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Barbara Di Benedetto

@dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social
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Glioscientist, rock climber, mother of two

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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We kicked-off our SPP2561 SEX and GLIA this week and it was an incredible experience. Looking forward to starting all the collaborative opportunities discussed during the meeting. lnkd.in/p/egkESAgy #SexAndGlia #GliaLovers #AstroRock #dfg
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It has been an incredible pleasure to work together with this fantastic group of scientists during the two intensive, but extremely proficient, days of the kick-off meeting of our DFG Priority… | Barb...
It has been an incredible pleasure to work together with this fantastic group of scientists during the two intensive, but extremely proficient, days of the kick-off meeting of our DFG Priority Program...
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Network Glia | European Glia Meeting @gliameeting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Something new is coming to GLIA 2027! Introducing the Network Glia Early Career Award, recognising outstanding early-career researchers in glial cell research. €5,000 award | No self-nominations Nominations open December 2026. Stay tuned! #NetworkGlia #GLIA2027 #GliaResearch
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A massive milestone for 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🚀 At the end of the month, we are officially launching the new 𝗗𝗙𝗚 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗣𝗣𝟮𝟱𝟲𝟭 "𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗔" in collaboration with Julia M. Schulze-Hentrich.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ready and excited to start soon this new adventure, a long journey ahead, surely full of amazing research endeavours around #gliacells #astrocytes #oligodendrocytes #opc #radialglia #müllergliacells #bergmanngliacells #microglia and maybe more yet to be discovered 🤩 #astrocytes #gliacellsrock #glia
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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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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
So nice to be there together, thank you for the organization of the Symposium, @carmenfalcone.bsky.social and @nereokalebic.bsky.social 🙏 Amazing stuff for #radialglialovers and #astrocytelovers
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Funny coincidence or seeked chance to feel „home“? Always nice to meet friends and collaborators around the world 😊 With @carmenfalcone.bsky.social at #SfN2025 in San Diego 🌈
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Here we are #gliarock #astrocytelovers
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Ghanendra Singh @ghanendra.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Decoding Leaky-BBB 🧠 together with @astrocytenet.bsky.social and @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🤩.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
1/ It was a great pleasure to host the BMFTR-funded GENIE Summer School „The impact of sex differences on glia-neuron interactions in brain health and disease“ to Close the Gender Gap in Clinical Research.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
1/ Interesting report about the concept of „loyalty“ in relation with the „abuse of power“ in the scientific community (but not only). „Neofeudale Macht in der Wissenschaft? Leider Realität – kein Einzelfall“ www.linkedin.com/posts/barbar...
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Interesting report about the concept of „loyalty“ in relation with the „abuse of power“ in the scientific community (but not only). | Barbara Di Benedetto
Interesting report about the concept of „loyalty“ in relation with the „abuse of power“ in the scientific community (but not only). „Neofeudale Macht in der Wissenschaft? Leider Realität – kein Einze...
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🔈 great news: due to the high „late-come“ inquiries to participate, we decided to give an ❗️EXTENDED DEADLINE: 25th of July (Friday)❗️ ✅ financial support for travel&accomodation for a restricted number of participants on „first come, first served“ basis ✉️ Anastasia Nagumanova for more information
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ATgliaNet @atglianet.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It was wonderful to see the representatives of the Glia Network in Europe, Canada, and China in one place 🤩
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astrocyteNet @astrocytenet.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The joint booth was just the beginning. We have planned many more activities. Stay tuned ⭐️
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It was a real blast to see all the posters of a growing community of #GliaNetworks at #GLIA2025 🤩 Thanks @astrocytenet.bsky.social (aka Kerstin Lenk) for your efforts to put us together 👏 See you all around the world 😊
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The Booth of all national Glia Networks was really a success. 11+ posters and many more „on the making „ - let‘s grow #glialovers 🤩 Thanks to all organizers and participants, especially Anja Schröter for her invaluable support. #GLIA2025
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Looking forward to it 😊 Thank you @astrocytecafe.bsky.social, @carmenfalcone.bsky.social and Nilhan Gunhanlar for the kind invitation
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Astrocyte Cafe @astrocytecafe.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join us today for another #AstrocyteCafe!! We can't wait to hear the talks by @sarahmccglia.bsky.social , Caterina Ciani and @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 😍
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APHA @apha.org · 02/04/2025
The Trump adminstration’s decision to end NIH-funded research on topics & populations they disfavor is reckless, illegal and WRONG. Today, we sued. Read the complaint in APHA v NIH, online now: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
gavel and paper
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Joy Franco, PhD @engineeringjoy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Gonna keep saying this because the situation hasn’t changed: Academic leaders — your leadership matters. Your strength. Your resilience. Your calm under duress. We trainees feel this. It inspires & motivates us to keep going. We appreciate the face you bring to lab each day. Please don’t give up.
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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This is NOT a real journal. No such thing as The Academy of Public Health. Creation of RFK et al to allow false nonscientific claims to the public to support their bias without peer review or factual data. As they now control all communications out of NIH, CDC, FDA, this is dangerous to US health.
