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Vincent Bonin @boninlab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Check this out! We at @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social are grateful to @raacampbell.com and the team for the initiative and their support in developing our system.

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What can people who live to 100+ teach us about healthy #brainageing? Meet Professor Henne Holstege, our first #BNA2027 plenary speaker. Her #100plusStudy explores resilience against cognitive decline. @amsterdamumc.bsky.social @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social www.bna.org.uk/resource/wha...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Deadlines approaching to join the #EUSYN2026! Last confirmed speakers: Simona Lodato (Humanitas University), @venkataramanilab.bsky.social & William Schafer (@mrclmb.ac.uk) 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Still undecided? Check out more #EUSYN26 Speakers! Tabriz J. Siddiqui (@siddiquilab.bsky.social) & Tim Ryan (@mcgillscience.bsky.social) are coming to the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

More #EUSYN26 Speakers! Natalia de Marco Garcia (Weill Cornell Medical College) & Song-Hai Shi (Tsinghua University) will also be coming to the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#EUSYN26 Speaker alert! Monika Brill (@tum.de) and Rob Meijers (@ipiproteins.bsky.social) at the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#EUSYN26 Speaker alert! Matthijs Verhage (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) and Michael R. Kreutz (LIN & ZMNH) are also part of the incredible speaker lineup of the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#NewPaper Alert ‼️ Researchers from the Bonin Lab have attempted to answer the question: 🧠 How does the brain know where we are? To answer this question, the researchers focused on the retrosplenial cortex, in this paper published in Nature Communications.

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EARA @eara.eu · 09/07/2026

Professor Bart De Strooper from the @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social , Belgium, and the Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom, joined #BOARD26. #SCICOMM #EARA #NAMs #podcast 👉

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#SpeakerAlert! Don't miss Gabrielle Pouchelon at the 10th European Synapse Meeting! @marijnkuijpers.bsky.social (Radboud University) and Mark Harnett (@mit.edu) 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social #EUSYN26 More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congratulations to Blanca Lago Solis (Verstreken Lab) on receiving an @embo.org Postdoctoral Fellowship! 🎉

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congratulations to Bart De Strooper for receiving a very special distinction: Honorary Commander of the British Empire, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to dementia research in the United Kingdom and around the world More about the De Strooper Lab 👉🏻https://destrooperlab.sites.vib.be/

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Congratulations to Bart De Strooper on receiving an ERC Proof of Concept Grant! 🎉 His project will develop a neurotechnology platform to study the earliest stages of #Alzheimer's disease, helping researchers test new interventions and accelerate the path toward future therapies. @erc.europa.eu

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📣More speakers at #EUSYN2026! Gabrielle Pouchelon (@cshlnews.bsky.social) and @marcvoo.bsky.social (@biozentrum.unibas.ch) are part of amazing the lineup of the 10th European Synapse meeting 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Don't miss Fekrije Selimi @college-de-france.fr and Lukas Neukomm @fbm-unil.bsky.social at the 🧪10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

More amazing speakers for the: 🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Fan Liu @fmp-berlin.de and Gabor Tamas (University of Szeged) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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IBDM, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille @ibdm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🧪 We had the pleasure of hosting @steinaerts.bsky.social from @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social as a keynote speaker! 🧬 A fantastic talk on modelling genome regulation using single-cell atlases, with great discussions on gene regulation, modelling and AI, neural development, and atlases.

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🧠 A new study from the De Strooper Lab reveals a critical biological transition that may determine whether Alzheimer’s disease pathology progresses to dementia, published in Nature Medicine #Alzheimers #DementiaResearch #Neuroscience

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🧪All eyes on the 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven The last confirmed speakers are Markus Zweckstetter (@uni-goettingen.de) and Sandrine Da Cruz (CNL). Stay tuned for more updates! More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A study led by Esther Klingler, PI at our Center! Read more below! 👇

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🧪Don't miss the 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Come listen to Motomasa Tanaka (@riken-brc-jp.bsky.social) and Judith Frydman (Stanford University) More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🤸‍♂️ A new study from the Verstreken Lab shows how Parkinson’s disease can be grouped, showing promise to more personalized therapies in the future. The study was published in Nature Communications and used a machine-learning approach to group the different forms of Parkinsonism. 🧠 #parkinsons

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

‼️Speaker Alert 🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social l University Halls Come listen to amazing talks by Diana Piol (University of Padova) & @franckp.bsky.social (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Our illustrious speakers list also includes @meytallandau.bsky.social (@cssbhamburg.bsky.social) & @ruferbus.bsky.social (@uni-goettingen.de). Don't miss it! More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🤸‍♂️ Researchers from the Voets Lab, have identified a tiny binding site, a molecular ’keyhole’, in the TRPM3 ion channel, a crucial sensor in pain signaling. TRPM3 is also linked to rare neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy. Published in Nature Communications. 🧠

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

😴 #newstudy about #sleepdeprivation from the Liu Lab! 🧠 A new study in Current Biology shows that lack of sleep impairs pattern separation 🔬 At the neural level: disrupted sparse coding → more overlap & confusion. Read more: vibneuroscienceleuven.be/en/news#/new...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Don't miss these two speakers: @blibep.bsky.social (@ibdm.bsky.social) and @bellonec.bsky.social (University of Geneva) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Don’t miss the chance to hear from leading experts in protein aggregation: including Magdalini Polymenidou (@polylab.bsky.social) and Alexander Buell (DTU Bioengineering) More: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

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Leuven Brain Institute @leuvenbrainins.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We had an amazing weekend at Dag van het Brein in Leuven. 12 LBI members volunteered and gave workshops like painting brains for kids 🧠 stay tuned for more pics #brainawarenessweek @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Don't miss two of our illustrious speakers: Andrea Volterra (@unil.bsky.social) and Beatriz Rico (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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Science Journal for Kids & Teens @sj4k.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If you were a mouse and a bird of prey was flying overhead, would you run or hide? Researchers at @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social, @mpibrain.bsky.social & Harvard wanted to learn what happens in mouse brains when confronted with a threat. Learn more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/fre....

