A.Bosson
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The views we are lucky to witness from the @crchum.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The views we are lucky to witness from the @crchum.bsky.social
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Just out in Nature! “The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory.” We identified astrocytic ensembles that link experiences across days to stabilize memory nature.com/articles/s41.... New astrocyte tools are openly available at Addgene: addgene.org/Jun_Nagai/. 1/8
October 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just out in Nature! “The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory.” We identified astrocytic ensembles that link experiences across days to stabilize memory nature.com/articles/s41.... New astrocyte tools are openly available at Addgene: addgene.org/Jun_Nagai/. 1/8
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L’impact du stress sur le cerveau dépendrait du sexe www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
Étude réalisée à Montréal | L’impact du stress sur le cerveau dépendrait du sexe
Le cerveau des mâles et des femelles ne réagit pas de la même manière au stress, démontrent pour la première fois des travaux réalisés à Montréal.
www.lapresse.ca
September 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
L’impact du stress sur le cerveau dépendrait du sexe www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
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Thrilled to share our new study showing microglia prune astrocyte processes in adult brain, to regulate synaptic transmission, hypothalamic neuron activity, and salt-induced hypertension in🐀. Huge team effort - congratulations to all🥂🍾🎉
August 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thrilled to share our new study showing microglia prune astrocyte processes in adult brain, to regulate synaptic transmission, hypothalamic neuron activity, and salt-induced hypertension in🐀. Huge team effort - congratulations to all🥂🍾🎉
Go Lewis 👏👏👏
Absolutely thrilled to share the first half of my PhD work! Super proud to see it finally out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thread below for a quick (10 point) recap of what we found!
🧵🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thread below for a quick (10 point) recap of what we found!
🧵🧪🧠
A divergent astrocytic response to stress alters activity patterns via distinct mechanisms in male and female mice - Nature Communications
Early-life stress has lifelong impacts on neuronal function and behavior. Here, the authors show that astrocytic glucocorticoid receptor signaling drives stress-induced neuronal and behavioral change ...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Go Lewis 👏👏👏
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Sleep loss is a metabolic disorder
"This review describes how sleep deprivation increases resting energy expenditure, leading to the development of a negative energy balance in highly active cells like neurons."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"This review describes how sleep deprivation increases resting energy expenditure, leading to the development of a negative energy balance in highly active cells like neurons."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sleep loss is a metabolic disorder
Sleep deprivation shifts metabolic resources and deprioritizes processes that support cognition.
www.science.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sleep loss is a metabolic disorder
"This review describes how sleep deprivation increases resting energy expenditure, leading to the development of a negative energy balance in highly active cells like neurons."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"This review describes how sleep deprivation increases resting energy expenditure, leading to the development of a negative energy balance in highly active cells like neurons."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Happy to see that the 2nd part (2018 to 2021) of my postdoc work is now out as a preprint.
Distinct subtypes of astrocytes selectively regulate specific inhibitory synapses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.16.654545v1
May 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Happy to see that the 2nd part (2018 to 2021) of my postdoc work is now out as a preprint.
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@lewisholt.bsky.social sharing some cool data about astrocytes driving stress-induced behaviour! #astroglia
May 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@lewisholt.bsky.social sharing some cool data about astrocytes driving stress-induced behaviour! #astroglia
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Very happy to share several common protocols used in our lab for the second edition of the book "Astrocytes: Methods and Protocols"
@lewisholt.bsky.social @astroantho.bsky.social
Thanks @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social for being a very patient editor!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@lewisholt.bsky.social @astroantho.bsky.social
Thanks @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social for being a very patient editor!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Astrocytes
This book gathers methods essential for investigating the multifaceted roles of astrocytes in both physiology and pathological conditions.
link.springer.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Very happy to share several common protocols used in our lab for the second edition of the book "Astrocytes: Methods and Protocols"
@lewisholt.bsky.social @astroantho.bsky.social
Thanks @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social for being a very patient editor!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@lewisholt.bsky.social @astroantho.bsky.social
Thanks @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social for being a very patient editor!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Montréal glia people / neuroscience community - I'm hosting Jun Nagai (RIKEN) on April 2nd at the @crchum.bsky.social
If you're interested see details below, or reach out to me! Open to all.
If you're interested see details below, or reach out to me! Open to all.
March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Montréal glia people / neuroscience community - I'm hosting Jun Nagai (RIKEN) on April 2nd at the @crchum.bsky.social
If you're interested see details below, or reach out to me! Open to all.
