Dr. Sarah Hopp 🧑‍🔬 🏳️‍🌈 PhD
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Dr. Sarah Hopp 🧑‍🔬 🏳️‍🌈 PhD
@hoppzor.bsky.social
Alzheimer's researcher, microglia evangelist, feminist, climber, ceramicist, & cat lady. all opinions my own.
PLCG2 mutations are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Find out how PLCG2 is involved in response to peripheral inflammation from PhD student Eduardo Gutierrez Kuri at #SfN25 poster I6 this afternoon!
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We and others see that calcium channel blockers are anti-inflammatory. So what do Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 do on microglia? Find out at PhD student Brinda Palliyana's #SfN25 poster right now at LBP091!
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hopp Lab is at #Sfn25! Come visit poster E40 this afternoon to learn about sex- and brain region-dependent changes in microglia tau uptake from postdoc Celso Catumbela!
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
science communication for a lay audience is so important. "so imagine that a normal microglia is like a Furby, and a rod microglia is like a long Furby."
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Caitlyn Fastenau @caitlynfastenau.bsky.social on a superstar dissertation defense today! It's been a joy to mentor her through her exciting discoveries related to glycobiology in Alzheimer's disease.
April 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM