Shannon Macauley
@macauleylab.bsky.social
Associate Prof, PhD, wife, mom. Alzheimer’s disease | metabolism | sleep| glia | I ❤️ lactate | macauleylab.com
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**views are mine, not my employer**
We're very excited for our upcoming CNS Metabolism Symposium at University of Kentucky! We have a great line up of speakers, including our ATP Showcase and a keynote from Dr. Tim Ryan!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're very excited for our upcoming CNS Metabolism Symposium at University of Kentucky! We have a great line up of speakers, including our ATP Showcase and a keynote from Dr. Tim Ryan!
Register now!
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Register now!
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At SFN? Check out Dr. Karina Meyer-Acosta’s talk on APOE, neurodevelopment, and network formation using organoids. We were lucky to have Kaisha join the lab earlier this fall from Dr. Jenny Hsieh’s lab for her postdoc!
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
At SFN? Check out Dr. Karina Meyer-Acosta’s talk on APOE, neurodevelopment, and network formation using organoids. We were lucky to have Kaisha join the lab earlier this fall from Dr. Jenny Hsieh’s lab for her postdoc!
At #SFN2025? Stop by @ncons95.bsky.social and Sierra’s posters to learn about research from the lab!
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At #SFN2025? Stop by @ncons95.bsky.social and Sierra’s posters to learn about research from the lab!
Macauley Lab- dressed to impress- at the Markesbery Symposium! @uksbcoa.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Macauley Lab- dressed to impress- at the Markesbery Symposium! @uksbcoa.bsky.social
Pretty Fluorescent Friday by Sierra Turner!
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pretty Fluorescent Friday by Sierra Turner!
Macauley Lab representing at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s!
October 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Macauley Lab representing at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s!
Confocal bat signal! Or Ant-man maybe? Guess that makes Clair our lab’s super hero!!!
September 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Confocal bat signal! Or Ant-man maybe? Guess that makes Clair our lab’s super hero!!!
Absolutely fantastic talk and visit with @mzilberter.bsky.social ! Thanks so much for coming to visit us in Kentucky and sharing your elegant work, Misha!
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Absolutely fantastic talk and visit with @mzilberter.bsky.social ! Thanks so much for coming to visit us in Kentucky and sharing your elegant work, Misha!
I’m absolutely elated to hear our UK Prep R25 received its NOA for this year! So glad our lab’s very own, Sierra Turner, can continue on in this program!!!
August 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I’m absolutely elated to hear our UK Prep R25 received its NOA for this year! So glad our lab’s very own, Sierra Turner, can continue on in this program!!!
What a day for the lab!
Clair Ashley CRUSHED her quals and is officially a PhD candidate!
Amunet Jacobs, MD/PhD student, got her white coat and is officially part of the lab!
Nick Constantino got not one but two awards!!
1) Poster award at CASH-KY Symposium & 2) SFN Trainee Development Award!
Clair Ashley CRUSHED her quals and is officially a PhD candidate!
Amunet Jacobs, MD/PhD student, got her white coat and is officially part of the lab!
Nick Constantino got not one but two awards!!
1) Poster award at CASH-KY Symposium & 2) SFN Trainee Development Award!
August 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
What a day for the lab!
Clair Ashley CRUSHED her quals and is officially a PhD candidate!
Amunet Jacobs, MD/PhD student, got her white coat and is officially part of the lab!
Nick Constantino got not one but two awards!!
1) Poster award at CASH-KY Symposium & 2) SFN Trainee Development Award!
Clair Ashley CRUSHED her quals and is officially a PhD candidate!
Amunet Jacobs, MD/PhD student, got her white coat and is officially part of the lab!
Nick Constantino got not one but two awards!!
1) Poster award at CASH-KY Symposium & 2) SFN Trainee Development Award!
Macauley Lab 2025! What a fantastic group to work with! 🧠 🔬
August 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Macauley Lab 2025! What a fantastic group to work with! 🧠 🔬
My attempts to paint more- small watercolors of 1) Owl seen in Whistler at recent Keystone conference & 2) Gull (or sandpiper maybe?) from trip to CT to visit family.
Diggin my painted memories...
I seem to be in a bird phase…
Diggin my painted memories...
I seem to be in a bird phase…
July 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My attempts to paint more- small watercolors of 1) Owl seen in Whistler at recent Keystone conference & 2) Gull (or sandpiper maybe?) from trip to CT to visit family.
Diggin my painted memories...
I seem to be in a bird phase…
Diggin my painted memories...
I seem to be in a bird phase…
Needed to escape into art. Watercolor doodle of a Carolina Chickadee/Black Capped Chickadee. Couldn’t really tell which was dining at our bird feeders.
June 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Needed to escape into art. Watercolor doodle of a Carolina Chickadee/Black Capped Chickadee. Couldn’t really tell which was dining at our bird feeders.
Relieved, grateful, and most of excited to continue exploring how metabolic reprogramming contributes to Alzheimer’s disease progression.
Thankful for our CART grant and recent NOA from the NIA to support this work.
Thankful for our CART grant and recent NOA from the NIA to support this work.
May 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Relieved, grateful, and most of excited to continue exploring how metabolic reprogramming contributes to Alzheimer’s disease progression.
