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Young research group studying enteric neuroscience, neurogastroenterology, and anatomy | neural stem cells | postnatal development and aging | based in Tรผbingen, Germany

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Laboratoriummanager TARGID zoekt een enthousiaste laboratoriumtechnoloog.

We're hiring! ๐Ÿงช
TARGID @ KU Leuven is looking for a Laboratory Manager to coordinate and support cutting-edge research on gastrointestinal diseases.
๐Ÿ“Leuven | โฐ Apply by Nov 4, 2025
๐Ÿ”— kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60566238
#KULeuven #Hiring #Research

15.10.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ˜ฑ The Belgian Week of #gastroenterology is currently rocking Antwerp!
๐Ÿ”ฌ listened to great #science
๐Ÿซ‚ met new and old friends
๐Ÿ—ฃ one keynote from the lab on #ENS progenitor cells and aging

Thanks for hosting, Werend Boesmans!
#neurogastro

11.02.2026 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โฐFinal Call!! Three days left to apply for #LBBB2026
Don't miss out on your opportunity to attend the best early career meeting in the #neurogastroenterology field.
www.lbbb2026.com/apply
@dgnm.bsky.social @gastronauts.bsky.social

06.02.2026 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ขGood news! If you need a little bit more time to apply for LBBB2026, we have you've got you covered!
New (and very final) deadline to apply is
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ9th Feb 2026
Don't leave it to the last minute and join us in Fusagasuga ๐Ÿ”—https://www.lbbb2026.com/apply

02.02.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://www.lbbb2026.com/apply

https://www.lbbb2026.com/apply

๐Ÿ“ขREMINDER: The deadline to apply for LBBB2026 is Monday (2nd February)
๐Ÿ“The meeting takes place in Fusagasuga (Colombia) 31st October - 4th November
๐Ÿ“ฌApply Now to be part of a small meeting with big ideas
@dgnm.bsky.social

31.01.2026 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ†๐ŸŽ‰ congratulations to your member Anita Annahazi and her team for receiving the best paper award in the category 'best translational article' by @ngmjournal.bsky.social!

take a look at the paper ๐Ÿ‘‡
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#neurogastro #enteric #neuroscience #ENS

25.01.2026 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข OMG! The program of our annual meeting is out! ๐Ÿ‘‡

tinyurl.com/4byardpu

It's still time to register to hear about
๐Ÿ”ฌ the latest studies in enteric #neuroscience and #ENS research,
๐Ÿฅผ news in clinical #neurogastroenterology,
๐Ÿซ‚ and connect with the #neurogastro community

Be there on February 20-22!

23.01.2026 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ—ฃ Just one week left to apply for @lbbbmeeting.bsky.social

๐Ÿซต Act now and be part of the single most awesome young investigator meeting in enteric #neuroscience and #neurogastroenterology! ๐Ÿ‘‡

www.lbbb2026.com

23.01.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Perlecan, CollagenXVIII, and Agrin Expression in Normoโ€, Hypoโ€, and Aganglionic Segments in Hirschsprung's Disease The secretory heparan sulphate proteoglycans perlecan, agrin, collagen18A1 are expressed in the periganglionic sheath of enteric ganglia in resectates of Hirschsprung's disease patients and non-Hirsc...

๐Ÿ“ข Remember those sleepless nights when you were kept awake from not knowing how the HSPG expression was in #ENS ganglia in #Hirschsprung 's disease?!

๐Ÿคฏ These days are over, as you can read all about it in our new paper @ngmjournal.bsky.social !

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

21.01.2026 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Abstract Deadline verlรคngert! Die Abgabefrist fรผr Abstracts zur diesjรคhrigen Jahrestagung in Freising stattfindet, wurde verlรคngert auf den 15. Januar 2026. Nutzen Sie die Chance, Ihre Forschung einem Fachpublikum zu prรคsentieren!
๐Ÿ‘‰ Mehr erfahren:
www.neurogastro.de/de/jahrestag...

04.01.2026 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Christmas is over and you start wondering what 2026 may bring? ๐ŸŽ Perhaps this #PhD position in Tรผbingen on the Neural Mechanisms of #Body #Memories in #women & #men is for you ๐Ÿ‘‡ Starting date 01.03.2026 or earlier #fMRI #mentalhealth #sexdifferences

29.12.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ PhD Position Available ๐Ÿšจ
Iโ€™m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Mรผnster, Germany.

www.bischofflab.com/jobs

Fully funded โœ…
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)

Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...

15.12.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Abstract Deadlines kommen immer so plรถtzlich! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Jetzt noch bei der nรคchsten DGNM Tagung anmelden und Bahnbrechendens aus #Neurogastro, #Darm-Hirn Achse, #Reizdarm oder #Gastroparese hรถren und selbst vorstellen!๐Ÿ‘‡
www.neurogastro.de/de/jahrestag...

Wir freuen uns auf Sie! ๐Ÿซต

23.12.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Prof. Ekin Demir @tumunich.bsky.social for receiving a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu

Read more about his project SYNAPSE-ON-CANCER and how neuronal input shapes pancreatic #cancer progression ๐Ÿ‘‡
mri.tum.de/de/ueber-uns...
#neurogastro #brainbody

18.12.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're excited to announce that applications for the best early investigator meeting in the field are open now. Treat yourself in this festive period and apply.
For details visit lbbb2026.com
Please share with friends and colleagues.
@dgnm.bsky.social

17.12.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

How do gut signals shape motivation? After years of hard work led by the fabulous @corcerebrum.bsky.social, we show that ghrelin infusions increase hunger, food motivation, and FC between the hypothalamus and the striatum. This is driven by more pulses in the NAcc.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

09.12.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apply for a PhD in Paris!! A project to come and work with me and my team at the GutSense lab included in the list! ๐Ÿชฐ๐Ÿง โ›ฝ

05.12.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
PhD Position โ€“ Neuronal Cell Biology

๐Ÿชฑ Got the guts to work on worms?

