Danielle Beckman
@daniellebeckman.bsky.social
PharmD, MS in Biophysics, PhD in BioChem
I like taking photos of weird things inside the brain 🔬
Cure #LongCovid
Long Covid Advisory Team: https://whn.global/long-covid-advisor.
daniellebeckman.com
I like taking photos of weird things inside the brain 🔬
Cure #LongCovid
Long Covid Advisory Team: https://whn.global/long-covid-advisor.
daniellebeckman.com
Join us tomorrow online at the Canadian Collaborative conference on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)! I will be talking a bit about Cognitive Dysfunction in ME and the lessons we have been learning from Long Covid research.
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Join us tomorrow online at the Canadian Collaborative conference on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)! I will be talking a bit about Cognitive Dysfunction in ME and the lessons we have been learning from Long Covid research.
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
Brain microscopy with annotations for better understanding ☺️! What if we take a deep dive into the cerebral sulcus? The grey matter has the neurons' cell bodies🔵, and while microglia🟣are more evenly distributed, astrocytes🟡 shape changes in the white matter. #Neuroscience #Microscopy 🧠🔬
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Brain microscopy with annotations for better understanding ☺️! What if we take a deep dive into the cerebral sulcus? The grey matter has the neurons' cell bodies🔵, and while microglia🟣are more evenly distributed, astrocytes🟡 shape changes in the white matter. #Neuroscience #Microscopy 🧠🔬
From the series of philosophical questions I ask myself every day:
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
From the series of philosophical questions I ask myself every day:
More and more Neuroscience shows that building muscle makes your brain more resilient to adversity by improving its ability to handle stress. I decided to experiment on myself. 3 months of strength training 3-4 per week. Daily 2g of protein/kg and 10g of creatine. Never felt better 💪
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
More and more Neuroscience shows that building muscle makes your brain more resilient to adversity by improving its ability to handle stress. I decided to experiment on myself. 3 months of strength training 3-4 per week. Daily 2g of protein/kg and 10g of creatine. Never felt better 💪
When science and medicine work together to improve people's lives the results are so impressive 🤩! This is a deep-brain stimulation surgery to implant electrodes in specific areas of the brain that control movement, in this case, allowing a #Parkinson's patient to keep playing 🎼
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
When science and medicine work together to improve people's lives the results are so impressive 🤩! This is a deep-brain stimulation surgery to implant electrodes in specific areas of the brain that control movement, in this case, allowing a #Parkinson's patient to keep playing 🎼
Testing some new antibodies to identify oligodendrocytes 🟣, for me, the most difficult one to target in brain microscopy! Here I was able to identify its nuclei (oligo2 marker), not the whole cell body like neurons 🟡or microglia 🔵. Still, you can see oligos are everywhere! #Neuroscience #Microscopy
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Testing some new antibodies to identify oligodendrocytes 🟣, for me, the most difficult one to target in brain microscopy! Here I was able to identify its nuclei (oligo2 marker), not the whole cell body like neurons 🟡or microglia 🔵. Still, you can see oligos are everywhere! #Neuroscience #Microscopy
A single millennial with no kids is spending her money. Please take a look at my Kang and Kodos Halloween-approved new pair 👽😁
October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A single millennial with no kids is spending her money. Please take a look at my Kang and Kodos Halloween-approved new pair 👽😁
*The uninvited guest* (sound on this time!)
Third week of observing scary things under the microscope: watching #SARSCoV2🟣 positive cells arrive in the brain. Note it's still inside a blood vessel and being checked by astrocytes🟢and microglia🔵. What happens next? 😨 #FluorescenceFriday
Third week of observing scary things under the microscope: watching #SARSCoV2🟣 positive cells arrive in the brain. Note it's still inside a blood vessel and being checked by astrocytes🟢and microglia🔵. What happens next? 😨 #FluorescenceFriday
October 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
*The uninvited guest* (sound on this time!)
Third week of observing scary things under the microscope: watching #SARSCoV2🟣 positive cells arrive in the brain. Note it's still inside a blood vessel and being checked by astrocytes🟢and microglia🔵. What happens next? 😨 #FluorescenceFriday
Third week of observing scary things under the microscope: watching #SARSCoV2🟣 positive cells arrive in the brain. Note it's still inside a blood vessel and being checked by astrocytes🟢and microglia🔵. What happens next? 😨 #FluorescenceFriday
Are you one of the 20.000 people who've registered for #SfN25, one of the world's largest science meetings? To make a statement about the importance of #NeuroCovid, my poster will be presented by the President of SfN😱, as I will be in Rome giving a talk on the same topic!
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Are you one of the 20.000 people who've registered for #SfN25, one of the world's largest science meetings? To make a statement about the importance of #NeuroCovid, my poster will be presented by the President of SfN😱, as I will be in Rome giving a talk on the same topic!
In a parallel universe, the iron throne belongs to the crazy cat lady. She is clearly tired and needs a break. She was married to Palpatine, but they have since separated and she kept the Praetorian Guard during the divorce. Kylo Ren is their only child. Night King plots revenge.
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In a parallel universe, the iron throne belongs to the crazy cat lady. She is clearly tired and needs a break. She was married to Palpatine, but they have since separated and she kept the Praetorian Guard during the divorce. Kylo Ren is their only child. Night King plots revenge.