If you're interested see details below, or reach out to me! Open to all.
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Not sure if our 'striking image' we submitted will get used but here it is. Super striking, if you ask me!
Credit - @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Credit - @mathiasgua.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not sure if our 'striking image' we submitted will get used but here it is. Super striking, if you ask me!
Credit - @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Credit - @mathiasgua.bsky.social
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Very honoured to be named the researcher of the month by SENSUM - the mental health and neuroscience strategy at @umontreal.ca
www.sensum.umontreal.ca/en/2025/01/3...
www.sensum.umontreal.ca/en/2025/01/3...
🎉 Félicitations à notre chercheur du mois de février – Dr Ciaran Murphy-Royal ! 🎉
Dr. Ciaran Murphy-Royal is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the Université de Montréal and a principal investigator at the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Un...
https://www.sensum.umontreal.ca/en/2025/01/31/🎉-felicitations-a-notre-chercheur-du-mois-de-fevrier-dr-ciaran-murphy-royal-🎉/
February 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Very honoured to be named the researcher of the month by SENSUM - the mental health and neuroscience strategy at @umontreal.ca
www.sensum.umontreal.ca/en/2025/01/3...
www.sensum.umontreal.ca/en/2025/01/3...
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Astrocyte physiologists and computationalists!
Imaging astrocyte structure and function, we discovered and quantified a spatial threshold to astrocyte calcium surge ⭐
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Imaging astrocyte structure and function, we discovered and quantified a spatial threshold to astrocyte calcium surge ⭐
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
A spatial threshold for astrocyte calcium surge
In astrocytes, there exists an intrinsic spatial threshold of subcellular calcium levels that triggers an astrocyte calcium surge throughout the cell, demonstrating cellular astrocyte calcium integrat...
doi.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Astrocyte physiologists and computationalists!
Imaging astrocyte structure and function, we discovered and quantified a spatial threshold to astrocyte calcium surge ⭐
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Imaging astrocyte structure and function, we discovered and quantified a spatial threshold to astrocyte calcium surge ⭐
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments! 🎄🧪
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line!
What would you want to see under your cell tree?
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line!
What would you want to see under your cell tree?
December 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments! 🎄🧪
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line!
What would you want to see under your cell tree?
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line!
What would you want to see under your cell tree?
2 eGFP #astrocytes contacting a blood vessel with their arborization almost looking like a christmas tree for this #fluorescencefriday #astrocyte
December 20, 2024 at 5:41 PM
2 eGFP #astrocytes contacting a blood vessel with their arborization almost looking like a christmas tree for this #fluorescencefriday #astrocyte
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Delighted to share an update to our preprint, reviewed at @elife.bsky.social, and now sent back for re-review.
Colossal work by the team and driven home by @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Quick 🧵 of what's new -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Colossal work by the team and driven home by @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Quick 🧵 of what's new -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early-life stress induces persistent astrocyte dysfunction associated with fear generalisation
Early-life stress can have lifelong consequences, enhancing stress susceptibility and resulting in behavioural and cognitive deficits. While the effects of early-life stress on neuronal function have ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Delighted to share an update to our preprint, reviewed at @elife.bsky.social, and now sent back for re-review.
Colossal work by the team and driven home by @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Quick 🧵 of what's new -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Colossal work by the team and driven home by @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Quick 🧵 of what's new -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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we haven't talked about this in the SKY>
exciting preprint from Kevin Guttenplan in Marc Freeman's lab at @volluminstitute.bsky.social
Adrenergic signaling gates astrocyte responsiveness to neurotransmitters and control of neuronal activity
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
exciting preprint from Kevin Guttenplan in Marc Freeman's lab at @volluminstitute.bsky.social
Adrenergic signaling gates astrocyte responsiveness to neurotransmitters and control of neuronal activity
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 6, 2024 at 9:06 PM
we haven't talked about this in the SKY>
exciting preprint from Kevin Guttenplan in Marc Freeman's lab at @volluminstitute.bsky.social
Adrenergic signaling gates astrocyte responsiveness to neurotransmitters and control of neuronal activity
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
exciting preprint from Kevin Guttenplan in Marc Freeman's lab at @volluminstitute.bsky.social
Adrenergic signaling gates astrocyte responsiveness to neurotransmitters and control of neuronal activity
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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10/ Why should you bring #preprints into your journal club?
