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Baptiste Lacoste

@blacoste.bsky.social

Senior Scientist, Associate Professor & Program Director @ OHRI & uOttawa πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. Fascinated by vascular & metabolic causes of neurodevelopmental disorders, SciArt and the night sky πŸ”¬ 🎨 πŸ”­ Follow for πŸ§ͺ news and more! Look for #cerebrovascular

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Wow can’t wait to read! Congrats!

19.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wrapping up my visit to UVA, had a great time and learned about a lot of exciting stuff! Thanks @eyolab.bsky.social for hosting me!

06.02.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bien connus

05.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Je vois que ton passage Γ  Bordeaux a portΓ© ses fruits! J’imagine que le 🍷 a aidΓ© πŸ˜‡

04.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professional advice: when celebrating your 10th year lab anniversary🍻, bring your trainees to an axe throwing club, so they can release all the anger accumulated. Let them imaging your face is on the wall πŸ˜‚

02.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NMDA receptors coordinate brain vascular development via neuron-to-endothelial tip cell crosstalk in zebrafish - Nature Communications Neurovascular interaction is critical for normal brain vascular development. Here, the authors show that neuronal NMDARs regulate brain vascular development via VEGF-induced global Ca2+ activities of ...

Cool neurovascular paper in #zebrafish #cerebrovascular #development

30.01.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
JCI Insight - Endothelial PROX1 induces blood-brain barrier disruption in the central nervous system

New findings suggesting that PROX1 compromises BBB integrity by negatively regulating BBB-associated Wnt signaling. #BBB #BloodBrainBarrier #cerebrovascular

28.01.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œElon Musk is part of the administration” that says it all… I feel sorry for all my friends south the Canadian border

12.01.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada Impact+ Research Chairs - Multiple Disciplines Posting Reason: New Position Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: Research Management Services Campus: Main Campus Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2025/12/...

uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

08.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are two award values (based on achievements/seniority): $1M per year or $500,000 per year for eight years, with the possibility for a four-year extension at 50% of the initial award value per year.
For the uOttawa submission, the portal has been greatly simplified.

08.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We actively encouraging top-quality international candidates to apply. The Impact+ program emphasizes research excellence in areas of Canada's strategic priorities, and significant potential to move research discoveries into tangible economic and social benefits.

08.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The University of Ottawa is recruiting international talent through a special program named "Canada Impact+ Research Chairs". See link at the very bottom.

08.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Recruitment alert ! If you consider having made significant research & training contributions abroad and wish to come to Canada, please submit your application by January 17th ! The University of Ottawa is recruiting international talent through a special program. See thread below.

08.01.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ New Publication in @pnas.org

Excited to share our lab’s latest research article: PIPβ‚‚ Corrects an Endothelial Piezo1 Channelopathy
pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... (Open Access)

30.12.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47 Nuno Loureiro, an MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics, has died at 47. A theoretical physicist and fusion scientist, and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Cente...

On his way to bring « the dream of clean, near-limitless fusion power closer to reality », Nuno Loureiro was shot at his home. A brilliant mind, husband, father and mentor is gone.

21.12.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks Ciaran!

17.12.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Metabolic, epigenetic and transcriptomic alterations in postnatal 16p11.2 deficient murine astrocytes Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are associated with metabolic dysregulation. While astrocytes are integral to cerebral metabolism, their molecular and functional changes in ASD are poorly known. Using...

New preprint from the lab! For those who love astrocytes 🀩. We welcome feedback! #preprint #openaccess #astrocytes #autism

17.12.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy holidays and best wishes from our lab!

16.12.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pervasive neurovascular dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex of female depressed suicides with a history of childhood abuse - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Pervasive neurovascular dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex of female depressed suicides with a history of childhood abuse

A beautiful paper from my friend @naguibmechawar.bsky.social's team ! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #cerebrovascular

03.12.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

They were all placed to protect Trump…

27.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PDGFRΞ± is required for postnatal cerebral perivascular fibroblast development Perivascular fibroblasts (PVFs) are a cell type associated with large diameter blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord parenchyma and leptomeninges…

PDGFRΞ± is required for postnatal cerebral perivascular fibroblast development. Congrats @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social ! #cerebrovascular #fibroblasts #development

20.11.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Excited to share the latest from our lab (final version, open access):

Brain Capillary Ion Channels: Physiology and Channelopathies

Physiology | @apspublications.bsky.social

journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social

19.11.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Great shot! I need to seriously update mine as well (to the risk of scaring people away πŸ˜‚)

18.11.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or course, that’s why now he is in favour

18.11.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hypertension-induced neurovascular and cognitive dysfunction at single-cell resolution Hypertension is a leading cause of cognitive impairment, attributed to cerebrovascular insufficiency, blood-brain barrier disruption, and white matter…

Hypertension-induced neurovascular and cognitive dysfunction at single-cell resolution @cp-neuron.bsky.social #cerebrovascular #hypertension

18.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dynamic modulation of the blood–brain barrier in the healthy brain - Nature Reviews Neuroscience The blood–brain barrier was conventionally seen as a static protective structure, but a more complex, dynamic view of this barrier has now emerged. In this Review, Friedman et al. discuss the dynamic ...

Excellent new review on the blood-brain barrier, by Alon Friedman and colleague @natureportfolio.nature.com #Cerebrovascular #BloodBrainBarrier

16.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The sad reality of humankind forgetting about history….

16.11.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The brain neurovascular epigenome and its association with dementia Ziegler et al. reveal distinct genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral small vessel disease within neurovascular cells, identifying immune-related AD risk and bro...

The brain neurovascular epigenome and its association with dementia. #cerebrovascular #epigenetics

12.11.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine!

10.11.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dream house! With the dome 🀩

10.11.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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