Bassem Hassan
@bassemh.bsky.social
World citizen, Time and Variation in Brain Development, football, cheese, wine, single malt!
Maheva @maheandria.bsky.social is a scientist through and through. An original and deep thinker, and a rigorous experimentalist. Can’t wait to see the beautiful work of her lab in the years to come.
The Hassan Brain Development Team@hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · last wk.We are excited and proud to share that the super talented @maheandria.bsky.social will be starting her own lab as an assistant professor and group leader at @neuropsi.bsky.social this fall 🥳🍾
A conversation with @bassemh.bsky.social on Mark Mattson's Brain Ponderings podcast: youtu.be/fdb8LE91pEc?... Also at open.spotify.com/episode/2LcO...
Bassem Hassan: Normal Functions of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in the Developing and Adult Brain
YouTube video by BRAIN PONDERINGS podcast with Dr. Mark Mattson
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Ania Chrzanowska and @bassemh.bsky.social discuss why it is informative to think about neuronal circuit function from a developmental perspective. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Building brains, shaping behaviors: How developmental approaches illuminate the analysis of circuits and behavior
Developmental processes define the parameters of neural circuits and restrict the range of possible behaviors. Here, we briefly highlight how the deve…
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an den ehemaligen Einstein Visiting Fellow Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social 🎉
Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 5mo agoInternationale #Spitzenforschung in Berlin: Prof. Dr. Bassem Hassan hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social vom #ParisBrainInstitute kommt mit dem Humboldt-Forschungspreis an die #FUBerlin und bringt neue Perspektiven auf die Entwicklung des Gehirns mit. 🧠 ℹ️ www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...
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Such a pleasure and an honor to be among the 10 recipients of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Prize in the context of the Global Minds Initiative headed by Minister Dorothee Bär. A… | B...
Such a pleasure and an honor to be among the 10 recipients of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Prize in the context of the Global Minds Initiative headed by Minister Dorothee Bär. A grea...
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Check out this amazing video summarising the recent discovery from Robin Hiesinger's lab on target-independent formation of retinotopic maps in the fly's visual system: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZP...
Target-independent retinotopy in Drosophila / Curr. Biol., Feb. 3, 2026 (Vol. 36, Issue 5)
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I am grateful and excited to receive the Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Award) from the @humboldt-foundation.de I look forward to inspiring interactions with this amazing scientific community. Thank you to Prof Robin Hiesinger for the nomination and the award committee for selecting me.
It was areal pleasure to visit and exchange with colleagues about the beautiful science being done. Thank you for having me!
Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH@neuroalc.bsky.social · 9mo agoToday we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social from @institutducerveau.bsky.social at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “Temporal control of neurogenesis” A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @borrell-lab.bsky.social
Thank you for the invitation. Really looking forward to the visit.
Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH@neuroalc.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe have the pleasure of welcoming Dr Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social from @institutducerveau.bsky.social tomorrow at #SeminarsIN 🙌 He is a world leader in the study of genetic regulation of brain development. Don’t miss it! @borrell-lab.bsky.social @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es
Julien Pigeon and colleagues show how conserved processes can be fine tuned to result in species-specific patterns of brain development. Thanks to @alexbaffet.bsky.social @boyanbonev.bsky.social @neurogenesis-i3s.bsky.social for a great collaboration 👇🏽
The Hassan Brain Development Team@hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · 9mo agowww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Our latest: Julien Pigeon and colleagues discover a mechanism linking post-translational modification of transcription factors to remodeling the chromatin landscape to regulate human cortical neurogenesis
Looking forward to this exciting meeting
The Hassan Brain Development Team@hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · 10mo ago👇🏽
Latest from the lab: the immensely talented Johnny Bou Rouphael and Laila El Khattabi in the team report the discovery and functional analysis defective splicing in a human developmental disorder. www.linkedin.com/posts/bassem...
Heterozygous pathogenic variants in the splicing factor SF1 lead to a large spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders | Bassem Hassan
Latest from the lab: the immensely talented Johnny Bou Rouphael and Laila El Khattabi in the team report the discovery and functional analysis defective splicing in a human developmental disorder.
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For those who understand Arabic 😊 A podcast about @bassemh.bsky.social work and career. Thank you Haifa Alhadyian, PhD for this amazing initiative. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
الحلقة الأولى من بودكاست "مقابلات مع علماء عرب حول العالم" متاحه للإستماع الآن 🎙️ 🧠 🔬 .. ضيفي للحلقة الأولى هو الدكتور باسم حسن (Bassem Hassan)، قائد فريق في معهد باريس للدماغ في فرنسا في ...
الحلقة الأولى من بودكاست "مقابلات مع علماء عرب حول العالم" متاحه للإستماع الآن 🎙️ 🧠 🔬 .. ضيفي للحلقة الأولى هو الدكتور باسم حسن (Bassem Hassan)، قائد فريق في معهد باريس للدماغ في فرنسا في تخصص علم ا...
