For obvious reasons, I've become fascinated with retrotransposons. So we (Alex Whiteley and I) wrote an article now out in @NeuroCellPress on how we think retrotransposons influence brain function and health! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Oct 20, 2025 · 7:24 PM UTC

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“For obvious reasons”?!?! Sir, this is Twitter…
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LOL.."link in bio"
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we recently reported a previously unknown myelin pathology in a retrotransposon-driven neurodegenerative disease biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Myelin pathology is a key feature of X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism

X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP) is a progressive, adult-onset neurodegenerative movement disorder that predominantly affects males of Filipino descent[1][1]-[3][2]. The disease is caused by the...

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Cool! We concentrated on LTRs for this article...so not SINE/LINE elements...but those are also super interesting, of course.
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Very tidy stuff‼️ 👌🏻 With thanks to @PutrinoLab for the heads-up.... Following 🙏🏻
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Thank you!
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Just read on ResearchGate! You cited my PhD thesis paper 😭😭!! Congrats 👏🏼
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