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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

IN.Pulse, la Unidad Científica de Innovación Empresarial del @neuroalc.bsky.social, ha participado en el #AlicanteFuturaSummit, un encuentro para impulsar la innovación y el tejido tecnológico de la provincia. 🎤 Carlos Sánchez presentó nuestro expertise y capacidades tecnológicas. @csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Fernando Aleixandre Carrera por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a sus directores de tesis, los Dres. Juana Gallar y Víctor Meseguer🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧠 Join the Translational Imaging Biomarkers Lab @desantislab.bsky.social at the @neuroalc.bsky.social! Postdoc (2+ years) and/or PhD (3 years) positions in preclinical & clinical MRI research. 📅 Deadline: 1 Nov 2026👇 in.umh-csic.es/es/ofertas/1... @csic.es @umh.es @silviadesantis.bsky.social

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧠 4-year, full-time funded PhD position at the @neuroalc.bsky.social to investigate how neural circuits underlying sex differences in adaptive behaviour develop. Join the @idelpinolab.bsky.social and the DIFFER project! 📅 Deadline: 31 October 2026👇 in.umh-csic.es/es/ofertas/4... @csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Kevin Mitchel @wiringthebrain.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “The Genome Encodes a Generative Model of the Organism”. A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @eloisaherrera.bsky.social

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧬 IN.Pulse, la Unidad de Innovación del @neuroalc.bsky.social, ha participado en #BioSpain2026, la mayor feria biotecnológica de España 👏 Un espacio para acercarnos al sector industrial e impulsar la transferencia de nuevas terapias, herramientas de diagnóstico y otras tecnologías🔬 @csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🍂 ¡Bienvenido, octubre! 🧠 Comenzamos el mes con la foto "Lobes of the little brain", una imagen #SciencePhoto_IN de Macarena Herrera @eloisaherrera.bsky.social 📸 La ciencia, vista a través de otra mirada. @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎉 Enhorabuena a la recién nombrada hoy Dra. Rubí Hernández Rojas por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su director de tesis, el Dr. Hugo Cabedo Martí 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💻 Why isn’t lower inhibition always better? A computational model showed there is no single optimal level: lower inhibition can favour discrimination when memory load is low, while higher inhibition helps maintain consistent representations as information increases. 🧵3/5

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔬 The team manipulated inhibitory activity in the dentate gyrus of mice during memory encoding. Lower inhibition increased sensitivity to small changes between similar experiences, while higher inhibition made memory representations more resistant to change. 🧵2/5

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New study from @canalslab.bsky.social is out in @plosbiology.org 🔝 They reveal how brain balances memory flexibility and stability. Inhibitory activity in the dentate gyrus helps adjust how memories incorporate new information & distinguish similar experiences. 🧵1/5 👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos...

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Iakovos Lazaridis @iaklaz.bsky.social from @mitpress.bsky.social for a special seminar with his talk: “The striatum across timescales: dopamine, astrocytes and behavioral context”👏 A fantastic lecture, thank you! #SeminarsIN @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

El pasado viernes, el IN CSIC-UMH acogió un homenaje a la trayectoria científica de Juan Lerma, que reunió a investigadores y colaboradores con quienes ha compartido distintas etapas de su carrera. ¡Gracias a todos los implicados!👇 in.umh-csic.es/es/homenaje-... @senc-neurociencia.bsky.social

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧠 Esta semana, con motivo del #DíaMundialdelAlzheimer, la investigación del @neuroalc.bsky.social llegó a Xixona de la mano de Jose V. Sánchez Mut y @desantislab.bsky.social en un evento organizado por #AFAXixona en colaboración con la @fpmaragall.bsky.social 👏 @csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

En el evento también participó un equipo del laboratorio de la investigadora María Domínguez 👏👏 @umaryluz.bsky.social @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es #WorldCancerResearchDay💪

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Brain Kaleidoscope” Author: Francesco Dori Lab: @glb-lab.bsky.social "A mosaic of color-coded 1-minute temporal projections of mesoscale calcium activity in astrocytes and neurons. Each circle is a small developing brain. With a @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Axio Zoom.V16".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The effect also involves axons connecting the two brain hemispheres. Without GluN3A, axons from the opposite hemisphere that reach the cortex become distributed incorrectly across the cortex, altering the precise organisation of the circuit.

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The results show that, without GluN3A, dendritic trees branch prematurely in cortical neurons. This complexity does not necessarily mean that connections form more effectively. 📷 This image was selected as the cover of #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social. Credit: Bárbara Corral Sánchez. 🧵3/5

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

During brain development, neurons must form connections at the right time and in the right place. Using mouse models, researchers investigated how GluN3A coordinates neuronal maturation with the axonal projections it receives. 🧵2/5

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🧠A new study led by Isabel Pérez Otaño's lab is now published in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social 🙌 Researchers find that non-conventional NMDA receptors synchronise dendritic arborization with the arrival of callosal axons and connectivity during early life. 🧵1/5 👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos...

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “An Elegant Worm with a Rainbow of Thoughts” Author: José Ignacio Jordá Lab: @eleyvadiaz.bsky.social "NeuroPAL is a Caenorhabditis elegans strain with a stereotyped multicolor fluorescent atlas of the entire nervous system of the worm. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Airyscan Elyra".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

♀️ Sandra Jurado ha participado en el VI Encuentro de #Igualdad del @csic.es, donde el Comité de Igualdad del IN ha presentado sus iniciativas en el @itq-csicupv.bsky.social. Una oportunidad para compartir experiencias y buenas prácticas y avanzar hacia una ciencia igualitaria, diversa e inclusiva.

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “A Lonely Star” Author: Juan Zaragoza Lab: @barcolab.bsky.social Mouse cortical neurons glow red thanks to a fluorescent marker. At the centre, hidden among their branches, is a star-shaped astrocyte: a support cell that nourishes neurons. With @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social DM6B.

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Juana Gallar, Víctor Meseguer y Carlos Sánchez Huertas están participando en #SOMMaConnect en Barcelona 👏 Una oportunidad para dar a conocer las capacidades del IN y generar nuevas conexiones para impulsar la innovación y la transferencia de conocimiento @sommalliance.bsky.social 🤝 @umh.es @csic.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Rice Hippo-campus” Author: Juan Zaragoza Lab: @barcolab.bsky.social "This brain neuron (dark) makes OsTIR1, a rice plant protein. Here it works as a switch: it lets us destroy any protein we pick revealing its role in the brain. @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social SPE II".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Crossing Over” Author: Macarena Herrera Lab: Dr. Eloísa Herrera @eloisaherrera.bsky.social "Optic chiasm with axons traced with green cholera toxin in one eye and red in the other. Image obtained with an Olympus FV1200 inverted confocal microscope".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “A Pointillist Cerebelum” Author: Macarena Herrera Lab: Dr. Eloísa Herrera @eloisaherrera.bsky.social "Immunohistochemistry of a sagittal cerebellar section from P9 mice using anti-Zfp423 antibody. Image obtained with an Olympus FV1200 confocal inverted microscope".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Underlay Networks” Author: Macarena Herrera Lab: Dr. Eloísa Herrera @eloisaherrera.bsky.social "Flat-mounted P16 mouse retina immunostained for axons (anti-TUJ1, red) and astrocytes (anti-GFAP, cyan). Imaged with an Olympus FV1200 inverted confocal microscope".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🔬 They also detected increased levels of the active form of meprin-β in cerebrospinal fluid from people with Alzheimer’s disease. This finding raises new questions about its relationship with changes occurring during the disease and its potential use as an indicator. 🧵3/5

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧠 Meprin-β exists in different forms. The team analysed its immature, inactive form separately from its mature, active form in brain samples from people with different stages of AD. The active form increased at advanced stages, while MEP1B messenger RNA increased earlier🧵2/5 📷Carlos Avilés

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🔥New study from Javier Sáez Valero's lab is now published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy🔝 Researchers identify increased levels of active meprin-β in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of people with Alzheimer’s disease. More info👇 🧵1/5 in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos... #WorldAlzheimersDay

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚲 El @neuroalc.bsky.social se suma a la celebración de la Semana Europea de la Movilidad, concienciando sobre la importancia de apostar por una movilidad más sostenible y respetuosa con nuestro entorno. Más información👇 transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-th... #SemanaEuropeaDeLaMovilidad #MobilityWeek

