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Aaron Barron
@aaronbarron.bsky.social
Irish neuroscientist in Finland. Studying the influence of the immune system on human brain development at FinnBrain/INITIALISE EU through multiomics, neuroimaging, statistics, and neuronal cell biology 🧠🧬
Thank you to the @anatsoc.bsky.social for hosting a fantastic meeting in Oxford University on human cortical development, and the chance to present my research on the immune proteome and cortical thickness in children! 🧠 Thank you to Field of View @turkubioimaging.bsky.social for supporting my trip!
July 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The first of two summer conferences, the #Metabolomics 2025 Congress in Prague! Thank you @inflames-flagship.bsky.social, Nordic Metabolomics Society, and @metsoc.bsky.social for supporting me so I could travel to beautiful Prague and present my research on immune proteomics and anxiety in children
July 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A crazy busy and amazing week at the #NMetC24 @SocietyNordic and BioCity Symposium presenting our new research from @FinnBrainStudy balanced with some neuroimaging teaching and socializing 🧠 🛳️
March 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Presenting research from the end of my PhD with @FinnBrainStudy @FBNeuroImageLab about maternal immune activation and white matter development, at FENS 2024 in Vienna #FENS2024 #FENSForum2024
March 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For this lovely fluorescent Friday, here is an image of currently-growing axons emerging from human neurons (green is GAP43 staining; with some growth cones at their tips)!

#microscopy #neuroscience #neuron #everyweekisscienceweek #phdlife
March 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thank you to @lyons_tea for unknowingly sponsoring my thesis writing lately…
March 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A time-lapse of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: using an electric current to separate proteins by their size. The real separation begins at 13s.

#Biology #PhD #science #cellbiology
March 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A poor neuron being eaten by bacteria. Notice the Brownian dance of some of the boys in the centre and left. This was not meant to happen…

#PhD #bacteria #neuron #microscopy
March 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
While neural progenitor cells naturally "want" to turn into neurons, you can prevent this temporarily by growing them into large clusters called neurospheres.

And they look like this.

#neuroscience #Science"/hashtag/ScienceTwitter" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ScienceTwitter #Science #Microscopy #phdlife
March 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I posted a picture of a single neuron a month ago. Here's about a hundred of them, densely interconnected. Have a fluorescent Friday!!

#neuroscience #neuron #Science #sciencetwitter #microscopy
March 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Have a fluorescent Friday, and enjoy this picture of a lonely human neuron surrounded by neural progenitor cells!

#neuroscience #neuron #Microscopy #Science
March 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thank you to @UCCMedHealth for organising last week’s fantastic conference From Molecules to People, where I was very lucky and grateful to be awarded a prize for best oral presentation #fM2P 🧠
March 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thank you to everyone at #DOHaD2022 for all the great conversations and questions during the poster session today - I’m extremely grateful for all the positive interactions I had about my poster on #preeclampsia and #neurodevelopment
March 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
After two great days of trainee workshops, tonight featured the opening ceremony to @DOHaD2022 - featuring the magnificent Eagle Song Dancers and musicians from Sarah McLachlan School of Music #PhD #DOHaD2022 #Vancouver #IndigenousPeoples
March 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In Vancouver a few days before @DOHaD2022 and my first stop was the hike up Grouse Mountain
March 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Appropriate for my first tattoo 🧠✒️ #neuron #neuroscience #scienceart
March 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It’s a pretend-you’re-tryptophan-hydroxylase sort of evening
#serotonin #5HT #molecule
March 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Presenting some of my PhD work in Finland after an incredible month at @FinnBrainStudy in #Turku, #Finland
March 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM