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Katja Kobow

@katjakobow.bsky.social
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Epigenetics enthusiast. Working in molecular neuropathology 🧠🔬🧬 @FAU.de. Visiting scientist @UKL_Leipzig. Malformations and #epilepsy. DNA methylation and #aging. kobowlab.org

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Nature @nature.com · 24/09/2026
Researchers say this is the first instance of a frontier AI model breaching another country’s government systems go.nature.com/3VO4NtO
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AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters
An OpenAI agent accessed secure data on an Australian health-care website, but the incident wasn’t reported for months.
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Elizabeth Gibney @lizziegibney.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
With US science in unprecedented turmoil, can Europe step up to become the free world's science superpower? We crunched the data on Europe's strengths and weaknesses, plans & what headwinds the bloc faces 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Europe as science superpower: what it will take to rival the US and China
Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.
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Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Hot off the press, a cool perspective from Chen Wang about finding fulfillment in science projects that broadly benefit the research community.
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A side project clarified my identity as a scientist - Help, I'm a Scientist!
By Chen Wang (王琛), Ph.D. In early 2020, my postdoctoral project hit a wall. I was working on how a family of genes could affect neurotransmitter identities in C. elegans, when I realized that the fiel...
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🤩 Do you routinely analyze SEEG data ⚡️⚡️⚡️ of focal #epilepsy patients? Ever seen the pattern below and didn’t know what it was? We identified recurrent rhythmic LVFA clusters that last minutes as novel diagnostic biomarker in MOGHE 🧠, distinguishing it from mMCD & FCD2. Tell us what you think 😊
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨 New preprint out: A novel diagnostic intracranial EEG biomarker in MOGHE www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6.... Great multi-center interdisciplinary study with clinical impact. #epilepsy #raredisease @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
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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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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Great work led by Erica Cecchini and Lucas Hoffmann. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Y chromosomes in the female brain? Not a mistake. Microchimerism can leave a lasting cellular legacy from a male twin, a previous male pregnancy, or other sources of genetically distinct cells. But what is the clinical consequence?
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Leonhard Möckl @lmoeckl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Glycan Atlassing is online at @natnano.nature.com! Thanks to everyone involved, especially to @dijo-mj.bsky.social and @nazlicanyurekli.bsky.social who spearheaded the work. Read the paper here: dlvr.it/TSXNDb #Glycotime
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Glycan atlassing enables functional tracing of cell state - Nature Nanotechnology
Multiplexed super-resolution microscopy of DNA-barcoded lectins and metabolically incorporated unnatural sugars quantitatively links the nanoscale spatial relationships of glycocalyx organization and ...
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Brain Ablaze @brainablaze.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Seizures often target the areas of the brain responsible for forming new memories, making daily life with #epilepsy feel like a constant game of catch-up. Do you use specific hacks/routines to help your #memory stay sharp? #EpilepsyAwareness
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Epilepsy Sparks @epilepsysparks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So many children could benefit from #epilepsysurgery - but only 0.5% are referred! Epileptologist Dr. Juan Perez 🤩🇨🇴 explains how lack of knowledge of neurologists - is leading to fewer referrals! Watch👇! 🎬 youtu.be/soYzQgbOdt4 This episode is presented in partnership with EASEE®, by Precisis GmbH.
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 11/02/2026
We are looking for a new member of the Patapoutian lab: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SCR1003TSRI/...
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Franze Lab @franzelab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Paper alert: Our study led by @evapillai.bsky.social and @sudimukherjee.bsky.social showing that mechanical properties of the #brain actively shape the molecular landscape during development and #axonpathfinding is finally out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pdncambridge.bsky.social @fau.de @MPZPM
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Long-range chemical signalling in vivo is regulated by mechanical signals - Nature Materials
Tissue stiffness mediated by Piezo1 is shown to regulate the expression of diffusive guidance cues in the developing Xenopus laevis brain, revealing a crosstalk between mechanical signals and long-ran...
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Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It’s not too late to apply for the PhD position in my lab! Please send your documents (cover letter, CV, transcripts, names of references) through the official application platform by Nov 25!
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
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Epilepsy Sparks @epilepsysparks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
“We have to protect one area of the brain & remove another.” - Dr. Ricardo Morcos 🤩 🇬🇧! A hopeful, very educational chat about the epilepsy surgery journey 🔪🧠 - clear, empowering, & informative! Watch the full episode here! 👇 youtu.be/QzIoLlRG1Lw #epilepsysurgery #epilepsy #neurosurgery
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Surprising twist in #epilepsy genetics 👀 Our new preprint shows that many MOGHE brains - even in females - carry extra Y-chromosome material, restricted to the lesion! Could sex-chromosome mosaicism be a driver of this epileptogenic malformation? 🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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High incidence of Y-chromosome mosaicism in male and female individuals with MOGHE
Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE) is a recently discovered histopathological lesion entity. Approximately half of affected individuals car...
