AnnaLin Woo
@annalinwoo.bsky.social
Neuroscientist | Passionate about science communication and lifelong learning | I 🖤 perineuronal nets | Astrocytes are Awesome | #epilepsyawareness
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Another bump for the postdoc and PhD positions still open at the center and postdoc specifically within my group (same link to apply). We’re looking for wet/dry lab, and I’m specifically after people who do magic with computers!
employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!
Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!
Postdoc at the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
employment.ku.dk
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Another bump for the postdoc and PhD positions still open at the center and postdoc specifically within my group (same link to apply). We’re looking for wet/dry lab, and I’m specifically after people who do magic with computers!
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Making America Healthy Again by defunding research on cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s is an…interesting, and reckless, strategy
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Making America Healthy Again by defunding research on cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s is an…interesting, and reckless, strategy
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Contribution of perineuronal nets to hyperexcitability in pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus" is now out in Epilepsia!
🤔What's in it, you ask?
We found interneurons in the mouse hippocampus develop new matrix structures called perineuronal nets after undergoing...
(1/5)
🤔What's in it, you ask?
We found interneurons in the mouse hippocampus develop new matrix structures called perineuronal nets after undergoing...
(1/5)
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Contribution of perineuronal nets to hyperexcitability in pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus" is now out in Epilepsia!
🤔What's in it, you ask?
We found interneurons in the mouse hippocampus develop new matrix structures called perineuronal nets after undergoing...
(1/5)
🤔What's in it, you ask?
We found interneurons in the mouse hippocampus develop new matrix structures called perineuronal nets after undergoing...
(1/5)
Hi friends- if you're interested in what I've been doing for the last 6+ years, I'm defending my dissertation on July 11th at 11am! Come tune in on zoom (message me for the link!) to hear about why we think matrix structures called #perineuronalnets are important in seizing mice.
June 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hi friends- if you're interested in what I've been doing for the last 6+ years, I'm defending my dissertation on July 11th at 11am! Come tune in on zoom (message me for the link!) to hear about why we think matrix structures called #perineuronalnets are important in seizing mice.
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I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.
You want to know the best way to show thanks for chairing a study section? Early the next morning sent them a termination notice for their PREP training grant.
Just completed day 2 of chairing a NIH study section. Brain is tired after intently listening and leading discussions of ~40 apps. So fulfilling to hear the passion people have for others' science, and heartwarming to see so many people who care about the training and environment of others 🫶 (299!)
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.
MSPB appeal rights:
If you have been terminated, whatever that termination was called (“termination,” “removal,” “RIF”), you may have the right to appeal that termination to the Merit Systems Protection Board ((www.mspb.gov ); and see www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...). (1/3)
If you have been terminated, whatever that termination was called (“termination,” “removal,” “RIF”), you may have the right to appeal that termination to the Merit Systems Protection Board ((www.mspb.gov ); and see www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...). (1/3)
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
MSPB Mission: To protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices.
www.mspb.gov
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
MSPB appeal rights:
If you have been terminated, whatever that termination was called (“termination,” “removal,” “RIF”), you may have the right to appeal that termination to the Merit Systems Protection Board ((www.mspb.gov ); and see www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...). (1/3)
If you have been terminated, whatever that termination was called (“termination,” “removal,” “RIF”), you may have the right to appeal that termination to the Merit Systems Protection Board ((www.mspb.gov ); and see www.mspb.gov/appeals/appe...). (1/3)
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Neuroscientists - your society has a call to action for you and a page for tracking action alerts.
It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
February 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Neuroscientists - your society has a call to action for you and a page for tracking action alerts.
It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
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"Imagine a DAPI-like stain, but for the extracellular matrix." That's basically how this work was pitched to me by Kayvon and Antonio a year or so ago. Now the final product really delivers. Read about their versatile label for ECM in living tissues here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Imagine a DAPI-like stain, but for the extracellular matrix." That's basically how this work was pitched to me by Kayvon and Antonio a year or so ago. Now the final product really delivers. Read about their versatile label for ECM in living tissues here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Keep sharing your JOY ✨
Keep celebrating your PhD defenses, job offers, and awards! Keep telling us ALL the good things.
Joy & Hope are what keep us going when things look bleak. They are also forms of resistance.
Keep celebrating your PhD defenses, job offers, and awards! Keep telling us ALL the good things.
Joy & Hope are what keep us going when things look bleak. They are also forms of resistance.
