With US science in unprecedented turmoil, can Europe step up to become the free world's science superpower? We crunched the data on Europe's strengths and weaknesses, plans & what headwinds the bloc faces 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Europe as science superpower: what it will take to rival the US and China

Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.

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Hot off the press, a cool perspective from Chen Wang about finding fulfillment in science projects that broadly benefit the research community.

A side project clarified my identity as a scientist - Help, I'm a Scientist!

By Chen Wang (王琛), Ph.D. In early 2020, my postdoctoral project hit a wall. I was working on how a family of genes could affect neurotransmitter identities in C. elegans, when I realized that the fiel...

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🤩 Do you routinely analyze SEEG data ⚡️⚡️⚡️ of focal #epilepsy patients? Ever seen the pattern below and didn’t know what it was? We identified recurrent rhythmic LVFA clusters that last minutes as novel diagnostic biomarker in MOGHE 🧠, distinguishing it from mMCD & FCD2. Tell us what you think 😊

Katja Kobow@katjakobow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

4/ The key observation: What distinguished MOGHE was not their seizures, but the presence and organization of very brief LVFA events into repetitive clusters lasting several minutes and recruiting large parts of the sampled epileptic network.

🚨 New preprint out: A novel diagnostic intracranial EEG biomarker in MOGHE www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6.... Great multi-center interdisciplinary study with clinical impact. #epilepsy #raredisease @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social

Thrilled to shared our new preprint with @djabaudon.bsky.social ! Led by Ilaria Morassut, we explored "the extent to which early brain maturation requires interactions with the outside world". This wouldn't have been possible without our incredible collaborators, specially the @lanevol.bsky.social 🧵

Great work led by Erica Cecchini and Lucas Hoffmann. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Katja Kobow@katjakobow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our paper on brain somatic Y chromosome gain in both male and female MOGHE patients is now out in #Epilepsia, highlighting unexpected Y chromosome biology in the human brain and its potential relevance to brain malformations and epilepsy.

Y chromosomes in the female brain? Not a mistake. Microchimerism can leave a lasting cellular legacy from a male twin, a previous male pregnancy, or other sources of genetically distinct cells. But what is the clinical consequence?

Katja Kobow@katjakobow.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Surprising twist in #epilepsy genetics 👀 Our new preprint shows that many MOGHE brains - even in females - carry extra Y-chromosome material, restricted to the lesion! Could sex-chromosome mosaicism be a driver of this epileptogenic malformation? 🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Glycan Atlassing is online at @natnano.nature.com! Thanks to everyone involved, especially to @dijo-mj.bsky.social and @nazlicanyurekli.bsky.social who spearheaded the work. Read the paper here: dlvr.it/TSXNDb #Glycotime

Glycan atlassing enables functional tracing of cell state - Nature Nanotechnology

Multiplexed super-resolution microscopy of DNA-barcoded lectins and metabolically incorporated unnatural sugars quantitatively links the nanoscale spatial relationships of glycocalyx organization and ...

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Nazlican Yürekli@nazlicanyurekli.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thrilled to announce that our paper on Glycan Atlassing is officially published in Nature Nanotechnology!🧬🍭 We developed "Glycan Atlassing," a method to map the glycocaly at nanometer resolution. This allows us to trace cellular states and opens new avenues for diagnostics and therapy..

Seizures often target the areas of the brain responsible for forming new memories, making daily life with #epilepsy feel like a constant game of catch-up. Do you use specific hacks/routines to help your #memory stay sharp? #EpilepsyAwareness

So many children could benefit from #epilepsysurgery - but only 0.5% are referred! Epileptologist Dr. Juan Perez 🤩🇨🇴 explains how lack of knowledge of neurologists - is leading to fewer referrals! Watch👇! 🎬 youtu.be/soYzQgbOdt4 This episode is presented in partnership with EASEE®, by Precisis GmbH.

We are looking for a new member of the Patapoutian lab: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SCR1003TSRI/...

