Sierra Lab: Neurobiologists. Microglial lovers. Science communicators. Personal stuff: @AmandaSSaavedra Now at SierraLab@bsky.social
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Happy to share our Perspective on #microglia #pruning and help to answer the questions of whether they are hunters or gatherers of brain #synapses
nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Unsolicited advice for young (and not so young) researchers: in the age of AI, be yourself.
AI writting may be technically perfect but is boring, flat and souless.
As an evaluator of grant and fellowships, I want to know who are you, what makes YOU stand out from the rest.
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Not to mention that writting is a craft that requires dedication and training. If AI does it for you, you'll never learn to communicate. And more importantly:
*Writting shapes our thinking*
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One of the perks of science is sharing beers watching sunset from beautiful Plentzia with such a talented group of scientists 🫶
@llinas_marta , @JulirosaNeuro, @maitesolaszu , @LabDomercq , @rosa_paolicelli , Izaskun Buendia, Arne Battefeld, @SoriaFN , @CapetilloZarate and me
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Amanda Sierra retweeted
Sobre las estancias investigadoras, particularmente las post doctorales, y su valoración en los currículos de acceso a contratos de talento o a plazas en universidad y centros de investigación.
Voy con un pequeño hilo.
👇🏻
Aquí hay algo que consideramos importante.
No todo el mundo puede optar a abandonar determinadas cosas e irse al extranjero para que se otorgue una JdC y otras tantas similares.
Para reflexionar, ¿irte al extranjero te hace mejor investigador hoy en día?
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Poppies are my favourite flowers. Their bright red is the color of the summer.
Ephemeral, like beauty and happiness.
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We live in the era of big data ... and little biology.
Papers nowadays are mastodontic, of exhorbitant costs, displaying a gazillion glittery graphs with little biological insight. Oftentimes I am left wondering...so what?
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Back home after an a-ma-zing Nobel Microglia Conference at @karolinskainst organized by the ever fantastic Klass Blomgren and Bertrand Joseph @Joseph_Lab_KI .
What an honor to be among these fantastic scientists and wonderful friends
Feeling blessed 💜
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Looking for a topic to discuss during the Christmas dinner? scientofic evidence in favour of the Dunning- Kruger effect.
In Spanish we call them "cuñaos" - relatives who always know more than anybody else about every possible topic
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"If policymakers and science communicators can convince influential thought leaders from political, religious, or cultural groups with whom people holding anti-consensus beliefs identify, then these thought leaders may be able to alter their followers’ views."
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The discussion is worth reading word by word and it will definitely affect how I do science outreach in the future .
Kudos to Steven Sloman and colls. @BrownCoPsy 🧠🥂💪
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Our recent review on #microglia containing brain #organoids is getting a good reception!.
Please reach us if you want to discuss the topic
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We discuss limitations of current protocols (including statistical analysis!) and provide recommendations on validating the immunicompetence of microglia in the brain organoids.
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