Feeling quite excited about starting my PhD soon next month. I hope covid won't slow down my research too much!

The stuff is very interesting: when young neurons need help to grow and duplicate, #microglia migrate and extend their processes towards them. In this way they support the cell with nutrients and growth factors so that it can keep developing. #Glioma cells hijack this physiological mechanism for their own good and use it to keep growing uncontrollably, becoming lethal cancers. What's even more cool is how microglia manage to build a whole deep cellular network to make this happen. I'll probably spend a lot of time #imaging brains (well, zebrafish brains) and cells, which I always loved

Also, today is a special day: just got my first poop in my new flat + I'm getting a dog