Hi all, I am going on the job market, and I have made a website containing important information and documents. You can find that here: wamillsiii.com

Please pass along to anyone who is hiring. Thank you!

Our new study, led by @JoonHyukLee3 , is out today in @Nature! We discovered a population of CD40+MHC-II+ astrocytes that present antigens to CD4+ T cells, enhancing pathogenic Th17 responses and promoting CNS autoimmunity.

nature.com/articles/s4158…

Fifteen years after microglia were first implicated in synaptic pruning, this new study now implicates B cells originating from the skull bone marrow in synaptic pruning. So much for the "immune privileged" brain 😉 Cool findings from @soyonhonglab's group science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Very interesting work from Quintana lab || Antigen presentation by CD40+MHC-II+ astrocytes promotes CNS autoimmunity | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

🧠New NIH-funded research has uncovered an aspect of human brain aging that reshapes our approach to age-related cognitive decline and dementia risk.
This knowledge will be critical as we work toward developing earlier detection methods and more effective treatments.

Read the ️ nih.gov/news-events/ne…

I'd like to announce 1) that I have received my K99/R00 award entitled, "The role of microglia-pericyte signaling in maintaining basal capillary tone in health and Alzheimer's Disease" and 2) I am on the job market.

Please email me at gne7xr@virgnia.edu if you know of any opportunities. I'd like to thank Dr. Ukpong Eyo, Dr. Brant Isakson, my committee members including Dr. John Lukens, Dr. Norbert Leitinger, Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Dr. Fran Quintana, and Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray.

As always, I give all praise to Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
With kindness and respect.

"While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, researchers have been able to identify a key characteristic in affected brains: reduced blood flow.

Building upon this foundational understanding, a team at Penn at a rare neuron that is extremely vulnerable to anxiety-induced stress appears to be responsible for regulating blood flow and coordinating neural activity in mice."

science.psu.edu/news/its-not-j…

If you’re at @SfNtweets today, please stop by Deetya Gupta’s poster and see our work on myeloid cell COX1 regulation of blood flow.

Session Title: G.05.
Presentation Time: Mon., Nov. 17, 2025 1 - 2:00 p.m.
Posterboard Number: LBP145

I am very happy to report that our manuscript describing the requirement of Rab7a to degrade select BBB junctional proteins during acute BBB breakdown after stroke is accepted at Acta Neuropathologica Communications! The final paper will be available soon
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Rod-shaped microglia interact with neuronal dendrites to attenuate cortical excitability during TDP-43-related neurodegeneration: @ImmunityCP cell.com/immunity/fullt…

Congratulations to @UVA’s Harald Sontheimer, PhD, and @Stanford’s Michelle Monje, MD, recipients of the 2025 International Prize in Translational Neuroscience! The award recognizes their pioneering work in the emerging field of cancer neuroscience.

📘 bit.ly/407JzXw

My first journal cover :)

nature.com/neuro/volumes/… Volume 28 Issue 7, July 2025

@NatureNeuro @LehtinenLab

I love this article in Science. I keep telling this to my students but they keep comparing themselves to their peers. Getting a PhD is an individual endurance journey that can lead to personal and scientific growth and resilience.

Congrats to Michelle Monje @michelle_monje & Harry Sontheimer on receiving the 2025 International Prize for Translational Neuroscience from the Max Planck institute mpg.de/24939670/inter…

Finally online today: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Thanks to all involved, especially @eyolab and the phenomenal undergraduates I've had the privilege to mentor.

Also check out two of my other recent publications.
1) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/pmid/…
2) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

All praise to God and Jesus Christ for everything.

RT @annalinwoo: Hi friends- if you're interested in what I've been doing for the last 6+ years, I'm defending my dissertation on July 11th…

Thrilled to be here!