Natasha O'Brown
@natashaobrown.bsky.social
Forever developmental biologist at ❤️ studying the blood-brain barrier #BBB in the best model system #zebrafish to understand how different molecular and cellular interactions affect BBB function. www.obrownlab.com
Oh how I've missed this game?
Your favorite guessing game has returned to social media! Here's how to play #GuessThatISH:
We present a pic of a #zebrafish embryo that has been stained using an unknown in situ probe by Thisse et al.
You tell us what it looks like! The catch? WRONG ANSWERS ONLY!
Let's play! #ThisseThursday 🧪
We present a pic of a #zebrafish embryo that has been stained using an unknown in situ probe by Thisse et al.
You tell us what it looks like! The catch? WRONG ANSWERS ONLY!
Let's play! #ThisseThursday 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Oh how I've missed this game?
What a wonderful day talking science at Vanderbilt Cell and Developmental Biology topped off with a rooftop night cap with these great people @monica-santisteban.bsky.social @krishnamudumbi.bsky.social and Neil who has yet to get on bluesky but was a great host!
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
What a wonderful day talking science at Vanderbilt Cell and Developmental Biology topped off with a rooftop night cap with these great people @monica-santisteban.bsky.social @krishnamudumbi.bsky.social and Neil who has yet to get on bluesky but was a great host!
Very happy to be in Nashville today for #zebrafishzunday before my talk @vanderbilt.edu tomorrow, so here's a sneak preview of differential clearance of monomeric (turquoise) vs. oligomeric (red) amyloid beta from the zebrafish brain
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Very happy to be in Nashville today for #zebrafishzunday before my talk @vanderbilt.edu tomorrow, so here's a sneak preview of differential clearance of monomeric (turquoise) vs. oligomeric (red) amyloid beta from the zebrafish brain
Look who's the @navbo.bsky.social lab of the month! So honored. And also if you want to read my story and some unsolicited advice on the academic career path, you can also find it here in NAVBO's Lessons Learned: www.navbo.org/lessons-lear...
October 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Look who's the @navbo.bsky.social lab of the month! So honored. And also if you want to read my story and some unsolicited advice on the academic career path, you can also find it here in NAVBO's Lessons Learned: www.navbo.org/lessons-lear...
So honored to be invited to give a talk at #gliadelphia today. Gotta ❤️ the #glia community. So many great talks and posters. Not pictured are my new kickass silver boots
October 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So honored to be invited to give a talk at #gliadelphia today. Gotta ❤️ the #glia community. So many great talks and posters. Not pictured are my new kickass silver boots
We are looking for a new technician to join our lab and gain some hands on #zebrafish and molecular biology experience. Interested parties should apply here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... Happy to answer any and all questions about the lab! #STEMJobs
Laboratory/Technical Assistant
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Laboratory/Technical Assistant for the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience within the School of Arts and Sciences. Our mission is to un...
jobs.rutgers.edu
October 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We are looking for a new technician to join our lab and gain some hands on #zebrafish and molecular biology experience. Interested parties should apply here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... Happy to answer any and all questions about the lab! #STEMJobs
Really happy with how this write up about our work and me getting the @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar award came out. sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/r...
A Rutgers Scientist Confronts the Assertive “Bouncer” of the Brain, Seeking Insights into Human Health
Rutgers, School of Arts and Sciences: News
sas.rutgers.edu
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Really happy with how this write up about our work and me getting the @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar award came out. sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/r...
Happy hour with my oldest is food for the soul (so was the lobster roll)
August 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Happy hour with my oldest is food for the soul (so was the lobster roll)
Very proud of our #NeuroSURP student Megan Canace presenting her work in the lab this summer and representing the awesomeness of #zebrafish
August 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very proud of our #NeuroSURP student Megan Canace presenting her work in the lab this summer and representing the awesomeness of #zebrafish
Here's my child #olivefingers to brighten your feed in these depressing times
July 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Here's my child #olivefingers to brighten your feed in these depressing times
Another great #obrownlab dinner in the 📚. I'm so happy to see how we've grown in just 2 years with @tcpotts.bsky.social @lewisgall.bsky.social and others not on bluesky
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Another great #obrownlab dinner in the 📚. I'm so happy to see how we've grown in just 2 years with @tcpotts.bsky.social @lewisgall.bsky.social and others not on bluesky
Excited to announce that our collaboration with @briandaniels.bsky.social has been published today! So happy for everyone involved, but especially me and Marissa 😆. Check it out if you're interested in #neuroinflammation and the #BBB www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Astrocytic RIPK3 exerts protective anti-inflammatory activity in mice with viral encephalitis by transcriptional induction of serpins
The kinase RIPK3 suppresses pathologic neuroinflammation in mouse models of flavivirus infection.
www.science.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Excited to announce that our collaboration with @briandaniels.bsky.social has been published today! So happy for everyone involved, but especially me and Marissa 😆. Check it out if you're interested in #neuroinflammation and the #BBB www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here's the link: www.fda.gov/news-events/.... Please post a comment about how this would greatly inhibit scientific progress
July 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Here's the link: www.fda.gov/news-events/.... Please post a comment about how this would greatly inhibit scientific progress
My undergrad Inword got some really cool data this week, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate #fluorescencefriday than to share it. She injected oligomeric amyloid-B (red) and it caused these pulses of tracer leakage throughout the brain (turquoise) 1.5 days later. #BBB #zebrafish
July 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My undergrad Inword got some really cool data this week, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate #fluorescencefriday than to share it. She injected oligomeric amyloid-B (red) and it caused these pulses of tracer leakage throughout the brain (turquoise) 1.5 days later. #BBB #zebrafish
Devastating and unnecessary
This will devastate all of my colleagues that do neuroscience in mice. Drugs don't always translate from mouse to human, But 90% of our genes are shared. They allow recordings and manipulations that cannot be done in humans. We will cede discovery to Europe and China with this unnecessary handicap.
NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and Development
Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Devastating and unnecessary
Reposted by Natasha O'Brown
Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
July 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
Reposted by Natasha O'Brown
This is where we are, America. One of my old colleagues at the University of Arizona Cancer Center has set up a GoFundMe to help fund breast cancer research in the wake of massive cuts to NIH grants.
With financial support in limbo, this UA cancer lab started crowdfunding
As federal funding changes hit universities, key research initiatives are scrambling to find cash. The Schroeder Lab at UA is one of them.
www.azcentral.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is where we are, America. One of my old colleagues at the University of Arizona Cancer Center has set up a GoFundMe to help fund breast cancer research in the wake of massive cuts to NIH grants.
So excited to share that I am one of the new @hhmi.org freeman hrabowsi scholars with so many other amazing new PIs. Check out the full list here www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
www.hhmi.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So excited to share that I am one of the new @hhmi.org freeman hrabowsi scholars with so many other amazing new PIs. Check out the full list here www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
First R01 is officially submitted. Time to celebrate with @ztanv.bsky.social at our favorite place
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
First R01 is officially submitted. Time to celebrate with @ztanv.bsky.social at our favorite place
I went to my first graders career day and here's his drawing of what I do: Science! Highly recommend talking to kids - so refreshing.
June 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I went to my first graders career day and here's his drawing of what I do: Science! Highly recommend talking to kids - so refreshing.
Turning failure into fun with our first #obrownlab #pizzapityparty achieved by 10 rejections! Onto the next round!
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Turning failure into fun with our first #obrownlab #pizzapityparty achieved by 10 rejections! Onto the next round!