⏳ ICYMI Nominations for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture are still open! We’re celebrating exceptional neuroscientists driving innovation in #BrainResearch & amplifying voices from #underrepresented regions. The winner will give a lecture at #FENS2026 Barcelona! 👉🏾 loom.ly/FEG7E-w 🗓️ 15 Oct 2025

🌊 Season Finale Out Now! What does it really mean to “make it” in academia? A big lab? Prestigious awards? In Ep 5 of the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast, we challenge traditional definitions of success and explore new ways to measure excellence in science. 🔗 Listen now: https://loom.ly/N1a1jSg

How do we move from intention to impact? Building inclusive work cultures requires more than statements, it needs concrete action. Join us for Workshop 2 in the ALBA-IBRO From Declaration to Action series & gain practical, scalable tools to foster belonging in your organisation. loom.ly/1_Qx-gs 🧵

🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards! ✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates ✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD 👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc 📆 21 Oct 2025

📣Call open for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture! Nominate outstanding neuroscientists who push the frontiers of brain research, champion EDI, & work in underrepresented countries. 🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026 ✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years 👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w 📆15 Oct 2025

🚀 From Declaration to Action continues! 🔵 Workshop 2: Fostering Inclusion – Strategies to Transform Academic Work Cultures 🗓 12 Sept – 08:00 MDT | 16:00 CEST | 19:30 IST 🔗 Register now! loom.ly/1_Qx-gs 🗣️ Adrian Liston labliston.bsky.social & Ibukun Akinrinade Supported by ibroorg.bsky.social 🧵

1/ 🎉 Black In Neuro is turning FIVE — and we’re celebrating with our first-ever in-person conference! 🧠✨ Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥 📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C. Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25

Let's gather at the FENS Forum 2026 (6-10 July) in Barcelona, Spain, for some ALBA celebration! 🥳

🎧 The new episode is out! ALBA-IBRO #Diversity #Podcast: From Postdoc to PI Tune in as three researchers share how power is experienced, challenged, and negotiated in academic life - and how to lead with integrity while building a healthy lab environment. buff.ly/mLcJXu9 @network-alba.bsky.social

🎧 Episode 4 is out! Navigating Power Dynamics: How to Lead Through Troubled Waters. What happens when power is misused in academia — and what can early-career scientists do about it? In this episode, we share strategies to navigate toxic structures & lead with integrity. 🔗 https://loom.ly/N1a1jSg

📢 Happening at 16:15 at #EBBS2025 Merit, Myths & Measures: Reinforcing EDI in Times of Challenges: a session exploring how to tackle pushback against equity, diversity & inclusion in neuroscience. 🗣Francesca Cirulli (IT), Carmen Sandi (CH), Anna Beyeler (FR) and Bita Moghaddam (US) 🔗 loom.ly/yKksqlU

🎉 Congratulations to the #DiversityPrize Winner! 🏆 At the 2025 #FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo, Norway, @network-alba.bsky.social and the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (#FKNE) awarded this year's Diversity Prize to Prof. Aikaterini Fotopoulou. 🧠 👉 https://loom.ly/dphSwoM#DiversityPrize#FENS#FKNE)#DiversityInSTEM

📚 New articles from #EJN - the European Journal of #Neuroscience! How has neuroscience changed over the past 30 years, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 💭 🧠 That's the question that Marian Joëls sets out to answer in her recent #OpenAccess editorial for #EJN. 👉 https://loom.ly/jEswp-g#EJN#Neuroscience!#OpenAccess#EJN.#DiversityInSTEM

Congratulations to our newly elected Board members: 🎉 Sandhya Koushika, Jatin Nagpal, and Ibukun Akinrinade 🎉 Chair-Elect: Bita Moghaddam Thank you to everyone who joined the ALBA General Assembly 2025! 💙 We’re grateful for your energy and insights. @fens.org

📢 ALBA General Assembly 2025 coming up on 26 June. 💬 EDI isn’t dead: reclaiming global voices in science, health and society 🗣️ Francesca Cirulli, Zeljka Krsnik, Violetta Zujovic, Susanne Ahmari, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots & Francisco Parada 🕑 09:15 ET | 15:15 CEST | 18:45 IST 🔗 Zoom

📖 The 2024 #ALBA Impact Report is HERE! Read the full report today 👉 https://loom.ly/RWb3NKI 👀 Want to become a part of @network-alba.bsky.social? Good new: it’s FREE! Find out more about membership benefits 👉 https://loom.ly/wCUPcVg

That's a wrap on #FRM2025! 🎉 🇳🇴 From 16-19 June, Oslo welcomed researchers from around the world for 4️⃣ days of presentations, plenary speeches, poster sessions, networking events, and more. 🧠 @network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social #FENS #FENSRegionalMeeting #NeuroscienceConference

