Microglia are key immune cells in the 🧠 and their transcriptional 🧬 states show big differences in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Very proud to have been part of this review on microglia heterogeneity, published in @natureneuro.bsky.social, from the lab of @mancusorenzo.bsky.social
09.04.2025 07:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🧬🧠 Rare genetic variants are shedding new light on Alzheimer’s disease risk, filling gaps in missing heritability & opening new doors for drug development. Great insights from @laradedeyn.bsky.social & @sleegerslab.bsky.social at @cmn-vib.bsky.social ! 🔍✨ #Alzheimers #Genetics #RareVariants
06.02.2025 09:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“There is more to be discovered, if you develop the right tools”
Discover scywalker, VIB's groundbreaking workflow for long-read single-cell transcriptome sequencing. Uncover new isoforms, streamline massive datasets, and explore diverse applications from neuroscie...
multidisciplinarity ✅
collaboration ✅
inquisitive mindset ✅
All crucial ingredients of the 'techno-scientific ecosystem' we're always on about.
A great example of what can be accomplished in such an environment is #scywalker, a scalable analysis workflow for long-read SC transcriptome sequencing 👇
09.01.2025 09:13 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Joint PhD candidate in the laboratories of Sarah Weckhuysen and Kristel Sleegers - VIB
The Weckhuysen team and the Sleegers team at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neuro
💼💥Ph.D. JOB ALERT!!! Together with the lab of Prof. Weckhuysen, we are looking for a motivated Ph.D. student 🧑🎓 to explore the wonders of liquid biopsies and help diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy patients 🧠🩸
23.01.2025 14:22 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Postdoc, works on C9ALS/FTD @MancusoRenzo @VIB_CMN
News, commentary and research coverage from the international monthly journal publishing the highest quality of work in all areas of neuroscience.
https://www.nature.com/neuro/
Macrophages. Neuroimmunology. Gut-Brain axis. @VIB-CMN
https://deschepperlab.sites.vib.be/en
🧠 PhD candidate molecular neurology @sleegerslab.bsky.social
🧬 MSc Medical molecular biology
🔬 BSc Pharmaceutical and biological laboratory science
Postdoc at the Mancuso Lab, former De Strooper lab member🧠
Neuroscientist | Studying the biology of neurodegenerative disorders | Postdoc | Mancuso Lab, VIB, Belgium
Postdoc at Jordanova Lab working on axonal neuropathy | Yeast & iPSCs | Calcium enthusiast | Woman in STEM (she/her) | Raised by volcanoes 🌋
Professor of Pathology at the University of Cambridge. Equalities Fellow, Welfare Tutor and Director-of-Studies at St Catharine's College. Educator, scientist, immunologist, daddy. Founder and CSO of Aila Biotech Ltd.
🇵🇹🇧🇪 Neuroscience & Dementia research 🧠 In a love affair with iPSCs & neurons 🧫 PostDoc Fellow @ Rosa Rademakers lab @ CMN_VIB 🧬 Science Communication 📣 Women in STEM advocate 👩🔬 Previously PhD Baekeland Fellow @ Bart De Strooper lab & Janssen Pharmaceutica 🧪
Postdoc @ VIB CMN UAntwerp & VIB CBD KU Leuven / Microglia, synapses, TurboID, and AD
PhD student in Renzo Mancuso's and Rosa Rademakers' labs at CMN-VIB, Belgium 👩🏻🔬🔬 FTD-TDP, iPSC-derived models and lysosomes ✨
Dad. Scientist at VIB. Bioinformatics postdoc. Sequencing technologies enthusiastic. Geneticist. He/him.
🔬👩🔬 VIB researchers explore the basic molecular mechanisms of life, from microorganisms to plants and human beings. Our entrepreneurial technology transfer approach ensures that scientific discoveries are turned into tangible innovations.
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The Kristel Sleegers lab at VIB Center for Molecular Neurology and University of Antwerp, committed to increase insight in the complex genetics of Alzheimer’s disease.
https://uantwerpen.vib.be/group/KristelSleegers
Postdoctoral researcher at @sleegerslab.bsky.social - VIB CMN working on complex genetics of Alzheimer's. | GWAS, molecular QTLs, TWAS, splicing, long reads, rare variants.
Neuroscientist at VIB KULeuven
