Calling all glia researchers! 🧬 Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, we highlight one more speaker, Andrew Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social of the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk

First ever lab photo #newPI Building my team has been one of the highlights of the year.

Registration for our second UK Glia meeting, from 8-9 June 2026 is open: www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...! Abstract submission deadline: 16/01! We would like to highlight the first keynote speaker of the event, Thóra Káradóttir from Cambridge University @cam.ac.uk.

🚨 Don’t miss out! Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting, 8–9 June. Abstracts due 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... In this post, we would like to highlight our second keynote speaker, Baljit Khakh, from UCLA and DRI Cardiff @ukdri.ac.uk! baljitkhakhlab.healthsciences.ucla.edu

📢 Registration is now open for our second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our second speaker highlight is for David Lyons @lyons-lab.bsky.social from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.

Alicia Pietramale et al. discovered a disconnection between microglial processes that surveil or respond to acute damage and those that contain mitochondria. Cytoskeletal components and metabolic enzymes underlie these differences. Final version just published! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Postdoctoral Researcher, Aston & University of Oxford. Join Professor Roslyn Bill ERC project building a gliovascular interface on a chip to study glymphatic clearance. Closing date: 31st January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency. This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

‘Giant step forward’ for Huntington’s — the scientist behind the first gene therapy www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Looking forward to Barcelona in July

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology. pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/

@thetransmitter.bsky.social’s “New Lab Directory” features a list of new neuroscience labs that opened in 2024-2025, and some set to launch in 2026. Check out the list to learn about the work of more than 50 new neuroscience labs. www.thetransmitter.org/community/th... #StateOfNeuroscience

I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...

This is fantastic, what a positive and wonderful thing for medical research happening here. Congratulations team

If you'd like to learn more about how OpenSAFELY works - and how we solved the privacy and efficiency challenges, to make national GP data securely accessible - here's a 5 minute video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

👉🏼👉🏾👉🏻👉🏿👉🏽An opportunity for a PhD studentship in my lab to investigate the mechanisms that mediate the specialization astrocyte endfeet (subcellular compartments enwrapping the vasculature) in collaboration with the magnificent Lorena Arancibia. See below:

Happy Wednesday Glia Scientists, Many of us are not at SfN right now.. but we are preparing abstracts to submit to this exciting UK meeting happening in June Registration is open! www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...

@sfn.org #SfN25 #SanDiego starts this Saturday. The lab is going to be there in full force - see our presentations below. Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social. (1/2)

We are doing it again!!!! Save the date for the next in-person #AstrocyteCafe next June 3-5 (2026) in Pamplona (Spain)! We can’t wait to see many of you in person again, thanks so much to the main local organizer @maitesolas.bsky.social ♥️

The fully funded PhD studentship in my lab is focused on reducing e-waste. Apply here: ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2026-27-proj...

If you’re interested in glia and you’ll be at SfN in San Diego, please join us!

Hello UK scientists 👋🏿👋🏾👋🏽👋🏼👋🏻👋 Bristol in June 2026, the second UK Glia Network meeting will be featuring some of the best glial biology happening across the country. Come to network, present your work and meet future collaborators Registration info here: www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...

Out today in Nature: We uncover a neural mechanism for the integration of two internal states - hunger and estrous state - and how this integration shapes pup-directed behaviors in mice. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Butter, milk, beef, chocolate and coffee are responsible for much of the UK’s food inflation, with climate change the key driver of rising grocery bills #climatecrisis @eciu.net HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/ced8...

Love this, I met @michellemonje.bsky.social after my first child years ago. I was feeling anxious about my science future, Michelle was very encouraging. What an incredible role model @carersinstemm.bsky.social Now I have 3 children and my first grant

The magnificent Wills memorial building @bristoluni.bsky.social will be the location for the 2nd UK Glia meeting in June 2026 Have a look at registration information and programme information here www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Glial biology in ALS

WHITE MATTER IN FOCUS SYMPOSIUM: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF MYELIN AND OLIGODENDROCYTES IN NEURODEGENERATION neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/event-posts/...

