Maya Gosztyla
@mayagosztyla.bsky.social
Brain enthusiast. Cofounder of BrainStorm Therapeutics. Creator of AlzScience. Former PhD student in Gene Yeo's lab (UCSD).
New article! Hormone replacement therapy slows menopause-induced aging across multiple tissues and reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. 🧪
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated with Slower Aging and Reduced Alzheimer’s Risk
A recent study from the UK Biobank found that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with slower aging of the brain, immune system, and cardiovascular system. The pros and cons of HRT have…
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July 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New article! Hormone replacement therapy slows menopause-induced aging across multiple tissues and reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. 🧪
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My latest Careers Column in @nature.com is out today! I discuss how my organization strategies as a biotech cofounder are similar to and different from my strategies during graduate school. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Time-management skills I honed as a PhD student now serve me well in industry
In her new role as a biotechnology entrepreneur, Maya Gosztyla relies on tried-and-tested strategies to plan ahead and avoid burnout.
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My latest Careers Column in @nature.com is out today! I discuss how my organization strategies as a biotech cofounder are similar to and different from my strategies during graduate school. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New article: Large study finds anti-retroviral drugs commonly prescribed for HIV and hepatitis B are associated with reduced Alzheimer's risk. 🧪
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Antiviral Drugs Associated with Reduced Alzheimer’s Risk
People taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), a class of antiviral drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B, have a significantly reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s di…
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May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New article: Large study finds anti-retroviral drugs commonly prescribed for HIV and hepatitis B are associated with reduced Alzheimer's risk. 🧪
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Draft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation
Trump budget draft proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cut
Draft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation
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April 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Draft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation
This award supported my PhD work. Devastating to hear that GRFP awards are being slashed.
The NSF's flagship fellowship program typically gives offers to 2,000+ young scientists. This year, in the face of looming budget cuts, that number was halved: only 1,000 received an offer. Our story on what that means for the science talent pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half
US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This award supported my PhD work. Devastating to hear that GRFP awards are being slashed.
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
NSF will award ~1,000 instead of their usual ~2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half
US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
NSF will award ~1,000 instead of their usual ~2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
🚨HEY DORKS! PROTEST ALERT🚨
Kill The Cuts National Day of Action is Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th!
Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-...
Stand Up for lifesaving research, healthcare, and education!
@aaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#killthecuts
Kill The Cuts National Day of Action is Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th!
Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-...
Stand Up for lifesaving research, healthcare, and education!
@aaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#killthecuts
April 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨HEY DORKS! PROTEST ALERT🚨
Kill The Cuts National Day of Action is Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th!
Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-...
Stand Up for lifesaving research, healthcare, and education!
@aaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#killthecuts
Kill The Cuts National Day of Action is Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th!
Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-...
Stand Up for lifesaving research, healthcare, and education!
@aaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#killthecuts
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While this remains to be further investigated, it's yet another potential reason to get your shingles vax.
Also, shingles is NOT FUN and has a whole slew of potential and really, really undesirable lasting effects.
#vaccineadvocacy #science #research
Also, shingles is NOT FUN and has a whole slew of potential and really, really undesirable lasting effects.
#vaccineadvocacy #science #research
New article: A natural experiment study finds shingles vaccination reduces dementia risk by 20%. Read more about this study and other news from the past week at the link below. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/s...
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/s...
Shingles Vaccine Reduces Dementia Risk, Study Finds
A study published this week in Nature found that people who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia within 7 years from their vaccination date compared to t…
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April 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
While this remains to be further investigated, it's yet another potential reason to get your shingles vax.
Also, shingles is NOT FUN and has a whole slew of potential and really, really undesirable lasting effects.
#vaccineadvocacy #science #research
Also, shingles is NOT FUN and has a whole slew of potential and really, really undesirable lasting effects.
#vaccineadvocacy #science #research
New article: A natural experiment study finds shingles vaccination reduces dementia risk by 20%. Read more about this study and other news from the past week at the link below. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/s...
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/s...
