Georg R Zoidl
@grzoidl.bsky.social
Zebrafish Researcher, Mentor, Humanist, Realist. Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
Members of my team report that loss of Panx1a exacerbates mitochondrial dysfunction, disrupts ATP signaling, activates stress pathways like AMPK–mTORC1, and impairs synaptic integrity, leading to increased neuronal cell death and altered network activity #zebrafish #pannexin doi.org/10.1007/s004...
Panx1a modulates metabolic stress signaling and synaptic composition in the developing zebrafish brain - Cell and Tissue Research
Pannexin 1a (Panx1a), a neuronal ATP-release channel, is increasingly recognized for its role in neurodevelopment, yet its contribution to synaptic homeostasis under metabolic stress remains poorly de...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Members of my team report that loss of Panx1a exacerbates mitochondrial dysfunction, disrupts ATP signaling, activates stress pathways like AMPK–mTORC1, and impairs synaptic integrity, leading to increased neuronal cell death and altered network activity #zebrafish #pannexin doi.org/10.1007/s004...
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Moments like these, cooking dinner over an open fire, sitting on the shores of the amazing Fort Peck Reservoir in Montana, watching a storm roll through at sunset into a beautiful rainbow. Moments like these are why I’m so passionate about being outside and seeing the world around us. 
August 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Moments like these, cooking dinner over an open fire, sitting on the shores of the amazing Fort Peck Reservoir in Montana, watching a storm roll through at sunset into a beautiful rainbow. Moments like these are why I’m so passionate about being outside and seeing the world around us. 
Great new series on Prime. Nice link to Bosch and Bosch: Legacy.
July 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Great new series on Prime. Nice link to Bosch and Bosch: Legacy.
Big clouds in the evening sun. The atmosphere is active and a bit angry to the East.
July 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Big clouds in the evening sun. The atmosphere is active and a bit angry to the East.
Young bird wasn’t scared of me or just thirsty.
June 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Young bird wasn’t scared of me or just thirsty.
Yosemite National Park
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yosemite National Park
Exciting new work from former PhD student Dr. Paige Whyte-Fagundes. The research performed in the internationally renown Baraban lab at UCSF addresses the need for automated detection of zebrafish seizure-associated behavior.
t.co/AGXcfQUBsU
t.co/AGXcfQUBsU
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08310-6
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June 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exciting new work from former PhD student Dr. Paige Whyte-Fagundes. The research performed in the internationally renown Baraban lab at UCSF addresses the need for automated detection of zebrafish seizure-associated behavior.
t.co/AGXcfQUBsU
t.co/AGXcfQUBsU
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BWJoneslab Moving To The University of Pittsburgh
I can now officially reveal that we are moving the BWJoneslab from the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center to the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, effective August 1st, 2025.
bryanwjones.com/2025/06/bwjo...
I can now officially reveal that we are moving the BWJoneslab from the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center to the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, effective August 1st, 2025.
bryanwjones.com/2025/06/bwjo...
June 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
BWJoneslab Moving To The University of Pittsburgh
I can now officially reveal that we are moving the BWJoneslab from the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center to the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, effective August 1st, 2025.
bryanwjones.com/2025/06/bwjo...
I can now officially reveal that we are moving the BWJoneslab from the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center to the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, effective August 1st, 2025.
bryanwjones.com/2025/06/bwjo...
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hand of glory, my fav
June 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
hand of glory, my fav
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I count 55 emails back and forth between 8 people to make a simple computer purchase. 35 of those emails concern a $30 difference in price because of a backorder.
When people talk about inefficiencies in academia, it's because the MBAs enforce auditing as control rather than letting people work.
When people talk about inefficiencies in academia, it's because the MBAs enforce auditing as control rather than letting people work.
June 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I count 55 emails back and forth between 8 people to make a simple computer purchase. 35 of those emails concern a $30 difference in price because of a backorder.
When people talk about inefficiencies in academia, it's because the MBAs enforce auditing as control rather than letting people work.
When people talk about inefficiencies in academia, it's because the MBAs enforce auditing as control rather than letting people work.
Two more of my favourite photos by Sebastiao Salgado illustrating the beauty and dimensions of his work. An endless stream of miners in Brazil working like ants to find gold and the endless of open country. Total loneliness. No one.
May 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Two more of my favourite photos by Sebastiao Salgado illustrating the beauty and dimensions of his work. An endless stream of miners in Brazil working like ants to find gold and the endless of open country. Total loneliness. No one.
