How does the #ENS interact with the #gut #epithelium to regulate the intestinal barrier and immune response? Read all about it in this recent review by Christoph Klose and colleagues! #Charité #neurogastro #gut-brain #dgbi #immunsystem 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A neuro-epithelial unit regulates immunohomeostasis at barrier surfaces

Barrier tissues are sites of constant environmental exposure and require tightly coordinated mechanisms to maintain immune homeostasis while preservin…

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💩≠💩 in IBS! New study by Ridzal et al. in #Gut shows that feacal supernatants from #IBS-C and #IBS-D patients act fundamentally different on #ENS circuits opening new perspectives on subtype-specific #therapies! 👇 gut.bmj.com/content/earl...

Faecal proteases and immune signatures drive subtype-specific enteric neuronal activation in IBS

Background Luminal proteases have been implicated in epithelial barrier dysfunction and visceral hypersensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), yet their impact on the enteric nervous system (ENS...

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Are you an early career scientist interested in #IntravitalMicroscopy techniques? Then this opportunity is perfect for you! 🔬 We are awarding 5 travel grants of up to €200 each for this year’s Intravital Day in Bonn. Apply until September 30 using this link: gerbi-gmb.de/machform/vie...

📢 Pearls of wisdom shared by Thomas Frieling, one of the leading experts in #neurogastro, on the use of #endoscopy in #neurogastroenterology and #DGBI 👇 www.ovid.com/jnls/co-gast...

The emerging role of endoscopy in... : Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Purpose of reviewPurpose of the review is provision of an up-to-date literature review on the growing importance of endoscopy in...

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Our latest preprint is out: we used hPSC differentiation and quantitative modelling to dissect the role of Notch signalling, a pathway that is perturbed in Hirschsprung disease, a potentially lethal enteric neuropathy, in human enteric nervous system (ENS) progenitor dynamics (1/n)

Come and work with us in a beautiful corner of Germany: 5 years of funding for your microbiology research and lots of great colleagues 🦠🧫

Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

🚀🧠 Rome V ist da! Neuer Standard für DGBI: klare Trennung klinischer vs. wissenschaftlicher Kriterien, realitätsnähere IBS-Diagnostik und stärkere Patientenorientierung. Ein wichtiger Schritt für evidenzbasierte Praxis & Translation. 🔬 👉 www.gastrojournal.org/current #RomeV #DGNM #GutBrainAxis

Heute ist Internationaler Tag des Versuchstiers! Auch 2026 nutzen zahlreiche Forschungseinrichtungen den 24. April, um Einblicke in #Tierversuche zu geben und den Dialog mit der Öffentlichkeit zu suchen: www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/forschung-mi...

Forschung mit Verantwortung – Aktionen zum Tag des Versuchstiers 2026

Eine Reihe von Mitgliedern der Initiative Transparente Tierversuche hat zum Tag des Versuchstieres Aktionen geplant.

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🏆🔬 Preis Neurogastroenterologie 2026 - Jetzt bewerben bis 31. Mai! 5.000 € für exzellente Forschung zur Darm-Hirn-Achse – besonders für Early Career. Sichtbarkeit für innovative Arbeiten aus Klinik & Grundlagenforschung. 🚀 stiftung-neurogastroenterologie.de/ausschreibung #DGNM #Award #GutBrainAxis

🎉 Scores are out 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that after multiple rounds of rigorous, blind review and tie-break evaluations, we have notified candidates regarding their applications for #LBBB2026 🧠✨ 📩 Check your email for next steps and important instructions.

🌍💬 Zum World IBS Day: Reizdarm sichtbar machen. IBS betrifft Millionen weltweit. Wir wissen heute es ist eine Störung der Darm-Hirn-Achse. Aber wir brauchen mehr Evidenz, bessere Versorgung, stärkere Aufklärung – dafür setzt sich die DGNM ein. 🧠 www.neurogastro.de/de/news-read... #DGNM #GutBrainAxis

#ENS Development 2026 meeting was a blast! 🤯 Concentrated #enteric #neuroscience awesomeness in Leuven with great science and of course the lab was there with work on #aging, #gastroschisis, and #transition in #hirschsprung disease!

In Leuven at the opening of the Enteric Nervous System meeting! Like a kid in a candy store for me! ens-leuven2026.eu

Of interest for those attending the #MindBrainBody Symposium: you can check out the Brain-Body Interactions starter pack to follow many great researchers in the field! #MBBS2026

Marta Gerosa@martager.bsky.social · last yr.

Also interested in body-brain interactions & interoception? You’re in the right place! 🧠🫀🫁👀🤝 Check out this Starter Pack of amazing researchers - with <10 spots left, let me know if you’d like to be added! ECRs especially welcome 🫂 go.bsky.app/Fwqeu32 [2/5]

🧠🌐 DGNM-Jahrestagung 2026 – 3 Tage Vernetzung entlang der Darm-Hirn-Achse. Exzellente Wissenschaft, starke Nachwuchsbeteiligung und tolle Zusammenarbeit. Die NeuroGastro Community zeigt, wie gemeinsam durch Grundlagenforschung, Translation und Klinik Fortschritt entsteht. 🚀 #DGNM #GutBrainAxis

🗓️ 🦓 28 February is #RareDiseaseDay - a day of reflection and raising awareness on Rare condition, which affect 1 in 17 people. Advancing rare disease research and qdvocacy for improved care unerpins the work in our lab. Find info at www.rarediseaseday.org geneticalliance.org.uk/campaigns-an...

