Monique S. Mendes, PhD
@monique-ja44.bsky.social
Neuroscientist | Neuron-glia communication | HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow | Doupe Fellow| Post-Doc @Stanford | F99/K00 #DSPAN Alum | PhD @URNeuroscience | she/her | 📷 StevenCotton
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Thrilled to share our new paper @cp-cell.bsky.social:
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling.”
This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and coordination during synapse remodeling.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Faust et al., Cell 2025
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling.”
This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and coordination during synapse remodeling.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Faust et al., Cell 2025
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper @cp-cell.bsky.social:
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling.”
This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and coordination during synapse remodeling.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Faust et al., Cell 2025
“Microglia–astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling.”
This work demonstrates the necessity of glia–glia communication and coordination during synapse remodeling.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Faust et al., Cell 2025
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Honored to be selected to speak at this symposium. Please tune in on Sept. 10th if you’re interested in hearing what I’ve learned while mapping HGT in the gut microbiome!
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Honored to be selected to speak at this symposium. Please tune in on Sept. 10th if you’re interested in hearing what I’ve learned while mapping HGT in the gut microbiome!
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
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In a time as this— I am deeply thankful to be blessed with this honor. As a scientist and educator, the NSF CAREER award allows me to integrate the very core of who I am as a scientist and educator.
Forever grateful to past and present members of my lab for helping me accomplish this dream.
Forever grateful to past and present members of my lab for helping me accomplish this dream.
July 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In a time as this— I am deeply thankful to be blessed with this honor. As a scientist and educator, the NSF CAREER award allows me to integrate the very core of who I am as a scientist and educator.
Forever grateful to past and present members of my lab for helping me accomplish this dream.
Forever grateful to past and present members of my lab for helping me accomplish this dream.
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BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep
BWF Announces 2025 Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Recipients - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to…
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July 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep
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Congratulations to our Human Neural Circuitry team; bit.ly/4dEyX7Z publishes today in Science! This was the hardest challenge of my career, but one of the most rewarding, after years of rebuilding– & expanding my inpatient neuropsychiatry in the service of basic discovery bsky.app/profile/deis...
May 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Congratulations to our Human Neural Circuitry team; bit.ly/4dEyX7Z publishes today in Science! This was the hardest challenge of my career, but one of the most rewarding, after years of rebuilding– & expanding my inpatient neuropsychiatry in the service of basic discovery bsky.app/profile/deis...
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Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is why science funding matters.
We uncovered a hidden signaling system in the brain—one that responds to maternal environment, even to drugs like LSD during pregnancy.
It took 5 years, a brilliant team, and public funding to get here.
Out today in @NatureNeuro: 🧵👇
We uncovered a hidden signaling system in the brain—one that responds to maternal environment, even to drugs like LSD during pregnancy.
It took 5 years, a brilliant team, and public funding to get here.
Out today in @NatureNeuro: 🧵👇
Led by @scienceyael.bsky.social & out today in @natneuro.nature.com: the brain's fluid-secreting organ — the choroid plexus — can reshape neural development through a powerful, little-known process. & it can be hijacked by serotonergic drugs like LSD. 🧠👇 A thread
rdcu.be/eoaSY
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Choroid plexus apocrine secretion shapes CSF proteome during mouse brain development
Nature Neuroscience - The choroid plexus (ChP) provides molecular cues for brain development. However, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study identifies an apocrine secretion mechanism...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is why science funding matters.
We uncovered a hidden signaling system in the brain—one that responds to maternal environment, even to drugs like LSD during pregnancy.
It took 5 years, a brilliant team, and public funding to get here.
Out today in @NatureNeuro: 🧵👇
We uncovered a hidden signaling system in the brain—one that responds to maternal environment, even to drugs like LSD during pregnancy.
It took 5 years, a brilliant team, and public funding to get here.
Out today in @NatureNeuro: 🧵👇
we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please re-post so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please re-post so we get more great stories in there!
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
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After last week publication from the lab on circuits of social isolation/satiety, today we publish a different line of research by @harriskaplan.bsky.social et al., on the development trajectories of hypothalamic POA cell types driving survival and social behavior.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sensory input, sex and function shape hypothalamic cell type development - Nature
Paired transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility profiling are used to examine the developmental trajectories of neuronal populations in the hypothalamic preoptic region, including cell types with ke...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
After last week publication from the lab on circuits of social isolation/satiety, today we publish a different line of research by @harriskaplan.bsky.social et al., on the development trajectories of hypothalamic POA cell types driving survival and social behavior.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Couldn’t make it to the #HannaGrayFellows Program informational webinar? 📆
Don’t worry—you can still access the recorded session and get all your questions answered!
Watch now and apply by February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. hhmi.news/40ymhuq 👈
Don’t worry—you can still access the recorded session and get all your questions answered!
Watch now and apply by February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. hhmi.news/40ymhuq 👈
February 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Couldn’t make it to the #HannaGrayFellows Program informational webinar? 📆
Don’t worry—you can still access the recorded session and get all your questions answered!
Watch now and apply by February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. hhmi.news/40ymhuq 👈
Don’t worry—you can still access the recorded session and get all your questions answered!
Watch now and apply by February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. hhmi.news/40ymhuq 👈
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! ✨
They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try.
So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾🔬👨🏽🔬
They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try.
So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾🔬👨🏽🔬
February 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! ✨
They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try.
So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾🔬👨🏽🔬
They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try.
So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾🔬👨🏽🔬
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Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
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And just like that, the lab is two years old 🥹🥹🥳🎉
This was such a big year for growth, and I’m so so proud of all of us. I’m grateful for their trust and to have found each and every one of them.
