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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Innovations in Hearing Implant Research Conference (IHI 2026), organized by the Hearing and Neurotechnology Group (HNTG) started yesterday with a pre-event at the Sant Pau Hospital. In the pic, our Director Dr. Carles Saura making a little presentation about our institute.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Catalonia to host the first edition of the international IHI 2026 conference on hearing implants! Promoted and organised by the Hearing and Neurotechnology Group (coordinated by Dr Waldo Nogueira), IHI will take place from Sept. 30th to Oct. 3rd. More: ihi2026.com

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Innovations in Hearing Implant Research (IHI) Conference Shaping the future of hearing implants: From basic science to clinical applications Thursday 01.10.2026 to Saturday 03.10.2026 Join us for...

gnpr.bsky.social @gnpr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Concedit el projecte MODERN per avançar en nous tractaments epigenètics de patologies neuronals. El projecte reuneix Oryzon Genomics, LEITAT, @uab.cat i l’IDIBELL-ICO. Per part de la UAB hi són Clara Penas, @xaviernavarro.bsky.social i Antonio Armario. @incuab.bsky.social @pruab.cat. Enhorabona!

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our #articledeldia is a research led Dr Olga Pol (INc-UAB and IR Sant Pau) showing in an animal model that two compounds capable of activating antioxidant defence mechanisms can reduce pain hypersensitivity and depressive-like behaviours associated with fibromyalgia: doi.org/10.3390/anti...

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Parc de Recerca UAB @pruab.cat · 03/09/2026

Gran part de la recerca que es fa es paga amb diners públics, però només una part s’explica. Un estudi de @incuab.bsky.social i @uvic-ucc.cat demostra que cal que els centres i universitats facin esforços en comunicació perquè la recerca surti a les notícies. @uab.cat www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Read it here: Tomic T, Ramos-Grille I, Cortés-Velasco E, Barrantes-Vidal N, Chanes L. Social expectations in early-stage psychosis: Less stereotypical facial expression predictions. Schizophr Res Cogn. 2026 Jun 19;46:100451. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The study suggests that social difficulties in psychosis may not stem from misinterpreting facial expressions, but from making less stereotypical predictions about others, making social situations feel more unpredictable.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The same pattern was found in people without psychosis who had higher levels of schizotypal traits, supporting the idea that psychosis can be understood as a continuum: some of these traits may occur to different degrees across the population.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The authors propose that people with psychosis may have less stereotypical expectations: when faced with a particular situation, they may rely less on the “typical” response that we would expect from most people.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

They compared people with early-stage psychosis with people without psychosis, and found that people with psychosis considered facial expressions less predictable than the control group.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Researchers presented participants with a situation designed to evoke an emotion (fear, sadness, or happiness), and they had to imagine what the person’s face would look like. They were then shown a photograph and asked to rate how closely it matched what they had imagined.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The brain works, in part, by making predictions. When we encounter a social situation, we anticipate how the other person will probably react. We then compare this prediction with what we actually observe.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In a study coordinated by Dr. Lorena Chanes, researchers wanted to investigate whether people with psychosis make different predictions about facial expressions #articledeldia Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵

gnpr.bsky.social @gnpr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Amazing phD defense from Sònia Trujillo aboit functional stimulation system for rehabilitation of gait and driving neural plasticity after SCI. @incuab.bsky.social @xaviernavarro.bsky.social @uab.cat. congrats!

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Mitochondrial Neuropathology @quintanalab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

While some lab members are in Japan (!) for 2 different conferences, we're looking back at the meetings we've taken part in this semester. Read our latest blog post for the highlights, and join us in trying not to be too jealous of our colleagues in Japan webs.uab.cat/mitochondria...

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If you are interested in systems neuroscience, neural circuits, advanced imaging, and the biology of creativity, please get in touch with Dr. Ranson to learn more: adam.ranson@uab.cat #Neuroscience #Creativity #Postdoc #Research #BrainScience #AI #Optogenetics #Imaging #DREAMNET

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Dr. Adam Ranson is seeking an outstanding postdoc candidate to join an exciting new project. Using large-scale multiphoton imaging and holographic optogenetics, the project will investigate the neural basis of creativity and how cortical networks form creative associations 👇

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This July, @quintanalab.bsky.social and the research groups led by Dr Lydia Giménez-Llort and Dr Raül Andero took part in two of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera's flagship programmes for inspiring the next generation of scientists: BIYSC and Joves i Ciència. Read more: uab.cat/en/incuab/ne...

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Moltes gràcies a la Dra. Núria Daviu pel seu #incseminar explicant-nos la seva recerca sobre les neurones PVN-CRH en el manteniment de la conducta d'escapament i la consolidació de les estratègies defensives. Ha estat un plaer tornar-la a tenir per aquí més de deu anys després!

