Kelsey Nemec
Postdoc at Seattle Children's. Proud alum of Penn and UW-Madison. Enthusiast of neuroimmunology, glia, and treating pediatric brain tumors 🧠. Forever cheesehead 🧀. Total beer snob 🍺. she/her
- My second Vitanza Lab Secret Santa! So grateful to have always managed to find the very best labs with the very best people. See y’all in 2026! 🎅 🎄 ❄️
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- 📄🚨: Building off a stellar 2023 pub that engineered an hCSF1R variant, Sonia et al. now show how an mCSF1R variant not only confers inhibitor resistance and allows for efficient & non-toxic microglia replacement, but does so after vascular delivery into immunocompetent mice! 👏🧠 tinyurl.com/3wvmm8v3
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecLet's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
- Had the best time at the 17th annual @seattlechildrens.org Run of Hope benefiting pediatric cancer research! Over half a million dollars raised, and a lovely morning spent with friends, colleagues, and families who give meaning to everything we do. A very bright day in these not so bright times 🏃♀️ ☀️
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- Had a great time at my first #SeattleStorm game today with fellow @seattlechildrens.org Ben Towne Center scientists and friends! #EveryoneWatchesWomensSports
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- Given the recent and devastating cuts to the NIH, my colleagues and I from @seattlechildrens.org are running a 5k on 9/21 to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Please consider donating, joining our team, or simply sharing this post to help raise awareness! #EndDIPG runsignup.com/nemec
- I thought this was a Magic Eye and spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to see the hidden figure before actually reading the caption of the post.
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecHow does the human brain coordinate hierarchical cortical development? Our work in Nature Neuroscience identifies a role for thalamocortical structural connectivity in the expression of hierarchical periods of cortical plasticity & environmental receptivity in youth 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Honeymooning in New Zealand when I got the notice that the final version of my thesis paper is out! Huge thank you to the @elife.bsky.social editors and reviewers for making this the smoothest review process I’ve ever had. Give it a read! #microglia #AGS 🤓🧠 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecI am looking for a postdoc with an immunology background interested in joining a Yale neuroscience lab to study how the brain controls immunity. At Yale, we have a wonderful interdisciplinary & collaborative #neuroimmune community. Please reach out or share with anyone who might be interested!
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- Had a great time at #SNOPeds2025 this weekend! Thanks to @neuroonc.bsky.social for putting on such a fun and informative conference, and for having it in a city that provided some much needed spring warmth ☀️ 🌴 ☺️
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecBreaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy
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- The first photo was what I posted on my Instagram story last night. 18 hours later and I’ve signed up to run a 5k. Y’all I *hate* running. But I’m doing it to raise money for our center to fund pediatric cancer research. Plz considering supporting us! 🏃♀️🫣⬇️ www.runofhopeseattle.org/Race/93971/D...
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- Amped to share this masterclass of a paper spearheaded by @waisenberg.bsky.social, out today in Immunity. Will et al. provide a deeply detailed look into microglia dysfunction in Krabbe disease & show that microglia replacement therapeutically improves disease outcomes! www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecNext up is NGG graduate Evan Gallagher’s work! Current NGG student Kara McGaughey @kara-mcgaughey.bsky.social explains how he investigated the novel positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand [18F]ROStrace as a possible in vivo biomarker for Parkinson's disease. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-p...
- Incredible news from @nickvitanza.bsky.social et al! A timely reminder that what (the universal) we do is important and worth fighting for.
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecHarvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecPublished an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecAre you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecWe're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
- Lab (and life) is tough given The Current State of Things™️, but I persevere by knowing that what I do makes a genuine difference. But I just got yet another drop of bleach on a (dark green) pair of pants just below my lab coat, and I stg I'm about to absolutely lose it. Send help or snacks asap.
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecNot satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.
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- The real March Madness! 8x champs and over Ohio State (again 😉) for that little bit of added sweetness 👐
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- Check out the NBC National News coverage of my superstar PI @nickvitanza.bsky.social regarding his recently published phase 1 clinical trial for children with DIPG. So very proud to be in this lab. Article: www.nbcnews.com/health/cance... Video: www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ex...
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- Hey @fetterman.senate.gov, please see the FY24 Economic Impact Report for @upenn.edu and @pennmedicine.bsky.social. 106,600 jobs and $37B in economic activity. Please fight for Penn’s funding. If not for morals and science, then for the good of the economy. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/fy24-ec...