The first time I saw Sebastiao Salgado’s work was in the 90’ in London. Here I have selected a photo which condenses humanity, raw beauty, and pain in unprecedented ways. Only the greatest artists can capture such a moment. RIP.
May 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The first time I saw Sebastiao Salgado’s work was in the 90’ in London. Here I have selected a photo which condenses humanity, raw beauty, and pain in unprecedented ways. Only the greatest artists can capture such a moment. RIP.
See you at the 2025 CAN meeting in Toronto, May 21–24! The PhD trainees will present innovative research on Panx-1 and -2 in the nervous system:
📍 Georg S. Zoidl – P1-B-70
📍 Fatema Nakhuda – P2-B-41
📍 Riya Shanbhag – P2-D-131
Looking forward to connecting with the neuroscience community!
📍 Georg S. Zoidl – P1-B-70
📍 Fatema Nakhuda – P2-B-41
📍 Riya Shanbhag – P2-D-131
Looking forward to connecting with the neuroscience community!
May 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
See you at the 2025 CAN meeting in Toronto, May 21–24! The PhD trainees will present innovative research on Panx-1 and -2 in the nervous system:
📍 Georg S. Zoidl – P1-B-70
📍 Fatema Nakhuda – P2-B-41
📍 Riya Shanbhag – P2-D-131
Looking forward to connecting with the neuroscience community!
📍 Georg S. Zoidl – P1-B-70
📍 Fatema Nakhuda – P2-B-41
📍 Riya Shanbhag – P2-D-131
Looking forward to connecting with the neuroscience community!
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It was a great talk!
May 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It was a great talk!
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Finally rejoined social media - for science and connection! My undergrad powered lab investigates how cells in the developing visual system transition from proliferation to differentiation using lots of microscopy. Equal parts teaching, research, and mentoring the next generation.
November 22, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Finally rejoined social media - for science and connection! My undergrad powered lab investigates how cells in the developing visual system transition from proliferation to differentiation using lots of microscopy. Equal parts teaching, research, and mentoring the next generation.
Really proud of Fatema Nakkuda for her talk at the 3rd Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference in Toronto. She shared her PhD work on learning and memory with clarity and care true to her thoughtful and compassionate approach to Science. Great to see her work getting the spotlight it deserves.
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Really proud of Fatema Nakkuda for her talk at the 3rd Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference in Toronto. She shared her PhD work on learning and memory with clarity and care true to her thoughtful and compassionate approach to Science. Great to see her work getting the spotlight it deserves.
Anyone read this book and willing to comment? It shows up a lot in different feeds and generally falls in my areas of interest. So do a few other books. Would like to prioritize.
May 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Anyone read this book and willing to comment? It shows up a lot in different feeds and generally falls in my areas of interest. So do a few other books. Would like to prioritize.
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These Blue flag irises are just so pretty that I felt like they merited getting posted again - this time with a bumblebee 🐝 visitor #NativePlants 🌱
May 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
These Blue flag irises are just so pretty that I felt like they merited getting posted again - this time with a bumblebee 🐝 visitor #NativePlants 🌱
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May 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Biosciences me wants to study these organisms.
Cambrian Park!
Cambrian Park!
Fossils of the underwater predator shed new light on biodiversity from the Cambrian period.
Paleontologists discover a 500-million-year-old, 3-eyed predator
Fossils of the underwater predator shed new light on biodiversity from the Cambrian period.
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May 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Biosciences me wants to study these organisms.
Cambrian Park!
Cambrian Park!
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For #FluorescenceFriday, a beautiful image of some results that are blowing my mind - activated cells, Fos 🟢, just hugging the locus coeruleus, TH 🔴. Image credit to Research Assistant Daniel Olivares from the Circuits team in the @lieberinstitute.bsky.social Translational Neuroscience division 🔬🧠🧪
May 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For #FluorescenceFriday, a beautiful image of some results that are blowing my mind - activated cells, Fos 🟢, just hugging the locus coeruleus, TH 🔴. Image credit to Research Assistant Daniel Olivares from the Circuits team in the @lieberinstitute.bsky.social Translational Neuroscience division 🔬🧠🧪
One of the great things about peonies is the fragrance.
May 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One of the great things about peonies is the fragrance.
Indeed, this hits deep.
May 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Indeed, this hits deep.
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Week done, Friday.
May 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Week done, Friday.