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Fantastic place for science.
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Is epilepsy aging in fast-forward? 🧠⏳ Our latest study found that the epileptic brain shows signs of accelerated biological aging, more so than blood. Aging+Epilepsy-related signatures appeared even before seizures began. Food for thought regarding seizure risk predictability & treatment innovations
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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...
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Application – EMBL International PhD Programme
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Did you know that people with #epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities? Our new study „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ lnkd.in/d28QCtMS looks into how biological aging contributes to the disease.
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.
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Time flies faster in epilepsy
People with epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities, raising the possibility that epilepsy accelerates biological aging. Seizures tri...
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Brain Ablaze @brainablaze.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
SUDEP or SUdden Death in Epilepsy affects about 1 in 1000 people with Epilepsy annually. - Have your doctors told you about your risks of SUDEP? #EpilepsyAwareness brainablaze.com/the-brain-ab...
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026: Mortality - The Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast
We stare down the monster that has plagued our Epilepsy community for decades, SUDEP, or SUdden Death from EPilepsy.
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Epilepsia Journal @epilepsiajournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New in Epilepsia – September 13, 2025 mailchi.mp/ilae/new-art... Subscribe - eepurl.com/iLSrNc #epilepsy #epilepsia #ILAE #EpilepsyResearch #NewInEpilepsy #JustPublished #LatestResearch
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Exploring Brain Mechanics @ebmresearch.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Upcoming EBM Virtual Brain Talk 🧠 We are excited to announce our next virtual brain talk: "There and back again - The translational journey in modern Neurosurgery" Speaker: Prof. Dr.med. Oliver Schnell (UKER, Germany) 📅 22.09.2025 ⏰ 4:00 PM (CEST) 💻 Online via Zoom
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
#IEC2025 started today in Lisbon. Looking forward to 5 days full of learnings and meeting friends from around the globe, including clinicians, basic scientists, and people with #epilepsy
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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Brain Surfaces of 70 primate species
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Searching for a #postdoc opportunity in Europe? Are you interested in neuroinflammation, immunometabolism and/or epilepsy research?? 🧠 Apply now and work with a great team at RCSI in beautiful Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal. @Futureneuro_ie @RCSIPharmBioMol *****Closing date 16th July*****
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Epilepsy stigma has existed since ancient times and persists in various degrees throughout the world. Fight stigma! Watch this beautiful, intimate, and powerful film and share. #StigmaOfEpilepsy youtube.com/watch?v=-JQN...
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The Curse of Stigma Documentary Film
YouTube video by Whitten Newman Foundation
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Denis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Why does the forebrain expand dramatically while other neural regions grow less? Our new publication reveals progenitor metabolism critically shapes region-specific brain growth. Thread below. authors.elsevier.com/a/1k-udL7PXu...
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 05/05/2025
Has a colleague's work influenced your research? Has a mentor guided your neuroscience career? Don’t miss a chance to pay it forward by nominating them for a 2025 SfN Award or Prize. 🚨 Submit your nomination by the new deadline: Thursday, May 15. 🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz #NeuroSky
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This is definitely worth a read... This is what conscience and courage look like... www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/... 1/n
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With Sadness and Resolve: Why I Resigned as Chief Medical Officer of an NIH Institute and What Comes Next | Annals of the American Thoracic Society | Articles in Press
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Shicheng Guo @shihcheng.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Study reveals CA1 place cells in mice encode space and goals equally; mechanisms and experience unclear. Insights into 1:1 balance! PMID:40169932, Nat Neurosci 2025, @NatureNeuro doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01930-5 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
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Mechanisms of experience-dependent place-cell referencing in hippocampal area CA1 - Nature Neuroscience
Through multiday imaging and acute whole-cell recordings in behaving mice, Qian, Li and Magee provide insight into place field formation in general and specifically how the hippocampus adaptively remaps for flexible goal-directed navigation.
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 08/04/2025
Do we owe multicellularity to the ability to handle pressure? "We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal multicellularity in haloarchaea, forming tissue-like structures."
