Emilie Reas
Assistant Professor of Neurosciences @UCSanDiego | Alzheimer's disease & brain aging | (barefoot) running fanatic
- Reposted by Emilie ReasI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Reposted by Emilie ReasPowerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... 1/3
- Reposted by Emilie ReasWe need to know more about how best to communicate genetic risk for #AlzheimersDisease and #ApoE. Please circulate this survey that is on the #POPPED website so we can get as many opinions as possible... popped.org.uk/apoe4/
- Reposted by Emilie ReasI mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
- Reposted by Emilie Reas1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Emilie Reasjamanetwork.com/journals/jam... France just ran the numbers on mRNA vaccines… 28 million people • Vaccinated people had 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19. • 25% lower risk of death from ANY cause. • No increase in mortality for 4 years after vaccination.
- Reposted by Emilie ReasMy friend Dr Marmon @lmarmon.bsky.social has started a free to join grassroots online community focused on protecting human rights and battling climate change. Please consider joining us. It costs nothing and could make a real difference. www.advanceesg.org
- Reposted by Emilie ReasThis is 🤯 All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool. #neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasHere it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure. Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities. EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni. ucop.edu/communicatio...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasWow! This is amazing news. Having friends who are confronted with Huntington's, this brings a ray of hope. bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasReplenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease go.nature.com/4m8zW3H
- Reposted by Emilie ReasNew paper out from the lab, demonstrating a robust non-linear relationship between age at menopause and dementia risk. Fantastic work by post-doc Dr. Ursula Saelzler. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Emilie Reas"Nature has learnt that, as a result, some staff members are screening candidates’ social-media presences to check whether they have expressed negative views about the Trump administration or been involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts...at their institutions." 🧪
- Reposted by Emilie ReasThe full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today. It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia. Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
- Reposted by Emilie ReasIt seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below. prospect.org/politics/202...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasI applied for this trial. This could EASILY have been me. Or someone else you know.
- Powerful story from Carolyn Johnson at the Washington Post... wapo.st/44ntbo4 [Should be a gift link; let me know if there are problems]
- Judge Young: “This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. I would be blind not to call it out ...I’ve been on the bench for 40 years — I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.”
- A US judge has ordered hundreds of terminated research projects at the US National Institutes of Health to be reinstated, calling the processes that led to their cancellation “bereft of reasoning”. go.nature.com/4kOmXDy
- Reposted by Emilie ReasIncredible turn out for #NoKingsDay. Thank you to everyone speaking up and taking action. Dissent is patriotic!
- Reposted by Emilie ReasOver the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasWe heard directly from more than 150 researchers, scientists and investigators about their terminated NIH grants and the science that’s being lost. Full story ⤵️
- I've spent the last few months examining the +1,450 grants terminated at the NIH, including reading hundreds of abstracts. Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them. Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)
- Reposted by Emilie ReasNew paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Emilie T. Reas, Jennifer S. Graves, et al: Long COVID-related blood-brain barrier breakdown and microstructure in older adults are modified by sex and Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasThese are not just grants. This is thousands of people who devoted their lives and careers - taking pay cuts, working long hours, living with uncertainty - all for the chance to try to make people's lives a bit better for you and your loved ones. This breaks my heart.
- Cutting NIH or NSF funding sounds abstract. Seeing what research is actually being cut makes it real. Kudos to @nytimes.com for this piece: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasTwo VA pulmonologists rebuked by Trump administration for warning, in a @nejm.org article, that cancelled contracts, layoffs, and planned staff reductions jeopardize the health of a million veterans seeking help for conditions linked to toxic exposure. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- New work from our postdoc Seraphina Solders shows patterns of blood-brain barrier leakage in cognitively normal APOE4 carriers. BBB breakdown correlated with microstructural brain injury only in groups with high Alzheimer's disease risk (APOE4+, amyloid+, women) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- She also examined whether method of operationalizing BBB permeability matters, and compared a continuous measure vs an "abnormal leakage index (ALI)" of above-threshold values. Results were comparable across methods, supporting the robustness of findings, though ALI threshold influences effect size.
