Plavicki Lab at Brown University: Developmental Biologists & Environmental Health Scientists using the zebrafish model to understand brain & heart health.🏳️‍🌈

Providence, RI
Joined May 2018
It took more than a DECADE... but finally it’s published!!! It started as a CRAZY idea but after tons of hard work we built it: We hijacked the endogenous secretion systems of Toxoplasma gondii, a brain parasite, to deliver active proteins to neurons 👇 nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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For those interested in regenerative biology research. We plan to hire various types of positions. Pls share 🙂
📢Have you heard? @Ken_Poss_Lab is coming to @Morgridge_Inst & we're looking for assistant and senior research specialists to join his lab. More info on our careers page (morgridge.org/careers/openin…). Outstanding benefits + paid parking + #FearlessScience
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I throw my arms up in the air sometimes…Saying ayeoh, I’m a saguaro. 🌵 📸: @SaguaroNPS
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Happy Match Day, everyone! Congratulations to all the fourth year students on this amazing accomplishment! We are super excited to welcome our awesome class of 2024 interns into the Brown Surgery Family! Looking forward to having you all with us in just a few months!
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Our Hammerhead Shark development paper is officially out today! We also made the cover with this awesome image of a Bonnethead shark embryo (Sphyrna tiburo). Celebrating the study of unconventional models in developmental biology! 🦈🦈🦈 @DevelopmentalDy anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi… – at Gainesville, FL
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High-resolution optical imaging of the meninges in living zebrafish. Credit to @dancastranova & #WeinsteinLab. #ZebrafishZunday
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It's #MicroscopyMonday, so let's take a look under the 🔬. This 3D projection of an embryo of Doryteuthis pealeii squid was imaged during the 2023 Embryology Advanced Research Training Course at the MBL. More info in alt-text Credit: Martin Estermann (@EstermannMartin)
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We are looking for a Research Associate to work on developing new genetic tools in zebrafish! Please share far and wide! boards.greenhouse.io/chanzuc… @ZebrafishRock @eu_fish @ZHAonline @ZebrafishLatino @InfoIzfs
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Mind-blowing (first) fish PI meeting #sczi2024! Met so many old and new friends and learned so much exciting science!! Last but not least, enjoyed the authentic Asilomar vibe!! Thanks, organizers, and amazing colleagues!! ❤️🦓🐟🌅 #zebrafish #Rookie #SCZI2026inTaipei? – at California, USA
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“Dad, good news, bad news. The good news: your scarf makes you look like a fashion icon. The bad news: it’s Gru.”
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A mere 8 hours off the original arrival time due to major delays and missed connections, but on the way the way to #SCZI just the same!
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When I read this headline for the first time I read "5 years" not "5 days" and thought "hmmm that actually sounds like a reasonable amount of time to complete a paper"
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Microglia enhance post-anesthesia neuronal activity by shielding inhibitory synapses nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Great postdoc opportunity at WHOI to study the molecular evolution of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Please share!
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#ICYMI...NEW RESEARCH: Evaluation of Neural Regulation and Microglial Responses to Brain Injury in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Perfluorooctane Sulfonate ➡️ ow.ly/tMGy50Qg13t @BrownUniversity @ClubDanio
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Lab door decoration this year! Barbie Chimera. ⁦@Barbie⁩ ⁦@Sh3Lama⁩ ⁦@CurukovicAdna⁩ ⁦@ShwetaT94400458⁩
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Stevens Lab | ALZFORUM Stevens lab is looking for a talented postdoc to lead a project to understand how aging and genetic risk impact cell specific vulnerability and resilience using human iPSC-derived microglia & in vivo models alzforum.org/jobs/postdoctor…
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SBN and @HormBehav stand by our scientists.
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Participated in a panel for prospective PhD students today. I shared that I was neurodivergent and how that influenced my STEM PhD career so far. Several students came up to thank me after the panel and said that it really resonated with them. So yeah, #RepresentationMatters
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The evolution of the nervous system may have followed multiple paths and risen independently in two early lineages of animals, a recent Science study found in comb jellies. The results offer a new perspective on neuronal networks and neurotransmission. scim.ag/4su
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