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oZgun Gokce

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Neuroscience Professor at UKBonn&DZNE Bonn. Bridging the gap between brain and immunity with genomics 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🇨🇳🇹🇷🇫🇷🇳🇪🇩🇪 gokcelab.org ORCID 0000-0001-6319-404X

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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New website for the Gokce Lab: gokcelab.org
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Gokce Lab, University of Bonn & DZNE
We map how brain cells change with age and disease. One cell at a time, in place. The Gokce Lab at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn and the DZNE.
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
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Weekend At Bernies: Hold The Boat!
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The #FRM2027 Call for Symposia is open. Please RT Propose a symposium, trainee symposium or technical symposium — any area of neuroscience. Deadline 1 November 2026, midnight CET. 📍 İstanbul, 26–29 May 2027 🔗 frm2027.org #SynapseOfContinents
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FENS Regional Meeting - Istanbul - Neuroscience - European Congress - Nörobilim - Beyin Araştırma - TUBAS
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The #FRM2027 Call for Symposia is open. Please RT Propose a symposium, trainee symposium or technical symposium — any area of neuroscience. Deadline 1 November 2026, midnight CET. 📍 İstanbul, 26–29 May 2027 🔗 frm2027.org #SynapseOfContinents
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FENS Regional Meeting - Istanbul - Neuroscience - European Congress - Nörobilim - Beyin Araştırma - TUBAS
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My better half, clinician-scientist Johanna Knoferle, is giving a talk at #AAIC on our work on the role of T cells in Alzheimer's disease. July 12, 14:00–15:30 (GMT+1) 📍 Session 1-21-FRS-A #Tcells
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
As #FENS2026 wraps in Barcelona, it's Istanbul's turn: #FRM2027, 26–29 May 2027, Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center. Hosted by the Neuroscience Society of Türkiye with partners from 🇬🇷🇷🇸🇸🇮. As scientific program chair, excited to help build this. See you at the Synapse of Continents ✨ #SynapseOfContinents
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Emre Yaksi @emreyaksi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Fascinating closing plenary lecture by Prof Edward Chang, UCSF at the last day of @fens.org Forum in Barcelona. A full room of attedes was mesmerized by the emerging field of human systems neuroscience and neural computations underlying human speech perception.
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Soyon Hong @soyonhonglab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This was a truly interdisciplinary team effort w/ expertise across neuroscience, immunology & NDD. Huge thanks to everyone involved including our collaborators in labs of Menna Clatworthy, @lignanilab.bsky.social, Tarja Malm, Victor Tybulewicz, @macaskillaf.bsky.social & @movahedilab.bsky.social
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Istanbul: The Synapse of Continents hosts FRM2027! Where East meets West, we are excited to announce that the FENS Regional Meeting 2027 will take place in Istanbul from 26–29 May.
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
As #FENS2026 wraps in Barcelona, it's Istanbul's turn: #FRM2027, 26–29 May 2027, Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center. Hosted by the Neuroscience Society of Türkiye with partners from 🇬🇷🇷🇸🇸🇮. As scientific program chair, excited to help build this. See you at the Synapse of Continents ✨ #SynapseOfContinents
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DZNE research center @dzne.science · 09/07/2026
DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that explains why neurons normally form only a single, long extension called the axon. This fundamental process underpins how the brain is wired. The findings are published in @nature.com. Paper link in the first comment. 👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...
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Cellular Metamorphosis: Scientists Uncover a Key Mechanism Behind Nerve Growth
Rhythmic changes of a neuron push development of its long projection.
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I am looking forward to speaking (eating and drinking as well:) at the 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Central Nervous System Injury and Repair. lnkd.in/ebCPbuxz
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Istanbul: The Synapse of Continents hosts FRM2027! Where East meets West, we are excited to announce that the FENS Regional Meeting 2027 will take place in Istanbul from 26–29 May.
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Gonçalo Castelo-Branco @gocastelobranco.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Come and start your group at @ki.se! ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Assistant Professor recruitment programme 2026
Karolinska Institutet continues to grow a global community of excellence. In summer 2026, KI is inviting applications for 21 Assistant Professor positions in medicine and health. We are once again loo...
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Sarah Marzi @sj-marzi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We are hiring again! Our lab is looking for an experimental epigenetics postdoc to work on an exciting 3-year ASAP funded research project studying the role of cell type specific epigenetic regulation in response to toxicant exposures and Parkinson's.
The Marzi Lab at the UK DRI Connectome conference
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Ali Maximilian Erturk @erturklab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Our recent work in @Nature, MouseMapper uses foundation-model AI, mapping perturbations in mouse body cell-by-cell, revealed unexpected facial nerve damage. Proud to see >75K accesses & >60 news stories in the first week. Paper->> www.nature.com/articles/s41... Next www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Then they came for the Chinese scientist , and I did not speak out, because I was not a Chinese scientist. new line in “First They Came” poem... it is getting longer and longer...
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
'Scientific advancement depends on freedom, openness, and truth - the very values fascism eventually destroys. Our collective response will shape the future.'
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Sinem Saka @sinemsaka.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Cells are not just bags of molecules. Function depends on spatial interactions: RNAs and/or proteins come together with interaction partners to drive regulation and function. In our new preprint, we introduce ProPER, a novel method for in situ proximity detection. Preprint: tinyurl.com/muju86s6
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Martin Fuhrmann @martinfuhrmann.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Great new work from our lab: #Microglia #glioblastoma interaction in vivo analyzed deep in the corpus callosum wirh #3photon microscopy by @felixnebeling.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.im... #neuroscience 🧪 @dzne.science
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This one genuinely warms my heart. I was lucky enough to see this as an idea in its infancy, and watching it grow into a Cell paper over years is something else. Well deserved :)
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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
For PhD students or postdocs who start out wanting to analyse their own high-throughput data:
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Even the Hippocratic Oath reserved benefits for insiders: “I will teach the sons of my teacher without fee.” Pedigree has been shaping careers for a very long time.
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A Fellow of St Catharine’s had led international research that revealed shared traits across the immune systems of patients with unexplained autoinflammation... www.caths.cam.ac.uk/unexplained-...
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Finding hidden clues behind unexplained autoinflammation
A Fellow of St Catharine’s had led international research that revealed shared traits across the immune systems of patients with unexplained autoinflammation, when the body’s immune system causes infl...
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Tugce Aktas @aktast.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The research highlight of our recent work on nuclear speckles is online. The photo choice is eggcellent. Happy Easter! 🌸🐰🥚 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nuclear speckles of GC richness - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Nuclear speckles support the splicing of levelled exon–intron architecture transcripts, and their evolution shaped genome organization in amniotes.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 01/04/2026
The Orange Cat Brain Atlas is here. 🧠🐈 Today, we published the first comprehensive cellular map of the orange cat brain. The new atlas reveals a single, specialized neuron responsible for behaviors like staring at walls, knocking objects off tables, and the 3am "zoomies."
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Gonçalo Castelo-Branco @gocastelobranco.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our latest in @natneuro.nature.com, lead by Mukund Kabbe, providing single cell epigenomic maps of the human brain and spinal cord with snATAC and our NanoCUT&Tag and finding epigenetic memory in oligodendroglia of developmental programs! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Single-nucleus epigenomic profiling of the adult human central nervous system unveils epigenetic memory of developmental programs - Nature Neuroscience
Single-nucleus epigenomic maps of the adult human brain and spinal cord reveal that adult oligodendroglia retain developmental chromatin patterns, suggesting a molecular memory that may shape repair p...
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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
1/ Apply for an inter-disciplinary postdoc position in Heidelberg with the Health & Life Science Alliance Deadline: **31 March** Project proposals can be self-designed or adapt one of the outlines on the website ("List of project outlines for download") www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
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HEALTH + LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE | Interinstitutional Postdoc Call |…
Apply for the Alliance Interinstitutional Postdoc Program in health & life sciences. Two-year funded positions with interdisciplinary research support.
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy Women's Day! Time and again, the world news reminds us: women should lead...
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Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬 @francescafinotello.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🖥️🧬🚀 I am excited to share that our #omnideconv study is finally published on Genome Biology: doi.org/10.1186/s130...
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omnideconv: a unifying framework for using and benchmarking single-cell-informed deconvolution of bulk RNA-seq data - Genome Biology
Background In silico cell-type deconvolution from bulk transcriptomics data is a powerful technique to gain insights into the cellular composition of complex tissues. While first-generation methods us...
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Rob Richards @robrichards.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Who would have known that Orwell would turn out to be a great prophet?
Orwell’s prophecy
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Sarah Marzi @sj-marzi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
📣 Exciting PhD opportunities in our new programme in 🧬Genome Data Science at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! Come and work with me and @oliverpain.bsky.social on APOE penetrance and modifiers in #Alzheimer's. Get in touch to discuss and apply by 28 February. www.kcl.ac.uk/research/tar...
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Genome Data Science and AI for Therapeutic Target Discovery - King’s Prize Doctoral Programme | King's College London
PhD programme in human genetics, AI and multi-omics to uncover causal biology and accelerate therapeutic target discovery with academic and industry partners.
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Gonçalo Castelo-Branco @gocastelobranco.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A super intense and fantastic sunny week in Alicante discussing single cell and spatial omics in the CNS! Thanks all the students for lots of discussions, great flash talks and lots of fun in the social activities, the local organizers, aka @silviadesantis.bsky.social and my co-chair Ana Falcão.
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Thank you Gonçalo, @silviadesantis.bsky.social, and Ana Falcão. Amazing city, students, and science. I had a great time!
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
What a week! Thank you to the organisers and sponsors Most of all, thanks to the students for their energy and engagement... was a blast!
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Fabian Theis @fabiantheis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🔬 pertpy: a unified, scalable framework for single-cell perturbation analysis, now out in Nature Methods Designed for modern perturbation data - CRISPR, drug screens, patient treatments - scaling to millions of cells and 1000s of conditions. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Our next extraordinary biologist is Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, a Nobel Prize winner and Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. #100biologists
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100 extraordinary biologists

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a Nobel Prize winner and Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. She led efforts to establish zebrafish as a genetic model for vertebrate development, contributing many papers to the famous 1996 zebrafish issue of Development.

#100biologists #biologists100
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Had a holiday get-together with the Gokce & Knoferle Lab, all these brilliant people, and the Enki 🐾 Almost 10 years as a PI, and I love every second of this privilege and joy of discovery!
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Ali Maximilian Erturk @erturklab.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Hiring: PostDoc in Tissue Clearing & 3D Histopathology 🧪🖥️ My lab at Helmholtz Munich is seeking a highly motivated PostDoc/Scientist to strengthen our efforts in advanced imaging of cancer tissues. More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/ali-ma...
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#histopathology #tissueclearing #lightsheetmicroscopy #postdoc #sciencecareers #munich | Ali Maximilian Ertürk
Hiring: PostDoc in Tissue Clearing & 3D Histopathology 🧪🖥️ My lab at Helmholtz Munich is seeking a highly motivated PostDoc/Scientist to strengthen our efforts in advanced imaging of cancer tissues. ...
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Universität Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain and inflammation. Researchers at the University of Bonn discovered a mechanism that can inhibit this receptor and open a pathway for new drugs. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/216-...; DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s414... © AG Müller/Hagelüken
The human P2X4 receptor - (seen here from above) has three parts. If activated, a pore in the receptor opens and allows ions to flow into the cell. PSB-0704 (shown in color) prevents this from happening and blocks, for example, the transmission of pain signals.
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Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation @immunosens.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The Science & Art Workshop NeuVa Mandala organised by @ruizdealmodovar.bsky.social and @sciart-is-cool.bsky.social allowed #science and #art enthusiasts to create their own art pieces representing the #neurovasculature Check out our video from the #workshop: www.instagram.com/reel/DR1l8NO...
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Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation on Instagram: "🎨 Im Science & Art Workshop NeuVa Mandalas konnten sich Wissenschafts- und Kunstinteressierte kreativ austoben. Die Teilnehmenden konnten mithilf...
immunosensation2 on December 4, 2025: "🎨 Im Science & Art Workshop NeuVa Mandalas konnten sich Wissenschafts- und Kunstinteressierte kreativ austoben. Die Teilnehmenden konnten mithilfe verschiedene...
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EMBL @embl.org · 27/11/2025
Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General. He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999. www.embl.org/news/people-...
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thanks to @gokcegroup.bsky.social for playing “tour guide” despite the weather! Hiked up to a cool castle above the Rhein and checked out the classic Christmas market in Bonn!
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
MERFISH+ by Quan Zhu and colleagues - new chemistry that allows better signal retention, which increases multiplexability to 1800 RNAs - combined RNA-DNA MERFISH -3D spatially-resolved multi-omic atlas - 13sq cm imaging area *Quan is in the job market* www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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MERFISH+, a large-scale, multi-omics spatial technology resolves the molecular holograms of the 3D human developing heart
Hybridization-based spatial transcriptomics technologies have advanced our ability to map cellular and subcellular organization in complex tissues. However, existing methods remain constrained in gene...
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Such a sweet and inspiring experience. Four decades of Südhof lab science shaping how we understand synapses and brain function. Grateful for the discoveries, the mentorship, and the friendships that keep growing.
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Such a sweet and inspiring experience. Four decades of Südhof lab science shaping how we understand synapses and brain function. Grateful for the discoveries, the mentorship, and the friendships that keep growing.
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Meng-meng Fu @mengmengfu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Excited to share our new pre-print collab w. @rdaslab.bsky.social Study led by Ved Topkar brilliant MD/PhD student who used biochemistry and bioinformatics to probe the relationship between Mbp mRNA structure & transport/local translation in oligodendrocytes! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/8
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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Had a great time cochairing with Naomi Habib at #SFN25. Big thanks to Emily Burnside @dzne.science , Li Gan @weillcornell.bsky.social , @liddelowsa.bsky.social, and Towfique Raj for great line up on Single Cell Multiomics in CNS Injury and Recovery. Wonderful science and people!
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