Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
@jessicalbolton.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Georgia State University Neuroscience Institute, studying microglia-neuron interactions in brain development and early-life adversity 🧠. Also a New Mom 👶, Yogi 🧘♀️ , & Cat Lover 🐈⬛
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Beautiful tour-de-force work by @jessicalbolton.bsky.social highlighting the role of microglia in organizing stress-sensitive neural circuits and the need to better understand the many functions of microglia!! 👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much @PNIRS for this incredible honor! 🎉 Made all the more special since I've 'grown up' in this society as a scientist since I was a new PhD student with @sbilbo.bsky.social, and I've made so many great friends here over the years that I enjoy coming back to see year after year! 💙
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
A huge congratulations to the inaugural class of #PNIRS Asia-Pacific Scholars! These leading researchers have successfully completed a transformative lecture series across Taiwan, China, and Vietnam, sharing their latest insights at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and microbiology.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A huge congratulations to the inaugural class of #PNIRS Asia-Pacific Scholars! These leading researchers have successfully completed a transformative lecture series across Taiwan, China, and Vietnam, sharing their latest insights at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and microbiology.
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch:
Meet Anna Rader Groves, a Graduate Student at Georgia State! Anna’s research explores if and how microglia shape the visual cortex and visual processing during adolescence in mice.
#MeetThePNIResearcher
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Meet Anna Rader Groves, a Graduate Student at Georgia State! Anna’s research explores if and how microglia shape the visual cortex and visual processing during adolescence in mice.
#MeetThePNIResearcher
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November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch:
Meet Anna Rader Groves, a Graduate Student at Georgia State! Anna’s research explores if and how microglia shape the visual cortex and visual processing during adolescence in mice.
#MeetThePNIResearcher
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Meet Anna Rader Groves, a Graduate Student at Georgia State! Anna’s research explores if and how microglia shape the visual cortex and visual processing during adolescence in mice.
#MeetThePNIResearcher
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Submit your symposia proposals for the #PNIRS2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans! This year's meeting theme is Modifiable Risk Factors Across the Lifespan.
More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Submit your symposia proposals for the #PNIRS2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans! This year's meeting theme is Modifiable Risk Factors Across the Lifespan.
More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
It is time for our annual Tell Us About Your Research series!! Please fill out the form here by November 11th if you would like your research to be featured in this fun weekly series! 🔬🧠👩🔬
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October 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It is time for our annual Tell Us About Your Research series!! Please fill out the form here by November 11th if you would like your research to be featured in this fun weekly series! 🔬🧠👩🔬
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I had a fantastic time at #SBN2025 last week in Vancouver! What a beautiful place to host a meeting 🏞️ I enjoyed chairing my 1st symposium with good friends and colleagues @ciernialab.bsky.social, @neurokaty.bsky.social, @travisehodges.bsky.social, and Eldin Jašarević, and making new friends too 🤗
Early life adversity impairs microglia function and synaptic pruning of corticotropin releasing hormone neurons that promote active coping responses in male but not female mice @jessicalbolton.bsky.social #SBN2025
July 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I had a fantastic time at #SBN2025 last week in Vancouver! What a beautiful place to host a meeting 🏞️ I enjoyed chairing my 1st symposium with good friends and colleagues @ciernialab.bsky.social, @neurokaty.bsky.social, @travisehodges.bsky.social, and Eldin Jašarević, and making new friends too 🤗
