Emily Birnbaum
@ebirnbaum.bsky.social
Postdoc at Mount Sinai | Neuroscience PhD from CUNY Graduate Center working on drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease | Weill Cornell CTSC TL1 award recipient
Excited to share our review on autophagy in Parkinson's! We review how α-synuclein aggregates evade clearance, disrupt autophagy, and spread between neurons and glia, and what this means for targeting these mechanisms therapeutically.
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The role of autophagy in synucleinopathy: clearance versus spread of α-synuclein
Emerging evidence suggests that the propagation of α-synuclein pathology underlies the progression of Parkinson’s disease and supports the hypothesis that transmission of α-synuclein aggregates con...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Excited to share our review on autophagy in Parkinson's! We review how α-synuclein aggregates evade clearance, disrupt autophagy, and spread between neurons and glia, and what this means for targeting these mechanisms therapeutically.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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IT'S HERE ➡️ The first #MSNseminars of the new academic year! On Fri, Oct 17, 3pm, JOIN hosts @veronikakondev.bsky.social & Emily Birnbaum as @weillcornell.bsky.social's Sarah Naguib presents “Harnessing #Microglial #Resilience: genetic & therapeutic strategies across #Alzheimers, FTD & #Parkinsons".
October 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
IT'S HERE ➡️ The first #MSNseminars of the new academic year! On Fri, Oct 17, 3pm, JOIN hosts @veronikakondev.bsky.social & Emily Birnbaum as @weillcornell.bsky.social's Sarah Naguib presents “Harnessing #Microglial #Resilience: genetic & therapeutic strategies across #Alzheimers, FTD & #Parkinsons".
Attention senior neuroscience postdocs: come share your work with us at Mount Sinai!!
September 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Attention senior neuroscience postdocs: come share your work with us at Mount Sinai!!
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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It is indeed my understanding that most research institutions won't survive if this is implemented. I know I will contact my congress and senate members.
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February 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It is indeed my understanding that most research institutions won't survive if this is implemented. I know I will contact my congress and senate members.
5calls.org
5calls.org
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Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. 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.
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January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.
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Most folks do not understand how far in advance the planning and logistics of NIH grants take.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
January 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Most folks do not understand how far in advance the planning and logistics of NIH grants take.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
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Real science:
1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding
2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years
3. Leads to more questions than it answers
4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions
5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way
1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding
2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years
3. Leads to more questions than it answers
4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions
5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way
November 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Real science:
1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding
2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years
3. Leads to more questions than it answers
4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions
5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way
1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding
2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years
3. Leads to more questions than it answers
4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions
5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way
Excited to share my first first author preprint! #neuroskyence
BT-11 repurposing potential for Alzheimer's disease and insights into its mode of actions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.29.620882v1
BT-11 repurposing potential for Alzheimer's disease and insights into its mode of actions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.29.620882v1
Neuroinflammation is a key pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Investigational and FD
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November 21, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Excited to share my first first author preprint! #neuroskyence