Delighted to be awarded the 2025 International Prize from the @fondationfyssen.bsky.social jointly with my long time collaborator @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social for our work on the 'Neurobiological foundations of human cognition': www.fondationfyssen.fr/deux-laureat...

La Fondation Fyssen a le plaisir d’annoncer que le Prix international 2025, consacré au thème « Fondements neurobiologiques de la cognition humaine », est attribué à Franck Polleux et Pierre Vanderhaeghen. @franckp.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social Rdv en juin 2026 pour la remise de prix !

The deadline is nearing by, time to aign up if you are interested!

Please check out and RT this new position for an exciting collaborative project with @boninlab.bsky.social and @franckp.bsky.social on the links between human-specific mechanisms and neurodevelopmental disorders in cortical circuits.

Please repost widely. @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc with expertise in sensory physiology and in vivo circuit imaging/manipulation. The project centers on human-specific brain development and SYNGAP1-related disorders. Call closing soon—apply ASAP jobs.vib.be/j/119852/pos...

Nice cover of our work linking SRGAP2/SYNGAP1 synaptic neoteny and ID/ASD with @blibep.bsky.social @benvermaercke.bsky.social @franckp.bsky.social @boninlab.bsky.social @cecilecharrier.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pro...

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died. A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio. An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Out in Cell Genomics: A comprehensive analysis of the cell-type-specific effects of CHD8 loss of function on gene expression in the embryonic and juvenile mouse cortex. Thread 🧵: www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

New from the lab: Fatty Acid Metabolism Sets the Species-specific Tempo of Cortical Development through Protein Acetylation Dynamics. Led by amazing trio: @ryo2iwata.bsky.social , Isabel Gallego, @emirerkol.bsky.social, together with @steinaerts.bsky.social , @fendtlab.bsky.social

Beautiful and inspiring work from Gero Miesenböck and colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

May has been quite the month… The #EvoDevoConference was a blast 💥 Thanks to all participants and organizers for your engagement! @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social 📸 (1/2)

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Hot off the press: The excellent Maheva Andriatsilavo and colleagues show how a temporal sequence of stochastic molecular mechanisms allow the emergence of stereotyped individualised neuronal circuits. Just published in Nature Neuroscience: rdcu.be/ek010

wonderful - congratulations @debbysilver.bsky.social !!

Fantastic opportunity for neuroscience research. The ROGER DE SPOELBERCH Prize for a basic or clinical research project in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases or psychiatric disorders. 750.000 EUR - Deadline JUNE 30 2025. www.fondation-roger-de-spoelberch.ch/en/roger-de-...

Fantastic PhD opportunities at the intersection of machine learning and biology. Come join us at @vibai.bsky.social! More details at: vib.ai/en/vibai-int...

Join us in Engelberg, Switzerland, for an exciting #EMBO workshop on #mitochondria in the nervous system #EMBOmitoNervousSys! Great speaker line up and opportunities for short talks from early career scientists. Submit your abstract until May 30st! @jcourchet.bsky.social @tatjanakleele.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to be co-organizing the very first EMBO Workshop bridging mitochondria and brain research - a powerhouse of science, ideas, and amazing speakers! 🧠🔬 📅 registration closes MAY 30th, so don’t wait to snag your spot! Stay tuned - more updates about the topics and speakers coming soon! 🎙️

It’s out! The first paper from my postdoc – and first from the @bhadurilab.bsky.social – is now live @natneuro.nature.com . 🧠✨ Using a new meta-atlas generation strategy, we identified functional gene networks that more fully explain how cell types are formed in the human cortex. (1/13)

Turns out eye colour (mainly a result of iris pigmentation) is yet another complex trait, now demystified by genomic advances. DNA variants in two neighbouring genes (HERC2 & OCA2) explain much of the blue-brown variation, but analyses of ~193k people in 2021 revealed another 50 genetic loci. 👇 7/n

Very cool study from Ikuo Suzuki lab, comparing temporal patterning in mouse and rat cerebral cortex. Non-uniform temporal scaling of neurogenesis for species-specific dosing of cortical excitatory subtypes. www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...

Our latest manuscript (7 years in the works) tackles the question of how diurnal ground squirrels evolved a cone-dominant retina, in contrast to the ancestral rod-dominant retina retained by virtually all other mammals./1 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Exciting project in Parkinson's disease! Patrik Verstreken's lab (verstrekenlab.sites.vib.be) and my lab are looking for a postdoc to develop and apply ML methods to the analysis of exciting brain-on-chip data. Please spread the word! More details at: jobs.vib.be/j/110908/pos...