- We had an extremely important meeting at 1:59pm today. It was both impressive and delicious #PiDay
- Absolute trash headline. If there is a shutdown, it's on the GOP for putting forth such a horrific (and partisan) bill, not on Dems for voting against it. The GOP controls the government; show their voters what they voted for #shutitdown WA: Our senators are Patty Murray (D) and Maria Cantwell (D)
- The @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social declined in 2018 but accepted in 2025? As if things are better now than they were then? Wtf guys. Super super disappointed to hear this. I expected more from a team from Philadelphia, a city of deep diversity and “brotherly love.”
- At risk? Belong? Bias? Excluded? EXPRESSION? **EXPRESSION**?!?!?!
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecTHIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
- If you’re feeling depressed, go out and volunteer to educate the public/support the next generation of scientists. Between the rally yesterday and a HS science fair today, I’m feeling much better about our future, just knowing there will always be good people working and advocating for science 🧬✊
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- A beautiful day to #standupforscience. So proud of Seattle’s turnout today. Most of whom identified merely as “concerned citizens” with no scientific affiliation themselves. And that’s because #scienceisforeverybody.
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecSO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
- I just logged in to Twatter for the first time since January and it’s even worse than I expected. It’s like when I occasionally go on Fox News just to see what folks are being fed. But infinitely worse because you can also see the horrible comments. Asdfghjk. Never again. Permanent account delete 🫡🦋
- “I will need to prepare more parents for their child’s death, letting cures almost in hand slip through my fingers.” Hope to see you all out standing up for science on March 7th, nationwide #standupforscience
- Republican congress members have introduced a bill to ban (nearly) all animal testing in federally funded labs. Please consider filling out this quick form to ask your local congress person to oppose this piece of legislation that is, at best, extremely misguided. speak4.app/lp/xe015ndd/
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- Reposted by Kelsey NemecI’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE. Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!? secured.heritage.org/the-heritage... Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
- While my email(s) to HR@opm.gov were perhaps a littttttle snarky, I’m loving the trend of people posting happy things they’re actually proud of doing last week to help break up our obsessive doomscrolling. Here’s mine:
- It might not do much, but this was incredibly cathartic. Anything to even marginally slow the progress of fascism.
- That picture of all those young female athletes surrounding Agent🍊 when he signed the order banning transgender athletes from girls/womens sports is looking pretty hilarious right about now. I wonder how they and their parents feel about this new guidance 🤣
- Reposted by Kelsey NemecHappy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
- The $15M *we* spent on security so that 🍊 could watch *half* a Super Bowl could have funded YEARS of live-saving research. Government efficiency my eye.
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- I’m not sure what’s better, the Birds winning or the Chiefs losing. I honestly might be more hype about the latter #FlyEaglesFly #FTC #HBDCooperDeJawn
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- So many thesis defenses this week! Huge congratulations to DOCTOR @fieldk.bsky.social (Part 1) after his incredible defense today. Your work is so important, and I can't wait to see how you translate it to the clinic as you become Doctor Field PART 2 #PhDone #TheFieldIsInAgreement
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- Another successful PhD defense from the @fchrisbennett.bsky.social lab! So so so proud of Dr. Sonia Lombroso. An absolute masterclass of a thesis. Can’t wait to follow what is sure to be an amazing career ahead! #PhDone
- LOOK AT THAT JOY! Another @pennngg.bsky.social cohort-mate transitions from candidate to doctor. So so proud of you, Dr. Cat! #PhDone
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- Reposted by Kelsey Nemec#NGG is proud to present our next Thesis Defense given by Catherine Ubri of the Cohen Lab! Please join us in person or virtually (DM us for the link) on 1/30. Best of luck, Catherine! #PhAlmostDone 🥳
- It’s been a rough week all around but coming in second instead of first in this tournament was just brutally disappointing. I need to do better. I will do better.
- To break up everyone’s endless doomscrolling, my amazing former labmate from the @fchrisbennett.bsky.social lab is defending her thesis next Friday at 2pm ET! Sonia’s PhD has been a masterclass in hard work, patience, and perseverance, and I’m so excited for everyone to hear all about it 🥳
- I feel like if I went to grad school in Seattle my work life balance would have been wayyyy better 🧐 ☀️🏔️
- Simply amazing. Thanks so much for the time and effort @sloanlab.bsky.social, @liddelowsa.bsky.social, and Ye! This may be exactly what I need to round out my grad school thesis project 🤩
- Hi #neuroscience community! This is one of my favorite posts ever. In close collaboration with @liddelowsa.bsky.social and Ye Zhang, we've built a new tool that we are eager to share! www.webseq.net
