Eduardo Zimmer
Researcher interested in neurodegeneration and astrocytes.
Assistant professor at UFRGS (🇧🇷), Researcher at Hospital Moinhos de Vento (🇧🇷) and Adjunct Professor at McGill (🇨🇦)
zimmer-lab.org 🌎
zimmerneurolab.bsky.social 🦋
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerJust published in Nat. Neurosci. Led by J.P. Ferrari-Souza, this study used imaging & fluid biomarkers to reveal that microglia modulate Aβ-related astrocyte reactivity, which in turn contributes to AD progression. @erzimmer.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- What a spectacular event the first @embo.org #Astrocyte Workshop was!
- The first @embo.org #Astrocyte #Meeting was a success! Thanks to our excellent speakers, brilliant trainees, & DiBio @unipd.bsky.social volunteers. Looking forward to the next iteration! Laura.Civiero Matthew.Holt Olga.Sin WonSuk.Chun Keith.Murai Valentin.Nagerl @carmenfalcone.bsky.social
- An inspiring kickoff to the #EMBOastrocytes workshop honoring the legacy of #ElenaGalea
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- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerSo excited to share the work of the fantastic Katarzyna, 1st 🧪PhD student of my lab 🧠, out in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🥂🥳 Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- #AAICneuro POA Hub just started in our beloved Porto Alegre 🇧🇷! A great pleasure to co-host the event with #CristianoAguzzoli @zimmerneurolab.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social
- Despite carrying a genetic mutation associated with early-onset #Alzheimer’s, a man remained free of dementia symptoms for at least 2 decades longer than expected 👉 genetic variants may explain this remarkable resilience. See more here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Important work by #JorgeLibre-Guerra and team on @naturemedicine.bsky.social about genetic resilience to early onset #alzheimers👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- @stforner.bsky.social presenting the @alzassociation.bsky.social global funding programs at #FloripaNeuro 🇧🇷
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- If you are a scientist in the Global South 👇👇👇👇
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- In 🇧🇷, and probably in most countries with high levels of disparities and inequalities, education is one the most important risk factors for cognitive decline! Amazing work by #LucasdaRos @vbwyll.bsky.social #CristianoAguzzoli and team @thelancet.bsky.social
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- The Global South united in science 💜🇧🇷🤝🇳🇬💜 #PromoteDiversity #BuildCapacity @zimmerneurolab.bsky.social
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- A must read for people working with amyloid and tau PET👇👇👇
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- Our spotlight on @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, commenting on this great article by the Herfert Group 👇
- ‘Assessing brain-wide outcomes of dopamine system activation in the living rodent brain’ TINS ‘Spotlight’ by @limberger-chris.bsky.social & @erzimmer.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro... discussing Haas, Bravo, et al., 2024, Kristina Herfert group www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- There are some books I have read multiple times, and each time feels like a completely new experience. One of them is Gabo’s “Cien años de soledad”—what a wonderful read! 👇 This special edition is truly beautiful, with so many amazing illustrations!
- The year is coming to a close, and we’ve just signed a major Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers program with the Brazilian Ministry of Health! Exciting science with a clear goal to make a real impact is on the way!🩸🇧🇷
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerThe Neurobiology Division at the MRC LMB is looking for a new group leader: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
- Exciting news this Christmas: our spotlight, led by @limberger-chris.bsky.social, on Haas, Bravo et al. 2024 is out now in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @zimmerneurolab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eduardo Zimmernew preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... a characterization of APOE effects on the lipid droplet-ome (turns out you see a lot of "AD-related" proteins!) first authors Cassi Friday & Isaiah Stephens + great collaborators Scott Gordon, @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social @morganti.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerHi! We made it, and just in time to share our last issue of 2024! You can find it here 👉 www.cell.com/trends/bioch...
