer led her to an unexpected group of brain cells: underdeveloped neurons.
Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/the-eld...
The elderly brain is less mature than you think and that could protect you from Alzheimer’s Disease - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
nin.nl
July 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why do some people with Alzheimer’s do not show symptoms of Alzheimer's?
During her PhD, @giorgitos.bsky.social explored this question. Part of the answer led her to an unexpected group of brain cells: underdeveloped neurons.
Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/the-eld...
During her PhD, @giorgitos.bsky.social explored this question. Part of the answer led her to an unexpected group of brain cells: underdeveloped neurons.
Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/the-eld...
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Apply for the opportunity to serve on JNeurosci’s Early Career Researcher Advisory Board to get more involved in scientific publishing and advocate as an early career researcher.
Learn more and submit your application by July 25, 2025, 5pm ET: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/ecr-board-applications
Learn more and submit your application by July 25, 2025, 5pm ET: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/ecr-board-applications
July 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Apply for the opportunity to serve on JNeurosci’s Early Career Researcher Advisory Board to get more involved in scientific publishing and advocate as an early career researcher.
Learn more and submit your application by July 25, 2025, 5pm ET: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/ecr-board-applications
Learn more and submit your application by July 25, 2025, 5pm ET: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/ecr-board-applications
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Calbindin Stratifies Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Governing Distinct Aspects of Locomotion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.07.663227v1
July 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Calbindin Stratifies Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Governing Distinct Aspects of Locomotion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.07.663227v1
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Happy #Pride! 🏳️🌈
Neuroscience thrives when diverse perspectives and inclusive spaces are cultivated to ensure all researchers are valued, supported, and empowered.
This #PrideMonth SfN celebrates the contributions of LGBTQIA+ scientists within the neuroscience community and beyond.
#neurosky
Neuroscience thrives when diverse perspectives and inclusive spaces are cultivated to ensure all researchers are valued, supported, and empowered.
This #PrideMonth SfN celebrates the contributions of LGBTQIA+ scientists within the neuroscience community and beyond.
#neurosky
June 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy #Pride! 🏳️🌈
Neuroscience thrives when diverse perspectives and inclusive spaces are cultivated to ensure all researchers are valued, supported, and empowered.
This #PrideMonth SfN celebrates the contributions of LGBTQIA+ scientists within the neuroscience community and beyond.
#neurosky
Neuroscience thrives when diverse perspectives and inclusive spaces are cultivated to ensure all researchers are valued, supported, and empowered.
This #PrideMonth SfN celebrates the contributions of LGBTQIA+ scientists within the neuroscience community and beyond.
#neurosky
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Congratulations to our Human Neural Circuitry team; bit.ly/4dEyX7Z publishes today in Science! This was the hardest challenge of my career, but one of the most rewarding, after years of rebuilding– & expanding my inpatient neuropsychiatry in the service of basic discovery bsky.app/profile/deis...
May 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Congratulations to our Human Neural Circuitry team; bit.ly/4dEyX7Z publishes today in Science! This was the hardest challenge of my career, but one of the most rewarding, after years of rebuilding– & expanding my inpatient neuropsychiatry in the service of basic discovery bsky.app/profile/deis...
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Excited to present our study in @natneuro.nature.com: a deep brain pathway that triggers safety-driven movement—overriding needs like finding food or social contacts. A look into how the brain weighs deep instincts. Congrats to all and first author @nkrauth.bsky.social. shorturl.at/toYFN
A hypothalamus–brainstem circuit governs the prioritization of safety over essential needs - Nature Neuroscience
Animals need to adapt behavior to balance survival with fulfillment of essential needs. Krauth et al. identify neurons in the lateral hypothalamus that, when activated, prioritize survival over other ...
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May 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Excited to present our study in @natneuro.nature.com: a deep brain pathway that triggers safety-driven movement—overriding needs like finding food or social contacts. A look into how the brain weighs deep instincts. Congrats to all and first author @nkrauth.bsky.social. shorturl.at/toYFN
I'm proud of contributing to @nkrauth.bsky.social @clemmensenc.bsky.social @olekiehn.bsky.social discovery of the role of an hypothalamic-brainstem circuit for prioritization of safety. Really impressive amount of work led by @nkrauth.bsky.social
Honored to share that our paper is out today in Nature Neuroscience:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We identify a hypothalamic-brainstem circuit linking internal states to locomotion: These projections drive safety-focused movement over competing behavior.
#Neuroscience #Hypothalamus #Locomotion
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We identify a hypothalamic-brainstem circuit linking internal states to locomotion: These projections drive safety-focused movement over competing behavior.
#Neuroscience #Hypothalamus #Locomotion
A hypothalamus–brainstem circuit governs the prioritization of safety over essential needs - Nature Neuroscience
Animals need to adapt behavior to balance survival with fulfillment of essential needs. Krauth et al. identify neurons in the lateral hypothalamus that, when activated, prioritize survival over other ...
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm proud of contributing to @nkrauth.bsky.social @clemmensenc.bsky.social @olekiehn.bsky.social discovery of the role of an hypothalamic-brainstem circuit for prioritization of safety. Really impressive amount of work led by @nkrauth.bsky.social
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Heads up: A ton of papers from my group at the Broad, Pittsburgh, Irvine, Caltech, Duke, Berkeley and especially the Allen are on deck for a big consortium publication on new methods to target range of specific neuronal and non-neuronal cells coming out in Neuron and associated journals May 20th!
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Heads up: A ton of papers from my group at the Broad, Pittsburgh, Irvine, Caltech, Duke, Berkeley and especially the Allen are on deck for a big consortium publication on new methods to target range of specific neuronal and non-neuronal cells coming out in Neuron and associated journals May 20th!
