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Mike Yassa
@mikeyassa.bsky.social
Neuroscientist | Entrepreneur | Author
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DEI is under fire… but may be we need something better. I spent five years as a diversity officer in academia and this is what I’ve learned. Read my take at @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Confessions of a Reformed DEI Officer (opinion)
We need to distinguish between good DEI and bad DEI, Michael A. Yassa writes.
www.insidehighered.com
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Published! to NAIL human paraventricular thalamus, we imaged & aligned postmortem human thalamus labeled c calretinin. Finally a gold standard allowing mouse, rat human comparisons onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social @flagel-lab.bsky.social @mikeyassa.bsky.social l
A Combined Neuroanatomy, Ex Vivo Imaging, and Immunohistochemistry Defined MRI Mask for the Human Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus
Existing definitions of the human paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) differ between histological and MRI atlases; this study addresses this conflict by leveraging MRI and histology in the ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Curing Alzheimer’s disease requires a radically different approach. Read my latest piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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He's right. "Nothing short of devastating"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Gary lynch rocking a huge crowd talking about th 50 years of LTP @cnlm.bsky.social @serenadudette.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social
@mikeyassa.bsky.social 🧪🧠 #memory @franklandlab.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
UC Irvine CNLM spring meeting fully in session! Celebrating decades of work on synaptic plasticity: From Molecules to Memory @ucirvine.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The brilliant artwork by @neurobatool.bsky.social
Loved seeing my brain artwork on thank you cards by the #Yassalab to their BEACoN study participants! Thanks @mikeyassa.bsky.social and #Liv for making this happen! ☺️
May 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
DEI is under fire… but may be we need something better. I spent five years as a diversity officer in academia and this is what I’ve learned. Read my take at @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Confessions of a Reformed DEI Officer (opinion)
We need to distinguish between good DEI and bad DEI, Michael A. Yassa writes.
www.insidehighered.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Reposted by Mike Yassa
Ecstatic to receive my PhD today!! So incredibly thankful to my PI @mikeyassa.bsky.social for all his encouragement in growing my scientific career and endeavors. Also thankful to family, friends, and other mentors/collaborators! 😍🧠🎉
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December 7, 2024 at 4:56 AM