Check out the full speaker line up for the European Synapse Meeting 2026 (Oct 21-23). Hope to see you all in Leuven this fall! #EUSYN2026

New preprint from our lab! We integrate proteomics-informed candidate selection with targeted spatial transcriptomics and protein-level validation to identify astrocytic VCAM1 as a novel regulator of hippocampal synapses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Announcing the 10th edition of the European Synapse Meeting in Leuven, October 21-23, 2026. Registration will open soon. Hope to see you all in Leuven this fall! All info: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

Glad to see our new paper finally out! We show how the GPR158 receptor controls synapse maturation and function by silencing an intrinsic inhibitory mechanism. authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7HS5Sx5g... Work from Ben Verpoort and colleagues, with special thanks to our collaborators.

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Postdoc opportunity in the heart of Europe! Check out the flyer below. Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.