The Beatriu de Pinós 2025 postdoctoral call is now open. At UBneuro, candidates can join internationally recognised neuroscience research groups and receive mentoring support during the application process. 📅 Deadline: 4 Feb 2026 🔗 lnkd.in/eKSK7a_F

Prof. Karim Lekadir joins the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), bringing his expertise in trustworthy #AI for mental health. Welcome to UBneuro! 🎉 🔗Full news: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/karim-lekadi...

🎓 Three UBneuro researchers, Mercè Masana, Daniel del Toro & Marina López-Solà, have been awarded the 2025 Academy of Excellence grants. A strong recognition of UBneuro’s contribution to research excellence at @ub.edu. 🔗 Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/three-ubneur...

✨ New research from UBneuro uncovers a promising pathway to treat Huntington’s disease 💡 This opens new possibilities to modulate brain function non-invasively Read more on our website: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/a-light-base...

🧠 UBneuro researchers are developing a new epigenetics-based drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The project has received a €150,000 AGAUR Product grant and shows promising neuroprotective results. Read more 👉 www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-rese...

UBneuro participated in the EIT Deep Tech Pledgers’ Share & Connect in Barcelona! 🧠 Dr Ruben Perellón shared insights on advancing deep tech training in neuroscience. Proud to contribute to this growing European community! 📰 www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-shar...

The Juan de la Cierva 2025 call is OPEN🚀 3-year postdoc contracts + allowance for early-career researchers. Apply with UBneuro and join a leading neuroscience community with a dedicated mentorship programme for applicants🧠 📅 Deadline: 10 Dec 📧Info & interest: [email protected]

📣 On 11 Dec, Palau Macaya hosts the event How to Address Emotional Distress and Suicide in Young People. UBneuro member Dr. Mari Aguilera will moderate the roundtable on suicide prevention in schools. Free registration → redcap.link/JORNADA

🚨 We’re hiring 🔬 PhD Candidate – Huntington’s Disease research 🧪 Research Technician – GlioLighT Project Fully funded positions | More info in our Job Offers website: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/job-offers/?... #Neuroscience #ResearchJobs #PhDPosition

Great session with Dr. Cristina Pulido, Research Manager Coordinator at UBneuro, who shared tips on PhD fellowships & UBneuro’s mentoring program with students of the Master in Research in Behaviour and Cognition. #Neuroscience #PhD #UBneuro #Research

🎧 New SciPod episode on the GlioLighT Consortium, with UBneuro researchers contributing to this EU-driven effort to advance new therapies for brain tumours. Explore the science, the challenges, and the future of these innovative approaches 👇 www.scipod.global/lighting-the...

UBneuro is proud to sponsor the workshop “NMDAR Hypofunction at the Crossroads of Psychosis and Cognition.” Experts will explore how NMDAR dysfunction links schizophrenia and anti-NMDAR encephalitis, from molecular mechanisms to working memory deficits.

Great training at our Cognitive Neuroscience Unit! Thanks to Gonzalo García-Castro and Chiara Santolín (Sant Joan de Déu) for sharing their expertise in fNIRS with newborns and infants. This will help boost our early brain research.

🎉Our last paper, BDNF Overexpression Enhances Neuronal Activity and Axonal Growth in Human iPSC-Derived Neural Cultures, has been featured on the @ub.edu website! The article highlights our recent work on stem cell-based therapies for brain damage. @ubneuro.bsky.social 🔬🧠🧫 web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...

#RecercaUB | 🧠 Una nova estratègia basada en la teràpia amb cèl·lules mare podria potenciar la regeneració neuronal i la neuroplasticitat quan el cervell es danya ➡️ Lideren la recerca Daniel Tornero i Alba Ortega, de @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social i @ubneuro.bsky.social.

🧬 UBneuro researchers Daniel Tornero & Alba Ortega Gascó describe a new stem cell–based strategy that boosts neuronal regeneration and plasticity using BDNF. doi.org/10.3390/ijms... 🔗 Read more: neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-rese... #Neuroscience #StemCells #BDNF #Neuroplasticity #UBneuro

Hiring! Join Dr. @claudiapenaloza.bsky.social ' s lab (UB) as a Research Assistant in a project on language processing and recovery in bilinguals with aphasia. 📅 Nov 1–Dec 31, 2025 | ⏰ 20h/week | 💶 €21.7K/year | 📍 UB, Barcelona | Deadline: Oct 16 seu.ub.edu/ofertaPublic...

We are very happy to share with you this review pubished in @jneurochem.bsky.social @WileyGlobal.bsky.social . Very proud of all the students in the lab who contributed to craft this manuscript! EVs, mTOR and neuroinflammation. @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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🔙🎶🧠Recap: The International Musicality Genomics Consortium Meeting in Barcelona www.neurociencies.ub.edu/recap-the-in...

🌿 Next week marks the 4th edition of the Health Research Meeting, organized by @caixaresearch.bsky.social We’re proud that Prof. Josep M. Canals will join this year’s event! #HealthResearch #CaixaResearch #UBneuro #Neuroscience #ResearchExcellence

Buscamos participantes para nuestro estudio IDENTITY-ABI. El estudio ofrece una intervención psicológica gratuita para acompañar los cambios en la #identidad en personas que ha sufrido #dañocerebral. Ayúdanos a difundir el estudio. Consulta este folleto para más información!

