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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our lab is growing: we are hiring a research tech to come work in our lab!!! Apply here: towson.taleo.net/careersectio... Reach out if you have any questions 🤩

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Research Technician (Contractual)

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Daniel Reznik 🎶 @reznikdaniel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Now out in Hippocampus!! 📣💥 We examined anatomical inputs to the hippocampal region in six species - the tenrec, rat, marmoset, cat, macaque, and human - and found that hippocampal processing operates on fundamentally different types of information across species! (1/3) dx.doi.org/10.1002/hipo...

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Phylogeny of Cortical‐Hippocampal Projections Reveals Selective Elimination of Input From Sensory Regions

The study of cross-species differences in the organization of the cerebral cortex received significant attention during the past century. However, the evolutionary principles governing changes in bra...

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Our lab is #NIH funded!!🤩✨ Thanks NIA for supporting our research on varicose projection #astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease. I feel so grateful to work with this talented group of young researchers! 🙌❤️

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Riccardo Bocchi @bocchiric.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks to @carmenfalcone.bsky.social, Alexei Verkhratsky & Nilhan Gunhanlar for bringing this stellar team together! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

With expansion of several stem cell based initiatives @lieberinstitute.bsky.social - we are hiring! We are looking for a Staff Scientist with expertise in hiPSCs and iPSC-derived neuronal models to join our Stem Cell Core, directed by @tsawada1.bsky.social recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

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Dr. Headbutt 🌈🧪 @nicoleackermans.com · 21/07/2026

are you an editor at @science.org? Perhaps you'd like to discuss publishing our preprint! Please reach out

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The first work of the #FalconeLab is finally out!!! 🤩 A story of #astrocytes from evolution to disease. Thanks everyone who made this possible! Varicose projection astrocytes: Conserved reactive cells in brain pathology | #ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @towsonu.bsky.social

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Dr. Headbutt 🌈🧪 @nicoleackermans.com · 06/07/2026

Huyen and I put together a "fireside chat" style podcast loosely based around being women in STEM as an experiment. Have a listen and let us know if you think we should make Technical Tea into a real show! dailytechnewsshow.com/2026/07/06/t...

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Technical Tea – DTNS 5304 Experiment Week

Huyen and Niki talk tech and science. Discussing their favorite news this month and interrogate AI’s place in learning. Starring Dr. Niki Ackermans, Huyen Tue Dao MP3 Download Show Links: Nik…

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João Filipe Oliveira @joaofoliveira.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It was great to deliver this Keynote at #AstrocyteCafe2026 . It was probably my longest discussion ever. I'm still impressed with the quality of the students and postdocs attending this meeting. The future of #astrocyte research is secured!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#AstrocyteCafe2026 has been awesome! See you all in Warsaw in 2028 😉🤩

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

@maitesolas.bsky.social led the most incredible and emotional career development session ever at #AstrocyteCafe2026. “You will climb many mountains: don’t do it alone, you can’t do it alone.”

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thanks #KernelScience for supporting all the organization of #AstrocyteCafe2026: we don’t know how we could do it without you! 🤩

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Really wonderful keynote talk by @bdiazcastro.bsky.social who shared with us all of her newest exciting research. This is really the place where you get to see some of the most innovative #astrocyte research..for the first time!!! #AstrocyteCafe2026

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Congratulations to Abel Eraso-Pinchot and Dimitra Sokolova who got the best talk and best poster presentations sponsored by #BraYn 👏🙌🙌🙌 Thank you #Brayn for supporting us!!! #AstrocyteCafe2026

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What a great day full of science and #astrocytes. Best thing? Early career researchers giving inspiring talks and lots of stimulating discussions during breaks. Also @joaofoliveira.bsky.social delivered the most fun and amazing keynote lecture🤩

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What you see: a group of #astrocyte researchers having dinner. What we see: a group of friends talking and laughing nonstop until midnight and already planning the next conference ⭐️ #AstrocyteCafe2026

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Francesco Ulloa Severino @ulloaseverinolab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

#AtsrocyteCafe2026 meeting is a must to interact with friends passionate about astrocyte biology at all levels.

