Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🎉 ¡Enhorabuena a @nietoangela.bsky.social, @bertalsl.bsky.social y Katia Sofía Illescas (@borrell-lab.bsky.social) por las ayudas de @contracancerinv.bsky.social para impulsar sus proyectos de investigación! Gracias por seguir apoyando la investigación oncológica👏 in.umh-csic.es/es/el-instit... 024
Reposted by Borrell LabMaria Antonietta Tosches @matosches.bsky.social · 29/06/2026These results instigated our search for Cajal-Retzius cells across vertebrates; the paper is now in @currentbiology.bsky.social with a nice perspective piece from @borrell-lab.bsky.social, adding to @fredcauseret.bsky.social's previous piece in Development 🧵4/7 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comEvolutionary origins and transcriptomic innovations of vertebrate Cajal-Retzius cellsEvolutionary changes in cortical development were instrumental in the emergence of the mammalian neocortex. Cajal-Retzius cells, a transient neuron ty… 141
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Fenna Krienen from @princetonneuro.bsky.social @princeton.edu at our #SeminarsIN with her talk: “Spatially-resolved genetic programs in primate brains”. A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @guillelbendito.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Borrell LabNoelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Our paper is out in Developmental Biology! It's part of a special issue on Forebrain Development. Mouse KO of Togaram1, a Joubert Syndrome gene, has defects in forebrain morphogenesis and neurogenesis. 🐭🧠🧪 #cilia #devbio #cellbio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comMicrotubule binding protein Togaram1 is required for proper development of mammalian forebrain and neural primary ciliaProper forebrain development relies on precise spatial and temporal control of early neural stem cell (NSC) proliferation and later neurogenesis. Brai… 2208
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026👏 ¡Enhorabuena a Eduardo Fernández Ortuño @edufdzortu.bsky.social, que realizó su doctorado en el @borrell-lab.bsky.social del @neuroalc.bsky.social, por ser finalista local del concurso #HiloTesis! @umh.es 🔗 comunicacion.umh.es/2026/05/29/e... 062
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Leading international experts in #mechanobiology gathered in Sant Joan d’Alacant for the ‘Mechanobiology of Physiological Systems’ conference, to share and discuss the latest breakthroughs in this rapidly advancing field🔬🧠 Read more👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/el-instit... @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es 011
Reposted by Borrell LabThe Royal Belgian Society for Cell and Developmental Biology @rbscdb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Check out the fantastic line-up for our Spring Meeting on June 5th including @steinaerts.bsky.social, @borrell-lab.bsky.social, @silvianeuro.bsky.social, Simon Hippenmeyer, @idoiaeu.bsky.social and Jin-Wu Tsai. Registration & abstract submission deadline May 15th. www.bscdb.be/spring-meetingbscdb.beSpring Meeting 2026 | Belgian Society for Cell and Developmental Biology 031
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026⏳ Good news! Deadline extended to May 1st Join leading researchers exploring how mechanical forces shape development and physiology 👉 mechano2026.umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @painchannels.bsky.social @borrell-lab.bsky.social @embo.org @naniontech.bsky.social @3brainag.bsky.social 043
Borrell Lab @borrell-lab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Today we reached a milestone in Borrell lab history 150
Reposted by Borrell LabAnna Prieto-Colomina @annaprico.bsky.social · 04/03/2026PhD defended! 🎓 After years studying the developmental origins of pediatric brain tumors, I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisor Dr. Víctor Borrell @borrell-lab.bsky.social and to all the mentors, colleagues, friends and family who supported me along the way. On to the next chapter! 152
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🎉 Enhorabuena a la recién nombrada hoy Dra. Anna Prieto Colomina @annaprico.bsky.social por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su director de tesis, el Dr. Víctor Borrell @borrell-lab.bsky.social 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es 051
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Today, the IN Developmental Neurobiology Scientific Department has offered a new scientific seminar featuring the presentations of researcher Francisco Tejedor and PhD student Enrico Negri (📷) @borrell-lab.bsky.social 👏👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es 031
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Dejamos atrás el mes más largo del año😅y damos la bienvenida a #febrero con esta imagen de Emily Wilson @glb-lab.bsky.social #SciencePhoto_IN 🔬🧠 #Ciencia @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es 042
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Eduardo Fernández Ortuño @edufdzortu.bsky.social por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a sus directores de Tesis, el Dr. Víctor Borrell y el Dr. Adrián Cárdenas Castelló @borrell-lab.bsky.social 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es 121
