Barbara Di Benedetto
@dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, glia biologist, rock climber, mother of two
Something new is coming to GLIA 2027! Introducing the Network Glia Early Career Award, recognising outstanding early-career researchers in glial cell research. €5,000 award | No self-nominations Nominations open December 2026. Stay tuned! #NetworkGlia #GLIA2027 #GliaResearch
A massive milestone for 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🚀 At the end of the month, we are officially launching the new 𝗗𝗙𝗚 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗣𝗣𝟮𝟱𝟲𝟭 "𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗔" in collaboration with Julia M. Schulze-Hentrich.
Ready and excited to start soon this new adventure, a long journey ahead, surely full of amazing research endeavours around #gliacells #astrocytes #oligodendrocytes #opc #radialglia #müllergliacells #bergmanngliacells #microglia and maybe more yet to be discovered 🤩 #astrocytes #gliacellsrock #glia
If you missed our Minisymposium at #SfN2025, you can still catch up with some of the topics by reading our new review: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4... Also, got the printed version of this paper (and many more)🤩 @sfn.org
So nice to be there together, thank you for the organization of the Symposium, @carmenfalcone.bsky.social and @nereokalebic.bsky.social 🙏 Amazing stuff for #radialglialovers and #astrocytelovers
Carmen Falcone@carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 10mo agoOh well, we forgot to take a picture altogether at the end of our talks #SfN2025…but we did make sure we had good food to celebrate our love for #radialglia and #astrocytes 😌
Funny coincidence or seeked chance to feel „home“? Always nice to meet friends and collaborators around the world 😊 With @carmenfalcone.bsky.social at #SfN2025 in San Diego 🌈
Carmen Falcone@carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 11mo agoGuess we booked the hotel in the right spot for #SfN2025 😉 Rocking the start of day 2 with some exciting brainstorming on #glia networks with my dear friend and collaborator @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🙌
Decoding Leaky-BBB 🧠 together with @astrocytenet.bsky.social and @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🤩.
TU Graz Inklusiv@tugraz.bsky.social · 11mo agoWomen suffer from severe depression twice as often - but why this is so is not yet known. A possible cause could lie in the blood-brain barrier - a barrier in the brain. If it becomes "leaky", diseases can occur. www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
1/ It was a great pleasure to host the BMFTR-funded GENIE Summer School „The impact of sex differences on glia-neuron interactions in brain health and disease“ to Close the Gender Gap in Clinical Research.
1/ Interesting report about the concept of „loyalty“ in relation with the „abuse of power“ in the scientific community (but not only). „Neofeudale Macht in der Wissenschaft? Leider Realität – kein Einzelfall“ www.linkedin.com/posts/barbar...
Interesting report about the concept of „loyalty“ in relation with the „abuse of power“ in the scientific community (but not only). | Barbara Di Benedetto
Interesting report about the concept of „loyalty“ in relation with the „abuse of power“ in the scientific community (but not only). „Neofeudale Macht in der Wissenschaft? Leider Realität – kein Einze...
