Blanca Díaz Castro

Astrocyte specification in the mouse septum is shaped by both developmental origin and local signals - Nature Neuroscience The relative contribution of intrinsic and extrinsic factors to astrocyte heterogeneity is unknown. Using heterotropic transplantation of septal astrocytes with distinct lineage origins, we show that ...

Cool astrocyte paper!

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#BINBoston is back! 🧠🎉

Join us Sat, Aug 2 from 2–5 PM for a community social with local scholars & professionals. All are welcome — students, faculty, & more!

📍Register for details: tinyurl.com/BINBoston2025
#BlackInNeuro #NeuroTwitter #Networking

We’re celebrating trailblazers across 4 key domains of neuroscience. These awards spotlight researchers who’ve driven major advances in their field, shaped future directions & inspired others.

🧾Who inspires you in these fields?

Nominate today!
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EMBO Lab Leadership @embolableadership.bsky.social is #hiring a Finance Coordinator & Executive Assistant – Apply now: www.embolableadership.org/jobs/

The new Department of Functional Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine is looking for scientists at any level. 👉 mpi-muenster.mpg.de/780013/profil

People Partner - UK DRI When you join the UK DRI, you'll be working with a vibrant and challenge led team of researchers, technical specialists and professional support.

We have a new part-time role open in our People & Culture team for a People Partner. Projects will include schools outreach and women's PhD mentoring.

📍 Nationwide / hybrid role
🗓️ Deadline: 6 June

Find out more 👉 careers.ukdri.ac.uk/jobs/5922960...

I'm excited to announce the opening of our new education laboratory!

This purpose-built space is designed to inspire students by offering hands-on experiences with real-world scientific techniques.

Our goal is to ignite curiosity and foster a love for science through interactive learning.

Single-nucleus multiomics in brains from Hispanic individuals reveal APOE-ε4-driven disruption of focal adhesion signaling in the presence of cerebrovascular pathology #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
http://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.05.21.25328040v1

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.

Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq

Norepinephrine signals through astrocytes to modulate synapses Locus ceruleus (LC)–derived norepinephrine (NE) drives network and behavioral adaptations to environmental saliencies by reconfiguring circuit functional connectivity, but the underlying synapse-level...

Thought this would be a nice way to enter the bsky community👇Delighted for Katie (now in Chris Dulla's lab at Tufts). Thank you to our collaborators, to the reviewers and to Cagla Eroglu for the highlight!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

SfN Awards and Prizes provide more than recognition—they create visibility for important work in neuroscience.

🚨 Nominations close Thursday, May 15.

Submit yours today.

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#NeuroSky #AcademicChatter

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Hi everyone! I’m a #NewPI just starting my lab and would love to hear your advice on lab management and building the lab culture. Any tips, lessons learned, or resources you’ve found helpful are very welcome! Feel free to reply, message me, or email me at rcastellsg(at)cnio.es
thanks a lot!! 🤗

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🎉BIN is turning 5️⃣—and going in-person for Black In Neuro Conference 2025 in Washington, DC 🧠✨
🗓️ It's time to save the date: September 10-12, 2025

Let’s celebrate 5 years of community, connection, and Black excellence in neuroscience!

More details to come soon!! 🤗

BBC Inside Science - How vulnerable is our power supply? - BBC Sounds Massive power cuts brought parts of Spain, Portugal and France to a standstill this week.

EDINBURGH AXOLOTLS!

Super-excited to hear my wonderful colleague @aidarodrigo.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 talking about the axototl colony she has established in our institute @edinuni-irr.bsky.social 😃

Available on BBC sounds: Aida's section starts at 23.37

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🧪Hello! are you a scientist who started your PhD in 2020 and are now wrapping up? I want to know how your life is and how you're feeling about your prospects in 2025 for a story in @nature.com. DM me or find me on Signal at aheidt.16. Tell yo friends!

(Also seeking international sources.)

Research Assistant: Role of Tau in promoting Golgi fragmentation in Axons Join the Schiavo Lab at UK DRI UCL as a Research Assistant to explore tau-driven Golgi fragmentation in neurons. Apply your imaging and cell biology skills.

