Dr. Krissy Lyon

@krissylyon.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist & astrocyte enthusiast | Postdoc in the Allen lab @SalkInstitute.bsky.social | NINDS K99 |@lclark.bsky.social and Harvard PiN alum | she/her

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Woman and man holding signs that say ‘Defunding research is a recession plan’ and ‘got polio? Me neither - thanks science!’ In front of palm trees
Black and white cat lays down inside a cardboard cat house. His head is flat against the floor with eyes partially closed, looking depressed.
Mesquite, cacti, and yucca desert surround a large column of rock against a blue sky.
Rocky forested mountain with blue sky in the background
The Allen lab shows off their white elephant gifts behind a table of food
Hand against concrete wall. The nails are painted black with pink astrocytes (a star shaped brain cell) with a blue DAPI nucleus
Four people crouching on the ground preparing a base for a shed
Marble Salk institute courtyard with pink and orange sunset over the Pacific Ocean
View of Lewis & Clark College reflecting pool with Mt Hood in the background.
Sun ray over Portland Oregon. Trees in foreground with highways, river, and mountain in background.
Flowers surrounding text ‘I’m attending! October 26-28, 2023 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon’ with an image of a river, mountains, and a bird flying
Fir trees and a walkway at sunset
Fluorescent microscopy image of the hippocampus apex, nuclei labeled with DAPI (blue), astrocytes (green)
Red neuron dendrites against black background.
Salk Institute. Two marble and teak buildings frame a marble courtyard with a fountain. The sunset over the Pacific Ocean is in the background.
Fluorescence microscopy image of a neuron.
Two cats hugging. A white and black cat puts his paw around a black cat. Both have green eyes and short hair. They sit atop a blue towel on a bed with a gray blanket.