Reposted by Borrell LabMax Koppers @maxkoppers.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Dynamic subtype- and context-specific subcellular RNA regulation in growth cones of developing neurons in the cerebral cortex. rdcu.be/eXuwgrdcu.beDynamic subtype- and context-specific subcellular RNA regulation in growth cones of developing neurons of the cerebral cortexNature Neuroscience - Distinct neuron subtypes compartmentalize specific functions by differentially localizing and translating specific RNAs. This work identifies dynamic subtype- and... 0167
Reposted by Borrell LabAleksandra Deczkowska @adeczkowska.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Just a regular thing at @pasteur.fr cantine. 1113
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social from @institutducerveau.bsky.social at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “Temporal control of neurogenesis” A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @borrell-lab.bsky.social 0193
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We have the pleasure of welcoming Dr Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social from @institutducerveau.bsky.social tomorrow at #SeminarsIN 🙌 He is a world leader in the study of genetic regulation of brain development. Don’t miss it! @borrell-lab.bsky.social @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es 053
Reposted by Borrell LabSEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 11/10/2025The importance of model organisms for research and training www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds - Nature Cell BiologyAs biomedical research prioritizes human models and translational promise, classic model organisms are increasingly dismissed. Here we argue that they have a lasting value, both in enabling discovery and in cultivating scientific thinking, by training researchers in systems reasoning, integrative thinking and independent inquiry. 072
Reposted by Borrell LabDebby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I am thrilled to share our latest story led by the incredibly talented Brooke D’Arcy and Camila Musso. We discover a rich world of local gene expression in radial glia, essential neural and glial precursors, and develop a new method for sub-cellular mRNA manipulation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 47524
Reposted by Borrell LabDenis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Interested in the mechanisms of neurogenesis, and how they might converge/differ across species, regions, and life epochs? Check this out, wonderful location and great science! Please RT neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee... 23614
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025👏 Congrats to @neuroalc.bsky.social researchers named in Stanford’s ranking of the world’s most cited scientists: Carlos Belmonte, @borrell-lab.bsky.social , @jlerma1.bsky.social , Salvador Martínez, @nietoangela.bsky.social & @neuroviana.bsky.social , outstanding global impact in neuroscience! 233
Reposted by Borrell LabCSIC @csic.es · 24/09/2025📅 Hoy es el Día Mundial de la Investigación en #Cáncer, una jornada para visibilizar la ciencia frente a este conjunto de enfermedades 🔬 Te contamos algunas de las investigaciones oncológicas del #CSIC para mejorar la salud de las personas #WorldCancerResearchDay 🧵👇 11412
Reposted by Borrell LabDenis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Ever wondered how robust cellular identity is to external perturbations? Here we disrupt cellular environmnent in vivo and in vitro, and find cell population specific sensitivities. Environment sculpts development yes, but not all cells are made of the same wood. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgCell-extrinsic controls over neocortical neuron fate and diversityCell-extrinsic cues are key for neocortical cell identity and diversity. 67122
Reposted by Borrell Labtdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · 27/08/20251) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - NatureThe human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—... 79845
Reposted by Borrell LabArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 14/08/2025This therapy builds on research from Carlos Belmonte, @neuroviana.bsky.social and colleagues, who showed how corneal cold receptors drive tear production and identified TRPM8 as a target. Once again showcasing the international nature of scientific progress. 1285
Reposted by Borrell LabAmanda Sierra @sierralab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Join us if you want to learn about #microglia! 063
Reposted by Borrell LabDebby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... 19234
Reposted by Borrell LabJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025My quote of the day I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. Edith Sitwell 534256
Reposted by Borrell LabDr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025#ScienceJobs Great opportunity to cutting edge science with a really great mentor!! 042
Reposted by Borrell LabAnne West @ennatsew.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The Anne West lab at Duke is hiring a postdoc to work on nuclear cell biology in neurogenesis. Please help me spread the word! Applications to west@neuro.duke.edu. 15751
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025📢 We are seeking a Head of the Human Brain Organoid Core Facility as part of our Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence 2023–2026 program. This is a prestigious leadership opportunity in advanced neuroscience research! 👇 in.umh-csic.es/es/ofertas/t... @csic.es @umh.es @sommalliance.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Rafael Soler Ortuño por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su director de Tesis, el Dr. Víctor Borrell @borrell-lab.bsky.social 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es 131
