Thrilled to start new collaborative project between @idibell.bsky.social and @idibaps.bsky.social, funded by Lindonlight Collective! 🚀 We will develop human stem cell-based models to investigate FGFR1 mutations in pediatric low-grade gliomas using CRISPR and brain organoids. 🧠🧬 lnkd.in/p/ek8vz4_X

Congratulations to Marina Pavlou & Marie d'Orange, recipients of the International Awards at the 3rd Edition of the #CajalChallengeAccepted Workshop, Barcelona! Awards support outstanding research advancing regenerative neuroscience inspired by Cajal cajalclub.org/news #Cajal #Neuroscience #Science

Happy with my talk yesterday at the @imbavienna.bsky.social. Many thanks for the kind invitation and for hosting such a stimulating scientific exchange. I truly enjoyed the discussions and the opportunity to connect with colleagues working at the forefront of brain research. @ubneuro.bsky.social

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a talk at the Liceu Politècnic, Sant Cugat, on the topic: Stem cells to repair and model the human brain 🧠✨ Grateful for the invitation, the great questions, and the inspiring atmosphere. Science, education, and equality go hand in hand. @ubneuro.bsky.social

🚀 Cajal’s Challenge Accepted – 2026 Edition 🧠 Understanding the Paths from Neuron Induction to Circuit Integration 📅 6 July 2026 | 📍 Universitat de Barcelona 💡 Poster abstracts encouraged 🏆 Cajal Club Prize for students, short talk & $500 travel grant. 🔗 Free registration: lnkd.in/dDZPYW4T

🚀 Cajal’s Challenge Accepted – 2026 Edition 🧠 Understanding the Paths from Neuron Induction to Circuit Integration 📅 6 July 2026 | 📍 Universitat de Barcelona 💡 Poster abstracts encouraged 🏆 Cajal Club Prize for students, short talk & $500 travel grant. 🔗 Free registration: lnkd.in/dDZPYW4T

Our collaboration with @theconversation.com is now available in English! Thanks to @ub.edu and @ubneuro.bsky.social. How stem cell therapy can regenerate brain tissue after a stroke theconversation.com/how-stem-cel...

How stem cell therapy can regenerate brain tissue after a stroke

For decades, stroke damage was though to be irreversible.

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Échale un vistazo a nuestro artículo en The Conversation donde intentamos acercar nuestra investigación al público general. Muy orgulloso del equipo y del apoyo de @ub.edu y @ubneuro.bsky.social. 🔬🧬💊🧠🧫 👇 web.ub.edu/es/web/actua...

Terapia con células madre: ¿una nueva era en la regeneración cerebral después de un ictus?

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Our new paper in iScience is out! 🧠✨ “Variability vs Phenotype: multimodal analysis of Dravet Syndrome Brain Organoids powered by Deep Learning.” #Neuroscience #Organoids #AI #DravetSyndrome Open access 👇 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Variability vs Phenotype: multimodal analysis of Dravet Syndrome Brain Organoids powered by Deep Learning

Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) driven by pathogenic variants in SCN1A gene. Brain organoids (BO) have emerged as reliable models for neurodevelopmental genetic ...

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You cannot miss the next talk from the "Cicle Continuat de Conferències". Dr. Danial Roshandel will show us the status of Stem Cell Transplantation for Ocular Regeneration! #stencells #regenerativemedicine #celltherapy

Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut@medicinacs-ub.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Nova sessió del cicle organitzat per la facultat, promogut per @ubneuro.bsky.social i adreçat al PDI del centre. El Dr. Danial Roshandel, científic de The University of Western Australia i de Lions Eye Institute, n'és el ponent convidat. 🖱️ bit.ly/3Locemg #Oftalmologia @nscbraindamage.bsky.social

🎉Our last paper, BDNF Overexpression Enhances Neuronal Activity and Axonal Growth in Human iPSC-Derived Neural Cultures, has been featured on the @ub.edu website! The article highlights our recent work on stem cell-based therapies for brain damage. @ubneuro.bsky.social 🔬🧠🧫 web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...

New advances to boost regeneration and plasticity of brain neurons

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been announced!! Congrats to the awarded!

BREAKING NEWS The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their… | The N...

BREAKING NEWS The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discover...

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You cannot miss this talk! Sergio Gascón PhD in Barcelona! @ubneuro.bsky.social @ub.edu @idibaps.bsky.social

Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut@medicinacs-ub.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Torna el cicle de conferències de la Facultat promogut per @ubneuro.bsky.social. Sergio Gascón, doctor en l’ @institutocajal.bsky.social del #CSIC, farà el 1/10 una ponència sobre reprogramació neuronal, adreçada al PDI de la Facultat, que és de lliure accés. 🖱️ bit.ly/46De8HV

Book the date in your calendars for the next Talk! @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social You cannot miss it!! #reprogramming #neurons

🎉 We’re thrilled to share our lab’s latest publication with the scientific community! This fantastic work was part of the iGEM competition, with the help of @ubneuro.bsky.social, @ub.edu, @idibaps.bsky.social and CIBERNED. Read the article here 👉 www.mdpi.com/3422314

Next talk at the Faculty of Medicine @ub.edu. Sponsorized by the @ubneuro.bsky.social. Don't miss it!

Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut@medicinacs-ub.bsky.social · last yr.

Nova sessió del cicle de conferències de la facultat promogut per @ubneuro.bsky.social de la @ub.edu. Clara Selles Japas, Postdoctoral Fellow en el NYU Grossman School of Medicine, farà la ponència el 25/6 sobre la #oxitocina “You know I need you for the oxytocin”. 🖱️ bit.ly/4l09B70

First round of fMRI in stroke-damaged mice with stem cell transplantation. Very exciting day for our project! With Marie Karam, José T. Garrido, Guadalupe Soria Rodríguez, @ubneuro.bsky.social and @idibaps.bsky.social. #Stroke #StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine #Brain 🧠 🔬

Interesting results from the group of Claire Parish! Exercise promotes the functional integration of human stem cell-derived neural grafts in a rodent model of Parkinson’s disease: Stem Cell Reports www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...

Exercise promotes the functional integration of human stem cell-derived neural grafts in a rodent model of Parkinson’s disease

Moriarty and colleagues demonstrate the benefit of exercise in promoting plasticity of human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural grafts in Parkinsonian rat model. These effects, observed for ectopic ...

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First results from clinical trials published in Nature! Human iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons transplanted in the brain of patients with Parkinson's Dieseas. More results from Sweden and US will come soon! #RegenerativeMedicine #Parkinson #StemCells www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Phase I/II trial of iPS-cell-derived dopaminergic cells for Parkinson’s disease - Nature

After transplantation into the brain of patients with Parkinson’s disease, allogeneic dopaminergic progenitors derived from induced pluripotent stem cells survived, produced dopamine and did not form ...

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Very happy with this wonderful recognition from my hometown. As scientists, we are not used to this kind of awards. Thanks to the Cultural Association of Albacete in Madrid, the government of the Province of Albacete, @ub.edu and @ubneuro.bsky.social.

Read our last paper Published today! With Marie KARAM and Alba Ortega Gascó, two talented postdocs in the Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Brain Damage. @ub.edu, @ubneuro.bsky.social, @idibaps.bsky.social and CIBERNED. www.mdpi.com/3251774

Nova sessió del cicle continuat de conferències de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut: Philippe Séguéla, científic de McGill University, ve a l’Aula Magna del #CampusCLÍNIC el 2 d’abril @ubneuro.bsky.social @nscbraindamage.bsky.social #FMiCS 🖱️ bit.ly/41ZkSOl

This week, Alba Ortega Gascó, postdoc in the lab, was presenting our last results at the Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration Meeting, in Edinburgh, UK. @ubneuro.bsky.social , @idibaps.bsky.social #Assembloids #AlzheimerDisease 🧫 🧠 🔬

Another talk comming soon in our Cicle of Conferences! Don't miss this opportunity! “Ion channels and pain circuits: from ASICs to the Anterior Cingulate Cortex” #pain #brain #research @ub.edu www.ub.edu/portal/web/m...

Happy to have the whole group together.: Marie Karam (postdoc, Lebanon/FRA), José Garrido (phd st, PRT), Federica Passeri (master student, ITA), Alba Ortega (postdoc,CAT), Clàudia Puigsasllosas (phd st, CAT), and Anna-Christina Haeb (phd st, GER)!🔬🧠 @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social @idibaps.bsky.social

Looking for a PhD position? You have to check this! #phd #research #opportunity training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/

Nueva distinción para el proyecto contra el ictus Reneurish, impulsado por estudiantes de la UB - Actualidad - Universidad de Barcelona @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social web.ub.edu/es/web/actua...

Nueva distinción para el proyecto contra el ictus Reneurish, impulsado por estudiantes de la UB

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Great visit to the Cortical Labs stand at the #MWC25. Thanks @sandraacosta.bsky.social, Ángeles Rabadán, ZeNEUROID and of course Brett Kagan for a fantastic collaboration! #corticalneurons #brain #artificialintelligence

Fantastic last day at the MWC Barcelona 2025, the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event #MWC25. Thanks to @startub.bsky.social and the rest of the network from @ub.edu!

Today, the Steering Committee of the @ubneuro.bsky.social (@ub.edu) has visited the facilities of the new Cognitive Neuroscience Unit. A space with a lot of potential that we hope will be filled with exciting projects. #cognitiveneuroscience #brain More information 👇 www.event-lab.org