🏆 The world's BIGGEST #NeuroscienceAward is now accepting nominations for 2026! Awarded by @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social, The #BrainPrize recognises outstanding contributions across all fields of #neuroscience. 🧠 Submit your nomination by 1 September! 👉 https://loom.ly/-54xDkQ

🚨 New Episode Out! What makes a lab truly thrive? Spoiler: It’s not just funding or publications — it’s inclusion. 🎙️ In Ep. 3 of the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast, 4 inspiring scientists share how inclusive leadership and lab culture can power scientific excellence. 🎧 https://loom.ly/N1a1jSg

🏆 Prof. Aikaterini Fotopoulou (UK) has won the 2025 ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize! Honoured for her transformative leadership in advancing EDI across neuroscience — from founding the ERB Centre at UCL to global mentoring, institutional change, & championing inclusive research. 👉🏽 loom.ly/4dR6P3A

📎 Excited to share new insights from ALBA's interviews with select major research funders, exploring how EDI is being integrated into grant allocation — what’s working, where the gaps remain, and why transparent, evidence-based funding practices are more important than ever. 👉🏾 loom.ly/NQYrPGM

📆 Save the date! The ALBA General Assembly takes place online on 26 June 2025 This year’s theme “EDI isn’t dead: reclaiming global voices in science, health and society" 📩 Members, check your email for the registration link. Didn’t receive it? Contact the ALBA Office! 👉🏼 https://loom.ly/Wxer8oI

🗞️ Just in from @network-alba.bsky.social! Want to learn more about equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in #neuroscience? 🧠 Don't miss these #OpenAccess publications, developed by the ALBA Working Groups on Disability and Accessibility and Gender and Sexual Diversity! 👇

🤝 Meet us at the @fens.org - ALBA Booth of #MNS2025 in an hour to ask all your burning publication questions to Yoland Smith, @ejneuroscience.bsky.social Co-Editor-in-Chief (1-2 pm). More information: www.fens.org/news-activit...

🎉 #MNS2025 is off to a powerful start with 2 keynotes, one by our President-Elect, Shubha Tole, on hippocampus 🧠 and one with the ALBA Network on building resilience in #DEI. ✅ More IBRO activities tomorrow - check them out: buff.ly/2iYWGcR @francescacirulli.bsky.social @network-alba.bsky.social

🧠 Heading to #FRM2025 in Oslo? 2 key ALBA events you won’t want to miss! 💬 Panel: The Evolving Landscape of Nordic Neuroscience 📅 18 June | 🕐 12:15 📍 VBH Auditorium 1 🎉 ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize 2025 Ceremony 📅 18 June | 🕔 17:00 📍 SLH Auditorium 🔗 https://loom.ly/HxCQjvY @fens.org

🌟Our 2024 Impact Report is here! At ALBA, #allyship was central to all we did last year. From supporting #underrepresented groups to building community and sparking key conversations, we worked together to advance #equity in neuroscience. 👉🏾 loom.ly/Z61nehk @fens.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @sfn.org

Are you a UK-based researcher? Share your experience applying for #funding in a 10-min survey. Optional £25 interview available. Findings will inform UCL and UK national #policy to support more #equitable, #inclusive #research funding practices 🇬🇧 Take the survey here 👉🏾 loom.ly/Tu8BYtc @fens.org

⚠️ ALBA Members: you still have 3 days left to vote! The deadline for the ALBA Board elections has been extended to 5 june (23:59 CEST) Help select the next leaders to represent the ALBA membership and continue the efforts to promote diversity in neuroscience. 👉🏽 www.alba.network/elections @fens.org

Excited to share this important work led by @dgrijseels.bsky.social and the ALBA Gender&Sexual Diversity working group, offering practical tips for inclusive data practices across research contexts - human participants, animal models, diversity surveys. Happy Pride! 👉🏽 loom.ly/N0DiSgI @fens.org

Sustaining #EDI in science isn't easy—but it's essential. At #MNS2025, the ALBA-IBRO Keynote will spotlight how to resist burnout, build institutional resilience, and embed EDI into neuroscience practice. 🗓️ 7 June, 17:30📍Chania, GR 🔗 alba.network/MNS2025 Proudly supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social 🧵

Proud to share our new @ejneuroscience.bsky.social editorial which spotlights the work of our Disability & Accessibility Group & highlights the barriers faced by disabled scientists. A call for action towards greater equity in neuroscience. 👉 loom.ly/wInL1mU @fens.org @disabledinstem.bsky.social

🔊 Calling all ALBA Members! Votes are open. This is your chance to help select the next leaders who will advance ALBA's actions for diversity in neuroscience. 🗳️ Cast your vote. Check your mailbox to access the voting form. ⏰ 2 June 👉🏽 www.alba.network/elections @fens.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @sfn.org