What a fun time with @bangasserlab.bsky.social! 🤗
Had a blast at #SouthernFriedGaming w/ @jessicalbolton.bsky.social She’s as amazing at gaming as at 🧠science. She is the queen of hanging cats on wires in Nekojima! We made a great team 🙌
June 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What a fun time with @bangasserlab.bsky.social! 🤗
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
We loved seeing trainees from around the world connect at the Trainee Mixer! Hope everyone had the best time! 🤩
#PNIRS2025 #TraineeMixer #ScienceCommunity 🌎🌍🌏
#PNIRS2025 #TraineeMixer #ScienceCommunity 🌎🌍🌏
June 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We loved seeing trainees from around the world connect at the Trainee Mixer! Hope everyone had the best time! 🤩
#PNIRS2025 #TraineeMixer #ScienceCommunity 🌎🌍🌏
#PNIRS2025 #TraineeMixer #ScienceCommunity 🌎🌍🌏
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Zoe Tapp just gave an excellent presentation on how chemotherapy can disrupt the circadian rhythm and inflammatory response of microglia 🙌 #PNIRS2025
June 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Zoe Tapp just gave an excellent presentation on how chemotherapy can disrupt the circadian rhythm and inflammatory response of microglia 🙌 #PNIRS2025
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Fascinating talk by Madeline Kirkpatrick on the cell line-specific (and potentially sex-specific) modulation of inflammation by estradiol in human cell lines 👏 #PNIRS2025
June 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Fascinating talk by Madeline Kirkpatrick on the cell line-specific (and potentially sex-specific) modulation of inflammation by estradiol in human cell lines 👏 #PNIRS2025
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
🎉 Big congrats to Julie Lasselin, Iris Ka-Yi Chat, and Elisabeth Vichaya on a fantastic Member Symposium 6! 👏
Brilliant insights on how inflammation shapes mood and reward in humans and animals! 🧠🔥#PNIRS2025
Brilliant insights on how inflammation shapes mood and reward in humans and animals! 🧠🔥#PNIRS2025
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🎉 Big congrats to Julie Lasselin, Iris Ka-Yi Chat, and Elisabeth Vichaya on a fantastic Member Symposium 6! 👏
Brilliant insights on how inflammation shapes mood and reward in humans and animals! 🧠🔥#PNIRS2025
Brilliant insights on how inflammation shapes mood and reward in humans and animals! 🧠🔥#PNIRS2025
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Great talk by Sara Rezaei on the selective vulnerability of GABAergic interneurons to inflammation! 👏
June 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Great talk by Sara Rezaei on the selective vulnerability of GABAergic interneurons to inflammation! 👏
Thank you so much @PNIRS for this incredible honor! 🎉 Made all the more special since I've 'grown up' in this society as a scientist since I was a new PhD student with @sbilbo.bsky.social, and I've made so many great friends here over the years that I enjoy coming back to see year after year! 💙
Beautiful tour-de-force work by @jessicalbolton.bsky.social highlighting the role of microglia in organizing stress-sensitive neural circuits and the need to better understand the many functions of microglia!! 👏👏👏👏
June 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thank you so much @PNIRS for this incredible honor! 🎉 Made all the more special since I've 'grown up' in this society as a scientist since I was a new PhD student with @sbilbo.bsky.social, and I've made so many great friends here over the years that I enjoy coming back to see year after year! 💙
So proud of my graduate student Hannah for giving her first poster blitz presentation at #PNIRS2025! 🙌 @pnirs.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So proud of my graduate student Hannah for giving her first poster blitz presentation at #PNIRS2025! 🙌 @pnirs.bsky.social
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
In the final talk of Member Symposium 1 at #PNIRS2025, Marion Leboyer asks the question: Is bipolar disorder actually a disorder of energy dysregulation? Find out here!
June 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In the final talk of Member Symposium 1 at #PNIRS2025, Marion Leboyer asks the question: Is bipolar disorder actually a disorder of energy dysregulation? Find out here!
