Happy #FluorescenceFriday from these primary astrocytes grown on glass slides and robotically stained on the Biocare Oncore Pro X! 🧠🔬🧪

Cyan = GFAP
Royal Purple = ALDH1L1
Salmon = Nuclear Counterstain

Happy #FluorescenceFriday from this #Alzheimers microglia - captured and reconstructed on @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Airyscan 2
So fun working on this project with @megan-hager.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪

Happy #FluorescenceFriday from some Vero cells showing signs of cytopathic effect following infection with RFP-WEEV. Post-encephalitis arbovirus exposure has been shown to recapitulate many of the clinical features of #Parkinsons disease making this a very useful model in the Tjalkens Lab! 🧪 🧠

Happy #FluorescenceFriday from more astrocytes!

Today, I am highlighting two unique markers of these glia in an image revealing cells expressing different levels of each marker. We study how these different populations of astrocytes respond to toxic insults in #Parkinsons & #Alzheimers disease 🧪🧠

For this Bluesky #FluorescenceFriday I am sharing an overview and zoomed version of my favorite cells (primary cultured astrocytes) used to study #Alzheimers and #Parkinsons diseases in the Tjalkens Lab 🧪 🧠