📢 June 8th-9th 2026 Bristol University 📢 We have partnered with @physoc.bsky.social to organise the 2nd meeting Bristol. It is a privilege to announce Professor Baljit Khakh, FRS will join us in the UK. Check out the exciting programme here: www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... #neuroskyence #glia

📣 Call for Papers! We’re partnering with @OUPAcademic for a special issue: Picture a Black In Neuro Scientist 🧠🖤 Submit research, reviews, perspectives & more by Dec 31, 2025 📅 Details + submit: blackinneuro.com/call-for-pap... #BlackInNeuro #5YearsOfBIN #CallForPapers

🚨 I’ve got some exciting news! I have two PhD positions available in my group to advance Digital Endocrinology at @manchester.ac.uk Please help disseminate widely (application deadline 15th Nov): 1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (1/2)

Landmark publication from @junnagai.bsky.social lab! Incredible work really detailing the neural mechanisms that recruit astrocyte ensembles ! 🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just out in Nature! “The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory.” We identified astrocytic ensembles that link experiences across days to stabilize memory nature.com/articles/s41.... New astrocyte tools are openly available at Addgene: addgene.org/Jun_Nagai/. 1/8

We hire! The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities. More details here: cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...

I'll be one of the panelists at this great event! If you happen to be in San Diego make sure you attend and say hello 👋🏼

Hello world 👋👋🏻👋🏼👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 Quietly setting up my own lab in Sheffield. Thank you to my funders @wellcometrust.bsky.social Thank you to the @thetransmitter.bsky.social for featuring me today www.thetransmitter.org/liftoff-new-...

'It’s not just us who struggle in the heat.' @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's Prof Paul Behrens explains how climate change is driving up the cost of food. #OxfordClimate

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7... Very excited to share the first publication of Dylan Dunkwu who recently joined the Christie lab - nothing like your first paper moment 🍾🥂🍾

The time to carry out diagnostic MRI scans for dementia can be cut to one third of their standard length, finds a new study led by @uclqsion.bsky.social researchers with @uclengineering.bsky.social, who say it could at least double the number of dementia scans that can be done in one day

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc... Excellent work from Nick Fox, Geoff Parker and others

Join researchers, clinicians and neurosurgeons for an afternoon of expert insights and networking to discuss the practicalities and potential of using human brain tissue to replace animal models in neuroscience. 📅 Friday 7 November, 13.00 – 16.00 📍 UCL, London Register: nc3rs.org.uk/events/using...

Prof Selina Wray will join us as our careers keynote, sharing her journey from a working class background and part time work through to a professorship, and Dr Carole Torsney, our research keynote, will tell us about her preclinical research on sex & gender disparities in pain.

Join the Glia community on bluesky go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M

Thrilled to share this work from my postdoc with Tom Carmichael, available online @ Neuron! Long story short: we find even more evidence that all reactive astrocytes are not equal, and we can take advantage of those differences to improve repair after stroke. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Reproducibility isn’t glamorous, but it’s essential." @annechurchland.bsky.social speaks candidly in @thetransmitter.bsky.social about the obstacles to reproducibility and shares practical advice for other neuroscience labs. 🧠📈 www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...

“Using Human Brain Tissue in Research” NC3Rs supported @nc3rs.bsky.social Date & time: Friday, 7 November 2025 13:00–16:00 Prof Maria Thom Mr Martin Gillies Mr Ciaran S. Hill Location: UCL Institute of Advanced Studies Registration (event is free): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networking...

Research Assistant, UK DRI Cambridge. Join the McEwan lab studying protein aggregation and tau assemblies, producing samples for studies across the institute. Closing date: 2nd November @ukdri.ac.uk www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Assistant, SITraN Sheffield. Join a BMA-funded project with Dr Hina Khan, using qualitative methods to improve dementia diagnosis for South Asian and Black communities. Closing date: 4th November www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...