Happy to be part of this one too. #BBioH @fabiocava.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/cnca...

New publication in Nature Communications An international research group led by several Achucarro researchers has identified MCT2 as a novel regulator of white matter integrity. Read more 👉 www.achucarro.org/ne... #Achucarro #NatureCommunications

'Excellence and equity are not competing ambitions -they reinforce one another' Harriet Bulkeley and Liselotte Højgaard's editorial on why fairness and trust are foundations of excellent science, not extras, in the latest #ERCMagazine. 👉 t.co/SZSrlvndih @harrietbulkeley.bsky.social

Yesterday we hosted Santiago Solé Domenech (Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, USA) at Achucarro for a seminar on microglial mechanisms of amyloid-beta clearance in Alzheimer's disease. Thank you for sharing your research with us! 👏 #AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #Alzheimers #BrainResearch

reptiles in the BDE-lab are in full bloom! 🦎🐢🦖

Achucarro researchers have been in Barcelona at #FENSForum2026, organising Symposia sharing their research, exchanging ideas, and connecting with the international neuroscience community. 🧠 Thank you to everyone who contributed to another inspiring edition! #Achucarro #Neuroscience #Research

New paper in PLOS Biology from the Astiz Lab The Laboratory of Circadian Physiology reveals glucocorticoid sensitivity in the adult suprachiasmatic nucleus. Read more 👉 www.achucarro.org/ne... #Achucarro #AstizLab #PLOSBiology

Last Friday we hosted Manuel Valero García (Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona) at Achucarro for a seminar on inhibitory and glial mechanisms of memory consolidation. Thank you for sharing your research with us! 👏 #AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #Memory #BrainResearch

FENSGlia – Building the International Glia Community A great start to #FENS2026! Thanks to everyone who joined our joint FENS satellite meeting. Next: visit us at Booth 158, enter the raffle (Wed, 14:00 deadline), and join the #FENSGlia Social on Wednesday at 20:00.

We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher (R2/R3) in Oligodendrocyte Biology and Parkinson's Disease. Join the Aggregation and Glial Response Lab at Achucarro to study glial biology in Parkinson's disease. Start: Oct 2026 Deadline: Jul 10 Apply: [email protected] More info on our website.

Today Achucarro turns 14! 🎂 14 years advancing brain research at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience. Together we've achieved 722 publications, 67.812 citations, 74 PhD graduates and countless collaborations. Thank you to our community! Zorionak, Achucarro! 🧠🔬🎉 #Achucarro

Last Friday we hosted Natalie Connor-Robson (Cardiff University, UK) at Achucarro for a seminar on the role of the endocytic pathway in late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Thank you for sharing your research with us! 👏 #AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #Alzheimers #BrainResearch

🏳️‍🌈 Gaur LGTBIQ+ Harrotasunaren Nazioarteko Eguna da. Elhuyar Zientzia hedabideak konpromisoa hartzen du desberdintasunei ikuspegi intersekzionaletik eta sustraitik heltzeko, Emakumeak Zientzian Manifestuan jaso bezala 🗞️⤵️

Article “in press” @natcomms.nature.com! We show that MCT2 regulates oligo metabolism to promote maintenance of myelin and axonal integrity. @uv.es @biologiques-uv.bsky.social @achucarro.bsky.social @cipfvalencia.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social 🧵👇

As Neurogune 2026 comes to a close, we thank Euskampus Fundazioa and Proquinorte for their support. Their contribution helps bring the neuroscience community together, fostering scientific exchange, collaboration and innovation. 🤝 #Achucarro #Neurogune2026

Neurogune 2026 is happening today! 🧠🔬 Today, researchers and experts come together to discuss the latest advances in neuroscience, from neurodegeneration and neuroimmunology to AI and emerging technologies. Wishing all participants an inspiring day! ✨ #Achucarro #Neurogune2026

#WorldWomenNeuro wants to hear your voice! For the July 2026 #WWNnewsletter, we're exploring "The Role of Hormones in Brain Health." Read more about the theme and tell us about your experiences in less than 300 words here - https://worldwomenneuro.org/wwn-newsletter/ 🗓️Deadline: 16 July 2026

We are thrilled to celebrate that María Isabel Hernández Costés has successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Evaluation of the deleterious effect of hyperglycemia in experimental stroke: role of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)”. Congratulations, Dr. Hernández Costés! Zorionak Isa! 👏🎓

Registration, abstracts submission and Community workshops open call are open for SPAOM2026. 📍Vic (near Barcelona) 🗓️October 6–9, 2026.