January 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Keep sharing your JOY ✨
Keep celebrating your PhD defenses, job offers, and awards! Keep telling us ALL the good things.
Joy & Hope are what keep us going when things look bleak. They are also forms of resistance.
Keep celebrating your PhD defenses, job offers, and awards! Keep telling us ALL the good things.
Joy & Hope are what keep us going when things look bleak. They are also forms of resistance.
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We can beat them. That's the secret. The bluster now? All meant to keep you from realizing your own power and agency. end/
January 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We can beat them. That's the secret. The bluster now? All meant to keep you from realizing your own power and agency. end/
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Organize. Organize. Organize. In your neighborhood. In your city or town. Your state. But do not sit on the sidelines now. 10/
January 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Organize. Organize. Organize. In your neighborhood. In your city or town. Your state. But do not sit on the sidelines now. 10/
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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
www.statnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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Pasteurization temperatures inactivate #H5N1 effectively. We know that raw milk contains replicating virus and can a source of infection for this virus.
#RFKJr is a raw milk enthusiast who should not lead HHS esp NOT in the middle of an uncontrolled #H5N1 outbreak.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#RFKJr is a raw milk enthusiast who should not lead HHS esp NOT in the middle of an uncontrolled #H5N1 outbreak.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pasteurisation temperatures effectively inactivate influenza A viruses in milk - Nature Communications
In response to the emergence of H5N1 influenza A viruses as a novel pathogen of cattle, this study shows that pasteurisation of cows’ milk should effectively inactivate the virus, but that it remains ...
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Pasteurization temperatures inactivate #H5N1 effectively. We know that raw milk contains replicating virus and can a source of infection for this virus.
#RFKJr is a raw milk enthusiast who should not lead HHS esp NOT in the middle of an uncontrolled #H5N1 outbreak.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#RFKJr is a raw milk enthusiast who should not lead HHS esp NOT in the middle of an uncontrolled #H5N1 outbreak.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reminder that @europepmc.org is a mirror of Pubmed with better search and that it indexes *all* bioRxiv preprints (as well as ResearchSquare), not just the ones funded by NIH like chauvinist Pubmed
I’m very scared to see what happens to PubMed
January 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reminder that @europepmc.org is a mirror of Pubmed with better search and that it indexes *all* bioRxiv preprints (as well as ResearchSquare), not just the ones funded by NIH like chauvinist Pubmed
Virginia trans rights, health, and support groups:
www.sidebysideva.org
www.shenlgbtqcenter.org
powersafeplace.org
Charlottesville specific groups:
www.cvillepride.org
www.pflagcville.org
www.onourowncville.org
www.sidebysideva.org
www.shenlgbtqcenter.org
powersafeplace.org
Charlottesville specific groups:
www.cvillepride.org
www.pflagcville.org
www.onourowncville.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Virginia trans rights, health, and support groups:
www.sidebysideva.org
www.shenlgbtqcenter.org
powersafeplace.org
Charlottesville specific groups:
www.cvillepride.org
www.pflagcville.org
www.onourowncville.org
www.sidebysideva.org
www.shenlgbtqcenter.org
powersafeplace.org
Charlottesville specific groups:
www.cvillepride.org
www.pflagcville.org
www.onourowncville.org
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The PEPFAR program, which distributes HIV drugs, is estimated to have saved 25 million lives. The Trump administration has stopped it and taken its computer system offline, raising fears the program is done for good. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social [Gift link] nyti.ms/4aCJHSx 2/12
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The PEPFAR program, which distributes HIV drugs, is estimated to have saved 25 million lives. The Trump administration has stopped it and taken its computer system offline, raising fears the program is done for good. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social [Gift link] nyti.ms/4aCJHSx 2/12
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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This just in. Calling all public health folks to download the CDC data sets you need TODAY! #PublicHealthData #CDC
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This just in. Calling all public health folks to download the CDC data sets you need TODAY! #PublicHealthData #CDC
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It's one thing to take down pages talking about diversity in science.
It's another thing entirely to take down research databases that are used for observational studies.
That is exactly what it seems just happened at the CDC.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
It's another thing entirely to take down research databases that are used for observational studies.
That is exactly what it seems just happened at the CDC.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's one thing to take down pages talking about diversity in science.
It's another thing entirely to take down research databases that are used for observational studies.
That is exactly what it seems just happened at the CDC.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
It's another thing entirely to take down research databases that are used for observational studies.
That is exactly what it seems just happened at the CDC.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
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The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
orwh.od.nih.gov
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...