- Reposted by Emilie ReasBattle between Honest People of the US Vs. Coward ICE criminals San Diego CA x.com/BTnewsroom/s...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasOur annual grantee conference convenes past and current grantees to share insights. Among today’s presenters: 2021 BIG Award recipients Bradley Olwin, PhD, and Andrey Tsvetkov, PhD. 2022 McKnight Grantees @etreas.bsky.social, and Tara Tracy, PhD. Check out tomorrow's schedule: ow.ly/KVLf50VZjZq
- Reposted by Emilie Reas@scott-delaney.bsky.social has had a front row seat to the Trump admin’s cancellation of NIH grants I caught up with Scott as his project to track research grant terminations became real personal — and his own funds were cut 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasThe myths and fabrications persistently shared by the Health and Human Services Secretary aren’t just disappointing – they’re dangerous. See below for the facts and for our full statement in response to the Secretary’s comments.
- Reposted by Emilie ReasRead our full statement calling on Sec. Kennedy to stop spreading harmful Alzheimer’s myths: bit.ly/43dRIKw. 4/4
- Reposted by Emilie ReasScience article with perspectives from NIH insiders www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n
- Why do women experience Alzheimer's disease at twice the rate of men? It might be genetic, hormonal, social, cultural, or most likely multifactorial. This is just one of many questions that urgently demands ongoing support for biomedical research on sex/gender health. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Much respect and gratitude to @harvard.edu! Hopefully this will provide the impetus for other universities to follow suite.
- I'm very grateful to @harvard.edu for taking a stand today for academic independence. In solidarity and appreciation, I just made a donation. For those who are able to, I hope you consider it too... They need to know that they have community support www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
- Reposted by Emilie Reasbut there are no federal or State laws prohibiting the principles of DEI,"says the letter. The NY dept says it already follows civil rights laws, including Title VI.
- Reposted by Emilie ReasTariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasI’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
- Reposted by Emilie ReasThis is an extraordinarily important area of research - the ability to image persistent virus (successfully demonstrated here in non-human primates) would be a powerful diagnostic tool for Long Covid and also represent a pathway towards effective therapeutics.
- Reposted by Emilie ReasExclusive: An ambitious California Democrat wants the state to create its own National Institutes of Health and vaccine program, saying California can’t rely on the Trump administration to support research and science.
- Absolutely gutted to hear NIH is cutting COVID-19 research. Indiscriminate slashing of congressionally-approved NIH funding for life-saving medical research is an intentional act of harm. Please share any updates to long COVID funding, which is still critically needed. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Important work showing neuropathological comparison of tau PET tracers. Both tracers show comparable binding, consistent with middle tangle maturity, and mostly selective for AD tauopathy. Congrats @drneurochic.bsky.social!
- Great working with Sujala Ghatamaneni, Val Lowe, and colleagues on this high resolution autoradiography study of MK-6240 and flortaucipir🧠🖥️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... @drchristinamoloney.bsky.social @davidjonesbrain.bsky.social
- Reposted by Emilie Reas“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social. “This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
- Reposted by Emilie ReasHey San Diego!! Come Stand Up for Science on Friday!!! UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼
- Reposted by Emilie ReasI got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
- Reposted by Emilie ReasDiversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!
- Reposted by Emilie ReasFor decades, NIH funding has fueled breakthroughs in cancer, heart disease and more. But a new policy puts progress at risk. We’re asking Congress to oppose this abrupt change. Email your lawmakers! 🔗 Learn more & advocate: bit.ly/42Y7Ukv
- Alarming report of microplastics in brain tissue at higher levels than other organs, & higher now than 8 years ago. Highest levels in dementia patients; does blood-brain barrier damage in these individuals make them more vulnerable to microplastic brain infiltration? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasI have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasTHREAD Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better The news is not an accurate reflection of the world. Good news doesn't get reported as much. Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently. 1/24
- Reposted by Emilie ReasThanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n
- Reposted by Emilie ReasAAMC: “The government’s support of facilities and administrative costs allows medical research to happen.… Make no mistake. This announcement will mean less research. Lights in labs nationwide will literally go out. Researchers and staff will lose their jobs.” www.aamc.org/news/press-r...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasAn anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228... - Reposted by Emilie ReasCell lines need constant care. Research protocols need constant supplies in some cases to maintain safety. Like biohazard supplies. This is irresponsible.
- Reposted by Emilie ReasAfter a ban on diversity programs and a communications freeze at the National Institutes of Health, neuroscientists are left worrying about the future of several funding programs. By @avaskham.bsky.social and @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
- Reposted by Emilie ReasReally thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Emilie Reas“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
- Reposted by Emilie ReasScientists who work on government-funded DEI, equity, or health disparity work, I want to talk to you. How do you plan to continue your efforts in the face of this executive order calling for an end to DEI programs and initiatives? DM me or email gewin at me dot com.