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Paper alert: Our study led by @evapillai.bsky.social and @sudimukherjee.bsky.social showing that mechanical properties of the #brain actively shape the molecular landscape during development and #axonpathfinding is finally out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pdncambridge.bsky.social @fau.de @MPZPM

Long-range chemical signalling in vivo is regulated by mechanical signals - Nature Materials

Tissue stiffness mediated by Piezo1 is shown to regulate the expression of diffusive guidance cues in the developing Xenopus laevis brain, revealing a crosstalk between mechanical signals and long-ran...

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It’s not too late to apply for the PhD position in my lab! Please send your documents (cover letter, CV, transcripts, names of references) through the official application platform by Nov 25!

Martin Hebart@martinhebart.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026. The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social. Please apply here until Nov 25: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇

“We have to protect one area of the brain & remove another.” - Dr. Ricardo Morcos 🤩 🇬🇧! A hopeful, very educational chat about the epilepsy surgery journey 🔪🧠 - clear, empowering, & informative! Watch the full episode here! 👇 youtu.be/QzIoLlRG1Lw #epilepsysurgery #epilepsy #neurosurgery

Surprising twist in #epilepsy genetics 👀 Our new preprint shows that many MOGHE brains - even in females - carry extra Y-chromosome material, restricted to the lesion! Could sex-chromosome mosaicism be a driver of this epileptogenic malformation? 🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

High incidence of Y-chromosome mosaicism in male and female individuals with MOGHE

Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE) is a recently discovered histopathological lesion entity. Approximately half of affected individuals car...

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Fantastic place for science.

James Briscoe@jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Is epilepsy aging in fast-forward? 🧠⏳ Our latest study found that the epileptic brain shows signs of accelerated biological aging, more so than blood. Aging+Epilepsy-related signatures appeared even before seizures began. Food for thought regarding seizure risk predictability & treatment innovations

Katja Kobow@katjakobow.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.

A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Did you know that people with #epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities? Our new study „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ lnkd.in/d28QCtMS looks into how biological aging contributes to the disease.

Katja Kobow@katjakobow.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.

New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.

SUDEP or SUdden Death in Epilepsy affects about 1 in 1000 people with Epilepsy annually. - Have your doctors told you about your risks of SUDEP? #EpilepsyAwareness brainablaze.com/the-brain-ab...

026: Mortality - The Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast

We stare down the monster that has plagued our Epilepsy community for decades, SUDEP, or SUdden Death from EPilepsy.

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New in Epilepsia – September 13, 2025 mailchi.mp/ilae/new-art... Subscribe - eepurl.com/iLSrNc #epilepsy #epilepsia #ILAE #EpilepsyResearch #NewInEpilepsy #JustPublished #LatestResearch

Upcoming EBM Virtual Brain Talk 🧠 We are excited to announce our next virtual brain talk: "There and back again - The translational journey in modern Neurosurgery" Speaker: Prof. Dr.med. Oliver Schnell (UKER, Germany) 📅 22.09.2025 ⏰ 4:00 PM (CEST) 💻 Online via Zoom

#IEC2025 started today in Lisbon. Looking forward to 5 days full of learnings and meeting friends from around the globe, including clinicians, basic scientists, and people with #epilepsy

1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Searching for a #postdoc opportunity in Europe? Are you interested in neuroinflammation, immunometabolism and/or epilepsy research?? 🧠 Apply now and work with a great team at RCSI in beautiful Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal. @Futureneuro_ie @RCSIPharmBioMol *****Closing date 16th July*****

Epilepsy stigma has existed since ancient times and persists in various degrees throughout the world. Fight stigma! Watch this beautiful, intimate, and powerful film and share. #StigmaOfEpilepsy youtube.com/watch?v=-JQN...

The Curse of Stigma Documentary Film

YouTube video by Whitten Newman Foundation

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Why does the forebrain expand dramatically while other neural regions grow less? Our new publication reveals progenitor metabolism critically shapes region-specific brain growth. Thread below. authors.elsevier.com/a/1k-udL7PXu...

Has a colleague's work influenced your research? Has a mentor guided your neuroscience career? Don’t miss a chance to pay it forward by nominating them for a 2025 SfN Award or Prize. 🚨 Submit your nomination by the new deadline: Thursday, May 15. 🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz #NeuroSky