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Congrats to Dr. Ranson on receiving an #ERCPoC grant from @erc.europa.eu for NEURODOCK, a project developing a new technology that will allow scientists to study brain activity in mice while they behave naturally, reducing animal stress and enabling more realistic experiments 🥂

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Xavier Navarro @xaviernavarro.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New results of the BioFINE project. Administration of TDV19 reduced early macrophage infiltration and fibrotic capsule thickness around polyimide thin-film devices. Targeting the inflammasome pathway may extend the functional life of chronic neural interfaces. Eur J Med Chem Rep 2026; 17:100357

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gnpr.bsky.social @gnpr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Congrats to @xaviernavarro.bsky.social for the outstanding career achievement award from European Society for the study of Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration, durong last 8th symposium. Xavi, you deserved it! @incuab.bsky.social @uab.cat

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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

👅Can a saliva sample predict when the brain is ready to learn? 🧠A study led by @incuab.bsky.social in collaboration with @researchmar.bsky.social #HMRIB shows that the progesterone-to-oestradiol ratio could predict memory performance. 🗞️More: www.researchmar.net/news/849/ #research #neuroscience

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A big congratulations to Dr. Assumpció Bosch for the selection of a project she coordinates in the CaixaResearch Health Call 2026! @caixaresearch.bsky.social @uab.cat

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A big congratulations to Dr. Assumpció Bosch for the selection of her project in the CaixaResearch Health Call 2026! @caixaresearch.bsky.social @uab.cat

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gnpr.bsky.social @gnpr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congrats to Nèstor López for magnificient defense of his PhD. @incuab.bsky.social @uab.cat

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Jaime Fabregat Nabás is the first author of the paper, which also involved researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The results showed that while individual hormone levels had some influence, the most important factor was their combination. Specifically, a higher progesterone-to-estradiol ratio predicted better fear extinction in both humans and mice.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The team used advanced analytical techniques to measure hormone levels in saliva (for human participants) and blood (for mice), and applied a machine-learning model to identify the factors that best predicted successful fear extinction.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Our #articledeldia is a study led by Dr Raül Andero suggesting that assessing the relationship between estradiol and progesterone could help better understand how memory works. Read it: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵👇

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Excellent #incuabseminar by Dr. Daniel Pacheco, on how the brain flexibly organizes and update memories? Using intracranial recordings in epilepsy patients and deep neural network models, he and his team explore how memory representations change across tasks and time scales.

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Mitochondrial Neuropathology @quintanalab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

10/12-year-old students from the CROMA programme, organized by the @fas-uab.bsky.social, visited our lab yesterday. We loved discussing science with them!

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In a study led by Dr. Jesús Giraldo, researchers combined computational methods to understand why certain drugs preferentially bind to one kind of opioid receptor over another. Read our #articledeldia here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Students from the @wakeforest.bsky.social are visiting our facilities today. It's always a pleasure having them around!

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Overall, the study, published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications, shows tau buildup is mainly due to poor clearance, not overproduction, pointing to boosting cellular cleaning systems as a promising therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer’s and related dementia diseases.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

When degradation fails, neurons try an alternative strategy: they release tau outside the cell, suggesting a compensatory mechanism when internal clearance systems are overwhelmed or blocked.

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

They observed that autophagy, one of the main waste-disposal systems, was impaired at the final degradation step, meaning cells start the cleaning process but cannot successfully finish it.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Researchers found increased pathological tau and accumulation of p62, a protein that normally helps remove waste, indicating that cells are failing to properly clear damaged proteins.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Now, researchers at @incuab.bsky.social @cncajal-csic.bsky.social @ubneuro.bsky.social and #CIBERNED used human samples, patient cells and mouse models of familial Alzheimer’s disease to test whether the problem was defective cellular cleaning systems instead of excessive protein production.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Alzheimer’s disease involves brain deposition of amyloid and tau proteins, but how this accumulation is caused is unclear.

Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

In a study coordinated by Dr Carles Saura, researchers used human samples, patient-derived cells, and mouse models to investigate the causes of protein accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease. Read the #articledeldia here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... More info🧵👇 (1/7)

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Our #articledeldia is a study by the University of Canterbury, in collaboration with our Institute, showing that Bruce, a disabled kea, has used innovation to thrive in his social group despite his condition. Read the article here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona @uab.cat · 21/04/2026

Un estudi de la Universitat de Canterbury, amb la col·laboració de l’ @incuab.bsky.social, revela com un lloro kea amb una discapacitat es va convertir en el mascle dominant del seu grup gràcies a una estratègia de lluita única. #UAB #recercaUAB

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Un lloro kea amb una discapacitat és el mascle alfa del seu grup

Un estudi de la Universitat de Canterbury, amb la col·laboració de l’INc-UAB, revela com un kea sense bec superior es va convertir en el mascle...

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Institut de Neurociències de la UAB @incuab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Aquest cap de setmana, serem a la #FestadelaCiència de Barcelona, amb diverses activitats per a tots els públics. Vindreu a veure'ns?