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Jason Shepherd
@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social
🇿🇦🇳🇿🇺🇸Neuroscientist/amateur virologist. Professor, University of Utah. Molecular mechanisms of memory, repurposed transposons, and virus-like intercellular signaling. Personal views.

Photography, travel, sports.

www.shepherdlab.org
SLC -> Montreal! Looking forward to the 2nd conference on extracellular vesicles in the nervous system!! @isev.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When the sky matches the Fall foliage 😍
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
For obvious reasons, I've become fascinated with retrotransposons. So we ( @alexwhiteley.bsky.social and I) wrote an article now out in Neuron @cellpress.bsky.social on how we think retrotransposons influence brain function and health! kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Awesome program (booklet and speaker list) organized by our students for our annual symposium at Snowbird!
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Looking forward to visiting Emory Cell Biology dept tomorrow! @basselllab.bsky.social @angalus.bsky.social @katzlab.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Growing up in a country where there wasn’t much of a season change…it never gets old! Winter is almost here in the ‘hood. 📷 🌲 ❄️
October 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Finally had some time to process a few camera shots! This was a magical morning on the #Normandy coast in France...📷 🌄 @sonyalpha.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Yes sir!
September 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Anniversary weekend at the place where it started!
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Heads up: It will be the 50th anniversary of the Park City Learning and Memory meeting next Jan (8-11th) 2026! We will have special guests, alumni, and historical reflection of the field. We hope you can join us! parkcitywinterconf.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Picked a good weekend for our annual lab retreat! We all needed it. Escaped to the “Caribbean of the Rockies”…Bear Lake!
September 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Current mood. #oregon 📷 🏞️
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Timeline cleanse 📷 🏞️
September 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Morning Sunday walks with the pup. Trying to keep sane in insane times. Fall season in the hood is almost here!
August 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy #NationalDogDay to our pup Leo! I forgot how much energy puppies have..he def keeps us on our toes.
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New Zealand never disappoints! Good to be with family.
August 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Had a super stimulating day visiting the Florey Institute/university of Melbourne! And what a lovely city.
August 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Melbourne! Got a meat pie at the local bakery. Got a beer from the store. Walked to the beach. Watched the sunset. Peace.
August 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Great Pavlovian society meeting in Sydney!! Now off to Melbourne.
August 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Congrats to Sven Bervoets and co-authors for our paper on fly Arc now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social !! This was an awesome collaboration with @thecaronlab.bsky.social’s lab @utah.edu

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lZlk3QW8S...
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Had a great visit to QBI! Thanks @twbredy.bsky.social for hosting. Now off to Sydney for the Pavlovian society meeting.
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Brisbane…”you beauty”! Loved exploring you today. Thanks for the lovely hike this morning @twbredy.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Timeline cleanse for your Monday!

Fairytale scene from Normandy France.
July 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM