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Francesca Cirulli

@francescacirulli.bsky.social

Neuroscientist, Research Director Istituto Superiore di Sanita’, stress and metabolism interaction, perinatal programming Chair of Alba Network Chair of ECNP Nutrition Network Chief Editor Neuroscience the IBRO journal

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@francescacirulli.bsky.social @katerinafoto.bsky.social

15.10.2025 09:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Join the School 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡🧠👇

Fantastic lineup of speakers: @clbockting.bsky.social, Eero Castrén, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, Ashley Cooper, Marilyn Gatica, Agustin Ibanez, @satupalva.bsky.social, @pessoabrain.bsky.social, @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, Marten Scheffer‪

23.10.2025 10:42 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Explore Vol. 582 of #Neuroscience, featuring articles from the Special Issue on Global Diversity & Disparities in Mental & Brain Health.
https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/issue/S0306-4522(25)X0018-X

#IBROjournals International Brain Research Organization Francesca Cirulli MIND Lab

17.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A big thank you to the Scientific Programme Committee for crafting an exceptional programme for #ECNP2025! Your hard work is truly appreciated.

Explore the programme: www.ecnp.eu/programme2025
#Psychiatry #Neuroscience Jelena Brasanac, PhD Francesca Cirulli John F. Cryan

12.10.2025 06:00 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🧠 #CallForPapers! Contribute to the Special Issue of #Neuroscience on Eating Disorders, Nutrition & Mental Health.
📅 Deadline: 29 Sep 2025
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#IBROjournals #Neuroscience #CallforPapers #IBROauthors
@ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social

03.09.2025 14:01 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking for tips on how to present your research visually? Check out the guidelines on how to design engaging graphical abstracts to boost the impact of your paper in #Neuroscience!
www.ibroneuroscience.org/content/auth...

@ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social

05.09.2025 12:00 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🧠 Explore this #Neuroscience special issue in honor of Prof. Philippe Ascher, a pioneer in the study of synaptic function: buff.ly/mseHtlf

#IBROjournals #IBROauthors @ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social

29.08.2025 10:01 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 Call for #PAPERS!
Share your work in #Neuroscience’s special issues on eating disorders and neuroinflammation! 🧠🌍

Learn more: buff.ly/fGtOsE0

#IBROjournals #IBROauthors @ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social

27.08.2025 09:01 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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What is the impact of #heatstroke on the #brain and, more specifically, on the #hippocampus? 🥵
🧠 Read more in Zeng, Sun et al. (2025), featured on #Neuroscience cover 577.
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#IBROjournals #IBROauthors @elsevierlsj.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social

14.08.2025 13:04 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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How are Purkinje cells molecularly regulated and how does this affect motor #learning? Read more on Nagaeva, Turconi et al. (2025), featured on #Neuroscience cover 576.
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#IBROjournals #IBROauthors

@ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social

28.07.2025 08:00 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Great team work thanks Rachael!

11.07.2025 12:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Maternal stressors disrupt mouse placental proteome and fetal brain development in a sex-specific fashion through inflammation and oxidative stress - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Maternal stressors disrupt mouse placental proteome and fetal brain development in a sex-specific fashion through inflammation and oxidative stress

Excited to share that our collaboration w/ @francescacirulli.bsky.social and her team is online at Molecular Psychiatry (@natureportfolio.nature.com). It's been a stimulating time getting to exchange ideas about the role of nutrition in early brain development! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

11.07.2025 11:51 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
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CALL FOR PAPERS for the #Neuroscience special issue on the intersection of neuroinfection, neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation.

Learn more & submit by 1 Feb 2026: buff.ly/n3b7TzP

#IBROjournals @ibroorg.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social

02.07.2025 14:04 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

This was a wonderful symposium at EBBS on fundamental processes in vulnerability to stress! Thanks to all the speakers for highly complementary and insightful talks! @kundakoviclab.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social & Dogukan Ulgen from @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social

01.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

“Find something bigger than yourself that you care about, and Do Something.” Wise words paraphrased from
@francescacirulli.bsky.social at #EBBS2025

29.06.2025 16:28 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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If you are at #EBBS2025, do not miss our symposium at 2:30 pm this afternoon:

Sex-specific hormonal and genomic mechanisms in stress responses

Chaired by @carmensandi10.bsky.social , w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social and myself @ebbsociety.bsky.social

29.06.2025 10:06 — 👍 21    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Enjoy the EBBS 2025!