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The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
2026 Basal Ganglia Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Basal Ganglia will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
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Flagging warning signs of dementia, @sabina-srokova.bsky.social studies memory and brain changes in aging.
#academicsky #neurosky #aging #dementia #Alzheimers #investinscience
#academicsky #neurosky #aging #dementia #Alzheimers #investinscience
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Flagging warning signs of dementia, @sabina-srokova.bsky.social studies memory and brain changes in aging.
#academicsky #neurosky #aging #dementia #Alzheimers #investinscience
#academicsky #neurosky #aging #dementia #Alzheimers #investinscience
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📣 Science matters!
#FENS and its allies unite in solidarity with the U.S. scientific community facing challenges to research, collaboration, and academic freedom. 🔬
🔗 Read the full statement: loom.ly/cn7vJR4
#sciencematters #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
#FENS and its allies unite in solidarity with the U.S. scientific community facing challenges to research, collaboration, and academic freedom. 🔬
🔗 Read the full statement: loom.ly/cn7vJR4
#sciencematters #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
March 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📣 Science matters!
#FENS and its allies unite in solidarity with the U.S. scientific community facing challenges to research, collaboration, and academic freedom. 🔬
🔗 Read the full statement: loom.ly/cn7vJR4
#sciencematters #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
#FENS and its allies unite in solidarity with the U.S. scientific community facing challenges to research, collaboration, and academic freedom. 🔬
🔗 Read the full statement: loom.ly/cn7vJR4
#sciencematters #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
Check out the scientific journey behind the newest FDA-approved pain medication! 💊 Learn how NIH-funded research played a crucial role—both directly and indirectly—in bringing this breakthrough to life. 🧪
I have been trying to find the time to move away from the polical hellscape we find ourselves in to finish and share a bluetorial about science.
This helps me remember what this is all about.
Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.
This helps me remember what this is all about.
Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.
February 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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🧵 1/ Excited to share our new research on immature neurons (ImN) in the adult human brain and their roles in healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and cognitive resilience. Here’s what we discovered 👇
Unique transcriptional profiles of adult human immature neurons in healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease, and cognitive resilience https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.631686v1
January 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🧵 1/ Excited to share our new research on immature neurons (ImN) in the adult human brain and their roles in healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and cognitive resilience. Here’s what we discovered 👇
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Nature
What's so special
about the
human brain?
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
What's so special
about the
human brain?
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
What's so special about the human brain?
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.
www.nature.com
December 24, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Nature
What's so special
about the
human brain?
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
What's so special
about the
human brain?
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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first thing to share here!
excited to share lab’s first study in Parkinson’s disease revealing the prodromal vulnerability and function of the dopamine neuron subtype defined by Anxa1 expression - a specialized system controlling procedural motor learning
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
excited to share lab’s first study in Parkinson’s disease revealing the prodromal vulnerability and function of the dopamine neuron subtype defined by Anxa1 expression - a specialized system controlling procedural motor learning
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Anxa1+ dopamine neuron vulnerability defines prodromal Parkinson's disease bradykinesia and procedural motor learning impairment
Progressive degeneration of dopamine neurons (DANs) defines Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the identity and function of the most vulnerable DAN populations in prodromal PD remain undefined. Here, ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 22, 2024 at 10:43 PM
first thing to share here!
excited to share lab’s first study in Parkinson’s disease revealing the prodromal vulnerability and function of the dopamine neuron subtype defined by Anxa1 expression - a specialized system controlling procedural motor learning
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
excited to share lab’s first study in Parkinson’s disease revealing the prodromal vulnerability and function of the dopamine neuron subtype defined by Anxa1 expression - a specialized system controlling procedural motor learning
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A Vulnerable Subtype of Dopaminergic Neurons Drives Early Motor Deficits in Parkinson's Disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.20.629776v1
December 22, 2024 at 7:15 AM
A Vulnerable Subtype of Dopaminergic Neurons Drives Early Motor Deficits in Parkinson's Disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.20.629776v1
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Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
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Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
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Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
Neuroscience methods - YouTube
Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...
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December 13, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
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Neuroscientists: I remember an essay (probably in @elife.bsky.social) by Eve Marder about being a finisher, not someone who endlessly starts new projects - and this playing a big role in a scientific career.
I can't find it in the Living Science collection, does anyone know which one I mean?
I can't find it in the Living Science collection, does anyone know which one I mean?
December 6, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Neuroscientists: I remember an essay (probably in @elife.bsky.social) by Eve Marder about being a finisher, not someone who endlessly starts new projects - and this playing a big role in a scientific career.
I can't find it in the Living Science collection, does anyone know which one I mean?
I can't find it in the Living Science collection, does anyone know which one I mean?
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Hello, (Bluesky 🦋) World! I’m Giorgia, and I’m new here. Wrapping up my PhD in the SaltaLab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. My research focuses on adult neurogenesis, Alzheimer's, and single-cell approaches. Check out our past work here: tinyurl.com/373x5r9z.
Stay tuned for more!
Stay tuned for more!
Mapping human adult hippocampal neurogenesis with single-cell transcriptomics: Reconciling controversy or fueling the debate?
Tosoni et al. probe the challenges related to the design, analysis, and interpretation
of single-cell transcriptomic studies in the adult human hippocampal neurogenic niche
and propose a series of cri...
tinyurl.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Hello, (Bluesky 🦋) World! I’m Giorgia, and I’m new here. Wrapping up my PhD in the SaltaLab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. My research focuses on adult neurogenesis, Alzheimer's, and single-cell approaches. Check out our past work here: tinyurl.com/373x5r9z.
Stay tuned for more!
Stay tuned for more!