Shingles Vaccine Reduces Dementia Risk, Study Finds
A study published this week in Nature found that people who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia within 7 years from their vaccination date compared to t…
alzscience.wordpress.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New article: A natural experiment study finds shingles vaccination reduces dementia risk by 20%. Read more about this study and other news from the past week at the link below. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/s...
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/s...
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
From a source at NIH:
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
April 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
From a source at NIH:
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
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📣 Learn more about what disruptions in federal funding can mean for #myotonicDystrophy research. 🔬🧬 MDF surveyed experts in DM research to understand how funding uncertainty may delay the timeline for treatments & a cure. 🔗 Learn more: www.myotonic.org/sites/defaul...
April 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
📣 Learn more about what disruptions in federal funding can mean for #myotonicDystrophy research. 🔬🧬 MDF surveyed experts in DM research to understand how funding uncertainty may delay the timeline for treatments & a cure. 🔗 Learn more: www.myotonic.org/sites/defaul...
The facility where we’re renting our new biology lab space has free hair ties in the women’s restroom.
As someone who has used all kinds of strange alternatives when my hair tie broke during lab work (rubber glove trick, anyone?), I feel seen.
As someone who has used all kinds of strange alternatives when my hair tie broke during lab work (rubber glove trick, anyone?), I feel seen.
April 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The facility where we’re renting our new biology lab space has free hair ties in the women’s restroom.
As someone who has used all kinds of strange alternatives when my hair tie broke during lab work (rubber glove trick, anyone?), I feel seen.
As someone who has used all kinds of strange alternatives when my hair tie broke during lab work (rubber glove trick, anyone?), I feel seen.
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nature research paper: A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
https://go.nature.com/3XHRhq5
https://go.nature.com/3XHRhq5
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of 7 years by approximately one-fifth.
go.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nature research paper: A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
https://go.nature.com/3XHRhq5
https://go.nature.com/3XHRhq5
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NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
If your research on dementia has been impacted by the layoffs or funding cuts, I’d like to spotlight your work on AlzScience. Please reach out if interested. 🧪
April 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If your research on dementia has been impacted by the layoffs or funding cuts, I’d like to spotlight your work on AlzScience. Please reach out if interested. 🧪
AlzScience is back! After a long hiatus, I'm excited to return to my science blog with new insights on brain health and dementia. 🧠
In my latest article, I reflect on my journey from undergrad to neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a...
In my latest article, I reflect on my journey from undergrad to neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a...
AlzScience is back and better than ever!
AlzScience returns after a hiatus! I share what I’ve been up to and what’s next for the blog.
alzscience.wordpress.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
AlzScience is back! After a long hiatus, I'm excited to return to my science blog with new insights on brain health and dementia. 🧠
In my latest article, I reflect on my journey from undergrad to neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a...
In my latest article, I reflect on my journey from undergrad to neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a...
It's happening! Stay tuned on Monday morning.
I’m thinking of bringing back my science blog and want to gauge interest. AlzScience translates dementia-related scientific papers into simple language. It fell by the wayside during my PhD, but in this time of defunding biomedical research, it seems important to resume. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com
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AlzScience
Reader-Friendly Science On Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Health
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March 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's happening! Stay tuned on Monday morning.
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
How does exercise and fitness promote healthy brain aging?
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How does exercise and fitness promote healthy brain aging?
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I’m thinking of bringing back my science blog and want to gauge interest. AlzScience translates dementia-related scientific papers into simple language. It fell by the wayside during my PhD, but in this time of defunding biomedical research, it seems important to resume. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com
alzscience.wordpress.com
AlzScience
Reader-Friendly Science On Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Health
alzscience.wordpress.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’m thinking of bringing back my science blog and want to gauge interest. AlzScience translates dementia-related scientific papers into simple language. It fell by the wayside during my PhD, but in this time of defunding biomedical research, it seems important to resume. 🧪
alzscience.wordpress.com
alzscience.wordpress.com
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
Reposted by Maya Gosztyla
I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper.
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research
Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...
www.vindy.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper.
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
Nearly a year after deleting my Twitter, I've finally joined up here! Excited to reconnect with everyone.
March 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Nearly a year after deleting my Twitter, I've finally joined up here! Excited to reconnect with everyone.