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Diego García González

@diegoconcalma.bsky.social
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Developmental neurobiologist. Neurogenesis, neurodevelopmental disorders & evolution. Group leader in a hotel named IBIS. I'm serious. neurogenesis-lab.org

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Cajal Club @cajalclub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Cajal Club remembers neuroscientist Barbara L. Finlay, whose pioneering research advanced our understanding of brain development, evolution, and the cerebral cortex. We honor her remarkable scientific legacy, mentorship, and friendship. #Neuroscience #Cajal www.cajalclub.org/in-memoriam-...
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In Memoriam: Barbara Finlay
The Cajal Club remembers Barbara L. Finlay, an influential developmental and evolutionary neuroscientist whose pioneering research transformed our understanding of brain evolution and development, and...
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nuestro grupo oferta una plaza en la convocatoria de Técnicos de Apoyo I+D+i Andalucía 2025 (Ref: TAA2025_068_IBIS_M2) Requisitos: Menores de 30 años en desempleo Nivel de formación M2 Duración 2 años Presentación de solicitudes: hasta el 20/10/2026 Más info: sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/con...
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Técnicos de Apoyo y Gestión I+D+i Andalucía 2025 (TAA2025) (Ref.38239)
Técnicos de Apoyo y Gestión I+D+i Andalucía 2025 (TAA2025) (Ref.38239)
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EMBO @embo.org · 19/08/2026
Don't miss out! One day left to register for the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Neurodevelopmental disorders: Genes to circuits and behavior" in #Otsu, #Japan, 9–12 Sep 2026. meetings.embo.org/event/26-neurodev… #EMBOGenesCircuitsBehavior #neuroscience #EMBOevents 🧪
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 26/07/2026
You see everything is connected. The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions. Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.
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Ongoing marine heatwave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | EU Space Support Office
In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average ...
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samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026
🇵🇸 Desde Gaza, para 🇪🇸
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is moving because symbols matter, particularly when so many powerful institutions have worked so hard to make Palestine invisible. Free Palestine and stop the genocide. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Last night, I was Spanish, and so were millions around the world
For many of us, Gaza was on our mind when we watched and celebrated Spain’s triumph at the World Cup.
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Luisma Escudero @lmescu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Pues en este artículo que hemos publicado en la revista @NatureComms mostramos el descubrimiento del primer metamaterial programable natural. Y tú dirás… ¿y eso qué es? Pues algo que en el futuro podrá ser muy útil. Aquí va el link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Tira del hilo...
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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"The biases do not disappear; they get encoded into the model and then laundered into outputs that feel objective because they are numerical. Replacing one prestige filter with another that is harder to see or challenge is not progress toward equity in science; it’s the opposite.” 💯🧪
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"IF is a flawed metric...not an indication of the quality of published research...But, we are not naive. We know IF influences authors' decisions about where to publish". ☝️ The dilemma every journal faces. And that last sentence is a huge understatement. 1/2 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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The elephant in the room: impact factor
Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
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Sergi Roig Puiggros @sroig.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Thrilled to shared our new preprint with @djabaudon.bsky.social ! Led by Ilaria Morassut, we explored "the extent to which early brain maturation requires interactions with the outside world". This wouldn't have been possible without our incredible collaborators, specially the @lanevol.bsky.social 🧵
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/05/2026
Smell receptor cells in the nose have long been thought of as a chaotic bunch, lacking the spatial organization seen in other sensory systems. But the first comprehensive map of a mouse’s roughly 1100 olfactory receptors overturns that notion. scim.ag/3PzTzqj
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Unprecedented map of smell receptors finds order in a mouse’s nose
Detailed genomic studies reveal olfactory cells have precise spatial organization
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NeuroPlaNe Lab @neuroplanelab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Symposium in memory of José Manuel García Verdugo | NeuroPlaNe Lab
On May 18, 2026, the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Universitat de València will host a symposium in memory of José Manuel García Verdugo, bringing together personal remembrance and a scientifi...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: What's going on in Spain? Spain's wholesale electricity price in early 2026: €44/MWh. Italy: €127. Germany: €96. UK: €103. Wind+solar now deliver 44% of generation. Gas sets the price in just 9% of hours, down from 55% in 2022. Full analysis: janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just...
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Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how.
How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed.
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Isabel García Candón y Antonio Alba Robles, estudiantes de nuestro grupo, participaron ayer en la #FeriadelaCiencia y dieron una estupenda charla (El Camino de Santiago Neuronal) sobre la migración de neuronas. 🥳🔬🧠
Isabel García Candón y Antonio Alba Robles, estudiantes de nuestro grupo, dieron una charla titulada "El Camino de Santiago Neuronal" en la Feria de la Ciencia de Sevilla.
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Datta Lab @dattalab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Excited to see our paper describing a stereotyped receptor map for smell (led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social ) out in the world! See below for short thread with open access link to paper www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/s...
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Scientists Unveil ‘Long Lost’ Map for Smell
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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Smell is topographically organized after all. A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain
Dorsoventral epithelial position induces graded expression of a transcriptional program that maps each of the 1,100 olfactory sensory neuron subtypes to stereotyped spatial distributions in the epithe...
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Idoia Quintana-Urzainqui @idoiaeu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🦈🧠2 JOB OFFERS in the brand-new Neuroshark group starting at the Institute of Neuroscience Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI)? Lab manager: www.linkedin.com/posts/idoia-... Bioinformatician: www.linkedin.com/posts/idoia-... Curious about the lab but not your profile? Feel free to contact me
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Lab manager job | Idoia Quintana Urzainqui
JOB OPPORTUNITY 🦈 🧠 🔬. We are looking for a Lab Manager to help establish a new group studying shark embryos to understand the origin of the vertebrate brain. Reach out if this motivates you. We’re ba...
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Ayer en Sevilla tuvimos la oportunidad de ver el fantástico documental "Ramón y Cajal: dibujos en la retina" de Luis Gómez Juanes, director y guionista. ¡Elegante y muy bien contada!
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
¿Te interesa investigar el desarrollo del sistema nervioso? En el laboratorio ofrecemos una beca JAE Intro y el plazo de solicitud termina el 11 de abril. 🧠🔬🧬
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SENESCEL @senescel.org · 10/03/2026
💥We are happy to announce the 3rd SENESCEL International Conference! Join us this year in beautiful Salamanca. 📆September 16-18, 2026 senescel2026.org
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Margarida Cardoso Moreira @margaridamcm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here: rdcu.be/e5EgU #EvoBio #EvoDevo 🐟🦎🐢🦇🐊🦜
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The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18/02/2026
One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22
A pilot in a submersible vehicle collecting sediments samples in 30 meters of water looking for Asgards (microbial relatives of eukaryotes)
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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Neuroscience has a species problem
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.
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Fernando Garcia-Moreno @phylobrain.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 sounds straightforward: compare species, identify differences, explain them. In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝘞𝘩𝘺? #CorticalEvolution2026
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Fernando Garcia-Moreno @phylobrain.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🧠 Cortical Evolution 2026 📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026 Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex. More information coming soon 👀 🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26 #CorEvo26
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 14/01/2026
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Navarrete Lab @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🎉 Great news! Our paper is now published in @naturecomm We identify a specific astrocyte ensemble that mediates THC-induced cognitive impairments during adolescence Huge thanks to our collaborators @marsicanolab @khakhlab @grandeslab 🔗 rdcu.be/eY0Or @jsromero.bsky.social @crismonteagudo.bsky.social
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 07/01/2026
NEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
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The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 06/12/2025
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Redirecting
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We are looking for a motivated and creative PhD student who wants to investigate neurogenesis and brain development in beautiful Seville. Do you want to join our team? Please, check lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-... and get in touch!
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Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships
Fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate at a university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.
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Katharina Schmack @kathaschmack.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
How often have you heard that schizophrenia is “80% genetic”? That number is almost certainly too high because it comes from twin studies that overestimate heritabilty. Great explainer of this phenomenon👇 #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychiatry
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Relevant thread II
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Relevant thread
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Nature @nature.com · 21/11/2025
Nature research paper: Rewiring an olfactory circuit by altering cell-surface combinatorial code go.nature.com/3MbCoZT
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Rewiring an olfactory circuit by altering cell-surface combinatorial code - Nature
In Drosophila, changing the expression of a small set of cell-surface proteins in just one type of olfactory neuron rewires its connections almost entirely to a new postsynaptic partner neuron type, altering the fly’s odour response and courtship behaviour.
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Oxford Mathematics @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics? Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell. And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
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Diego García González @diegoconcalma.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Carmen @carmenagustin.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“Among the EU countries, the proportion of female scientists and engineers varied widely in 2023, with the highest shares registered in Denmark (50.8%), Spain (50.0 %,) and Bulgaria (49.1%), Latvia and Ireland (each 49%).” Fuente: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
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7.7 million female scientists and engineers in the EU
In 2023, there were 7.7 million female scientists and engineers in the EU, 381 200 more than in 2022. Across all economic activities present in the statistical classification of economic activities in...
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Alex Pollen @brainevodevo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Our new manuscript, led by Emily Corrigan, examines inhibitory neuron diversity across approximately 160 million years of evolutionary divergence, as part of BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) developing brain atlas package: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Conservation and alteration of mammalian striatal interneurons - Nature
An analysis of cell-type diversity in brain samples from a variety of mammalian species, both during development and in adult animals, reveals that the TAC3 initial class of striatal interneurons is c...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New issue of Nature - with NINE studies on #brain #development from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) 🧠🧪🔬 An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain! 🧠 Immersive feature: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 🧠 Perspective: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover of this week's Nature showing a brain rendering

Cover caption from the journal:
Brain development:
Our ability to process information into complex emotions, behaviours and decisions relies on the rich diversity of cell types that make up the human brain. Uncovering the molecular and cellular events that take place during brain development could reveal not only the mechanisms that give rise to this diversity but also shed light on how this process might go awry in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. In this week’s issue, the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) builds on its previous work creating atlases of cell types in the adult mouse, non-human primate (NHP) and human brains to present cell-type atlases of the developing human, mouse and NHP brains. Across a suite of papers, nine of which are published in Nature, the researchers uncover the complex programs through which cell types emerge during brain development in humans and animals, revealing both the shared and unique features of the human brain. The latest work, along with future research directions, is summed up in a Perspective article by Tomasz Nowakowski and colleagues
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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
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Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi @nathaliejuya.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🤔 Is motile #cilia dysfunction a cause of #hydrocephalus ? The answer depends on who you ask and which species you study. 🤔😕🧐 In mice, motile cilia dysfunction almost always leads to hydrocephalus. In humans, however, the link is far less clear. So why the difference?
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Exploring Ciliary Mechanisms in the Causation of Hydrocephalus in Humans—Similarities and Differences from Animal Models - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Hydrocephalus is a condition defined by excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) relative to the brain volume. Congenital and infantile forms of hydrocephalus are both genetically and physiologically heter...
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
More than two decades have passed since we discovered that rare disruptions of the FOXP2 gene disturb development of proficient speech/language skills. Today we know of multiple FOXP genes that are directly implicated in distinct brain-related conditions with differences in symptoms & severity.🧪 1/n
A depiction of expression patterns of the FOXP1, FOXP2, and FOXP4 genes in the brain, based on the developmental human RNA sequencing dataset of BrainSpan (http://www.brainspan.org/). Data cover different prenatal timepoints starting at 8-to-10 weeks postconception (abbreviated as pcs), postnatal timepoints from 0-to-12 months (abbreviated as mos), and expression measured in adulthood. A dashed vertical line represents time of birth. Individual dots are shown each representing one brain sample, and lines show loess curves fitted through the datapoints. The analyzed brain regions are A1C, primary auditory cortex; CB, cerebellum; CBC, cerebellar cortex; DFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; DTH, dorsal thalamic nucleus; HIP, hippocampus; IPC, inferior parietal cortex; ITC, inferior temporal cortex; M1C, primary motor cortex; MD, mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; MFC, medial frontal cortex; OFC, orbitofrontal; S1C, primary sensory cortex; STR, striatum; TC, superior temporal cortex; V1C, primary visual cortex; VFC, ventromedial prefrontal cortex. This image comes from Figure 1 of a paper entitled “Molecular networks of the FOXP2 transcription factor in the brain” written by den Hoed, Devaraju and Fisher, published in the journal EMBO Reports in August 2021 (Volume 22, article e58203).
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Margarida Cardoso Moreira @margaridamcm.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Interested in understanding how new cell types evolve? Consider joining our group for a PhD!
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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
RIP John Gurdon
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Denis Duboule @denisduboule.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Vertebrate Genome Evolution. Annual Symposium of the @louisjeantetfdn.bsky.social Foundation in Geneva. Free access on site and on line. Great speakers for a super interesting topic. #SvantePaabo #HenrikKaessmann organisers 🙏 See you there! @biology-unige.bsky.social @genevunige.bsky.social
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The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Varun Warrier @vw1234.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I add that earlier and later diagnosed autism are not valid diagnostic terms and what we are looking at is (one) gradient. Also genetics explains only a fraction of the variance, with most studied factors explaining < 10%. We have FAQs in the Supplementary where we address common questions.
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Zoltan Molnar @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
CORTICAL EVOLUTION - 15-17th June 2026 - Bilbao Spain Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor Early registration until 1st May 2026 ventricular.org/corticalevol... @veronicamartinez.bsky.social @phylobrain.bsky.social
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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Last days to apply! Cool project, cool cities! :-) (Please repost! 🙏)
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