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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 29/03/2025
Sexismus, getarnt als Wissenschaft: Wie ein gefährlicher Trend zurückkehrt, der die Gleichberechtigung bedroht. Meine Kolumne in der Futurezone liegt mir diesmal ganz besonders am Herzen:
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Sexismus, getarnt als Wissenschaft
Die Strategie ist alt, aber heute wieder erschreckend populär: Unterdrückung von Frauen wird mit scheinwissenschaftlichen Argumenten gerechtfertigt.
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astrocyteNet @astrocytenet.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
⭐️ Join us tomorrow at Symposium 10 - Hall 104 "Sex, glia and disease: understanding sex-specific glia biology in health and disease" at @neurowissg.bsky.social #nwg2025
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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Check out our book chapter on our immunofluorescence protocol to stain #astrocytes in unconventional species, for the book Astrocytes - Methods and Protocols, edited by @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social! . Congrats to our postdoc Caterina Ciani 🙌 #FalconeLab link.springer.com/protocol/10....
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Freedom is a precious thing we should never give for granted: once lost, it is very hard to regain it. People are fighting hard in US against sth they could not forsee, so unbelievable as it is. Be gentle with those who are struggling right now, support them as a community to survive these times 🤗
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Lauren M. Haack, PhD @laurenmhaackphd.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Feeling super inspired from the @standupforscience.bsky.social San Francisco rally 🥼🧬👩‍🔬🏛️ #standupforscience2025
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Two words. STATE TV
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
It was our great pleasure to share amazing scientific discussions with you @astrocytenet.bsky.social and @ghanendra.bsky.social during our meeting for the collaborative project „Leaky BBB in MDD“. Look forward to the next one and all interactions invetween 🧪🧬🧫 Thx @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We are watching, we stand by you 💪🌍
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 05/03/2025
📣 Science matters! #FENS and its allies unite in solidarity with the U.S. scientific community facing challenges to research, collaboration, and academic freedom. 🔬 🔗 Read the full statement: loom.ly/cn7vJR4 #sciencematters #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
„Narcissists‘s accusations are confessions“ He is describing here what HE himself (and T) are doing via mass media. An elected president like Zelensky does neither need further confirmation of his position when ‚challenged’ by an AVERAGE citizen, nor justify himself towards tyranns. Fullpoint.
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
See you there #glialovers
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
There are currently three open faculty positions (all levels) in my department (Psychology) Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...
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Jobs and vacancies - Faculty of Social Sciences
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This 👇
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
😞 Shifting blame to avoid accountability and create chaos about the truth behind facts is a typical manouvre of NARCISSISTS. Do not believe words, look at their actions! Do not fight back on the same ground, but use political tools of a DEMOCRACY to reverse the situation 💪
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
THIS is not OK. The USA does not decide where Ukraine begins & ends — and no deal can be made WITHOUT UKRAINE AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE!!! www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russ...
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U.S., Russia agree to "begin working on a path" to end Ukraine war, in meeting in Saudi Arabia with no Ukrainians
Senior officials from the U.S. and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia on improving ties and ending the war in Ukraine - but Ukraine isn't invited.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Job alert ⚠️ A great opportunity to do amazing science and be part of a larger scientific community, contributing to understand cell biology to fight diseases 💪💪
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/02/2025
"Scientists spend huge amounts of time trying to meet regulatory requirements instead of doing actual science, Dr. Droegemeier said." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/c...
The Trump administration has said its plan for the N.I.H. would curb waste, not research. At the A.A.A.S. conference, Kelvin Droegemeier, an atmospheric scientist who advised President Trump during his first term, urged researchers to embrace what he described as a drive for efficiency. Scientists spend huge amounts of time trying to meet regulatory requirements instead of doing actual science, Dr. Droegemeier said.Angry goose meme

Who imposes those requirements?

WHO IMPOSES THEM, MOTHERFUCKER?
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German Neuroscience Society e.V. - NWG @neurowissg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
👉 Only two days left to use your chance and submit a Late Poster for the Göttingen Meeting 2025 👈 #NWG2025
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Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In California NIH FUNDING: $5.31 B JOBS SUPPORTED: 55,949 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $13.55 B KEEP IT GOING
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Tony Zador @tonyzador.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NIH funding supported : *** 412,041 jobs *** *** $92.89 billion in new economic activity*** *** $2.46 for every NIH $1 spent.*** We are a $100B industry. Let's act like it How about, at a bare minimum, we all just call our congressional reps www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
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Annual Economic Report - United For Medical Research
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
IN CALIFORNIA: NIH Awards Funding: $5.31 B Jobs Supported: 55,949 Economic Activity Supported: $13.55 B
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking....... washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Victor Navarro @victor-navarro.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... Research in the US as we know it today is seriously at risk. I know what brain drain means for a country, I’m a product of it, the same scenario in the US would take generations to recover.
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
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