At the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the front line is completely overwhelmed. Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, describes what he saw in the Ebola ward at Mongbwalu General Hospital. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

Some good news on the medical front.. Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients.. www.newscientist.com/article/2528...

A human corticospinal organoid-slice connectoid model informs enhancer strategies for post-injury axon regrowth: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Lab-grown brain-spinal cord model shows ‘irreversible’ nerve damage may be reversed www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Beautiful paper by Lakatos lab!!! A human corticospinal organoid-slice connectoid model informs enhancer strategies for post-injury axon regrowth: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

for those of you interested in CRISPR tools and microglia functional genomics - check out the newest preprint from the Sher lab 🙂 @FalakSh48753148 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42182403/

Dysregulated oligodendrocyte and myelin dynamics as an early pathological feature of neuropil degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease: an ultrastructural study link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Like macrophages in general, Lipid-associated “foamy” 🚿macrophages come in different flavors. Here a new story on these big beauties in #multipleSclerosis Foamy microglia link oxylipins to disease progression in multiple sclerosis | @natneuro.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Aged circulating CD8+ T cells and their secreted factors drive cognitive decline. Nice work on CD8 T cells, T cells, and aging doi.org/10.1016/j.im...

Si estás hoy en #Valencia, no te pierdas la jornada de homenaje a José Manuel García Verdugo en la @uv.es 👇👇👇

In our REMOA members series, today the Imaging Facility at Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience (Leioa)🔝🔝 This facility provides advanced microscopy solutions to study the brain across scales. Don’t miss the chance to explore their work 👉 www.achucarro.org/facilities/i... @achucarro.bsky.social

This is my favorite shot from Artemis II so far—absolutely stunning CREDIT:NASA

📢 Jornada en homenaje a José Manuel García Verdugo (1953-2025) El 18 de mayo, la @uv.es acogerá un homenaje personal y tributo a su importante contribución a la #Neurociencia 🔗https://www.senc.es/jornada-en-homenaje-a-jose-manuel-garcia-verdugo/ @carmenagustin.bsky.social @edesfilis.bsky.social

We are hiring a project manager to join our CCMR team!!! Full application details in the thread:

White matter reflects the childhood exposome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.722687v1

The Duncan lab is hiring a postdoctoral fellow! We study how neurons respond to and are injured by demyelination. We use snRNAseq, microscopy, electrophysiology and molecular biology approaches. If interested, please send a statement of interest and CV. www.neuroscience.umn.edu/faculty/curr...

Gordon Research Conference on Thiol-Based Redox Regulation and Signaling is still open to registration, link below 👇 👇 👇 www.grc.org/thiol-based-... This highly anticipated meeting bridges Redox Chemistry to Biology, Aging and Disease will take place in July 12-17 2026. Travel grants coming!

CODA mapping reveals that 100% of fallopian tubes of healthy women contain precancers! The standard SEE-FIM protocol misses most of them due to undersampling. But our exhaustive assessment reveals that both pre- and postmenopausal women have them. Here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hello Gliamigos! I am beyond happy to share our newest story from the lab, it has been quite the experience seeing this through! Many thanks to Omar de Faria Jr who led this story and to everyone else involved!!! #myelin #multiplesclerosis

What happens to the brain after focal myelin loss? Our new paper, published today in @nature.com tries to answer this question: go.nature.com/3Qgd47r Details in the 🧵 (1/8)

Gut microbial metabolite indole-3-acetic acid inhibits microglia-mediated synaptic loss in Alzheimer’s disease by targeting CCR4 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This was an amazing conference, thank you!

🧠 Luc Pellerin @univpoitiers.bsky.social ha protagonizado esta tarde una nueva plenaria de la #CajalConference2026 con su charla: “Astrocyte Neuron Lactate Shuttle: Concept, Evidence and Role(s)” #CajalConference #Cádiz #Neurociencia @pgonzalezrodriguez.bsky.social

Check this out: lnkd.in/dWRyYsCb The first Adriatic school on immunometabolism: This summerschool is oriented towards early-career scientists and focuses on immunometabolism, an exciting and rapidly evolving field that explores the dynamic interplay between metabolism and immunity.