The programme for our FENS 2026 Satellite Event (5 July, Barcelona) is now complete. Keynotes by Gertrudis Perea, Amit Agarwal & Andrea Volterra, plus 11 talks by Early Career Researchers. Programme & registration: https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/

In this 146 anniversary of the birth of Nicolas Achucarro Lund, we want to bring a recent interview with our ISAC member, Pablo Villoslada (MD, PhD). #Agening #Longevity #BrainHealth #Research #OneHealth www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/longevi...

Last Friday we hosted Raymundo Báez Mendoza (Georg August Universität Göttingen, Germany) at Achucarro for a seminar on the neuronal mechanisms underlying social behavior and Theory of Mind. Thank you for sharing your research 👏 #AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #SocialCognition #TheoryOfMind

How do socioeconomic barriers shape who gets to do science?🧠🌍 We’ve distilled a past ALBA-IBRO webinar into an accessible read on unequal access to opportunity in academia and efforts to build more inclusive research systems. 👉🏾 loom.ly/5Oz2teM These digests are supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social

🏆 Nominations are now open for @brainprize.org 2027! 🧠 Awarded by the @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social, The Brain Prize is the world’s largest prize for neuroscience, recognising outstanding contributions in any area of #neuroscience. 🗓️ Deadline: 1 September 2026 🔗 buff.ly/m7LqZk5

📢The deadline to submit the abstract for the "8th GEIVEX Symposium" has been extended to June 16th! See you in Bilbao! 🔬🧫🧠 #extracelularvesicles #EVs #Bilbao @isciiisalud.bsky.social @ehu.eus Abstracts can be submitted here👇🏻: lnkd.in/eCumWJZX www.geivex2026.com/abstracts/

📣 Registration is open for the 28th Meeting of the French Glial Cell Club! 📍 Sète, France | 📅 November 17–20, 2026 An international meeting bringing together experts in glial cell biology from across Europe & beyond 🔖 Abstract submission deadline: July 15th, 2026 Don't miss it 👉 lnkd.in/eEGfg8yC

A hackathon reveals that disagreement in neuroscience runs deeper than most researchers suspect—even in electrophysiology, a field that prides itself on hard data, write @mattiachini.bsky.social and Gaelle Chapuis. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...

Prest al zaude #BeZIENTZIA 2026 azokarako? @AchucarroGlia, @BCAMBilbao, BCMaterials, @BasqueFor eta @BC3#BeZIENTZIAelkarlanean antolatzen dugun ekimenak jakin-mina, bokazio zientifikoak eta talde lana piztea ditu helburu. Abian dago aurtengo edizioa. Bat egin gurekin!

📗 Seminario Gabriella Morreale en el #IIBM La conferencia de esta semana está a cargo de Federico N. Soria del Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bilbao. @achucarro.bsky.social Más información 👇

¿Te interesa entender cómo la IA, la computación cuántica o las nuevas terapias van a transformar la medicina? 📅 10–12 de junio de 2026 📍 Bilbao (WOP Konekta 2026) 📅 Programa: www.wopkonekta.com/p... 🎟️ Tickets: www.wopkonekta.com/i...

¿Te interesa entender cómo la IA, la computación cuántica o las nuevas terapias van a transformar la medicina? 📅 10–12 de junio de 2026 📍 Bilbao (WOP Konekta 2026) 📅 Programa: www.wopkonekta.com/p... 🎟️ Tickets: www.wopkonekta.com/i...

