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Led by @johannajoyce.bsky.social
@unil.bsky.social, @ludwigcancer.bsky.social, @fbm-unil.bsky.social
www.joycelab.org; https://agora-cancer.ch/laboratory/joyce-lab/
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Neurologist, Chair of Neurology
Brain Tumor Immunotherapy
@dkfz.bsky.social
@platten-lab.bsky.social
@uniheidelberg.bsky.social
Medical Faculty Mannheim
Founder Tcelltech
President @eanoassociation.bsky.social
Ambassador for the @erc.europa.eu
Dedicated to helping neuroscientists stay current and build connections. Subscribe to receive the latest news and perspectives on neuroscience: www.thetransmitter.org/newsletters/
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science, Stand Up for Science advisor, Shenanigator, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
Canadian Association for Neuroscientists who study Glia || CANGlia 2026 Meeting in Montreal, Canada May 15-16th, 2026!
Abstract submission: https://tinyurl.com/ms6x4cmc
IGN is a community of scientists (Italian or working in Italy) interested in glial cell biology
Astrocyte Cafe is a virtual seminar series for #astrocyte researchers, organized by @Carmenfalcone.bsky.social and Nilhan Gunhanlar.
Join us by subscribing here (it takes 1 min): http://eepurl.com/h2ECQv
https://astrocyte-cafe.mailchimpsites.com/
Neuroscientist / astrocyte enthusiast / fan of new viral tools 🧠
Assistant Professor, Ohio State
GleichmanLab.com
Neuroscientist passionate about astrocytes and the brain vasculature. Group leader at @UKDRI - @EdinburghUni. (she/her)
https://www.diaz-castrolab.com
Assistant Professor @ UVA Neuroscience & BIG Center. Glial biologist and Neuroscientist. 🪰🧠
@ukri.org MRC CDA Fellow @bristoluni.bsky.social @uobppn.bsky.social #Immunopsychiatry #glia #stress #mentalhealth. Editor @jphysiol.bsky.social #ScienceForUkraine mom 🧑🧑🧒 Founder @ukglia.bsky.social
#TCellsMakeYouSmart
This is my personal account where I will likely talk mostly about science… produced by us and others.
Psychiatry | AI | Cancer Neuroscience 🧠 MD Anderson | Heidelberg
Associate Prof in cancer neuroscience at CSHL; amateur astrophotographer; views are mine alone
https://www.cshl.edu/research/faculty-staff/jeremy-c-borniger/ 🇵🇸
Cancer Neuroscience lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School led by Dr. Humsa Venkatesh | http://venkateshlab.org | #cancerresearch #cancerneuroscience | Account managed by lab manager, tweets from PI will be signed.
Cancer Neuroscience Heidelberg is funded by the European Center for Neurooncology (EZN) - Dietmar Hopp Stiftung
Deputy Editor at Nature, Cancer, Biomedicine, Genetics and Biotechnology. All views my own.
We are the Winkler Laboratory at the UKHD and DKFZ Heidelberg
Our focus: #cancerneuroscience of #braintumors ( #glioblastoma #brainmetastases), and beyond.
We use #intravitalimaging , #calciumimaging, #preclinicalmodels and more, to tackle these diseases
The world's largest congress of scientists and researchers working on glial cells.
Network Glia e. V. | www.networkglia.eu | GLIA 2027 | www.glia-meeting.eu
The Austrian Glia Network connects researchers from and working in Austria and everyone interested in #glial cells
Website: http://atglia.net
Postdoc in Liddelow lab studying astrocyte contributions to aging related disease
The UK Glia Network brings together researchers from or working in the UK who are passionate about glia.
Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
Neuron-glia interactions | fundamental and translational research.
(Bizkaia, Basque Country)
🔗https://www.achucarro.org/
ROR: 00myw9y39
The goal of the Club is to gather the community of researchers and students working on all types of glial cells (astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells, tanycytes…), in the central or peripheral nervous system.
neuroscientist, psychiatrist, writer
optogenetics.org
karldeisseroth.org
https://www.amazon.com/Projections-Story-Emotions-Karl-Deisseroth/dp/1984853694
We study the genetic, cellular, and molecular causes for brain tumors and neurodevelopmental disabilities in children and adults with Neurofibromatosis (NF).