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Jacob Allen starts an exciting symposium with the question of how the gut microbiome influences the brain. How convinced is the field that the microbiome is important for neuropsychiatric disorders ?? Answers coming in the next hour #PNIRS2025
June 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Jacob Allen starts an exciting symposium with the question of how the gut microbiome influences the brain. How convinced is the field that the microbiome is important for neuropsychiatric disorders ?? Answers coming in the next hour #PNIRS2025
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
@carmensandi10.bsky.social continued Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025, delivering an exciting talk about the promise of mitochondria-targeted treatments for anxiety and depression 👏
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@carmensandi10.bsky.social continued Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025, delivering an exciting talk about the promise of mitochondria-targeted treatments for anxiety and depression 👏
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Very happy to celebrate my Norman Cousins award (and my birthday) with amazing #PNIRS2025 friends and part of my lab this year in #Bordeaux 🎂🎉🤩
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Very happy to celebrate my Norman Cousins award (and my birthday) with amazing #PNIRS2025 friends and part of my lab this year in #Bordeaux 🎂🎉🤩
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Caroline Trumpff (standing in for Martin Picard) is kicking off Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025 with a deep dive into the brain-body energy conservation model of aging 👏
June 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Caroline Trumpff (standing in for Martin Picard) is kicking off Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025 with a deep dive into the brain-body energy conservation model of aging 👏
Congratulations @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🎉 What a wonderful talk summarizing your impressive body of work! 🙌
Tour-de-force lecture by @valeriamondelli.bsky.social, towards personalized medicine for psychiatric disorders for the Norman Cousins Award Lecture 👏 🎉
June 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Congratulations @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🎉 What a wonderful talk summarizing your impressive body of work! 🙌
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Tour-de-force lecture by @valeriamondelli.bsky.social, towards personalized medicine for psychiatric disorders for the Norman Cousins Award Lecture 👏 🎉
June 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tour-de-force lecture by @valeriamondelli.bsky.social, towards personalized medicine for psychiatric disorders for the Norman Cousins Award Lecture 👏 🎉
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
Thrilled for the official start of the #PNIRS2025, with warm welcome by President Lucile Capuron! Don’t forget to share your experience during the conference on social media 📸 @pnirs.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thrilled for the official start of the #PNIRS2025, with warm welcome by President Lucile Capuron! Don’t forget to share your experience during the conference on social media 📸 @pnirs.bsky.social
Can’t wait to deliver this award lecture in Bordeaux! 🤗
🥁 #PNIRS2025 Robert Ader New Investigator Award Lecture
🔖 Stressed-out Microglia in the Developing Brain: Exploring New Ways to Assess Microglial Function
🗓️ Tue Jun 10, 4:30–5:30 PM
🗣️Jessica Bolton, PhD
Don’t forget to bookmark this lecture & spread the word! 🔈🔊🔉
#PNIRS #Highlights #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
🔖 Stressed-out Microglia in the Developing Brain: Exploring New Ways to Assess Microglial Function
🗓️ Tue Jun 10, 4:30–5:30 PM
🗣️Jessica Bolton, PhD
Don’t forget to bookmark this lecture & spread the word! 🔈🔊🔉
#PNIRS #Highlights #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
May 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Can’t wait to deliver this award lecture in Bordeaux! 🤗
Reposted by Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D.
🥁 #PNIRS2025 Robert Ader New Investigator Award Lecture
🔖 Stressed-out Microglia in the Developing Brain: Exploring New Ways to Assess Microglial Function
🗓️ Tue Jun 10, 4:30–5:30 PM
🗣️Jessica Bolton, PhD
Don’t forget to bookmark this lecture & spread the word! 🔈🔊🔉
#PNIRS #Highlights #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
🔖 Stressed-out Microglia in the Developing Brain: Exploring New Ways to Assess Microglial Function
🗓️ Tue Jun 10, 4:30–5:30 PM
🗣️Jessica Bolton, PhD
Don’t forget to bookmark this lecture & spread the word! 🔈🔊🔉
#PNIRS #Highlights #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
May 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🥁 #PNIRS2025 Robert Ader New Investigator Award Lecture
🔖 Stressed-out Microglia in the Developing Brain: Exploring New Ways to Assess Microglial Function
🗓️ Tue Jun 10, 4:30–5:30 PM
🗣️Jessica Bolton, PhD
Don’t forget to bookmark this lecture & spread the word! 🔈🔊🔉
#PNIRS #Highlights #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
🔖 Stressed-out Microglia in the Developing Brain: Exploring New Ways to Assess Microglial Function
🗓️ Tue Jun 10, 4:30–5:30 PM
🗣️Jessica Bolton, PhD
Don’t forget to bookmark this lecture & spread the word! 🔈🔊🔉
#PNIRS #Highlights #Bordeaux 🇫🇷
Me too! 🤗
🧠 🧪I am still awed by this live imaging of microglia (green) surveying #stress-sensitive CRH cells (red) in #hypothalamus and lopping off extraneous synapses. By the amazing @jessicalbolton.bsky.social #FluorescentFriday
May 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Me too! 🤗