Pearson Lab

Njoud and I wrote a review article about our favorite cells - radial glia - and their complex yet fascinating relationship with endothelial cells and the cortical vasculature. 🧪🧠 #devbio #neurodev #neuroscience #science

Enjoy!

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The Pearson lab is looking for an enthusiastic research technician to join our team! Come join us in New York City! 🍎🧪
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#science #neurobiology #devbio

Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
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Brain Balls Podcast Episode · Radiolab · 01/09/2026 · 41m

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Congratulations Dr Al-Naama!! So proud of my first PhD mentee and all she’s achieved.

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🧪🧠 #neuroscience

Mitochondrial dysfunction precedes neurodegeneration in DRPLA patient-derived neurons, and phenylbutyrate improves survival. Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a progressive autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the ATN1 gene, which encodes the transcriptional corepre...

Super proud of Njoud and her PhD thesis work.
Here she demonstrates that mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the earliest defects in DRPLA-patient derived neurons. Furthermore, neurodegeneration and ROS accumulation can be rescued with phenylbutyrate treatment.
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Might have to update my website with this image….🧠🧪

Paper submitted! It’s just the beginning but super grateful to all our co-authors🤞🏻🧠⚡️🧪

Enjoyed my time at the @foxp1foundation.bsky.social meeting in the Netherlands. So great to see lots of exciting #FOXP1 related research and meet so many inspiring parents 🦊🧪

Know any great developmental neurobiologists looking for a post doc position?
Are you looking for an adventure with cerebral organoids in New York City?
We are looking for an enthusiastic new team member!
Feel free to DM or email me 🧪 🧠 🍎
#science #neurodev #neurobiology #neuroscience #devbio

Cryopreservation of Human Cortical Organoids Using Vitrification Cryopreservation at ultra-low temperatures is a valuable tool for preserving cells and tissues used in research. However, few protocols exist for the preservation of brain organoid models. Current met...

Happy to contribute to this methods paper from our collaborators at University of Michigan - it was an exciting day when vitrified cerebral organoids arrived! 🧪 🧠 👩‍🔬
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Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/health/nobel-laureate-research-funding-patapoutian/index.html

#fluorescencefriday 🧪🧠🧫😍 I ❤️ neural stem cells

Can finally breathe and celebrate that my R01 application has been funded! 🧪🧠🥳 #GLUT1 #neurobiology

Metabolic Atlas of Early Human Cortex Identifies Regulators of Cell Fate Transitions Characterization of cell type emergence during human cortical development, which enables unique human cognition, has focused primarily on anatomical and transcriptional characterizations. Metabolic pr...

Excited to see the latest preprint from the Badhuri lab at UCLA 🧠🧫🧪
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Always had a strong squad of #womeninSTEM for support and friendship @emmanning.bsky.social @kchinnaiya.bsky.social Pam Ellis, Katherine Jeays-Ward, Marysia Placzek. Inspiring, encouraging and life long mentorship

Happy International Women's Day!
Science is a team sport and I'm so thankful to be part of such a strong squad of #womeninSTEM
@suprajagv.bsky.social @madelineandrews.bsky.social @jennkong.bsky.social @katrinaladams.bsky.social 🧪💪👩‍🔬🦄

Cell-type-specific roles of FOXP1 in the excitatory neuronal lineage during early neocortical murine development Ortiz et al. leverage mice with loss of FOXP1 in their cortical progenitors. Detailed cell-type-specific genomic and epigenetic alterations are described, with key findings in progenitors related to a...

Fab new study on #FOXP1 and its role during cortical development from Gena Konopka and her team 🧪🧠🦊👏

Do you think it’s more in response to this? www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...

Try this 👇 to access era commons, and view the rest of the thread for access solutions to PubMed, etc.

Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.

Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

New cover slide for work in progress talk tomorrow #devbio #neuroscience 🧪🧠🌈

Microscopy image of an organoid on a computer screen

An actual #microscopymonday in action! Beautiful #organoids packed full of neurons #neurobiology #neurodev 😍🧠🧪

We are hiring! Looking for a research technician to join our team, preferably with some wet lab experience but not necessary. We welcome anyone with a willingness to learn! Applications can be submitted through jobs.weill.cornell.edu/job-invite/9...

Have some reading to do! Thanks @trayon.bsky.social for this list!

Super happy to receive an R03 from the NIMH to continue our work on FOXP1 and further our understanding of its role during brain development 🧪🧠🦊

It seems like there are so many journals that will accept reviews from another journal now it might be worth doing that - especially after a year!