Very excited to share our new preprint together with @daniedaaboul.bsky.social, where we studied the gene regulatory code that hippocampal granule cells (GCs) use during synapse formation (1/n)

With beautiful illustration of calcium imaging of human cortical neurons in visual cortex of awake transplanted mice by @benvermaercke.bsky.social @boninlab.bsky.social

A short Perspective on xenotransplantation to study human neuron development, evolution and disease @thetransmitter.bsky.social More related articles on human neurobiology coming out soon - thanks a lot to Josh Sanes for the initiative and opportunity! www.thetransmitter.org/human-neurot...

The latest essay in our new essay series exploring technologies for studying the human brain, guest edited by Josh Sanes.

EMBOMtg Paris May 6-9 @aydoganlab.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @brunetlab.bsky.social @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social @mwdorr.bsky.social @beyerlab.bsky.social @franckp.bsky.social @janereznick.bsky.social @olmedo-lab.bsky.social @perez-carrasco.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

Join us in Paris in May 6-9 for an exciting EMBO Workshop on Developmental timing mechanisms and evolution. Slots still open for short talks - Registration deadline next [email protected] @trayon.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

How does gene regulation shape brain evolution? Our new preprint dives into this question in the context of mammalian cerebellum development! rb.gy/dbcxjz Led by @ioansarr.bsky.social, @marisepp.bsky.social and @tyamadat.bsky.social, in collaboration with @steinaerts.bsky.social

Join us for this exciting EMBO workshop in Paris May 6-9 on a fundamental emerging question in biology: Mechanisms that control species-specific development timing (Deadline for registration fast approaching April 1). meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

From Bluesky folk: @cedricboeckx.bsky.social @debbysilver.bsky.social @blibep.bsky.social @franckp.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social @joanocha.bsky.social @psudmant.bsky.social @evobioclio.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @alwaysrong.bsky.social @baumoflife.bsky.social @noonanlab.bsky.social

"Developmental Timing Across Species" @embo.org Workshop organised by @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social 📅6-9 May 2025 📍Paris Submit abstract and register by 1 April: thenode.biologists.com/developmenta... #EvoDevoTempo

New lab paper! We reveal a novel mitochondria–cilia interaction in neurons & #mitochondrial control of #ciliary molecular pathways & structure Kudos to Dogukan Ulgen & Ale Chioino 🙏 O Zanoletti, A Quintana, E Sanz @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social @jphysiol.bsky.social Read doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

Join us this coming May 6-9 in Paris for the second EMBO Meeting on developmental timing across species. Registration now OPEN. Stellar line-up of inv. speakers + talks selected from abstracts. meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev... @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social

Final poster for the second edition of the #EvoDevoTempo meeting is finally ready! Great lineup and 3x more social activities: meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev... @bassemh.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social

In one sentence (but see 🧵 for details): we show that CHD2 dosage critically regulates the autolysosomal pathway, which in turn impacts neurodevelopmental tempo. This matters for disease (epilepsy/autism), but also for evolution (neoteny/bradychrony) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Can't miss opportunity for anyone interested in developmental timing!! See you in Paris⏳️

Join us in Paris 6-9 May 2025 for the #EvoDevoTempo conference (2nd edition) with a fantastic line up of speakers confirmed!! Organized by @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social and me. Please RT to spread the word meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

so nice to see this amazing study out - huge congrats to @franckp.bsky.social & coll.!

💼 Our team at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social and @viblifesciences.bsky.social keeps expanding! We are looking to recruit an executive admin to ensure that our Center and labs keep running strong! 💪 Want to know more? See and apply here 👇 jobs.vib.be/j/92784/mana...

If you see this post, can you please help spread this information? #ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US. People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women! Let’s spread word! ❤️✊

Second edition of the EMBO workshop on Developmental Timing across species. Second edition organized by @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social and Margerete Diaz-Cuadros Cool speakers & fun networking activities. More details coming soon.Save the date: May 6-9 2025!

Ok, I don't think an #EvolutionaryNeuroscience starter pack existed already...so I have started one! This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌 go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Sn

Less than a month until our @cshlaboratory.bsky.social conference on human #neuraldevopment and modeling with #stem cells. Spectacular lineup of speakers. Photo from the latest edition @graycamplab.bsky.social @djabaudon.bsky.social @debbysilver.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social & more

Hi Bluesky 🧪🧠, Let me introduce my second postdoctoral piece published a couple of weeks ago, under the direction of @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social, with @franckp.bsky.social and Cécile Charrier, in #Neuron @cellpress.bsky.social 🧵: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #neuron #neoteny #human #SYNGAP1

Looking forward to the Inaugural Symposium of the Center for AI & Computational Biology vib.ai with a great line-up of speakers at the interface of AI & biology: D. Kelley, J. Gagneur, Z. Avsec, T. Kortemme, B. Lehner, F. Fraternali, A. Tanay & O. Stegle (20Nov) www.vibconferences.be/events/vibai...

It's time to join us in Paris in May!

Thank you @mydennis.bsky.social - just joined to see your post :-)