Join the Schiavo Lab at @ukdri.ac.uk UCL as a Research Assistant to explore tau-driven Golgi fragmentation in neurons. Apply your imaging and cell biology skills. Closing date: 11th May

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Thrilled to announce that my lab is now open at Ohio State! We study astrocytes as gene therapy targets for brain repair after ischemic stroke and in vascular dementia, developing new viral tools along the way. If you're interesting in joining or collaborating, please reach out!
gleichmanlab.com

Divergent actions of physiological and pathological amyloid-β on synapses in live human brain slice cultures - Nature Communications Understanding synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease has been hampered by a lack of human model systems. Here, the authors show that manipulation of physiological or pathological Aβ has differing effects...

Fantastic to see this work from @clairedurrant1.bsky.social group out in print! Important results using living human brain tissue to study Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why did WiNUK begin? 🤔💬

Hear from @lizzieenglish.bsky.social in her interview with @cambridgeuni.bsky.social as she reflects on her journey in science and how it led to the creation of Women in Neuroscience UK and how WiNUK became a global network in just 3 years 🧠💖

#WomenInSTEM #ScienceForAll

Got a radical idea that doesn’t fit the mold?
#HFSP supports bold, high-risk postdoctoral research in #LifeSciences 🧪
Challenge the norm. Go international. Think beyond disciplines 💪
Apply now!
💥 Deadline May 15 | Initiate LOI by May 7
🔗zurl.co/gtbWu
#sts

Finally updated my Blackademics starter pack, now including Katherine McKittrick, Imani Perry and others.

Grad students and other scholars: follow the #Blackademics feed to participate in the conversation. Thanks as always to @rudyfraser.com for hosting us on Blacksky!!!

go.bsky.app/SSc7tNL

The first @embo.org #Astrocyte #Meeting was a success! Thanks to our excellent speakers, brilliant trainees, & DiBio @unipd.bsky.social volunteers. Looking forward to the next iteration! Laura.Civiero Matthew.Holt Olga.Sin WonSuk.Chun Keith.Murai Valentin.Nagerl @carmenfalcone.bsky.social

Experiences and perceptions of sexism in dementia research careers: A global cross‐sectional survey INTRODUCTION Sexism is prevalent in academia and is a crucial factor driving women out of the academic workforce. However, sexism in dementia research remains underexplored. This study aimed to unde.....

🚨 NEW PAPER: must-read for researchers, funders & institutions 🚨

👩‍🔬 >50% of female dementia researchers experience sexism in their careers.
🏫 5x more respondents found their institution NOT helpful than helpful in addressing this.

➡️ Learn more: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Universität Leipzig: GRK Neurotune

Do you want to explore the molecular secrets of how we adapt and learn?

We are excited to announce the launch of the interdisciplinary Research Training Group NeuroTune.

Applications for 10 PhD positions are now open!

#NeuroTune #DFG #Neuroscience #PhDOpportunities

Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood–brain barrier alterations - Nature Neuroscience The mechanisms of neurovascular adaptations underlying stress resilience remain unclear. Here the authors show that the astrocytic endocannabinoid system modulates the blood–brain barrier changes duri...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am #hiring an #MRI #physicist, please consider making an application. The job is based in #Sheffield, with extensive collaboration with #UCL. Opportunity to work at 7T & 9.4T, & undertake human imaging at 3T in parallel with the core preclinincal work.

jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

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Research Associate in Improving Cerebral Blood Flow in Vascular Dementia:Oxford Road

We have a @thebhf.bsky.social funded postdoc position to work on a novel treatment option to improve cerebral blood flow in a model of vascular dementia. Application deadline 14th April. @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job... Please RT

🚨 Heads-up: a little over a week to apply for this exciting postdoc opportunity in Edinburgh @edinuni-irr.bsky.social! 🚨

I will be in Liverpool for #biologists100. Happy to chat about the position, our research, setting up a lab, spiny mice, axolotls, and whatnot!

Congrats Sandro!