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Make #IBRO2027 a dynamic & inclusive global gathering by proposing candidates to join the Scientific Program Committee! Learn more & help us shape an innovative, inclusive & high-impact program: ibro.org/ibro-2027-wo... Deadline: 16 May 2025 #conference #neuroscience @thebalelab.bsky.social

🏆 Nominations are open for The Brain Prize 2026! ALBA is committed to the success and impact of this award. Explore our #guidelines to craft strong, diverse #nominations aligned with the prize’s goals - and celebrate excellence in brain research. 👉🏿 loom.ly/0NUB_YI 🗓️ 1 September 2025

🎙️ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast: From Postdoc to PI - Ep 2 out! 🔬 How do you build a lab when resources are scarce? 🎧Listen now to Turning challenges into strengths: building a lab with limited resources: loom.ly/N1a1jSg 🗣️ Hosted by the @lonelypipette.bsky.social 🌟 Supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social 🧵

Online Workshop #1: Recognising and Mitigating Bias in Selection 🗓 15 May - 09:00 EDT | 15:00 CEST 🔗 loom.ly/GJkUAyQ Led by Dr Camill Morvan, this workshop will explore how biases affect recruitment and career progression, and how to design more equitable evaluation processes. 🧵 @ibroorg.bsky.social

Attending #SPN2025? Join us for an engaging workshop on inclusive mentoring and leadership in neuroscience. Our mentors will lead small-group discussions on key topics such as gaining confidence as a leader, dealing with disabilities and the impostor phenomenon. 🔗 loom.ly/HBCwCMM 📅 30 May, 9:30 AM

📣 Deadline Extended! You have til 29 April to submit your nomination for the ALBA Board of Directors. 💬 Raise your voice 🌍 Represent your community 🌈 Shape the future of EDI in neuroscience ✍️ nominate yourself or someone who is active in promoting diversity and inclusion: www.alba.network/elections

📣 One grant in the @acnporg.bsky.social Travel Award program is earmarked for an ALBA member working in the field of #neuropsychopharmacology. Don't miss out on this opportunity to attend #ACNP2026 & connect with leaders in the field. Apply now! 👉🏽https://loom.ly/QkL9xg4 🗓️ Deadline: 8 May 2025

Excellence in #neuroscience research was on full display at #SONA2025! FENS looks forward to working with the African neuroscience community in advancing discovery research and fostering Euro-African cooperation and collaboration. @fens.org @network-alba.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social

🌍 ALBA was proud to be part of #SONA2025 where we discussed inequities in publishing & solutions, celebrated the impactful immunopsychiatry symposium led by our 2023 Diversity Prize winner, and supported a travel awardee! @fens.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @acnporg.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social

🌍Exciting times for African neuroscience: African Brain Journal, the new society journal of SONA, has just launched! 📚Join us at #SONA2025 in Marrakech this evening at 6PM for the ALBA-IBRO Workshop on equity in publishing. Let’s talk barriers, inclusion, and change. @fens.org @ibroorg.bsky.social

📣 Calling on ALL ALBA MEMBERS! Nominate the next Board members! The 2025 ALBA Board of Directors call for nominations is open. This is the opportunity to actively participate in shaping ALBA's future.We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups. 🔗 www.alba.network/elections ⏳ 22 Apr

The #publishing landscape in science is not equal. Researchers from low-to-middle-income countries often face #barriers. What can be done to foster a fairer system? Join the ALBA-IBRO Workshop at #SONA2025 to discuss this with expert editors. 📆 April 17 | 6:00 PM 📍 Marrakesh 🔗 loom.ly/YWJ1EtM

📚 Event alert: advancing equity in neuroscience publishing Barriers in scientific publishing disproportionately affect researchers from low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). How do we create inclusive publishing practices? 🔗Learn more: loom.ly/YWJ1EtM With the support of @ibroorg.bsky.social

🎉 Great news from @ebbsociety.bsky.social 👏 Congrats to our Chair, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, for receiving the Diversity Award in recognition of her dedication to fostering diversity and inclusion in research! 📅Join us in celebrating this achievement at the ALBA session at #EBBS2025

Recognizing excellence in neuroscience strengthens the entire field. The 2025 SfN Awards and Prizes celebrate the researchers, educators, and mentors who drive neuroscience forward. Nominate a colleague, friend, or peer by Thursday, May 8. 🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz #Neurosky

🚀 Episode 1 is out! Making the jump from postdoc to PI can feel overwhelming. In this episode of the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast, we talk about fears, uncertainties, and the power of community in navigating this transition. 🎧 Listen now: www.alba.network/diversity-podcast2 youtu.be/O56ejPncoEU?...