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Off to a great start. Loved chairing the session on #astrocytes and Alzheimer’s disease, and the amazing keynote by Aleksandra Pekowska on astrocyte #evolution and development 🤩 #AstrocyteCafe2026

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

They say cervezas, pintxos and friends do wonders for jet lag. #AstrocyteCafe2026

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hello Spain!!! Messing up my circadian rhythms by traveling to Europe this time…but for a good reason: the second in person @astrocytecafe.bsky.social is starting tomorrow!!! Can’t wait to see many #astrocyte lovers veeery soon 🤩 #AstrocyteCafe2026 #Pamplona

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Hello Sydney, Australia! 🇦🇺 Here to give a special lecture at Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience, but jet lag did not keep me from having a walk on the beach first 🥹😮 Thanks Jay Beltran-Gonzales, @laurarosefenlon.bsky.social , @rodrigosuarez.bsky.social & all organizers for inviting me!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Who would have guessed that we would end up living in the same area…aaand that we would also get to spend hours at a miscroscope working together for a paper revision? So grateful, friend, for a special Sunday a week ago! ❤️ @canxuki.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Drinking coffee in our last @astrocytecafe.bsky.social conference espresso cup to remind you that abstract submission closes in two days 👀 (and that you will have another cool cup at #AstrocyteCafe2026..for spanish coffee this time! 😜)

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Astrocyte Cafe @astrocytecafe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

With the deadline for abstract submission approaching, it is our pleasure to introduce the first invited speaker of #AstrocyteCafe2026😍 @aleksandrapekowska.bsky.social , we can't wait to hear more about your latest research!!!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

2 weeks more to submit your abstracts for #AstrocyteCafe2026 👀 Deadline is April 1st!!!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Grateful to be part of this community! What a fun and inspiring meeting 😌 #ScialogFellows

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Not a bad place to think about science 😏 @rescorp.org

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Research Corporation for Science Advancement @rescorp.org · 13/03/2026

The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems has begun in Tucson! Special welcome to all our new Fellows. Cosponsored with @allenphilanthro.bsky.social, the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation, and @kavlifoundation.org.

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Escaped the snow in Baltimore to go to the #Scialog conference in Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems in Tucson, Arizona. Excited for 4 days of networking and lots of science chats with other #ScialogFellows! Thanks @rescorp.org for this opportunity!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

They left a PI unattended in the lab 😏

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Astrocyte Cafe @astrocytecafe.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Registrations and abstract submissions for #AstrocyteCafe2026 are now OPEN! Abstract submission will close on April 1st!!! We hope to see many of you on June 3-5 in Pamplona 🤩 Thanks KernelScience for our new website & for helping organize this conference! 👇👇👇👇 astrocytecafe.com#/conference-...

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Astrocyte Cafe - Seminars & 2026 Conference

Join the international astrocyte research community. Monthly seminars and the 2026 Pamplona Conference.

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Registrations and abstract submissions for #AstrocyteCafe2026 are now OPEN!!! Spread the word 🤩 We hope to see many of you on June 3-5 in Pamplona!!! Thanks Kernel Science, for our brand new website and for helping organize this conference! 👇👇👇👇 astrocytecafe.com#/conference-...

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Astrocyte Cafe - Seminars & 2026 Conference

Join the international astrocyte research community. Monthly seminars and the 2026 Pamplona Conference.

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Do you know what every university’s library needs? A kids room (aka “family study room”) like this 👇 3 adults and 7 kids (!!!), and- believe it or not- but we actually worked for a few hours, while kids were having a blast creating pure chaos all around 😏 Thanks @towsonu.bsky.social!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What a wonderful day yesterday to give a talk at GWU and to have some pretty inspiring chats with faculty and students of the Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology🤩 Thanks again, Paul @pmarvar.bsky.social for the invitation! #EvolutionaryGlialBiology

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Finishing up this semester with some pretty cool sugary brains 🧠🍪 I clearly didn’t bake these: students are the best, thanks Elena! 🙌

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Wow, 3 floors full of posters for the Fall Student Research Symposium are really the best way to finish up the semester @towsonu.bsky.social 🥹 Also, happy PI faces: new collaborations are happening 😏 @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social @eharberts.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Didn’t have enough of neuroscience conferences lately so I decided to go to another one 😉 It’s great to be part of the Greater Baltimore Society for Neuroscience Chapter, today at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social 😌 #GBSfN2025

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Francesco Limone @sciencelemon92.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Hi gang! I am giving a short talk at the second @italianglianetwork.bsky.social Symposium on Wednesday EU-afternoon/US-morning. Sign up to tune in!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It’s been a year already from our first one: we are hosting the 2nd online IGN symposium tomorrow from 2 pm (CET) / 8 am EDT 🤩 Come for some pretty cool #glia talks and networking!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Oh well, we forgot to take a picture altogether at the end of our talks #SfN2025…but we did make sure we had good food to celebrate our love for #radialglia and #astrocytes 😌

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

If you missed our Minisymposium at #SfN2025, you can still catch up with some of the topics by reading our new review: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4... Also, got the printed version of this paper (and many more)🤩 @sfn.org

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Looking forward to seeing many #glia folks at this social tonight, join if you are at #SfN25! Thanks for organizing this 🤩

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