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Fitzsimons Lab, University of Amsterdam

@fitzsimonslab.bsky.social

As a mechanic dreams about fixing broken things, at the Fitzsimons Lab we dream about repairing the damaged brain.

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Why Former NFL All-Pros Are Turning to Psychedelics Research into whether drugs like ayahuasca can mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury is in its infancy. Pro athletes like the Buffalo Billsโ€™ Jordan Poyer are forging ahead anyway.

www.wired.com/story/can-ps...

interesting story, curious to see it developing

18.09.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Accelerating impact analysis with Altmetric Learn how Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) uses Altmetric accelerate research impact analysis.

www.altmetric.com/case-studies...

01.08.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am interested in a positive and constructive diacussion about the topic

16.07.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, of course, but most of them cannot be straighfowardly quantified

16.07.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I understand the concerns regarding the number of papers as output indicator, but it is something you can messure. How do we quantify other parameters, such as content, impact or quality? Without a clear answer to this question is difficult to move forward. Letโ€™s diascuss this

16.07.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Important perspective on a fascinating study from the Frisรฉn group, which used machine learning to identify neural progenitors in the adult human brain, a fresh lens on a long-standing debate ๐Ÿ’ฅ
Always exciting to see this field evolve, and grateful to be part of it @labsalta.bsky.social

03.07.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So well deserved, Giorgia!

25.06.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hora est ๐ŸŽ“
Last Thursday, I defended my PhD at the University of Amsterdam, @nin-knaw.bsky.socialโ€”graduated cum laude โœจ Huge thanks to my amazing supervisor @labsalta.bsky.social, co-promoters Paul Lucassen, Inge Huitinga & @fitzsimonslab.bsky.social. Thanks to all who made the day unforgettable!

24.06.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Crossโ€Analysis of Singleโ€Cell Transcriptomic Datasets Reveals Conserved Neurogenic Gene Signatures and New Insights Into Neural Stem Cell Aging Here, we reanalyze single-cell RNA sequencing datasets demonstrating hippocampal adult neural stem cell (NSC) heterogeneity to resolve classification inconsistencies and identify conserved gene marke...

What is an adult hippocampal neural stem cell?
In our new collaboration with Evgenia Salta's lab, we propose an operational definition based on conserved gene signatures across seven previous studies, and we use it to understand how NSCs change as they age

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.06.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crossโ€Analysis of Singleโ€Cell Transcriptomic Datasets Reveals Conserved Neurogenic Gene Signatures and New Insights Into Neural Stem Cell Aging Here, we reanalyze single-cell RNA sequencing datasets demonstrating hippocampal adult neural stem cell (NSC) heterogeneity to resolve classification inconsistencies and identify conserved gene marke...

Cross-Analysis of Single-Cell Transcriptomic Datasets Reveals Conserved Neurogenic Gene Signatures and New Insights Into Neural Stem Cell Aging
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

12.06.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CTE is a devastating disease that recieves very little attention from the health community. For these patients, everything starts with a traumatic brain injury

26.04.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Major European institutes join race to save US science data Nature - As the administration of US President Donald Trump slashes budgets, crucial climate and other data sets could disappear.

Several research institutes in Germany are joining a worldwide grassroots effort to save science data sets that researchers fear could be deleted by US President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration

https://go.nature.com/4jnEXnt

26.04.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

The link seems brokenโ€ฆ

08.04.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us in Amsterdam!

20.03.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nearly one in 10 adults in the U.S. identifies as LGBTQ, according to a large analysis from Gallup released Thursday โ€” almost triple the share since Gallup began counting in 2012, and up by two-thirds since 2020. nyti.ms/42ZZGIN

20.02.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2763    ๐Ÿ” 497    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 143

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