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🔈 great news: due to the high „late-come“ inquiries to participate, we decided to give an ❗️EXTENDED DEADLINE: 25th of July (Friday)❗️ ✅ financial support for travel&accomodation for a restricted number of participants on „first come, first served“ basis ✉️ Anastasia Nagumanova for more information
It was wonderful to see the representatives of the Glia Network in Europe, Canada, and China in one place 🤩
Carmen Falcone@carmenfalcone.bsky.social · last yr.Fun to participate to the #GliaNetworks joint booth, see you next time!!🙌 Learn more about what all of these network do here: www.networkglia.eu/resources/re... #IGN #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social
The joint booth was just the beginning. We have planned many more activities. Stay tuned ⭐️
Barbara Di Benedetto@dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · last yr.It was a real blast to see all the posters of a growing community of #GliaNetworks at #GLIA2025 🤩 Thanks @astrocytenet.bsky.social (aka Kerstin Lenk) for your efforts to put us together 👏 See you all around the world 😊
It was a real blast to see all the posters of a growing community of #GliaNetworks at #GLIA2025 🤩 Thanks @astrocytenet.bsky.social (aka Kerstin Lenk) for your efforts to put us together 👏 See you all around the world 😊
Carmen Falcone@carmenfalcone.bsky.social · last yr.Fun to participate to the #GliaNetworks joint booth, see you next time!!🙌 Learn more about what all of these network do here: www.networkglia.eu/resources/re... #IGN #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social
The Booth of all national Glia Networks was really a success. 11+ posters and many more „on the making „ - let‘s grow #glialovers 🤩 Thanks to all organizers and participants, especially Anja Schröter for her invaluable support. #GLIA2025
Looking forward to it 😊 Thank you @astrocytecafe.bsky.social, @carmenfalcone.bsky.social and Nilhan Gunhanlar for the kind invitation
Astrocyte Cafe@astrocytecafe.bsky.social · last yr.Join us today for another #AstrocyteCafe!! We can't wait to hear the talks by @sarahmccglia.bsky.social , Caterina Ciani and @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 😍
Join us today for another #AstrocyteCafe!! We can't wait to hear the talks by @sarahmccglia.bsky.social , Caterina Ciani and @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 😍
The Trump adminstration’s decision to end NIH-funded research on topics & populations they disfavor is reckless, illegal and WRONG. Today, we sued. Read the complaint in APHA v NIH, online now: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Gonna keep saying this because the situation hasn’t changed: Academic leaders — your leadership matters. Your strength. Your resilience. Your calm under duress. We trainees feel this. It inspires & motivates us to keep going. We appreciate the face you bring to lab each day. Please don’t give up.
This is NOT a real journal. No such thing as The Academy of Public Health. Creation of RFK et al to allow false nonscientific claims to the public to support their bias without peer review or factual data. As they now control all communications out of NIH, CDC, FDA, this is dangerous to US health.
Journal of the Academy of Public Health
publichealth.realclearjournals.org
Sexismus, getarnt als Wissenschaft: Wie ein gefährlicher Trend zurückkehrt, der die Gleichberechtigung bedroht. Meine Kolumne in der Futurezone liegt mir diesmal ganz besonders am Herzen:
Sexismus, getarnt als Wissenschaft
Die Strategie ist alt, aber heute wieder erschreckend populär: Unterdrückung von Frauen wird mit scheinwissenschaftlichen Argumenten gerechtfertigt.
futurezone.at
⭐️ Join us tomorrow at Symposium 10 - Hall 104 "Sex, glia and disease: understanding sex-specific glia biology in health and disease" at @neurowissg.bsky.social #nwg2025
Check out our book chapter on our immunofluorescence protocol to stain #astrocytes in unconventional species, for the book Astrocytes - Methods and Protocols, edited by @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social! . Congrats to our postdoc Caterina Ciani 🙌 #FalconeLab link.springer.com/protocol/10....
Freedom is a precious thing we should never give for granted: once lost, it is very hard to regain it. People are fighting hard in US against sth they could not forsee, so unbelievable as it is. Be gentle with those who are struggling right now, support them as a community to survive these times 🤗
Feeling super inspired from the @standupforscience.bsky.social San Francisco rally 🥼🧬👩🔬🏛️ #standupforscience2025
It was our great pleasure to share amazing scientific discussions with you @astrocytenet.bsky.social and @ghanendra.bsky.social during our meeting for the collaborative project „Leaky BBB in MDD“. Look forward to the next one and all interactions invetween 🧪🧬🧫 Thx @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de
astrocyteNet@astrocytenet.bsky.social · 2y agoKickoff meeting for the project "Leaky blood-brain barrier in major depressive disorder" funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de and in collaboration with Dr. Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social. Thanks for hosting @ghanendra.bsky.social and myself in Regensburg 🙏