Viral trigger in Alzheimer’s disease is the real scary spooky #FluorescenceFriday.
Amyloid-β🟣 is an antimicrobial peptide that can be produced to trap pathogens in the brain. But it also induces an extensive neuroinflammatory response, as shown here with 🟠astrocytes. #NeuroCovid
Amyloid-β🟣 is an antimicrobial peptide that can be produced to trap pathogens in the brain. But it also induces an extensive neuroinflammatory response, as shown here with 🟠astrocytes. #NeuroCovid
October 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Viral trigger in Alzheimer’s disease is the real scary spooky #FluorescenceFriday.
Amyloid-β🟣 is an antimicrobial peptide that can be produced to trap pathogens in the brain. But it also induces an extensive neuroinflammatory response, as shown here with 🟠astrocytes. #NeuroCovid
Amyloid-β🟣 is an antimicrobial peptide that can be produced to trap pathogens in the brain. But it also induces an extensive neuroinflammatory response, as shown here with 🟠astrocytes. #NeuroCovid
"Nothing About Us Without Us".
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Nothing About Us Without Us".
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
Join us at the Canadian Collaborative Conference on #ME, 100% free and online!
Register here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid
Register here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join us at the Canadian Collaborative Conference on #ME, 100% free and online!
Register here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid
Register here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid
'Living his best life' 😎😁
#NobelPrize
#NobelPrize
October 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
'Living his best life' 😎😁
#NobelPrize
#NobelPrize
The brain is a dark place without microglia! Did you know that in the 19th-20th centuries, glial cells were believed to be merely 'brain glue', just providing structural support for neurons. The name 'glia' comes from the Greek word for glue. So much has changed since then!
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The brain is a dark place without microglia! Did you know that in the 19th-20th centuries, glial cells were believed to be merely 'brain glue', just providing structural support for neurons. The name 'glia' comes from the Greek word for glue. So much has changed since then!
👻 "Dark Forest Within" 🧠
What if the brain is a creepy forest? Our neurons are the 🌲, old (as old as we are!), and without mobility. Suddenly, comes the microglia, our brain's immune cells. Everything lights up when they move around.
🟢microglia🟣neurons
#FluorescenceFriday 🎃
What if the brain is a creepy forest? Our neurons are the 🌲, old (as old as we are!), and without mobility. Suddenly, comes the microglia, our brain's immune cells. Everything lights up when they move around.
🟢microglia🟣neurons
#FluorescenceFriday 🎃
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
👻 "Dark Forest Within" 🧠
What if the brain is a creepy forest? Our neurons are the 🌲, old (as old as we are!), and without mobility. Suddenly, comes the microglia, our brain's immune cells. Everything lights up when they move around.
🟢microglia🟣neurons
#FluorescenceFriday 🎃
What if the brain is a creepy forest? Our neurons are the 🌲, old (as old as we are!), and without mobility. Suddenly, comes the microglia, our brain's immune cells. Everything lights up when they move around.
🟢microglia🟣neurons
#FluorescenceFriday 🎃
Be aware of the spooky #FluorescenceFriday season, folks.
👻🧟♀️🔬🧠
👻🧟♀️🔬🧠
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Be aware of the spooky #FluorescenceFriday season, folks.
👻🧟♀️🔬🧠
👻🧟♀️🔬🧠
My reality, and for so many other scientists as well. Guess we can just use this as a template 🙄.
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
September 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My reality, and for so many other scientists as well. Guess we can just use this as a template 🙄.
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
Why are we studying these cells? In my case, I want to understand a big paradox in neurovirology. Why can some pathogens evade this defense mechanism, while most available drugs to treat them do not? And how do we fix this? Take the example of HIV, as shown below. 3/3
September 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why are we studying these cells? In my case, I want to understand a big paradox in neurovirology. Why can some pathogens evade this defense mechanism, while most available drugs to treat them do not? And how do we fix this? Take the example of HIV, as shown below. 3/3
You can identify where the blood vessel is just by looking at two key components of the blood-brain barrier: astrocytes 🟡 and aquaporin 4 🟣, a water channel. Our understanding of how brain cells interact with blood vessels has changed a lot in recent years (2/3)
September 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You can identify where the blood vessel is just by looking at two key components of the blood-brain barrier: astrocytes 🟡 and aquaporin 4 🟣, a water channel. Our understanding of how brain cells interact with blood vessels has changed a lot in recent years (2/3)
A blood vessel in the brain for #FluorescenceFriday! Why am I looking at these in the microscope? (1/3)
September 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A blood vessel in the brain for #FluorescenceFriday! Why am I looking at these in the microscope? (1/3)
May I suggest a book to you? #ScienceUnderSiege is a must-read for anyone interested in fighting back politically & ideologically motivated opposition to science. To my fellow science friends, take the message:"The public needs to see scientists as people, rather than simply sources of information"
September 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
May I suggest a book to you? #ScienceUnderSiege is a must-read for anyone interested in fighting back politically & ideologically motivated opposition to science. To my fellow science friends, take the message:"The public needs to see scientists as people, rather than simply sources of information"
Isaac Asimov in 1980
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
September 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Isaac Asimov in 1980
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
Isaac Asimov in 1970
September 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Isaac Asimov in 1970