To learn more: https://gutmannlab.wustl.edu and https://nfcenter.wustl.edu
Professor at Stanford & Director of Stanford Brain Organogenesis
Lab: https://pascalab.org
Center: http://www.brainorganogenesis.org
TED: https://go.ted.com/6WJy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sergiu.p.pasca/
All views and opinions expressed are my own.
Professor, University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
President Elect, European Association for Cancer Research
Mentor, Teacher, Advocate, Mum
@joycelab.bsky.social
Official account of the Mackall Lab @Stanford. Discovering principles that control tumor:immune interactions to develop immunotherapies for pediatric cancer
Assistant Professor at Providence College studying the effects of impaired metabolic signaling in developmental cerebellar glia and neurons🐭🧠
Neuroscientist passionate about Glia and Neuroimmunology & immune-brain cross talk in health & disease.
Foodie & Wine enthusiast. #openscience and collaboration
I study neuro-glia-immune interactions in brain and gut with my wonderful lab in UKDRI at UCL
PhD, Neuroscientist and Microglia enthusiast.
Postdoctoral Researcher in S. Thomas Carmichael lab (August 2025) and previously in Lindsay De Biase lab at UCLA (2020-2025).
Co-director of @pintofscience.us since 2024!
Neuroscientist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital - NYC
Studying the 🧠 's immune system in psychiatric disorders and neurodegeneration
Interested in implementing a circadian perspective in microglia research!
Neuroscientist 🧠 - Post-Doctoral Researcher at MeLiS - Institut NeuroMyoGène
🔬 Currently working on deciphering the role of microglial cells in physiological conditions.
Scientist studying molecular links between Alzheimer's, Ageing, microglia & diet @UCL @UKDRI @ARUKnews #Dementia Trained @BabrahamInst @Cambridge_uni @Stanford
Mom, immigrant 🇧🇷 and scientist. Interested in neuroinflammation and neurovirology in epilepsy, and MS. Assistant Professor - Pharmacology & Toxicology - University of Utah
Obsessed with macrophages!
Glial-vasculature interactions, pericytes & microglia, dementia & stroke at the University of Tasmania.
PostDoc at UVic — Tremblay Lab
Michael Smith Fellow 2024
Microglia — Electron microscopy
PhD: Université Laval
MSc: Georg August Universität Göttingen
BSc: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Neuroscientist using microglia replacement to understand the influence of brain macrophages on neurodegenerative disease | postdoc FC Bennett lab @ UPenn | Hopkins Sumner lab and CMM alum
Assistant prof, University of Iowa, Ob/Gyn. Neurodevelopment x Maternal Health. Organoids, mice, translational science. Opinions are mine. She/Her/Dr/Mom
#DOHaD #teamplacenta #neurodev #obgyn
Neuroscientist and glial aficionado at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health in NYC. Posts in my individual/personal capacity.
My lab is full of awesome people doing amazing stuff - check them out: www.liddelowlab.com
he/him
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering at UAB I Alumna @Duke BME @curamdevices l Bridging Neuro-engineering and glycans I she/her I Views my own https://glycans4regeneration.com/
Professor of neuroscience at U. Bordeaux, France. Neuroimmunology enthusiast exploring how nutrients influence microglia-neuron crosstalk.
Assistant Professor | Dept. of Neuroscience @ Mayo Clinic | Understanding the role of the meningeal lymphatic system in CNS aging & degeneration 🤓🧠🧪🔬 | Views=own.
https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/meningeal-lymphatics-neurological-disorders
ARUK-RAD Fellow at the University of Dundee. I use proteomics to understand how microglia contribute to Alzheimer's Disease. GK for TNT Netball Club.