Our dear, but astonishingly bluesky-less colleague Oliver Glomb has an open PhD position in his Emmy Noether project! @dfg.de

Take this once in a lifetime chance to become a member of this wormidable team!

jobs.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/Job/7024/PhD...

05.12.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exploring entry pathways of microorganisms into an anatomical dissection course - Scientific Reports Anatomical dissection courses are central to medical education. Despite advances in fixation techniques, cadavers remain vulnerable to microbial contamination. Thus, we aimed to assess microbial entry...

Anatomical dissection courses are a cornerstone of medical education. ๐Ÿฉบ
Our new study assessed the entry pathways of detrimental microorganisms into the dissection hall that could harm body donors and participants. ๐Ÿงซ
#anatomy @unituebingen.bsky.social

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

04.12.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An enteric-DRG pathway for interoception and visceral pain in mice Wang et al. reveal a neuroanatomical and functional crosstalk between cholinergic enteric neurons and sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia that mediates colonic interoception. While thisโ€ฆ

Enteric Neurons Join the Dialogue on Pain!

A recent study reveals that cholinergic circuits within the colon communicate through dorsal root ganglion (DRG) pathways, particularly following inflammation.
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

24.11.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœจA gut feeling youโ€™ll love this one ๐Ÿ› The anterior midgut of a Drosophila melanogaster ๐Ÿชฐlarva puts on a confocal glow show! ๐ŸŸข Adult midgut progenitors ๐Ÿ”ด Actin ๐Ÿ”ต Nuclei ๐Ÿ“ธImage by Sapna Krishnakumar #FluorescenceFriday #Microscopy #DevBio

28.11.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‰ We generated a starter pack for #neurogastroenterology and enteric #neuroscience!

Let's connect and bring gut-brain research and clinical neurogastroenterology to the next level! ๐ŸŒ

go.bsky.app/3Z82PbH

01.11.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Einladung zur DGNM Jahrestagung 2026 โ€“ Fรผr ร„rzt:innen und Wissenschaftler:innen aller Karrierestufen:
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 20. โ€“ 22. Februar 2026
๐Ÿ“ Freising.
๐Ÿ’ก 9 CME-Punkte fรผr beide Programmtage
๐Ÿ‘‰ Das Registrierungsportal ist geรถffnet: bit.ly/4qOeaFh
#DarmHirnAchse #ENS #neurogastro #Mikrobiom #Ernรคhrung

28.10.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
DGNM - Deutsche Gesellschaft fรผr Neurogastroenterologie und Motilitรคt e.V. - Neurogastro Die Deutsche Gesellschaft fรผr Neurogastroenterologie und Motilitรคt e.V. hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, den Austausch und die Weiterentwicklung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse auf den Gebieten der Ne...

๐Ÿ“ข Nie mehr News und Wissenswertes aus der Welt der #Neurogastroenterologie verpassen?
Dann aboniert noch heute unseren #Newsletter ๐Ÿ“จ mit allen Neuigkeiten zu
๐Ÿ—ฃ Events,
๐Ÿ”ฌ #Forschung und
๐Ÿฅผ #Klinik!

www.neurogastro.de/de/

19.10.2025 07:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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R-Spondin1 Regulates Fate of Enteric Neural Progenitors via Differential LGR4/5/6 Expression in Mice and Humans Regeneration and cytodifferentiation of various adult epithelial stem cell compartments are controlled by the WNT agonist R-Spondin1 (RSPO1) and the Leucin-rich-repeat-containing G-protein-coupled rec...

๐Ÿ“ข finally out and in press @aga-cmgh.bsky.social ! Read about our mind-blowing ๐Ÿคฏ quest to reveal the role of R-Spondin and LGR-receptors in #ENS progenitors. Great work by @melaniescharr.bsky.social ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ”ฌ

@dgnm.bsky.social #neuroscience #gastroenterology
www.cmghjournal.org/article/S235...

18.10.2025 05:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Die #Viszeralmedizin2025 der DGVS setzte starke Impulse fรผr die #Neurogastroenterologie. Im Fokus standen #Reizdarm, #Mikrobiom und #Ernรคhrung sowie die Modulation des enterischen Nervensystems mit klaren, praxisnahen Konzepten.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Ausfรผhrliche Informationen: www.neurogastro.de/de/news-read...

14.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข congratulations to Melanie Scharr on defending her truely magnificant PhD thesis! ๐ŸŽ“ #PhDone #neurogastro @dgnm.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social

11.10.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ข great to see this study out! Congrats to Demir lab. Happy, we could contribute TEM analyses ๐Ÿ”ฌ
An absolute must read if you are interested in how neuron-cancer synapses contribute to pancreatic cancer progression!
#neurogastro @dgnm.bsky.social

03.10.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Last week, anatomists from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other countries met in Wรผrzburg for the 119th Annual Meeting of the Anatomische Gesellschaft. Great to catch up with old friends and new colleagues...and of course, a little #neurogastro was also included! #anatomy @dgnm.bsky.social

30.09.2025 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ข Calling all neurogastroenterologists!
Are you passionate about the #Gut-Brain Axis, motility, #microbiome, or #neurogastro in Germany โ€” or perhaps a German researcher or collaborator abroad? ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐ŸŒ
Connect with us @dgnm.bsky.social! Letโ€™s decode the mysteries of your brain in the gut. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’ฉ

28.09.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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