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Don’t miss the chance to hear from leading experts in protein aggregation: including John Collings (@ucl.ac.uk) and Judith Steen (Harvard Medical School) More: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🧪 10th European Synapse | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Reminding you of the 2 keynote speakers: Eunjoon Kim and Nathalie Rochefort (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social). Submit your abstracts now! More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🤸‍♂️ Researchers from the @vib-switch-lab.bsky.social , co-led by Frederic Rousseau & Joost Schymkowitz, show that microglia can actively promote plaque formation in Alzheimer’s disease—challenging the long-standing view that these cells only defend the brain by clearing plaques. Published in @pnas.org

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🧠 Registration is open for the 10th European Synapse Meeting! Join us 21–23 October in Leuven for this anniversary edition! 🗓 Abstract deadline: 23 June (poster or oral talk) 💡 Early bird registration: until 21 August ⚡ Don’t miss it! 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8svy6e #Neuroscience #Synapse #EUSYN2026

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 05/03/2026

OSN promotes neuroscience access with open, low-cost tools for education, training, and outreach, especially where conventional neurophysiology setups aren’t available. #ScienceOutreach #OpenScience

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Don’t miss the chance to hear from leading experts in protein aggregation: including Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon (@mrclmb.bsky.social) and Sheena Radford (@radford-lab.bsky.social) More: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Proud moment for our Center 💙 Multiple researchers at our center have been awarded funding from the Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek (SAO) to advance Alzheimer’s research. Congratulations to all 🧠✨ Check the winning projects here: tinyurl.com/4pmpnr2s #AlzheimersResearch #Neuroscience #VIBneuroleuven

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🧪Announcing the 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting, 9-11 Sept 2026! 📍Great Beguinage of Leuven 🔬150 participants | Abstract review required, invite upon acceptance 🗓️Submit your abstract until 25 May 2026 🌍Come listen to leading experts in protein aggregation More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26

Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)), Magdalini Polymenidou (University of Zurich), Motomasa Tanaka (RIKEN), Sheena Radford, OBE, FRS, FMedSci (University of Leeds), Alexander K. Buell (DTU - Technical University of Denmark), Judith Frydman (Stanford University), John Collinge (UCL), Meytal Landau (EMBL and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology), Markus Zweckstetter (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)) Judith Steen (Harvard University), Ruben Fernandez-Busnadiego (University Medical Center Göttingen) and Sandrine Da Cruz (VIB-KU Leuven Center For Neuroscience).

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Big news for our Center 🎉 Florian Perrin has been awarded a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship! A member of the Chávez-Gutiérrez Lab, Florian will investigate how mitochondrial heat production may influence pathogenic amyloid-beta generation in Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 Congratulations, Florian! 👏 #Alzheimers

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Hannah Dickmänken @hannahdckmnkn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Paper alert! 💻 How many cells do you need to train reliable deep learning models in regulatory genomics? We asked how data quality, sequencing depth, and dataset size affect training of sequence-to-function models from scATAC-seq. Out now www.nature.com/articles/s41... (details below)

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Evaluating single-cell ATAC-seq atlasing technologies using sequence-to-function modeling - Nature Communications

Generating high-quality training data for machine learning is costly. Here, authors include sequence-to-function modeling in benchmarking of custom and commercial droplet-based scATAC platforms, and r...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🚀 Proudly introducing the VIB-KU Leuven Center For Neuroscience, a merger of the two former VIB research centers VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF)! Our new motto: Bold Science, Real Impact. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhaq...

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🎉 Proud moment for our Center Pierre Vanderhaeghen received the 2025 Fyssen Foundation International Prize, also awarded this year to Franck Polleux (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) for work on the neurobiological foundations of human cognition. 🧠🏆 Congratulations! #FyssenPrize #Neuroscience #VIB

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Researchers from the De Strooper Lab just revealed how #lecanemab ’s Fc fragment is key to activating microglia to clear toxic amyloid plaques. It’s the first direct mechanistic evidence for this class of Alzheimer’s therapies, published in Nature Neuroscience. Read more: tinyurl.com/44x5bxjt

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Apply for our International PhD Call! Discover the 11 new projects for this edition and apply until the 20th of November. 🔗More info: cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

⚡ It's #TechnologyTuesday, and Suresh Kumar Poovathingal and Kristofer Davie are taking us on a whirlwind tour around the Single Cell units! 🌪️ (1/3) youtu.be/paqikg_sK5M

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🏆 Bart de Strooper, M.D., Ph.D., is the recipient of the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award. #AAIC25 @ucl.ac.uk‬ @cbdresearch.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🌟 We warmly welcomed this scientific delegation from the KOREA-EU Research Centre! It was a fantastic opportunity to forge connections between biotechnology researchers based in South Korea and Belgium. Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/ekmNA27S

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience @vibneuroleuven.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

A new review from our center, published by Céline Vrancx and Wim Annaert, sheds more light into how APP-CTF toxicity could be an overlooked factor in the pursuit of preventive therapies for #Alzheimer's disease 🧠 Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @cellpress.bsky.social

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