Research professor at Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience. Microglial lover, passionate about science outreach.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8415-096X
Lab website: https://www.achucarro.org/es/laboratory/glial-cell-biology/
Alzheimer, APOE, Actin, Txn factors, Immune, Tau, miRs, Drugs | Single cell & Spatial omics, Proteomics, QTL | ASO, siRNA, AAV | Mouse, iPSC, Drosophila, Zebrafish | Microglia, Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/41977/kim-jungsu
Fan of microglia, macrophages, glial-neuronal and brain-immune interactions (both innate & adaptive); flirted with oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and occasionally even neurons.
EIC Journal of Neuroinflammation
Sci-Fi and SDCC (Comicon)
opinions are my own
Husband, Dad, Neuroscientist, mostly Nico.
Postdoc at Mancuso Lab | VIB, Belgium.
Microglia, CRISPR, AD & some single-cell bioinformagic 🧫🐭🔬
Director of Stark Neurosciences Research Institute at Indiana University School of Medicine. All posts are my own (he/him).
Lab @ Unity Health Toronto/University of Toronto & UK Dementia Research Institute/ University of Edinburgh studying myelin health across the lifespan.
John David Eaton Chair of MS Research/
MRC Senior Fellow
www.mironlab.ca
Neuroscientist, in love with microglia (and cycling). Views are my own
Scientist interested in the role of glial cells in brain disease. Lab Head in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration at Sanofi.
brain immune communication throughout the lifespan and in neuropsychiatric diseases
Postdoc Beth Stevens Lab | Interested in Alzheimer’s disease, all things single cell, and neuroimmune | Dad 👧👶🏻 | #scicomm #rstats | NEU ‘10 & UCI ’16
https://samuel-marsh.science
Neuroscientist, glia biologist, rock climber, mother of two
Glia-neuron interactions - Astrocytes, Synapses, Behaviour, & Stress
Principal Investigator, CRCHUM
Associate Professor
Dept. Neuroscience
Université de Montréal
www.murphyroyallab.org
Neurobiology of Stress workshop
www.stress2026.com
Pericytologist and neuroscientist. Currently researching the role of vascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke.
Senior Reserarcher at CNR-NANO, studying neurons and astrocytes cross talk.
Neuroscience Lover. Dog Lover. My husband Lover. Astrocytes Lover.
Co-founder of the Italian Glia Network.
Lab at Albany Medical College, led by Sophie Belin and Yannick Poitelon.
Sciencing therapeutic strategies for myelin disorders
Junior group leader in neuroscience - calcium imaging, ephys, plasticity, microscopy, neurons & astrocytes, data analysis. PhD with Rainer Friedrich, postdoc with Fritjof Helmchen. https://www.gcamp6f.com/
🧠 Brain Tumor Researcher @pietraslab, Lund University
Glioblastoma Recurrence | Tumor Microenvironment | Macrophages | Microglia | The Complement System
We study neurovascular mechanisms of inflammation and tissue repair
Akassogloulab.org
Post doc in Buffo lab, @University of Turin, Italy. Studying astrocyte heterogeneity in the mouse and human cerebellum. Co-founder of the #italianglianetwork
Scientist & Educator @ UoExeter #Neuroendocrinology #glia #food intake #obesity #diabetes #metabolism.
Senior Editor at Journal of Neuroendocrinology
President of British Society for Neuroendocrinology.
Enthusiastic but average baker & equestrienne
Astrocyte lover. Assistant professor at UMBC Biology. Excited about sex differences, TBI & BBB. Scientist in the US. Woman in Science. Spanish. She/her
Professor of Neuroscience @EPFL Brain Mind Institute in Lausanne (Switzerland) #mitochondria #motivation #anxiety #stress
@NeuroLeman @StressnetworkC @network_alba
She/her
ORCID: 0000-0001-7713-8321
Neurologist, clinician-scientist researching glial markers and AD. Assist prof @ufrgs.br. Head of research of the Memory Center @hmv
Researcher interested in neurodegeneration and astrocytes.