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎉Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Sergio Niñerola Rives por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su director de tesis, el Dr. Ángel Barco @barcolab.bsky.social 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Two Perspectives, One Movement” Author: Olimpia Ortega Lab: @reiglab.bsky.social "A corridor provides simultaneous lateral and ventral views of mouse locomotion to study coordination and subtle motor changes in Parkinson's disease models. With Basler ace camera and lens".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “The Lethal Orchid” Author: Dr. Mary Luz Uribe Lab: Dr. María Domínguez "Under nutritional stress or immunosuppression, an incipient tumor induces a chaotic green network that attempts to feed the tumor, like a beautiful yet lethal biological bloom. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting Vanesa Nieto-Estevez from #UTSA and Sofie Ahrlund-Richter from #MIT at our #SeminarsIN 👏 Two fantastic talks on modeling neurodevelopmental disorders and understanding prefrontal cortex function. Thank you both for coming!

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “The Sleep of Glia Produces Monsters” Author: Dr. Mary Luz Uribe Lab: Dr. María Domínguez "Emerging from a dense fog of DNA, unsettling silhouettes take shape. What look like other worlds creatures are glial cells in the Drosophila larval imaginal disc @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social"

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Eye of Neuron” Author: Dr. Emily Wilson @emilywilson19.bsky.social Lab: Dr. Guillermina López Bendito @glb-lab.bsky.social "A cortical neuron bundle (magenta) sits atop a tower of astrocytes (red and green). Taken on a @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social Thunder Imager microscope".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Importante: aviso para mañana jueves 17 de septiembre ‼️‼️

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Roses” Author: Adrián Cuevas Lab: @nietoangela.bsky.social "Culture of cancer cells from human breast tumors. Nuclei are in green, whilst expression of keratins is in red, emphasizing the heterogeneity of cancer cells. Taken with a @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social DMi8 Thunder".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🔬 Un equipo del laboratorio de Neurobiología Ocular ha participado hoy en las Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas de la @umh.es en Sant Joan d’Alacant con el taller «El laboratorio de los sentidos: descifrando el código oculto de la transducción y la percepción sensorial» 👏👏

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Vessels for everyone!” Author: Adrián Cuevas Lab: @nietoangela.bsky.social "Panoramic image of the vascular network in a whole mouse brain. Endothelial cells in green, and mural cells in magenta. Image taken with a @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social DMi8 Thunder Imager".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎓 El @neuroalc.bsky.social ha estado presente hoy en la apertura del curso académico 2026/2027 de la @umh.es, en la que el astrofísico Valentín Martínez Pillet ha sido investido Doctor Honoris Causa. ¡Enhorabuena por este reconocimiento! 👏 👉 comunicacion.umh.es/2026/09/16/e...

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Bloody Memory!” Author: Adrián Cuevas Lab: @nietoangela.bsky.social Network of blood vessels supplying the hippocampus. The endothelial cells forming the vessels (green), whilst the mural cells surrounding the vasculature are in magenta. With @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social DMi8.

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “A nerve that leaves its mark” Author: Miguel A. Serrano Lab: Dr. Francisco Taberner "Skin section prepared with @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social GeminiSEM. Embedded within the dermis is a ‘mark’ corresponding to a bundle of axons surrounded by a Schwann cell".

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Gabriel Berdugo Vega from #EPFL and Chai Chinlaturi from @ox.ac.uk at our #SeminarsIN👏 A fantastic special seminar exploring brain rejuvenation and neural plasticity. Thank you both for coming! @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Neuroimmune Constellations at the #CornealSurface” Dr. Almudena Íñigo Lab: Ocular Neurobiology A corneal dendritic cell (yellow) is in close contact with a sensory nerve fiber (magenta) across the epithelial cell mosaic, forming a pattern reminiscent of a miniature spiral galaxy.

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Cellular Kaleidoscope” Author: Mahima Laxmeesha Lab: Dr. Ana Carmena A fluorescent view of a Drosophila third-instar larval brain, revealing neuroblasts surrounded by progenitors, ganglion mother cells, and neurons during brain development. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social

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Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#SciencePhoto_IN “Wings of Perception” Author: Marina Villaro Lab: @painchannels.bsky.social "The butterfly-shaped gray matter is home to neuronal networks that integrate sensory information such as touch, temperature, or pain. Imaged with a @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social SPEII microscope".

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