Elizabeth Pollina, PhD at @washumedicine. @pollinalab seeks to understand how lifestyle factors, including poor sleep and stress, enhance vulnerability to disease with age, and uncover genome protection mechanisms that safeguard neurons from activity-dependent DNA damage. (tw)

Maria Antonietta Tosches, PhD at @Columbia who is exploring brain resilience through the unique plasticity of salamanders, which can reversibly shift between states of low and high regenerative capacity based on environmental conditions. (tw)