28.06.2025 13:57 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Honored and excited to take on this role in these difficult times, and to serve an organization that is very close to my heart

"You must do the things you think you cannot do"

Eleanor Roosevelt

28.06.2025 11:24 — 👍 36    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0
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Bonsoir from Bordeaux! Here for the @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting. Great time catching up with @cate-cholamine.bsky.social and having a fantastic dinner w/ @carmensandi10.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @igorbranchi.bsky.social Ready for science! #EBBS2025

28.06.2025 22:35 — 👍 22    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The heat won’t stop the energy — science (and fans!) in full swing!
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#EBBS2025

28.06.2025 14:47 — 👍 33    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 2
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Are you doing #neuroscience #research in Africa, the Arab world, or the Middle East? Share your insights in the IBRO Neuroscience Reports's Special Issue
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#IBROjournals #IBROauthors
@francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social ‪@elsevierlsj.bsky.social

12.06.2025 08:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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That’s a wrap #MNS2025! 🎉 A highlight from the final day: IBRO Secretary General Giuseppe Di Giovanni & President-Elect Shubha Tole discussed #neuroscience career development in the region.

Thanks to speakers & participants for an amazing meeting. See you next time 👋

@francescacirulli.bsky.social

11.06.2025 13:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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18 symposia, 3 special events, 1 keynote & a buzzing IBRO booth with our IBRO representatives - day 2 of #MNS2025 had it all! 🎉
🎯 See you again tomorrow - and don't forget that our Neuro Speed Quiz continues!

buff.ly/2iYWGcR

@francescacirulli.bsky.social

08.06.2025 15:30 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉 #MNS2025 is off to a powerful start with 2 keynotes, one by our President-Elect, Shubha Tole, on hippocampus 🧠 and one with the ALBA Network on building resilience in #DEI.

✅ More IBRO activities tomorrow - check them out: buff.ly/2iYWGcR

@francescacirulli.bsky.social @network-alba.bsky.social

07.06.2025 16:25 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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First day @ #MNS2025 and ALBA people everywhere 🎊, with the opening ceremony by @christinadalla.bsky.social, keynote lecture by Shubha Tole, and the ALBA-IBRO keynote with @carmensandi10.bsky.social, @francescacirulli.bsky.social & @shubhatole.bsky.social

@ibroorg.bsky.social @fens.org

08.06.2025 07:26 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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We'll be at #MNS2025 from tomorrow! Check out IBRO activities & meet our representatives at the booth from 8 June to learn how we can support your career 💫
buff.ly/KqD5ZKi

See you in Chania! 🇬🇷

#IBROmembers @francescacirulli.bsky.social

06.06.2025 10:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Visit our booth at #MNS2025 to discover the support IBRO offers & get valuable tips on advancing your career & publishing in IBRO’s journal #Neuroscience!
View the booth schedule & other IBRO activities 🔗 buff.ly/KqD5ZKi

@francescacirulli.bsky.social

05.06.2025 08:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Are you attending #MNS2025 in Chania 🇬🇷from 7 to 11 June? Mark your calendars to make sure you see these insightful symposia and events featuring IBRO representatives!
🔗 buff.ly/KqD5ZKi

#neuroscience @francescacirulli.bsky.social

02.06.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 LAST CALL to submit your manuscript to #Neuroscience’s special issue on “Global diversity and disparity in #MentalHealth & #BrainHealth”! 🧠
Learn more & submit by 1 June 2025: buff.ly/AOFtlEg

#IBROJournals #IBROauthors
@francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social

28.05.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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CALL FOR PAPERS for the IBRO Neuroscience Reports Special Issue “Neuroscience Horizons: Perspectives from AfrAbia”!

👉 More info: buff.ly/NctXUF9

#IBROjournals #IBROauthors

@francescacirulli.bsky.social @sjspencerlab.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social

27.05.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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