Ilia Vainchtein
@IliaVainchtein
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Neuroscientist | glia | neurons | meningeal immune cells | Principal Scientist in Neuroimmunology at @JnJNews | Previously postdoc in @AnnaMolofskyLab at @UCSF.
San Diego, CA
Joined February 2018
Israeli Bedouin Muslim girl: “Because of Israel, I have an electrical engineering degree and masters from Stanford. If not for Israel, I would probably be illiterate. And people are talking about ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocide’…”
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Before they withdrew, IDF soldiers left this message on the main road in Gaza. The female hostages will see it as soon as the IRCR jeeps start rolling toward Israel. It reads: “We turned the world upside for you. It’s so good you’re coming home. We are waiting for you. Team OZ.”
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Our latest paper with @Molofsky_lab is out! tweetorial to follow. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote inhibitory synapse development and social behavior | Science https://t.co/u2fQ2j2OeN
@jerika_barron @ Nick Mroz
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The innate immune system shapes brain development and is implicated in neurodevelopmental diseases. It is critical to define the relevant immune cells and signals and their impact on brain circuits....
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On September 25th, the first trash flood of the rainy season occurred on the Rio Motagua in Guatemala - Interceptor 021 stopped it from reaching the Gulf of Honduras.
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Our new work published today @NatrureMedicine
https://t.co/GaQVx8wUQP The work led by Neta Rosenzweig (@NetaRose11) and Kilian Kleemann (@KilianKleemann). Thanks to our collaborators @EggenBart, @BlurtonJonesLab, @ReisaSperling @weinerlabhms @NowarskiLab
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Nature Medicine - APOE4-dependent neutrophil–microglia interactions drive cognitive impairment in female carriers with Alzheimer’s disease via IL-17F.
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Microglia as integrators of brain-associated molecular patterns https://t.co/1E3wNoKwfo
#immunology
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I was accepted to Tel Aviv University in mid 90’s. We were poor so I lived with parents to save money and there was a direct bus to the university (about 30min ride) from home… but the suicide bombers on buses were going off so often that my parents bought me a car (I still
Quick question: Until what age were you scared to go on a bus because you were afraid of suicide bombers? I didn't set foot on a bus until I was 15. That's the reality for those of us who were alive in Israel during the "intifada" that you're suggesting should be globalized right
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OBS #Neuroimmunology Seminar 📆 Thu, Nov 30, 9 am PT/12 pm ET 🎙️ @zhuoran_yin1 @ButovskyLab @OlegButovsky "#APOE4 impairs the #microglial response in #Alzheimer’s disease by inducing #TGFβ-mediated checkpoints" (@NatImmunol 2023) ✍️ https://t.co/Y9RPzaKg7f
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An open letter to a colleague I received overwhelmingly positive feedback for my open letter to a UNC colleague, who condemns Israel and dismisses the October 7 atrocities as Israeli propaganda. Those I shared the letter with have been actively re-sharing it within academia and
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I don't think non-Jews realize how much and how permanently the global response since October 7th has changed us.
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The suffering and death of many Palestinians throughout the 70-year-long Arab-Israeli conflict is mostly the outcome of the Arab continuous attempts to annihilate the state of Israel. Instead of investing their resources to build a Palestinian nation. Please notice, that the
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Today, I have a question. A pressing question. For some Western feminists. How can you remain silent, when women and girls are raped, tortured, their bodies carried around naked and spat on by bearded men shouting Allah Akbar? Then you can never call yourself a feminist again.
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Left: Nazi executing a Jewish woman with her child in Ivanhorod, 1942. Right: CCTV screenshot of Hamas Nazi executing a young Jewish woman cowering, pleading for her life, in Kibbutz Alumim, 2023. Video below. Never Again Means Destroy Hamas.
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We are organising a microglia & MS meeting, Feb 15-16 2024 in Groningen. For information, speakers and registration see https://t.co/FbcI9MLoPD Hope to see you next Feb!
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Difficulty level: Palestine. (Don't forget to watch the previous episode)
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I went to a dinner last night where half of my table left at 830 to go back to work. It made me optimistic about the future. Accelerate!
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Would you have a ‘ceasefire’ with someone who does this to YOUR children? No. So, why should Israel?
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Reminder that @israel left Gaza almost 20 years ago (by the way from 1948-1967 Egypt controlled it). Reminder that Gaza was left with an amazing intact agriculture system that was destroyed by Gazans. Reminder that instead of building power plants, water filtration systems,
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To those raising the Palestinian flag, Where were you when ISIS was launched and beheaded tens of thousands of Arabs in Iraq, Libya, and Syria in the name of Islam? Why didn’t you take to the streets and raise their flags? Why didn’t you condemn the terror and call for a
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