New from Felipe Barros lab, mitochondria makes lactate and exports it via MPC: Mitochondrial lactate venting limits oxidative stress: Cell Metabolism www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Resident tissue #macrophages (RTM) are now recognized as integral regulators of tissue physiology, not transient immune sentinels. one fundamental question remains unresolved: why do some populations achieve lifelong self-maintenance, while others are replaced under steady-state conditions? 🧵1/11

Download our database of free database of postdoc fellowships. 276 funding opportunities. For entry, we provide eligibility/requirements, amount, deadline, link, description, etc. Download database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

1/3 Thrilled to see our paper led by Kirandeep Deol is out in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology! CRISPR screens to uncover a role for vitamin B2 metabolism in stabilizing FSP1 via FAD, revealing a new way vitamins regulate ferroptosis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Super stoked to share that I’m starting my lab at UHN @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social / @kbi-uhn.bsky.social and the University of Toronto! If you’re interested in neuron-myelin interactions in circuit maturation and cognition, please reach out - we are hiring! www.oligodendrocyte.org 1/

Hao's Preprint Reading List March 11, 2026 Glutamine diet & Atherosclerosis Longitudinal live-cell imaging up to 22 weeks Ribosome & Aging Vascularized pancreatic tumor spheroid YAP/TAZ & Lung epithelial development Toward Computationally Complete Spatial Omics docs.google.com/document/d/e...

And much more... career development advice, mentoring workshops, social events in the framework of the Bay of #Plentzia.

#AIGS26 | Day 3 (Sept 18) 🧠 Session 4: "Innovative Experimental Approaches to Studying Glial Cells.". Speakers: 🔬 Fabio @fabiocava.bsky.social #brainoids 🔬 Minou @minoudj.bsky.social #zebrafish 🔬 Federico N. @soriafn.bsky.social #twophoton 🔬 José P. @jplopez-atalaya.bsky.social #transcriptomics

#AIGS26 | Day 2 (Sept 17) 🧠 Session 3: "The Integrative Functions of Glial Cells in Neural Circuit Physiology" Speakers: 🔬 Rosa @paolicellilab.bsky.social 🔬 Marta @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social 🔬 Cecilia Angulo @inserm.fr 🔬 Juliana M. Rosa @hnparaplejicos.bsky.social

#AIGS26 | Day 1 (Sept 16) 🧠 Session 2: "New Insights on Glial Cells in Neurodegeneration: A Focus on Metabolism". Speakers: 🔬 Alberto Pascual @ibis-investigacion.bsky.social #microglia #metabolism 🔬 Maite Solas @unav.edu #astrocytes #alzheimers 🔬 Vanja @tepavcevicvanja.bsky.social #myelin #MS

#AIGS26 | Day 1 (Sept 16) 🧠 Session 1: "Understanding Glial Cells: Cellular Breakthroughs". Speakers: 🔬 Amanda Sierra @sierralab.bsky.social #microglia #phagocytosis 🔬 Juan Pedro Bolaños @bolanosjuanp.bsky.social #metabolism #mitochondria 🔬 Arne Battefeld #oligodendrocytes #signaling

Achucarro International Glia School is back! #AIGS26 Registration period is already open, and the final programme accessible. Looking forward to this edition in #Plentzia www.achucarro.org/gl...#AIGS26#Plentzia#astrocytes #microglia #oligodendrocytes #glialcells

Latent, Lytic, and Linked to Multiple Sclerosis—How EBV Drives Autoimmunity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

What role do oligodendrocytes play in Alzheimer's? 🔬 We're pleased to support a major new project led by @sj-marzi.bsky.social, @dervissalih1.bsky.social, @nottalexi.bsky.social & @rikeshrajani.bsky.social, to investigate how these cells influence neurodegeneration👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

🧠 New funding opportunity for all scientists working on brain organoids 🧠

Thrilled that our paper is now published. It’s been a real privilege to work on this project together with co-first author @ara-donia.bsky.social, under the supervision of @lyons-lab.bsky.social, and with such an outstanding team in Edinburgh and internationally! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If we want to understand the biology of non-inflammatory disability progression in MS and find therapies that actually work, we need to consider both relapse and MRI activity. This is the approach we need: academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

I am delighted to see this work published. A big thanks to everyone, particularly the excellent supervision of @lyons-lab.bsky.social, the work of co-first author @juliavdkorput.bsky.social and wonderful collaborators in Amsterdam and Oregon. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🙏 This study was powered by fantastic collaborations — especially with @abelljonny.bsky.social & @joechambers.bsky.social with contribution form @felixmendu.bsky.social @lasergroup.bsky.social @franbottanelli.bsky.social 🔬🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Clonal CD8+ T cells populate the leptomeninges and coordinate with immune cells in human degenerative brain diseases www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Where does Aβ come from in Alzheimer’s disease? 🔍 In this review, we explore Aβ production and functions of APP processing in non-neuronal cells as well as how targeting non-neuronal Aβ could lead to a more holistic disease prevention/targeting. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢Calling all @cam.ac.uk neuroscience students: Applications are still open to join our wonderful CamBRAIN team!🧠 This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in the committee of one of the largest student neuro societies in the UK! More details in the comments👇 Apply by 26/01: lnkd.in/eMZ3P286