Meet the NSI Early Career Researchers’ Network committee 🧠 Together, we are passionate about building a supportive, collaborative community for students and early career researchers. Follow along for events, training opportunities, and ways to get involved with the NSI-ECRN over the coming year.

📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers!🧑‍🔬 We're thrilled to officially announce the 2026 NSI-ECRN Conference- Emerging Minds, Exploration of Brain Health🧠🌍✨ 🗓 Date: August 12-13th 📍 Location: Conway Institute, University College Dublin

Adipose tissue of an adult mouse after 12 weeks of high-fat diet feeding and 7 days post-traumatic brain injury, combining IF and FISH (RNAscope)." Congratulations to Gideon van der Linden in UCD, on being selected for our next ECRN Researcher Spotlight! 🎉👏🏅

Are you starting to think about your next steps in your career journey? Join us for our Careers Beyond Academia Seminar! 📚🤩 The event is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9th, via Zoom, starting at 3:00 pm. Make sure to register via the link in our bio!🔥👩‍🔬

“Male 1 year old Zebrafish coronal midbrain section, probed for GFAP and costained by DAPI” Congratulations to Fergus Woods from UCD on being selected for our next Image of the Month! 🎉👏🏅 Apply to have your own work showcased on our social media via the link in our bio!

🎉Congratulations to Emmet Costello for being our next spotlight article of the month for his work “Neuropsychological assessment practices in PRECISION-ALS: challenges and opportunities for harmonization” Link to article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40689468/ Apply next linktr.ee/nsi.ecrn?fbc...

Huge congratulations to all early career researchers who presented their work at the Neuroscience Ireland 2026 conference in Queens University Belfast last week! 🧑‍🔬🎤📊🧠

Great turnout at NSI-ECRN’s very own Big Brain Quiz at The Botanic Inn in Belfast during the NSI 2025 Conference in Queens University Belfast last week!😄🧠 So glad to see universities across the country represented here!🧑‍🔬🔬🍺

🎉Congrats to Rory Boyle (UPenn) on being ECRN's first Article of the Month for his publication: “Resistance and resilience to Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome” Read it here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Apply next! linktr.ee/nsi.ecrn #AlzheimersResearch #DownSyndrome

Microglia in action! An army of immune cells swarms the corpus callosum in a Sprague-Dawley rat brain, revealing the CNS's inner defenses. Congratulations to Meike Mulder from UCC for being featured as the first-ever ECRN Microscopy Image Spotlight! 🎉

🔊 Join us on Thursday, June 19th at 1PM (Zoom) for our Career Progression in Academia seminar! 🎓 Hear real advice from researchers at every career stage—from PhD to professor. Perfect for early career researchers! 🔗Registration and Zoom link: linktr.ee/nsi.ecrn?fbc...

🔊 Seminar Alert! Join us for our Career Progression in Academia Seminar on Thursday, June 19 at 1:00 PM (Zoom)! 🎓 Hear from researchers at every stage—from PhD grad to professor—sharing real stories, challenges, and career advice. 🔗 Register via linktree: linktr.ee/nsi.ecrn?fbc...

Want to boost your research visibility or highlight a great article?💡
We're launching an ECR Article of the Month—featured on our page and socials!📲 Get your work seen, connect with new communities, and grow your network.
Submit Via: docs.google.com/forms/d/1yQ4...

Tomorrow is the upcoming deadline to apply for NSI grants for ECRs- NSI International Conference Travel Bursaries and Mobility Fellowships! Don't miss out on this opportunity!🧠✨👩‍🔬 neuroscienceireland.com/travel-bursary

📚Feeling nervous about your Annual Review? Don’t worry… we’ve got you covered! Swipe through to learn: 1️⃣What Annual Review is all about 2️⃣What to expect 3️⃣How to prepare like a pro 💪 #phd #phdlife #gradschooltips #annualreview #academicjourney #postgradsupport #research

🧠✨ We're launching the NSI-ECRN Monthly Microscopy Spotlight! Each month, we’ll feature a stunning image from an early career neuro researcher in Ireland. 📸 Want to be featured? Submit via our google form: lnkd.in/emzMH6s5 #NeuroTwitter #SciArt #PhDlife #Microscopy

✨ Introducing Unicrawl 2025✨ 💡Unicrawl events are an opportunity to collaborate and establish connections with other early career researchers across the country while also hearing about cutting edge research from speakers and gaining invaluable transferable skills through a variety of workshops!💡

Stay in the Loop with ECRN! Want to hear the latest news, events, and opportunities in Neuroscience across Ireland? Join our mailing list for exclusive ECRN updates and stay connected with the community. Sign up via the Google Form linked below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📬 Stay Connected with NSI-ECRN! Whether it's email, Bluesky, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), or LinkedIn — we're just a message away 💬 Reach out and join the conversation! 🧠✨

🚀 Calling all Early Career Researchers in Ireland! Stay connected with ECRN through our Slack workspace! 💬 🔹 Network with peers 🤝 🔹 Find workshops, funding, & job listings 🎓💰 🔹 Join university-specific channels 📍🏫 Let’s build a stronger community—join now, link in bio!🔗 #ECRN #Networking #Slack

🚨INTRODUCING ECRN 2025🚨 As we prepare for another exciting year ahead, we want to hear from YOU! 🫵 ✨We want your feedback on how we can build our community to better benefit all our members! Please fill out the google form in the linktree in our bio to help us achieve this!✨