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Registration is now open for 2026 GRC on Neural Development @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social Register early because places go fast!
Latest from the lab, the beautiful work of Iryna Mohylyak and colleagues describing a temporal developmental transcriptional program for mitochondrial quality control and synaptic connectivity, with @jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social, Olga Corti and @steinaerts.bsky.social labs www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Temporal transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial morphology primes activity-dependent circuit connectivity - Nature Communications
This study investigates the developmental transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial quality control. Authors identify the Drosophila factor Mirana, homologous to mammalian TZAP, as a key temporal re...
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“How does a brain take shape?” Neurobiologist @bassemh.bsky.social on the embryonic cells that fold into the neural tube and become the brain. Discover more in The Brain’s Secret. #Biology #Neuroscience #Brain #Education #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement
One can only hope that history will judge harshly all those who are complicit in or remain silent in the face of genocide aje.io/uj36z1
I may starve to death before I am able to graduate in Gaza
My only dream is to take the tawjihi exam so I can continue my education. Is this too much to ask?
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Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social, Corey Harwell & yours truly are co-chairs for 2026 Neural Development #GRC August 2-7, 2026 in Newport, RI 🇺🇸 - if you are interested in updates on the conference & to hear about our 🤩 line-up of speakers...follow @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social! 🧠🪰🐭🐙🐸🦎🧒🏻🧫🧪🧠
There is only one name for that: this is a crime against humanity. Israel is governed by monsters.
Israel is destroying the subsistence of Gaza's population, from agriculture to fishing
More than 95% of farmland has been damaged or lies in areas inaccessible to farmers, as the Palestinian enclave suffers from famine.
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"Solo le pido a Dios Que la guerra no me sea indiferente Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvyl...
Mercedes Sosa - Sólo Le Pido a Dios (con León Gieco)
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Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social discussing Temporal control of Neurogenesis at #neurogen25 . What governs the length? How do novel genetic elements interact with highly conserved mechanisms? @nereokalebic.bsky.social @harschnitz.bsky.social @humantechnopole.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
Fantastic opportunity for neuroscience research. The ROGER DE SPOELBERCH Prize for a basic or clinical research project in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases or psychiatric disorders. 750.000 EUR - Deadline JUNE 30 2025. www.fondation-roger-de-spoelberch.ch/en/roger-de-...
ROGER DE SPOELBERCH Prize | Fondation ROGER DE SPOELBERCH
Each year, the Foundation awards the ROGER DE SPOELBERCH Prize to a laureate for a clinical or fundamental scientific research project in the field of neurodegenerative diseases and certain psychiatri...
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A temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in stereotyped neuronal circuits in Drosophila 🧪🧠 @bassemh.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster - Nature Neuroscience
The developmental origin of behavioral individuality is unclear. The authors show that a temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in stereotyped neuronal circu...
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New from the lab: @maheandria.bsky.social and colleagues in collaboration with the Hiesinger, Stoeckli and von Kleist labs dissect the sequential emergence of axonal targeting during development in today's issue of Nature Neuroscience: rdcu.be/ek010
Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster
Nature Neuroscience - The developmental origin of behavioral individuality is unclear. The authors show that a temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in...
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Hot off the press: The excellent Maheva Andriatsilavo and colleagues show how a temporal sequence of stochastic molecular mechanisms allow the emergence of stereotyped individualised neuronal circuits. Just published in Nature Neuroscience: rdcu.be/ek010
Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster
Nature Neuroscience - The developmental origin of behavioral individuality is unclear. The authors show that a temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in...
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@maheandria.bsky.social and I challenge the notion of a static and deterministic definition of a (neural) cell type and argue for its replacement by a multi parametric probabilistic definition in this perspective sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Toward a probabilistic definition of neural cell types
A classical view of cell type relies on a definite set of stable properties that are critical for brain functions. Single-cell technologies led to an …
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Anna CHRZANOWSKA, PhD, postdoc in The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social is organizing a trainee-led symposium @institutducerveau.bsky.social June 2-4 Spread the word! nenckiopenlab.org/decoding/
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Decoding the brain: from methods to meaning Paris Brain Institute, June 2-4th 2025 Applying machine learning and other models to decode behavioral parameters from neural activity is now a standard …
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I contend that the genome does not encode a mean and an error around it. It encodes a distribution. I would suggest that even evolutionary selection is on phenotypic distributions. The mean is just an emergent property of the distribution, and thus not in and of itself interesting to understand.
Registration deadline is soon! Don’t miss this wonderful meeting 👇🏽 meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...
Developmental timing across species: From mechanisms to evolutionary insights
Like choreography, development consists of a highly ordered suite of steps and transitions. Modifying developmental tempo can affect final size and composition of tissues, as well as their plasticity…
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