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🚨 News‼️ I was unanimously elected as the new 2nd Chair of the #DGfE - the first woman in this role! I hope to bring a strong science voice to the board and take over as Chair in two years. Great step for better science-clinic collaboration in German #epilepsy research! @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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JB Manent @jbmanent.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Want to do a PhD? Are you interested in cortical development and how altered cortical development leads to epilepsy? 🧠⚡ Come and work with us in Marseille at @inmed.bsky.social Apply to Neuroschool PhD program for international students @neuromarseille.bsky.social www.fens.org/careers/job-...
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PhD position - Multimodal profiling of epilepsy onset and progression in preclinical models of cortical malformations - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
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Cecilie G. Nome @cecilienome.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Don't miss your chance to register for today's webinar on Epigenetic Factors and Epilepsy, featuring Professors @katjakobow.bsky.social and Avtar Singh Roopra. @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social Registration link: forms.gle/sQ2XzvdxwAZz...
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
ANOTHER COOL JOB ALERT: Are you a good writer? Come help Indivisible build an opposition movement in this country. We're trying activate, educate, and empower. If you want to use your words to help us do that, please apply! jobs.lever.co/indivisible/...
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Indivisible - Digital Campaigns Manager/Senior Manager
Reporting to the Digital Campaigns Director, the Digital Campaigns Manager/Senior Manager is responsible for pitching, drafting, and implementing content (primarily email, sms and landing page copy) f...
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r2platform.bsky.social @r2platform.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We now serve more than 2600 open public resources within our online #datascience platform for #science/ biomedical #researchers! Explore hundreds of cancer data sets online for FREE Secure your account Today at r2.amc.nl 2800+ citations in PubMed
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Sign up now before it's too late! docs.google.com/forms/d/1dm8...
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Woodstock 2.0 meets Night Science
June 10-13 in Prague & in the Woods of Bohemia Sign up here to receive information! What do we require for doing good and enjoyable science? François Jacob said it well: we need ‘an atmosphere of enth...
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Deadline is TODAY: This is the last chance‼️Submit your abstract for a session proposal via ILAE.org/eec2026. Help make science great again at our #epilepsy congresses. No science is no solution. 😉 @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social #EEC2026 #Athens 🇬🇷
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Have you ever considered the concept of the 🧠 being resilient❓Are there mechanisms, cell types, signaling pathways which you found protective, e.g., in #epilepsy and its comorbidities? Or does that concept not resonate with you? Join the discussion 😁 #WONOEP2025. Submit your abstract before Feb 25 👇🏻
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Zoltan Molnar @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The new edition of European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology, ECCN2025 will take place from May 6th to 8th in beautiful Alicante (Spain) and soon you will be able to register and submit your abstracts through the conference website: eccn2025.umh.es
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Virginia Arechavala @varechavala.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Join us at Biobizkaia 🌍 as part of the MSCA-DN EffecT project! We’re offering a fully funded #PhD position UPV/EHU. 🎓 📌 Focus on: 🔬 #Antisense #oligonucleotides 🧬 #Splicing 🌟 #Rarediseases📄 Apply now: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/296420 Info here: www.effect-dn.eu/candidates
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12 PhDs on Antisense oligonucleotide research to foster the full therapeutic potential of antisense technology across tissues
EFFecT (European Training Program to Foster the Full Therapeutic Potential of Antisense Technology across Tissues) is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (2025-2028), offering 12 PhD positions.
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Are you a postdoc working in #epigenetics looking to give your academic career a boost? Then apply for an #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship with us at the Kobowlab.org. Check our research lines 🧠🧬🔬, the EU eligibility criteria (mobility rules) & contact us! 🌈 📅 Call opens: April 9, 2025
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The information provided on this page is a summary of the main rules and requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowships (PFs) and who can apply for them.
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Nature @nature.com · 27/01/2025
Cold emails can be a surprisingly powerful tool for landing a job in science. Here's how to make yours stand out go.nature.com/4htNunA
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Four tips for writing the perfect ‘cold e-mail’ in job applications
These strategies can transform your unsolicited applications from forgettable to fabulous.
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Back to running 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️and back to listening to my favorite podcast @lonelypipette.bsky.social. Since I changed two parameters (listening to the podcast during my long runs) it will be hard to prove what has the greater impact 😬. But thanks for the inspiration and mental support for all scientists
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Katja Kobow @katjakobow.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Calling any trainees and early career researchers interested in epilepsy and new drug development - places still remain on this summer's Advanced Epilepsy Course, held in San Servolo, Venice, Italy! www.ilae.org/congresses/2...
Course summary and registration details for the San Servolo Advanced Epilepsy Course 2025 on Bridging Basic Science with Clinical Epileptology. Course takes place in Venice from July 21 to August 1 and will address the role of non-neuronal cells in epilepsy.
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