
Dritan Agalliu
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A neuroscientist with a passion for visual & performing arts, classical & jazz music and dance in search of new adventures in NYC. Opinions are my own.
New York, NY
Joined March 2009
As of today @Columbia has not received ANY of the terminated funding and many non-competitive renewal of federal grants. Therefore, last week the university starting laying off postdocs. If you care about PANDAS research please support my postdoc
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Your Columbia is your opportunity to be a part of the unparalleled research, education, and clinical care that takes place every day at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. It’s a potent and...
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RT @EricTopol: How does Epstein- Barr virus induce multiple sclerosis?.The infection leads to B cells that get into the brain, attracting p….
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Nature - Epstein–Barr virus infection generates a neuroinvasive B cell subset, which recruits activated T cells to the central nervous system, promoting multiple sclerosis.
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RT @Co_Biologists: Apply by 8 August. Offering up to £3,000 to graduate #PhD students and #postdocs, our Travelling Fellowships help early-….
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RT @Zihai: The @NIH National Institutes of Health’s budget, and structure, would be preserved under a Senate bill for the 2026 fiscal year….
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Republicans on spending committee push back against proposed reorganization and overhead cuts
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RT @jakescottMD: RFK Jr. is misrepresenting a landmark Danish study that followed 1.2 million children over 24 years. The study found no li….
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RT @Nature: A US Senate committee endorsed maintaining the NIH's structure and increasing its funding by US$400 million, or about 1%. https….
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Nature - Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.
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RT @DrCatharineY: ICYMI: Finally some good news! The senate committee rejected the 40% budget cut for NIH and instead endorsed a $400 mill….
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RT @neubadah: This does a very good job of cataloguing the chaos (ht @stuartbuck1). Some highlights.- NIH: 2,100+ grants cancelled, ~$9B.-….
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RT @simonmaechling: Science literacy is collapsing. And with it, the foundations of civilization. People fear vaccines more than viruses.….
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RT @GuLabNeuro: Ever wonder who your cells are talking to? Now you can find out. Plasmids to perform the non-invasive gap junction tracing….
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RT @SenWarren: CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement wi….
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RT @JasonSynaptic: The NIH has decided that scientists can only submit 6 grants a year. OK. But you need a score that’s < 10% at least to g….
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I fully agree. We cannot replace animal studies with in vitro studies to understand the complex biology of organ interactions.
While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! I wrote an article outlining this in @GENbio .
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RT @JasonSynaptic: While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal researc….
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The portrayal of uncaring scientists without any thought for the animals being used in their research is far from the truth.
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RT @AgalliuIlir: We invite investigators in various fields of cancer epidemiology and genetics to submit their manuscripts for this Speci….
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Special Issue in journal Cancers: Urological Cancer: Epidemiology and Genetics
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RT @J_Cell_Sci: Journal of Cell Science is published by a not-for-profit charitable organisation (@Co_Biologists) that exists to benefit sc….
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RT @Mochievous: Denmark has proposed a law to give citizens copyright to their faces, voices and likeness in a bid to curb unauthorized dee….
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Denmark has put forth a proposal that would give every one of its citizens the ability to protect themselves from AI...
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RT @NIHDirector_Jay: Today, @NIH announced a new policy to cap how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their work p….
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RT @AOSasmita: Differences of the 6N and 6J Substrains of C57BL/6 Mice in the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. htt….
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The 6J substrain exhibits more severe EAE than 6N, with increased macrophages, CD8+, and B cells in the CNS, as well as a higher proinflammatory profile and lower anti-inflammatory profile, correla...
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RT @EricTopol: Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States .
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