Jill Ward
@WardLab_Emory
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Asst Prof | axon regeneration & neural repair |exercise-based therapy | gross anatomy |πππβΎοΈβ½οΈ| ok athlete | finance advisor https://t.co/PHOJDZwKJk
Emory Univ. School of Medicine
Joined January 2011
Congratulations to Nikki Boon! Worldβs Greatest Athlete and a graduate student with @WardLab_Emory @neurophd_emory @EmoryMedicine @EmoryUniversity
πππππππππ πππππ ππππππππ ππ Congratulations to Nikki Boon for winning the 2025 Womenβs Decathlon World Championship this afternoon! #FlyHigher
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Vote for your favorite image from @MBLScience Embryology course. Voting will close on Wednesday 3. September. @SocDevBio
https://t.co/VAUkpEJhhy
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Neuroscience retreat!!!!! Pickleball, pong, darts, cornhole, minigolf, Neuro trivia & fellowship #paintedpickle Welcome to @EmoryUniversity
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Proud to share this @biorxiv_neursci #preprint that characterizes the response (or lack thereof) of #sympathetic axons to ES after #PNI β‘ Regenerative failure of sympathetic axons contributes to deficits in functional recovery after nerve injury
biorxiv.org
Renewed scientific interest in sympathetic modulation of muscle and neuromuscular junctions has spurred a flurry of new discoveries with major implications for motor diseases. However, the role...
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A beautiful day for a Happy Tails break! So glad to have played a part in putting this event together for the Graduates in Neuroscience βοΈπ³πΈπΆ
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Our CNS regeneration work is now online. Terrific postdocs @manasiagrawal1 and @meghaldesai completed the revision experiments. @RutgersSASN @RutgersU
https://t.co/eBTWbMhd9G
pnas.org
Depletion or inhibition of core stress granule proteins, G3BP1 in mammals and TIAR-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans, increases the growth of spontaneous...
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To those curious, Christopher Reeve never overcame his physical disability from #SCI, but his mental approach to continuing life & recognizing what was important to him & what he had left to give to his family, his community, & others with disability became his driving force
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Back on the road βοΈ speaking @NANS_ION for #neuromodulation #neuralinjury #spinalcordinjury. & Re-watching Super/man: The Christopher Reeve Story. If you havenβt seen it, please make time. Itβs an incredible story of overcoming disability, advocacy, & how 1 person can change π
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Wonderful time presenting @winter_brain in #LakeTahoe β·οΈ with @VeronicaTomlab @TedsunL @stereotactics, & ππΌ ASIA for sponsoring our session!! Also, many reflections on Dr. Jerry Silver. He was a mentor to many & is clearly missed already in our field. #winterbrain #WCBR2025 #SCI
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Latest paper from the @emoryalvarezlab , which I'm grateful to have been able to contribute to, and got me started on my current love affair with motoneurons https://t.co/CqCQvW5XWr
biorxiv.org
Motor axon regeneration after traumatic nerve injuries is a slow process that adversely influences patient outcomes because muscle reinnervation delays result in irreversible muscle atrophy and...
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I'll be giving an online Meet the Experts talk for the Society of Neuroscience nextΒ Wednesday at 1PM. This is a career talk that may be good for students and trainees.Β Its free for SfN members and $15 for nonmembers.
neuronline.sfn.org
Just as the unique experiences of each individual shape the way they move, this session will recount how interdisciplinary training in biomechanics, neurophysiology, and engineering, coupled with...
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Come be my colleague! The Dept of Cell Biology @EmoryUniversity is recruiting a developmental cell biologist. π¬Do you study mechanisms of development using cell biological (and other) approaches? Join us!π¬ TY for RT! https://t.co/2szhalywtG
jobs.sciencecareers.org
This search is open to investigators conducting mechanistic studies of developmental cell biology using genetically tractable model organisms.
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Beautiful weather to visit Bethesda, talk science, and be a recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience Award Program #OSNAP #osnap2024 @NIH_NINDS @NIH @ncats_nih_gov
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@SpinalResearch was proud to put on a small private screening of the new "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story" film in London on Thursday. Many friends, colleagues, partners, and supporters gathered to watch a film about a man who transcends lore, imagination, and brutal
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1st @EMBO meeting β
Awesome science on axonal translation, ALS, nerve regeneration, SCI, circuits, models & more! Mata ne (till next time)!! π―π΅ #Okinawa #Axon #Regeneration #Degeneration #EMBO @OISTedu
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Our lab rockinβ the new biology about sympathetic axons that weβve been discovering! Ppl are excited! I showed some of @ttianyt work & @jorDNAse was selected for a trainee talk π #Axon #Regeneration #Degeneration @EMBO workshop. #EMBOaxons @OISTedu
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