Assistant professor at UFRGS (🇧🇷), Researcher at Hospital Moinhos de Vento (🇧🇷) and Adjunct Professor at McGill (🇨🇦)
https://zimmer-lab.org/ 🌎
zimmerneurolab.bsky.social 🦋
Writing a book for research teams. Associate Professor Neuroscience. Riding horses in my free time. Helping PIs to create low-stress lab & mentoring systems @glia-leadership.
Neuroscientist | Astrocytes | Electrophysiologist interested in Ions, Water and the Brain | Leukodystrophies | Assistant professor @ Amsterdam UMC
Postdoc @CUAnschutz • PhD @Cambridge_Uni • obsessed with how neurons and glia communicate 🔬🧠
Associate Prof, PhD, wife, mom. Alzheimer’s disease | metabolism | sleep| glia | I ❤️ lactate | macauleylab.com
**views are mine, not my employer**
auditory neurophysiologist/professional mouse dj @ UPenn • founder @your.neighborhoodscientist.org • she/her • my views are not penns
Associate Prof @Fred Hutch (+ @UW_NBio)
Glia fascinate me. Worms are rad.
singhvilab.org
A grassroots movement turned non-profit organization with a mission to diversify the neurosciences by building a community that celebrates and empowers Black scholars and professionals in neuroscience-related fields.
Assistant Professor @Stanford interested in how glia modulate neural circuits (with a circadian twist), mom of two amazing girls. Views are my own.
The Warsaw Glia Community, founded in 2023, represents a visionary collective committed to fostering a vibrant network of glia biologists within Warsaw
Registration:
https://sites.google.com/uw.edu.pl/warsaw-glia-symposium/home?authuser=0
Assistant Professor @ Georgia State University Neuroscience Institute, studying microglia-neuron interactions in brain development and early-life adversity 🧠. Also a New Mom 👶, Yogi 🧘♀️ , & Cat Lover 🐈⬛
Director of Foundational Sciences @ Additional Ventures. Views represented here are entirely my own. 🏳️🌈🇧🇷🇺🇸☕️📚
Assistant professor in neuroscience @ Yale studying the neuroscience of immune responses and neuroimmunology.
Also: cerebral cortex, development, brain-body communication, glia, inhibitory neurons, allergies, lung-brain | Lab: favuzzilab.com
Neuroscience Professor at UKBonn&DZNE Bonn. Bridging the gap between brain and immunity with genomics 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🇨🇳🇹🇷🇫🇷🇳🇪🇩🇪
ORCID 0000-0001-6319-404X
Neuroimmunologist studying MS, autism, Alzheimer's disease, and brain injury at the University of Virginia. Father of two. Fan of Philly sports and US soccer.
www.lukenslab.com
Neuroscientist | microglia | astrocytes | meningeal immunity | Principal Scientist at Janssen R&D San Diego- Johnson & Johnson. Previously @UCSF and @University of Groningen.
Neuroscience PhD candidate @ Johns Hopkins | Bergles Lab | astrocytes
Postdoc at Baylor College of Medicine. Interested in glial biology, memory, neural repair. 🇨🇦
Neuroscientist. Special interest in glial biology and role in neurological disorders. Love astrocytes. All views my own. She/her. 🏳️🌈
Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Studying oligodendrocyte plasticity in learning and cognitive aging.
neuron-glial interactions, oligodendrocyte lineage, myelin, multi-photon microscopy @CUMedicalSchool
https://www.ethanhugheslab.com/
Ph.D. Asst Prof of🧠 Alien👽 Into writing, punk, astrocytes+neurons, stroke, scicomm, bad horror movies, laughing, Asturies🏖️⛰️ (she/ella).
🇪🇸🇬🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸
www.blancosuarezlab.com
Neuroscientist, Martial Artist, and Mentor
Neuroscience, meninges, blood-brain barrier, cake (or cookies)
http://siegenthalerlabcu.weebly.com/
I am a female researcher in Computational Neuroscience and interested in neuron-astrocyte interaction. The person behind: Dr. Kerstin Lenk (she/her) @TUGraz