Last Friday at Achucarro, we hosted a Soft-skills Seminar on science communication with Clara García Gorro from CIC biomaGUNE. Clara shared practical media training tips to help researchers communicate their work with confidence. 🧠🎙️ #Achucarro #SoftSkills #ScienceCulture #Outreach

On May 14th, we had the pleasure of hosting the Min ARTEAN project event at Achucarro. 🧠🎨 Read more here 👉 www.achucarro.org/ne... #Achucarro #MinARTEAN

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

¿Qué tienen en común un altar y un laboratorio? 🧪🍻 Este miércoles 20 de mayo, nuestros compañeros Jokin Izagirre y Maria Moro se suman al Pint of Science en el Bar DaVinci de Bilbao: 👉"Del cura a la cura, del altar al laboratorio" #Achucarro #PintOfScience #Neurociencia #Epilepsia

Last Friday we hosted Ugo Mayor (EHU & Ikerbasque) at Achucarro for a seminar on linking research to societal needs, impact planning, and traceability. Thank you for sharing these insights with our community! 👏 #AchucarroSeminars #SocialImpact #Research #ScientificMethod

We’re very happy to congratulate Leire Boveda Altube on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, “Epileptiform Activity Reshapes the Morphology and Function of Newly Generated Hippocampal Neurons” Congratulations, Dr. Boveda Altube! Zorionak Leire! 👏🎓

We are thrilled to celebrate that Jon Olano Bringas has successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Studying the Impact of Tau Aggregation on Astrocyte Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease”. Congratulations, Dr. Olano Bringas! Zorionak Jon! 👏🎓

STEAM Sare ofrece 63 actividades científico-tecnológicas para el próximo curso ▪️La red impulsada por el Gobierno Vasco y coordinada por Innobasque lanza la 5ª edición de su catálogo ▪️44 entidades organizan iniciativas para fomentar vocaciones STEAM www.irekia.euskadi.eus/es/news/1098...

Celebrating Dr. Ignacio Torres Alemán 🧠 After 5 impactful years as Scientific Director, he steps down from Achucarro, leaving a lasting legacy in neuroscience. Thank you for your leadership, rigor, and curiosity. Wishing you the best ahead. #Achucarro #Neuroscience

Review: “The Disappointment Dilemma: Short‐ and Long‐Term Learning From Negative Outcomes” - Ibañez‐Tallon - 2026 - European Journal of Neuroscience - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🚨Habenular Research 🚨 Thanks to all authors!!!

On Monday in Leioa, international experts gathered for the ENLIGHT Minisymposium on Autism Research, hosted by Achucarro & EHU. The event explored ASD from molecular, circuitry and behavioral perspectives, featuring talks and early-career research. 🧠✨ #Achucarro #ENLIGHTMinisymposium

📢 New webinar coming soon 📢  Dr. De Biase from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Health Sciences will be our next speaker on May 5th. Check all the information in the flyer and add it to your calendar! 🧠

We are pleased to see a Ikerbasque researcher at Achucarro, Nora Bengoa, featured in a recent article in El Correo on new Alzheimer’s treatments. Full article here 👉 www.elcorreo.com/soc...

A study in #mice at the NYU Langone Health found that brain support cells can communicate with one another, suggesting they play a more active role in brain function. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/star-sh... #AnimalResearch #Astrocytes #Glia #Brain #BrainCommunication

🧠 Glia researchers — this is for you! FENS 2026 is recruiting Social Media Ambassadors to put glial science in the spotlight. 📅 Deadline: April 30 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Glia #FENS2026 #SciComm #Neuroscience

An exciting initiative! Go out and #Move for #your #GLIA! ... and share with us! All information here: redeglial.weebly.com/move-for-you...

We are hiring a Predoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience 🧠 Join the Brain Circuits of Emotion lab at Achucarro to study phobias, panic & PTSD. Techniques: behavior, electrophysiology & optogenetics. 📍 Start Sept 2026. 📅 Deadline May 31. 📩 Apply: [email protected]

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Dmitry Fedorov from @achucarro.bsky.social and colleagues provide new insights into the principles underlying #LHb bursting and propose an idealized multiple-timescale dynamical model to capture these complex #behaviours 🧠 🔬 📜 Read the #Research: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...