Looking forward to a great year. Stay tuned! 🤩
This was such a big year for growth, and I’m so so proud of all of us. I’m grateful for their trust and to have found each and every one of them.
Looking forward to a great year. Stay tuned! 🤩
January 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
And just like that, the lab is two years old 🥹🥹🥳🎉
This was such a big year for growth, and I’m so so proud of all of us. I’m grateful for their trust and to have found each and every one of them.
Looking forward to a great year. Stay tuned! 🤩
This was such a big year for growth, and I’m so so proud of all of us. I’m grateful for their trust and to have found each and every one of them.
Looking forward to a great year. Stay tuned! 🤩
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ATTN: #Postdocs - Your opportunity to lead the future of #science starts now! Applications for the 2025 #HannaGrayFellows Program are OPEN. 📢
Take your first step toward joining a community of changemakers in science. Applications are due 2.26.25, @ 3:00 p.m. ET. 💫
Apply today! hhmi.news/48n2lfh 👈
Take your first step toward joining a community of changemakers in science. Applications are due 2.26.25, @ 3:00 p.m. ET. 💫
Apply today! hhmi.news/48n2lfh 👈
January 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ATTN: #Postdocs - Your opportunity to lead the future of #science starts now! Applications for the 2025 #HannaGrayFellows Program are OPEN. 📢
Take your first step toward joining a community of changemakers in science. Applications are due 2.26.25, @ 3:00 p.m. ET. 💫
Apply today! hhmi.news/48n2lfh 👈
Take your first step toward joining a community of changemakers in science. Applications are due 2.26.25, @ 3:00 p.m. ET. 💫
Apply today! hhmi.news/48n2lfh 👈
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Thrilled to share the most recent pub from the Griffith Lab! We show that sodium channels play unique roles in proprioceptive encoding. We also found some really cool effects on skeletal muscle, and a dev dependent role for Nav1.6 in proprioceptive spinal circuits www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Differential encoding of mammalian proprioception by voltage-gated sodium channels
Voltage-gated sodium channels differentially encode mammalian proprioception via distinct cellular localization patterns.
www.science.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thrilled to share the most recent pub from the Griffith Lab! We show that sodium channels play unique roles in proprioceptive encoding. We also found some really cool effects on skeletal muscle, and a dev dependent role for Nav1.6 in proprioceptive spinal circuits www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Beyond thrilled to be named a 2025
@hhmi.bsky.social HG Fellow!Grateful for the mentorship/support from @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social every step of the way. Excited to make the most of this unbelievable opportunity to push my work forward and join this inspiring community! www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-na...
@hhmi.bsky.social HG Fellow!Grateful for the mentorship/support from @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social every step of the way. Excited to make the most of this unbelievable opportunity to push my work forward and join this inspiring community! www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-na...
HHMI Names the 2024 Hanna Gray Fellows | HHMI
The cohort includes early career scientists working in research areas ranging from treatment-resistant cancers to how animals evolved to live on land. The HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program provides e...
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January 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Beyond thrilled to be named a 2025
@hhmi.bsky.social HG Fellow!Grateful for the mentorship/support from @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social every step of the way. Excited to make the most of this unbelievable opportunity to push my work forward and join this inspiring community! www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-na...
@hhmi.bsky.social HG Fellow!Grateful for the mentorship/support from @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social every step of the way. Excited to make the most of this unbelievable opportunity to push my work forward and join this inspiring community! www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-na...
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I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I was selected as one of the 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! 🎉🍾🎊🥳🦀
The support from this fellowship will be transformative for my career, and I am so excited to meet and learn from all the other fellows in my cohort and from previous years!!
The support from this fellowship will be transformative for my career, and I am so excited to meet and learn from all the other fellows in my cohort and from previous years!!
Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
January 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I was selected as one of the 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! 🎉🍾🎊🥳🦀
The support from this fellowship will be transformative for my career, and I am so excited to meet and learn from all the other fellows in my cohort and from previous years!!
The support from this fellowship will be transformative for my career, and I am so excited to meet and learn from all the other fellows in my cohort and from previous years!!
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I am thrilled to share that I am an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow! 🥳🎉 I'm excited to join the outstanding @hhmi.bsky.social community. 🙌🏾 I am grateful to all the mentors who have inspired me and to all the friends and family who have supported me throughout my academic career. THANK YOU! 1/2
Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
January 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I am thrilled to share that I am an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow! 🥳🎉 I'm excited to join the outstanding @hhmi.bsky.social community. 🙌🏾 I am grateful to all the mentors who have inspired me and to all the friends and family who have supported me throughout my academic career. THANK YOU! 1/2
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First 🦋 post! Very excited to share our lab's latest work exploring the shared and divergent aspects of human astrocyte development and glioblastoma. This effort spans many fields from developmental #glial biology to #stem cells and #tumor biology. rdcu.be/d5ADz A 🧵
Mapping the developmental trajectory of human astrocytes reveals divergence in glioblastoma
Nature Cell Biology - Sojka et al. analyse the transcriptomic and epigenomic landscape of human astrocyte maturation and identify an epigenetically regulated intermediate state associated with...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
First 🦋 post! Very excited to share our lab's latest work exploring the shared and divergent aspects of human astrocyte development and glioblastoma. This effort spans many fields from developmental #glial biology to #stem cells and #tumor biology. rdcu.be/d5ADz A 🧵
Congratulations to the 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Excited to see @watsonzink.bsky.social, @sashalfulton.bsky.social & @stevenssostre.bsky.social on the list! 🎉🎉🎉
Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
January 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations to the 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Excited to see @watsonzink.bsky.social, @sashalfulton.bsky.social & @stevenssostre.bsky.social on the list! 🎉🎉🎉