Rare Disease Day

Rare Disease Day is an important international awareness day that takes place annually on 28 February (or 29 February in leap years). This date was chosen because 29 February is the rarest day of the ...

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🦓 tomorrow is #RareDiseaseDay! Last weekend already we presented our data on #ENS changes in #Gastroschisis and on the transition of #Hirschsprung disease patients at the annual meeting of the German #Neurogastro society @dgnm.bsky.social #neuroscience #gastroenterology @simsooo.bsky.social

A sneak peak of a complex and technically challenging experiment that my lab developed: doi.org/10.1096/fj.2.... Super proud of PhD candidate Hannah Johnson for showcasing our Whole-gut spatial genomic analysis in #zebrafish. This video illustrates one landmark in the protocol after multiple 1/3

📢 Just a few days left until our annual meeting in Freising 🫵 join in last minute to get the latest updates on #enteric #neuroscience, translational and clinical #neurogastroenterology! Find everything you need to know on our website 👇 www.neurogastro.de/de/jahrestag... #neurogastro #motility

We're hiring! 🧪 TARGID @ KU Leuven is looking for a Laboratory Manager to coordinate and support cutting-edge research on gastrointestinal diseases. 📍Leuven | ⏰ Apply by Nov 4, 2025 🔗 kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60566238 #KULeuven #Hiring #Research

Laboratoriummanager

TARGID zoekt een enthousiaste laboratoriumtechnoloog.

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😱 The Belgian Week of #gastroenterology is currently rocking Antwerp! 🔬 listened to great #science 🫂 met new and old friends 🗣 one keynote from the lab on #ENS progenitor cells and aging Thanks for hosting, Werend Boesmans! #neurogastro

⏰Final Call!! Three days left to apply for #LBBB2026 Don't miss out on your opportunity to attend the best early career meeting in the #neurogastroenterology field. www.lbbb2026.com/apply @dgnm.bsky.social @gastronauts.bsky.social

📢Good news! If you need a little bit more time to apply for LBBB2026, we have you've got you covered! New (and very final) deadline to apply is 🗓️9th Feb 2026 Don't leave it to the last minute and join us in Fusagasuga 🔗https://www.lbbb2026.com/apply

@lbbbmeeting.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢REMINDER: The deadline to apply for LBBB2026 is Monday (2nd February) 📍The meeting takes place in Fusagasuga (Colombia) 31st October - 4th November 📬Apply Now to be part of a small meeting with big ideas @dgnm.bsky.social

📢REMINDER: The deadline to apply for LBBB2026 is Monday (2nd February) 📍The meeting takes place in Fusagasuga (Colombia) 31st October - 4th November 📬Apply Now to be part of a small meeting with big ideas @dgnm.bsky.social

🏆🎉 congratulations to your member Anita Annahazi and her team for receiving the best paper award in the category 'best translational article' by @ngmjournal.bsky.social! take a look at the paper 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #neurogastro #enteric #neuroscience #ENS

📢 OMG! The program of our annual meeting is out! 👇 tinyurl.com/4byardpu It's still time to register to hear about 🔬 the latest studies in enteric #neuroscience and #ENS research, 🥼 news in clinical #neurogastroenterology, 🫂 and connect with the #neurogastro community Be there on February 20-22!

🗣 Just one week left to apply for @lbbbmeeting.bsky.social 🫵 Act now and be part of the single most awesome young investigator meeting in enteric #neuroscience and #neurogastroenterology! 👇 www.lbbb2026.com

📢 Remember those sleepless nights when you were kept awake from not knowing how the HSPG expression was in #ENS ganglia in #Hirschsprung 's disease?! 🤯 These days are over, as you can read all about it in our new paper @ngmjournal.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Perlecan, CollagenXVIII, and Agrin Expression in Normo‐, Hypo‐, and Aganglionic Segments in Hirschsprung's Disease

The secretory heparan sulphate proteoglycans perlecan, agrin, collagen18A1 are expressed in the periganglionic sheath of enteric ganglia in resectates of Hirschsprung's disease patients and non-Hirsc...

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📣 Abstract Deadline verlängert! Die Abgabefrist für Abstracts zur diesjährigen Jahrestagung in Freising stattfindet, wurde verlängert auf den 15. Januar 2026. Nutzen Sie die Chance, Ihre Forschung einem Fachpublikum zu präsentieren! 👉 Mehr erfahren: www.neurogastro.de/de/jahrestag...

Christmas is over and you start wondering what 2026 may bring? 🎁 Perhaps this #PhD position in Tübingen on the Neural Mechanisms of #Body #Memories in #women & #men is for you 👇 Starting date 01.03.2026 or earlier #fMRI #mentalhealth #sexdifferences