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Thanks to #PremiosReiJaumeI for enabling visits from the outstanding award jury to research centers across the Comunitat Valenciana. At @neuroalc.bsky.social, we were honored to welcome: @ardemp.bskyverified.social ( #NobelPrize 2021) & Erika Pastrana (Editorial Director @natureportfolio.nature.com) 021
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Hoy ha arrancado @pintofscience.es y #Alicante es una de las ciudades que participa 🙌 No te pierdas las charlas de los investigadores del @neuroalc.bsky.social 👇👀 #PINT25ALC 0102
Reposted by Borrell LabCedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 16/05/2025New preprint alert 📣 #Cerebellum, organoid, autism & brain evolution 🧪 🧫🧠🧬 Collaboration with G. Testa; fruit of years of work by smart students, led by postdoc Davide Aprile. Organoids to understand better the developmental basis of autism (focus: CHD8) & sapiens brain evolution (focus: CADPS2) 🧵biorxiv.orgBenchmarking cerebellar organoids to model autism spectrum disorder and human brain evolutionWhile cortical organoids have been used to model different facets of neurodevelopmental conditions and human brain evolution, cerebellar organoids have not yet featured so prominently in the same cont... 55926
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 17/05/2025¡Muy orgullosos de acompañar a Félix Leroy @leroyfelix.bsky.social en la entrega del premio Alberto Sols al mejor trabajo científico! 👋👋 🎉Enhorabuena por este merecido reconocimiento 🎉 @csic.es @umh.es @dicv.csic.es 162
Reposted by Borrell LabHouart Lab @houartlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025It has been an absolute pleasure for our lab to attend #ECCN2025 for the first time this year. We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead! 0125
Reposted by Borrell LabIdoia Quintana-Urzainqui @idoiaeu.bsky.social · 17/05/2025I'm still processing all the amazing interactions and possibilities this meeting brought. Different fields and expertise converging in a common interest: brain evolution. It was fantastic. Thanks to the organizers @borrell-lab.bsky.social @k4tj4.bsky.social ( Nerea Moreno, Fernando and Zoltan) 0165
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Today, Dr. Kristian Franze from @fau.de offered us a fantastic #SeminarsIN about the chemo-mechanical regulation of brain development. Great talk, thank you! 👏👏 @borrell-lab.bsky.social @csic.es @umh.es @dicv.csic.es 381
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Brad Colquitt @bradcolquitt.bsky.social showing us how to enable birdsong precision and speed through gene regulatory co-option at #ECCN2025 @borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Borrell LabInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Over 100 scientists gathered in Alicante for #ECCN2025 to explore how nervous systems evolve across species. The 11th European Conference on Comparative #Neurobiology featured cutting-edge research from around the world 👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/over-200-... #BrainEvolution @borrell-lab.bsky.socialin.umh-csic.esOver 200 experts gather in Alicante for the 11th European Conference of Comparative Neurobiology - INFrom May 6 to 8, 2025, the San Juan Complex in Sant Joan d’Alacant hosted the 11th European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology (ECCN2025). This 1175
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Pavel Němec taking us on a ride through an impressive number of species across the avian and fish kingdoms in his talk on the evolution of brain neuron numbers in jawed vertebrates. With amazing @kkverkova.bsky.social #ECCN2025 @borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social 083
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Ornella Bertrand @ornellabertrand.bsky.social takes us on a journey exploring the evolutionary history of the mammalian brain – how behaviour and adaptation have shaped its structure over millions of years in her talk (and poster) at #ECCN2025 @borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social 092
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Alain Goriely @alaingoriely.bsky.social takes us into the intricate world of connections, unraveling the multiscale principles of neuronal path-finding at #ECCN2025 @r3rt0.bsky.social @borrell-lab.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social 1135
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 10/05/2025How can the brain make new connectivity pathways when traditional ones are disrupted? Fantastic talk by @laurarosefenlon.bsky.social showing us how Marsupials reveal the evolutionary diversity of neocortical development. @rsuarezsaa.bsky.social #ECCN2025 @borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social 0224
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 10/05/2025#ECCN2025 posters were all absolutely fantastic! 🥳 Congrats to best poster&flash talk awardees @giacomogattoni.bsky.social @rsuarezsaa.bsky.social @kkverkova.bsky.social Anh T Trihn Kindly sponsored by BBE Karger, organised by amazing Nerea Moreno-García @borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by Borrell Labkatja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social giving a fantastic talk at #ECCN2025 on Varicose projection astrocytes: from evolution to neuroinflammation @borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social 072