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- @zimmerneurolab.bsky.social team is slowly making the move to 🦋! So, I’ll start introducing our team members. 👉 Do you like our website (zimmer-lab.org) our cards, and media content? That’s all thanks to @rigonfr.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Eduardo Zimmerit's big, and it's a review of 601 papers on the topic - but here's an update on Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease www.nature.com/articles/s41... led by Michael Heneka, published in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social today (MANY more authors listed and linked below)
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- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerNature Neuroscience is hiring a computational/systems/cognitive editor! Come join our team! Happy to answer any questions. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
- Today I turned 40! My tip for young scientists (and everyone else): Learn from the past, envision the future, but always live in the present. 💜
- This is very useful to understand @altmetric.com score! 👇👇👇
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- Time to embrace astrocyte heterogeneity! @zimmerneurolab.bsky.social www.alzforum.org/news/researc... 👇
- What a great initiative! 👉 Highlighting an outstanding paper by another researcher. 👉 Below is a must-read by @jgrutzendler.bsky.social and team 👇 www.science.org/doi/full/10....
- “The coexistence of multiple astrocyte phenotypes suggests that we should address astrocyte heterogeneity, stratify astrocyte subtypes, and consider multiple astrocyte targets for developing biomarkers.” I had the honor of commenting on the paper of the year by @sdas617.bsky.social et al.👇
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- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerThe GliaNed meeting 2025 will take place in Amsterdam on January 23. Are you a researcher in The Netherlands working on #glia, submit your abstract now, for an oral or poster presentation before Dec 9: If you want to be a member of GliaNed, please email glianed2025@gmail.com lnkd.in/g3rYKiwk
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- What does neuroinflammation mean? Food for thought to advance the field 👇👇👇👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Third week! More and more cool people joining - including my friend @altmetric.com! 🦋 skircle.me
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- it’s not as simple as just “activating microglia” to produce benefits in neurodegenerative disorders. Multiple glial states coexist and should be strategically targeted. ⭐️🌟 Press release from TREM2 antibody trial in Alzheimer’s 👇👇👇 investors.alector.com/news-release...
- And what about a Centenarian Stem Cells Bank to unlock the secret of longevity? Very cool work! 👇👇👇👇👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- #PedroRosa-Neto was one of my PhD advisors. Now, @limberger-chris.bsky.social, a PhD student at @zimmerneurolab.bsky.social, is training with him! This is so great to see! Science is amazing, folks! #FosteringTheNewGenerationOfScientists
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- Glucose hypermetabolism in locus coeruleus may reflect astrocyte reactivity in preclinical AD 👇👇👇👇 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Great work by @heidijacobslab.bsky.social and team!
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- Postmortem evidence that higher brain GFAP levels are associated with higher brain amyloid burden 👇👇👇👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerNew work from our postdoc Elouise Koops just got published: #locuscoeruleus metabolism is elevated in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, and provides resilience against cognitive decline! In collaboration with Joyita Dutta (UMass) alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerLove to see this conversation starting! "Study design features increase replicability in brain-wide association studies" Full article led by Kaidi Kang and Simon Vandekar + awesome News+Views by @roselynechauvin.bsky.social & @ndosenbach.bsky.social! 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyence
- Great conversations with @ndosenbach.bsky.social while preparing this Nature News & Views on the new Kang et al. Ready to have the same with everyone here. Thoughts? What other practice should be investigated to help BWAS reproducibility? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerNeuroscientists! A key message from the ALBA Network Please help us spread the word and share this with your network!!! Nominate (self-n allowed) a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience! 🔎http://loom.ly/_EvQvm4 🗓️20 January 2025
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- A global survey shows that dementia experts envision an important role for tau-PET in clinical practice and drug trials! Great job @marievermeiren.bsky.social @rikossenkoppele.bsky.social and team!
- Loneliness is one critical risk factor for cognitive health 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerOk, I don't think an #EvolutionaryNeuroscience starter pack existed already...so I have started one! This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌 go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Snat://did:plc:xzctkk7e4mwmhehssbtohpnq/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbsjolxybb2f
- Reposted by Eduardo ZimmerWe are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at: @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social
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