PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Proud of Clara Milián Alastruey for presenting her poster at the Fragile X and Autism-Related Disorders Gordon Research Conference! A great milestone as her first international conference during her PhD, sharing her work on adaptive immunity in autism spectrum disorders. 🌟 011
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Pioneer work from the Frank Kooy lab published today in The Lancet eBioMedicine. Congratulations to Claudio D’Incal and all co-authors. Proud to have contributed to this study on ADNP-related neurodevelopmental mechanisms and Wnt signalling. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...thelancet.comAn Adnp frameshift variant disrupts Wnt signalling inducing chromatocytoskeletal defects and autism-related behaviour in male miceWe generated a disease-relevant heterozygous Adnp mouse model that recapitulates key molecular and behavioural features observed in patients with Helsmoortel-Van der Aa syndrome. Our findings demonstr... 074
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026A proud moment yesterday at the Royal Palace in Brussels, where H.R.H. Princess Astrid presented Dr. Dimitra Sokolova with a Young Investigator Grant from the FMRE-GSKE Foundation to support an exciting project from our lab www.fmre-gske.be/pages/en/awa... 142
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A very special visit to CMN-VIB Antwerp So happy to welcome my PhD supervisor and Claudia Bagni, to meet the NIM lab team. 020
Reposted by PasciutoLabcmn-vib.bsky.social @cmn-vib.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Double whopper for Dimitra Sokolova from the @pasciutolab.bsky.social: EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship + Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation Young Researcher Award 🙌 blog.vib.be/dimitra-sokolova-studie… 053
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Amazing Xmas dinner! I am so lucky to work with you guys! 030
Reposted by PasciutoLabcmn-vib.bsky.social @cmn-vib.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Kicking off #CMNday2025 with technology deep dives and updates from the Rademakers and @mancusorenzo.bsky.social labs, by Elise Coopman and Maxim van Hoek. 🚀 @vibtechnologies.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social 153
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Had a great time at Faculty Science Day, University of Antwerp, introducing the students to the research happening in our Neuroimmunology Lab (VIB-CMN)! Always inspiring to see the next generation of scientists curious about the brain–immune connection. #Neuroimmunology #VIB #ScienceDay #UAntwerp 051
Reposted by PasciutoLabSabela DeScience @sabeladescience.bsky.social · 10/06/2025🔗 By @leonsmyth.bsky.social & @jonykipnis.bsky.social at Nature Reviews Immunology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (10/11)nature.comRedefining CNS immune privilege - Nature Reviews ImmunologyIn this Perspective, Smyth and Kipnis reappraise the concept of immune privilege in the central nervous system. Although immune privilege was originally thought to involve isolation of the central ner... 193
Reposted by PasciutoLabNature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 16/06/2025A route for cerebrospinal fluid flow through leptomeningeal arterial–venous overlaps enables macromolecule and fluid shunting @jonykipnis.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA route for cerebrospinal fluid flow through leptomeningeal arterial–venous overlaps enables macromolecule and fluid shunting - Nature NeuroscienceThe authors describe a mechanism for the clearance of macromolecules from cerebrospinal fluid in which macromolecules traverse from periarterial to perivenous spaces, at sites where intersecting lepto... 0133
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The NIM team keeps growing! Welcome Filip &Gayel! 010
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Interested in the role of T cells in Alzheimer’s? PhD student Amelia is presenting her exciting work at #NHND25 in Leuven. If you are there, check out her poster to learn more! 191
Reposted by PasciutoLabcmn-vib.bsky.social @cmn-vib.bsky.social · 26/09/2025We’re hiring! 📣 🎓🎓 2 PhD positions 🧬🧫 2 Postdocs 🥼 1 Lab Technician 🖥️ 1 IT profile cmn.sites.vib.be/en/join-us Please share! 011
Reposted by PasciutoLabcmn-vib.bsky.social @cmn-vib.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Huge congratulations to Sebastiaan De Schepper on obtaining a prestigious ERC grant to launch PRIME-PD, a project uncovering how the immune system helps initiate and drive Parkinson’s disease. 🙌 041
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Curious about how CD4+ T cells influence behaviour? In this News & Views, we discuss the new findings of Yoshida et al.:nature.comT cells fast-track gut signals to the brain - Nature ImmunologyCD4+ T cells migrate from the gut and adipose tissue to the brain parenchyma, in mouse and human, transmitting information on diet and microbiome to the subfornical organ, altering feeding behavior. 020
Reposted by PasciutoLabcmn-vib.bsky.social @cmn-vib.bsky.social · 04/07/2025The @seppedeschepper.bsky.social, Malysheva, @pasciutolab.bsky.social & Weckhuysen labs, and our Neuromics support team, have all earned LEAF sustainability certifications. 👏 Proud of the collective effort toward more eco-friendly lab practices! 🌿 021
PasciutoLab @pasciutolab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025NIM lab is growing! 🧠🔬 We are hiring a flow cytometry specialist, a bioinformatician and a post-doc candidate! Join us or help spread the word: - jobs.vib.be/j/113480/flo... - jobs.vib.be/j/113083/bio... - www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca... 0108