Thankful for our CART grant and recent NOA from the NIA to support this work.
Thankful for our CART grant and recent NOA from the NIA to support this work.
As always, a wonderful visit and engaging discussion with @erinmgibson.bsky.social !! Fabulous researcher, stellar mentor, and superb colleague.
May 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As always, a wonderful visit and engaging discussion with @erinmgibson.bsky.social !! Fabulous researcher, stellar mentor, and superb colleague.
What an amazing week!
Big thank you to my long time collaborator & friend, Adam Bauer, and his lab, Xiaodan Wang and Kaelyn Schloss, for coming to UK and upgrading our widefield optical imaging system. We have maps! And stim!
Sci BFFs are the BEST collabs!
Big thank you to my long time collaborator & friend, Adam Bauer, and his lab, Xiaodan Wang and Kaelyn Schloss, for coming to UK and upgrading our widefield optical imaging system. We have maps! And stim!
Sci BFFs are the BEST collabs!
May 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What an amazing week!
Big thank you to my long time collaborator & friend, Adam Bauer, and his lab, Xiaodan Wang and Kaelyn Schloss, for coming to UK and upgrading our widefield optical imaging system. We have maps! And stim!
Sci BFFs are the BEST collabs!
Big thank you to my long time collaborator & friend, Adam Bauer, and his lab, Xiaodan Wang and Kaelyn Schloss, for coming to UK and upgrading our widefield optical imaging system. We have maps! And stim!
Sci BFFs are the BEST collabs!
I cannot wait for @erinmgibson.bsky.social visit to Univeristy of Kentucky next week!!!! How lucky are we!!! 🤩🤩🤩
May 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I cannot wait for @erinmgibson.bsky.social visit to Univeristy of Kentucky next week!!!! How lucky are we!!! 🤩🤩🤩
My 12yo: Did you mean to put DNA curls in M’s hair? 🧬 💃
May 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My 12yo: Did you mean to put DNA curls in M’s hair? 🧬 💃
Sciart doodle.
Inspired by Ramon y Cajal & Greg Dunn.
Inspired by Ramon y Cajal & Greg Dunn.
May 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sciart doodle.
Inspired by Ramon y Cajal & Greg Dunn.
Inspired by Ramon y Cajal & Greg Dunn.
At #Tau2025? Go see @rileyirmen.bsky.social ‘s poster on tau, GABA, and sleep!
Many thanks to Emmanuel Planel for the fabulous selfie from the morning session.
Many thanks to Emmanuel Planel for the fabulous selfie from the morning session.
April 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
At #Tau2025? Go see @rileyirmen.bsky.social ‘s poster on tau, GABA, and sleep!
Many thanks to Emmanuel Planel for the fabulous selfie from the morning session.
Many thanks to Emmanuel Planel for the fabulous selfie from the morning session.
2025 CCAD Reunion Conference has come to an end in beautiful Puerto Rico! I’ve been a part of the Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and New Vision Research for a decade now. Its positive impact on my career and others is indescribable. Til next time!
April 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
2025 CCAD Reunion Conference has come to an end in beautiful Puerto Rico! I’ve been a part of the Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and New Vision Research for a decade now. Its positive impact on my career and others is indescribable. Til next time!
Such a wonderful time at University of Michigan giving Neurology Grand Rounds. Thanks to Hank Paulson and Catherine Kaczorowski for the invitation!
April 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Such a wonderful time at University of Michigan giving Neurology Grand Rounds. Thanks to Hank Paulson and Catherine Kaczorowski for the invitation!
Amid a challenging political climate, I'm torn on conference travel. But after returning from #APOE2025, nothing beats being fully immersed in science, seeing trainees shine, sparking new collaborations, & connecting with researchers I've long admired in person. So worth it.
March 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Amid a challenging political climate, I'm torn on conference travel. But after returning from #APOE2025, nothing beats being fully immersed in science, seeing trainees shine, sparking new collaborations, & connecting with researchers I've long admired in person. So worth it.
Macauley Lab needed a win today!
Thank you to UK Women’s Basketball for providing it. What a great first round win!!!
And there was ice cream. Yum!
@ncons95.bsky.social @rileyirmen.bsky.social
Thank you to UK Women’s Basketball for providing it. What a great first round win!!!
And there was ice cream. Yum!
@ncons95.bsky.social @rileyirmen.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Macauley Lab needed a win today!
Thank you to UK Women’s Basketball for providing it. What a great first round win!!!
And there was ice cream. Yum!
@ncons95.bsky.social @rileyirmen.bsky.social
Thank you to UK Women’s Basketball for providing it. What a great first round win!!!
And there was ice cream. Yum!
@ncons95.bsky.social @rileyirmen.bsky.social
Happy Int’l Women’s Day!
I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the amazing women in my lab that make me so proud. I’m optimistic about our future because of these ladies’ grit, talent, and smarts!
I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the amazing women in my lab that make me so proud. I’m optimistic about our future because of these ladies’ grit, talent, and smarts!
March 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Happy Int’l Women’s Day!
I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the amazing women in my lab that make me so proud. I’m optimistic about our future because of these ladies’ grit, talent, and smarts!
I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the amazing women in my lab that make me so proud. I’m optimistic about our future because of these ladies’ grit, talent, and smarts!