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
Photography, travel, sports.
www.shepherdlab.org
Oh damn! I thought it was a done deal.
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Oh damn! I thought it was a done deal.
A few days ago at sunrise
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A few days ago at sunrise
So hard! I’m sorry 😢
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So hard! I’m sorry 😢
Exactly! We are intrigued as well. Thanks!
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Exactly! We are intrigued as well. Thanks!
Thanks Tim! Good find.
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Thanks Tim! Good find.
Very interesting. And yes! See our paper on this topic: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
PNMA2 forms immunogenic non-enveloped virus-like capsids associated with paraneoplastic neurological syndrome
PNMA2 is a domesticated retrotransposon gene associated with cancer-induced paraneoplastic
neurological syndromes. Findings here show that PNMA2 protein is exclusively expressed
in the brain of mammal...
www.cell.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Very interesting. And yes! See our paper on this topic: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I am supposed to have study section on Thursday. 😓
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am supposed to have study section on Thursday. 😓
Thanks Gary! You have an awesome department.
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thanks Gary! You have an awesome department.
Ugh. This is total BS!
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Ugh. This is total BS!
Oh I hear you! But that’s why I liked this group of awardees out of the rest.m this year.
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh I hear you! But that’s why I liked this group of awardees out of the rest.m this year.
I’m talking about the physiology prize here, which included Mary Brunkow.
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I’m talking about the physiology prize here, which included Mary Brunkow.