🧠 Exciting PhD opportunity in our lab @cbdresearch.bsky.social! Join us to uncover how defective synaptic #autophagy drives #ParkinsonsDisease. More info here 👇 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026

Patrik Verstreken and collaborators @verstrekenlab.bsky.social show that Rab39 limits delivery of autophagic Atg9 vesicles to synapses via cytoskeletal organizer Shortstop and Unc104/KIF1A in Drosophila www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Excited to share our new paper @embojournal.org led by the fantastic Ayse Kilic @verstrekenlab.bsky.social @cbdresearch.bsky.social! 🎉 We show that #neuronal Rab39 regulates EndoA-dependent synaptic #autophagy, shedding light on mechanisms of #ParkinsonsDisease www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Last week, I had the chance to take part in the GSO #LeadershipAcademy. I’m leaving with fresh ideas and practical tools to apply in my daily work. Huge thanks to the organizers and my fellow participants for this experience. #GSOLA #LSA9 #AcademicLeadership #LeadershipInScience

Excited to join the new cohort of the @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social #LSA9! Grateful for the opportunity to grow as a leader in science, build new connections across disciplines, and exchange ideas with an inspiring community of researchers. #LeadershipInScience #AcademicLeadership