Here’s what #ECRs stand to gain by looking beyond published papers.
https://buff.ly/3VbvNjT
Here’s what #ECRs stand to gain by looking beyond published papers.
https://buff.ly/3VbvNjT
Point of View: Journal clubs in the time of preprints
Early-career researchers can learn about peer review by discussing preprints at journal clubs and sending feedback to the authors.
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
10/ Why should you bring #preprints into your journal club?
Here’s what #ECRs stand to gain by looking beyond published papers.
https://buff.ly/3VbvNjT
Here’s what #ECRs stand to gain by looking beyond published papers.
https://buff.ly/3VbvNjT
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New paper from our neighbours Stephanie Fulton’s lab investigating microglia, inflammation and synaptic transmission in the NAc.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Microglial engulfing of glutamatergic inputs and diminished excitability of D1 medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens by peripheral inflammatory insult
Neuroimmune responses to systemic inflammation can generate anxiodepressive behaviors and psychomotor slowing. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a neural hub encoding mood and motivation that contributes...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM
New paper from our neighbours Stephanie Fulton’s lab investigating microglia, inflammation and synaptic transmission in the NAc.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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some great starter packs for the #glia, #astrocyte, #oligodendrocyte, #microglia, #neuro researcher: gliasky, astrocytesky, microglia
But if you also like interactions between celltypes, please help this starter pack get started. Maybe someone can connect all of us in a feed?
go.bsky.app/MHtJzeC
But if you also like interactions between celltypes, please help this starter pack get started. Maybe someone can connect all of us in a feed?
go.bsky.app/MHtJzeC
November 17, 2024 at 8:35 PM
some great starter packs for the #glia, #astrocyte, #oligodendrocyte, #microglia, #neuro researcher: gliasky, astrocytesky, microglia
But if you also like interactions between celltypes, please help this starter pack get started. Maybe someone can connect all of us in a feed?
go.bsky.app/MHtJzeC
But if you also like interactions between celltypes, please help this starter pack get started. Maybe someone can connect all of us in a feed?
go.bsky.app/MHtJzeC
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Not sure I have any good pictures in the back pocket to beat the calcium imaging from @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Instead for my first post on Bluesky I want to share the CANglia webinar: trainee series!
Instead for my first post on Bluesky I want to share the CANglia webinar: trainee series!
November 15, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Not sure I have any good pictures in the back pocket to beat the calcium imaging from @mathiasgua.bsky.social
Instead for my first post on Bluesky I want to share the CANglia webinar: trainee series!
Instead for my first post on Bluesky I want to share the CANglia webinar: trainee series!
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Still thinking about which neuroscience conferences to attend next year?
Explore our events page, featuring a curated list of top neuroscience meetings with topic-based filters. Plus, check out upcoming webinars compiled by @worldwideneuro.bsky.social.
thetransmitter.org/events
Explore our events page, featuring a curated list of top neuroscience meetings with topic-based filters. Plus, check out upcoming webinars compiled by @worldwideneuro.bsky.social.
thetransmitter.org/events
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Still thinking about which neuroscience conferences to attend next year?
Explore our events page, featuring a curated list of top neuroscience meetings with topic-based filters. Plus, check out upcoming webinars compiled by @worldwideneuro.bsky.social.
thetransmitter.org/events
Explore our events page, featuring a curated list of top neuroscience meetings with topic-based filters. Plus, check out upcoming webinars compiled by @worldwideneuro.bsky.social.
thetransmitter.org/events
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Interesting to see how this is all shaping up! I’m still really proud that the first data paper from my lab went into eLife with the new model, which I think is a great system.
(We’ll be updating the manuscript based on these reviews in the very near future)
(We’ll be updating the manuscript based on these reviews in the very near future)
Following the news that eLife will not receive an Impact Factor in 2025, we’ve shared an update on how our model is doing since we were first placed “on hold” by Web of Science, and what we’re up to now. Find out more.
https://buff.ly/3ATRAFT
https://buff.ly/3ATRAFT
The eLife Model: An update on progress following changes in Web of Science indexing status
Following the decision that eLife will not receive an Impact Factor in 2025, we share an update on how our model is doing since we were first placed “on hold” by Web of Science, and what we’re up to…
buff.ly
November 20, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Interesting to see how this is all shaping up! I’m still really proud that the first data paper from my lab went into eLife with the new model, which I think is a great system.
(We’ll be updating the manuscript based on these reviews in the very near future)
(We’ll be updating the manuscript based on these reviews in the very near future)