🎓 Are you interested in a PhD position in Language Neuroscience? Join Cristina Baus' Language, taking part in the project “From neural to linguistic alignment: human–human, human–robot multilingual interactions” Deadline to apply: October 7, 2025

📅 Wednesday, 1st October at 12:00 h, Dr. Sergio Gascón (Cajal Institute, CSIC, Madrid) will present: “Unleashing neural lineage plasticity for neuronal reprogramming in the adult brain” 📍 Aula 14 Dolors Aleu, UB Medicine Faculty #Neuroscience #NeuralPlasticity #CellReprogramming #UBneuro

📅 Today, at 15:00 pm, Dr. Dario Arnaldi (Univ. of Genoa, Italy) will present: “The clinical and research value of molecular imaging in REM sleep behavior disorder as a prodromal alpha-synucleinopathy stage.” #Neuroscience #MolecularImaging #Sleep #UBneuro

🧠 Dr. @mpallas.bsky.social receives a CaixaImpulse 2025 funding to develop a new drug targeting core Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms 👩‍🔬 🔗 neurociencies.ub.edu/merce-pallas... #AutismResearch #CaixaImpulse #UBneuro #Innovation #ASD #Neuroscience

Thanks to #caixaimpuls for trusting our project on new therapies for #autism. @farmaciaub.bsky.social @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social

🖥️ Prof. Petia Radeva (UBneuro) joins the LaIA 2025 – DONADIGITAL list, highlighting top women shaping tech in Catalonia. 👩‍💻 Her recognised work in AI and its biomedical applications inspires future women in STEM. 🔗: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/professor-pe... #WomenInTech #STEM #UBneuro #LaIA2025

What if your love of music was written in your DNA? On Sept 17, we're bringing together world-leading researchers from the #MusicGens project for a public roundtable in Barcelona. 📍 Palau de la Música 🕕 18:00h 🎟️ Free w/ ticket More: www.palaumusica.cat/en/the-music... @palaumusicacat.bsky.social

🎓 Are you interested in a PhD position in Neuroimmunology? Join the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Neuronal Diseases group. Be part of impactful research at the intersection of neuroscience and immunology. 📅 Deadline to apply: July 27, 2025 🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/361939

Today we launch the in-person #DeepTech Summer School 🧠 We’re starting with applications in basic neuroscience: AI, VR, fNIRS, EEG, motion capture and more — all hands-on. Check out our neuroscience facilities and research unit here: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/innovation/?...

🧠 How does your brain know when one memory ends and another begins? Researchers from UB, UBneuro & IDIBELL found that ripple brain waves mark these boundaries — like punctuation in your mental narrative. 📰 Published in Nature Communications. Link: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ub-idibell-s...

🚀 Starting the round table: “From Bench to Leadership”. Honest discussions on the challenges and rewards of becoming a junior PI. Huge thanks to our panel for sharing their journeys and advice! 🔥 #AcademicLife #JuniorPI #Mentorship

🧬 Alberto Ortega wraps up the session discussing human modeling of neurological disorders, bridging the gap between lab research and patient relevance through advanced cellular models.

🔥 Gerard Callejo presents on the neurobiology of pain, addressing how the nervous system perceives and processes pain, and mechanisms behind chronic pain disorders.

🗣️ Cristina Baus follows with a deep dive into language, cognition, and bilingualism, exploring how the brain manages multiple languages and the cognitive mechanisms involved.

🔍 Guadalupe Soria opens the session with insights into neuroimaging in experimental animal models, highlighting how imaging techniques deepen our understanding of brain structure and function.

🎙️ Back to science! Second round of research talks chaired by Ana Guerrero—covering neuroimaging, pain neurobiology, language & cognition, and disease modeling. Brilliant work from all presenters! #UBneuro #Neuroscience

🗺️ Team building in full swing: “Isla Maians and the Treasure of Barbaroja”. Problem-solving, collaboration, and a lot of laughs. A neuroscientist’s brain never rests—even in games! 🧠🏴‍☠️ #TeamBuilding #UBneuro

☕️ Coffee break time—fueling up for more science and some pirate adventures 🏴‍☠️ next! #Networking #UBneuro

🌟 Africa Flores closes the session with an exciting talk about the role of orexins in health and disease, shedding light on this key neuropeptide system.

🧬 Macia Buades takes the stage to explore the neurobiological mechanisms behind antisocial behavior—a complex intersection between neuroscience and behavior.

🧠 Joanna Sierpowska presents on how neurological conditions alter brain function and connectivity — showing how disruptions impact cognition and behavior.

🔬 Mar Puigdellivol (Microglia Connectivity Lab) dives into how microglial networks contribute to brain health and disease. Fascinating insights on cellular communication in the brain.

🧠 First research session chaired by Yasmina Manso—diving into neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, brain connectivity, antisocial behavior, and orexin systems. Incredible diversity of topics! 🔬 #Neuroscience #UBneuro

👋 Official welcome by Jordi Alberch, Cristina de la Malla, and Cristina Pulido. Great to see so many talented junior researchers ready for a day of science and connections! #UBneuro

🎉 We're kicking off the UBneuro Junior Researchers' Meeting 2025! A full day ahead packed with research, networking, and growth. Stay tuned for updates! 🧠 #UBneuro #Neuroscience #AcademicLife

We're hiring a Research Technician in neuroscience! 🧠 Project on cellular ageing & Alzheimer’s (UB, Ana Guerrero Lab). 📅 Start: Oct 2025 ⏰ 20h/week 📍 Barcelona ⏳ Deadline: 10/07/2025 Apply with CV + referee 👉 [email protected] 🔗 www.neurociencies.ub.edu/wp-content/u...

El nostre investigador Xavier Altafaj, amb les Dres. Mireia Olivella i Ángeles García-Cazorla, ha estat entrevistat a 20minutos sobre la recerca en Grinpaties, una malaltia minoritària que estudien des de fa 8 anys. 🔗 www.20minutos.es/noticia/5724...

🚀 Want to boost your career where neuroscience meets Deep Tech? 100% FREE postgrad with microcredentials in VR, AI, neuroimaging & more! 👉 www.neurociencies.ub.edu/about/educat...