NYU PostDoc (Liddelow/Chao) and Leon Levy Fellow in Neuroscience studying ⭐astrocyte⭐ networks! Formerly @ Vanderbilt. Neurodegeneration, visual system, gap junctions, glia, and all things microscopy. MelCooperPhD.com
Melissa Cooper, PhD
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Webs of astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules
go.nature.com/41QDgYD
I'll be giving a talk this afternoon at #ASN2026! If you love astrocytes, microscopy, or new insights on glial cross-hemispheric communication come check it out. Ballroom CD, 4:55 CST. See you there!
Nature research paper: Astrocytes connect specific brain regions through plastic networks
go.nature.com/4eBe8fV
@macshine.bsky.social talks with @melcooperphd.bsky.social about her new work showing that astrocytes—long dismissed as the brain’s housekeepers—are wired together in precise, long-range networks that remodel in response to experience.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/t...
Interested in finding your own astrocyte networks? The plasmid is now available on Addgene! www.addgene.org/252501/
Check out how we implemented it in this paper, published in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Need extra guidance? Watch this space for a more detailed protocol paper soon!
Just in case there's anyone left I haven't shown this to: this is the first astrocyte network I ever imaged. I hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I still do!
#microscopy #glia #neuroscience
⭐ In a new publication @nature.com, postdoctoral researcher Melissa Cooper has shown that astrocytes share a network of communication that selectively connects multiple brain regions across hemispheres. @melcooperphd.bsky.social
Astrocytes are wired together in precise, long-range networks that remodel in response to experience, according to new research.
Astrocytes do so much more than any of us thought - they even communicate among specific brain regions across hemispheres!
The journey to this paper spanned nearly a decade, but I'm most excited to see what everyone else does with the tools we've built. There's so much for all of us to explore!
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Melissa Cooper, PhD
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Melissa Cooper, PhD
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Melissa Cooper, PhD
Feeling like learning about a secret astrocyte network in the brain?
Check out the latest from @melcooperphd.bsky.social in @nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(take two because I'm out of action on the socials!)
@sfn.org #SfN25 #SanDiego starts this Saturday. The lab is going to be there in full force - see our presentations below.
Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social.
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Communication between distant brain regions is mediated by plastic networks of gap junction-coupled astrocytes.
www.nature.com
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Postdoctoral Affairs
Astrocytes do so much more than any of us thought - they even communicate among specific brain regions across hemispheres!
The journey to this paper spanned nearly a decade, but I'm most excited to see what everyone else does with the tools we've built. There's so much for all of us to explore!
Communication between distant brain regions is mediated by plastic networks of gap junction-coupled astrocytes.
