We're thrilled to share this #Perspective @natneuro.nature.com on #astrocytes as a multilayered system of #functional #units that operate across spatial scales. 👉Available for reading here: rdcu.be/fk0B7 👉Full article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣 Registration is now open for the 28th Meeting of the French Glial Cell Club! 📍 Sète, France | 📅 November 17–20, 2026 Abstract submission deadline: July 15th, 2026 Don't miss it, register and explore the full program at 👉 frenchglialcellclub.fr @gliameeting.bsky.social @atglianet.bsky.social

🧠 New preprint from our lab! #Hippocampal #astrocytes actively contribute to: 👉 the encoding of #context-specific #aversive stimuli 👉 predict #recall of #fear #behavior. @icvs-uminho.bsky.social @caixaresearch.bsky.social #PTglia

As the main proposer, I am happy and proud to announce that we received the COST Action grant for our project EU-GLIA: European network for advancing nervous system health through glia integration and innovation. First try, full points! Thank you to all who supported us on the way!

What if neurons are not the only cells shaping cognition? This May, Mario Martín-Fernández starts AstroCode, a new @erc.europa.eu project at the CNC exploring whether astrocytes actively participate in how the brain stores and processes information. Rethinking cognition, one cell at a time.

Astrocytes transform the transcriptomic and epigenetic landscape of developing cortical neurons to promote activity via intrinsic excitability control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.17.725732v1

Computational modeling of neurovascular coupling at the gliovascular interface https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.15.725343v1

Astrocytic D1 Dopamine-Signaling Regulates Synaptic Remodeling and Cocaine Seeking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.13.724947v1

Come to Bristol, come to Bristol, come to Bristol.... Register by Monday: www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Make new friends and find new collaborators, glia people are nicer than those neuro folk, must less ego 🫶🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿

Remodeling synaptic connections via engineered neuron-astrocyte interactions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paper alert ! Escartin’s team show that #STAT3 and #NF-kB pathways shape cortical astrocyte heterogeneity in WT and #Alzheimer’s mice. These cascades define astrocyte subpopulations with specific morphology, transcriptional signature, functional features, and impact on disease. @bosremi.bsky.social

🧪 1/ New preprint from the lab: L5 pyramidal cell tLTD requires astrocyte Ca2+ and CB1 signaling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We revisit a classic STDP result in visual cortex

Interested in finding your own astrocyte networks? The plasmid is now available on Addgene! www.addgene.org/252501/ Check out how we implemented it in this paper, published in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Need extra guidance? Watch this space for a more detailed protocol paper soon!

UK Glia 2026 in Bristol unites researchers across career stages to explore glial biology, brain physiology, neurodegeneration and neuropsychiatric disorders. Date - Mon 08 - Tue 09 Jun 2026 Location - University of Bristol, UK www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/uk-gli...

Our next webinar takes place on 12 May 2026, starting at 12:00 CET. Please join us via Zoom: istaustria.zoom.us/j/6354744828...

Sex-specific retina-brain signatures link ERα/ERβ imbalance with gliosis in Alzheimer's disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.30.722000v1

Females are still commonly left out of animal studies—and studies that include them often fail to analyze results by sex, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/4uffLoi

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

1 week left! Submit your abstract for FENS 2026 Satellite Event SE07 – Emerging Roles of Glial Cells in Brain Function and Disease (5 July, Barcelona). Join leading & early-career researchers. Deadline: 30 April 2026 https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/

Astrocytes do so much more than any of us thought - they even communicate among specific brain regions across hemispheres! The journey to this paper spanned nearly a decade, but I'm most excited to see what everyone else does with the tools we've built. There's so much for all of us to explore!

A novel reporter mouse for astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles reveals trafficking of cargo to neuronal mitochondria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.718987v1

P2X7 receptor-mediated astrocytic atrophy in the hippocampus of mice after status epilepticus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.718853v1

Nine days until the deadline ... 👇 See you in Barcelona? 🤗

Astrocytes mediate the pro-cognitive value of α7nAChRs and of α7nAChR-targeting therapeutics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.719027v1

Excited to share the latest one from the lab led by José Solano @jolusolo.bsky.social who explored how early life #stress impacts the mouse 🐭 brain 🧠 vasculature Science 🧪🔬 can be surprising & 2x stress can induce beneficial adaptations leading to resilience, phew! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Perinatal cannabidiol exposure reshapes astrocyte morphology and tripartite synapse organization in a sex-dependent manner https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.719010v1

Amyloid-β-driven glymphatic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease model mice is driven by Ca2+-mediated increases in astrocytic cholesterol www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Applications are now open for the 2026 Short-Term Scientific Missions Grants. Check out the visual below for a quick assessment of eligibility and visit sabv.eu for detailed information, deadlines and application guidelines. #EUSABV #SABVinAction @costprogramme.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the 2026 Young Researchers and Innovators Conference Grants. Check out the visual below for a quick assessment of eligibility and visit sabv.eu for detailed information, deadlines and application guidelines. #EUSABV #SABVinAction @costprogramme.bsky.social

Commentary: Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes Captured With Amyloid-β42 and BACE-1 Proteins as a Promising Biomarker for Cognitive Impairment in Hypertensive Patients academic.oup.com/ajh/article/... 🔒 related article: academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...

Join us for a satellite symposium at #FENS2026 in Barcelona. – Emerging roles of glial cells in brain function & disease 📅 July 5, 2026 | 🎟️ Early bird registration: 50€ (until Apr. 30) 🔗 networkglia.eu/activities/ #Neuroscience #GliaResearch #Astrocytes #FENS2026

Missed the symposium deadline over Easter? Good news! The Call for Symposia for GLIA 2027 has been extended by 12 days. New deadline: 20 April 2026. Submit Symposia, Trainee, or Technical proposals: https://www.glia-meeting.eu/2027/call-for-symposia/

Our 2nd in-person ATgliaNet Symposium took place on March 20, 2026, at the Center for Brain Research in Vienna 🧠 We had inspiring keynotes from Leda Dimou (Ulm) & Romana Höftberger (Vienna) on NGN2 cells and demyelinating diseases. ✨ Big congrats to Salome Niethammer and Laura Klinger ...

Astrocyte Reactivity by Alcohol Dependence in the Central Amygdala https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.02.716159v1

The astrocyte clock controls circadian perineuronal net remodeling, synapse strength and learning behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.04.716486v1

Workshop für Erstakademiker*innen: Machtmissbrauch in der Wissenschaft organisiert von Erste Generation Promotion e.V. 28.04.26, 18-20 Uhr, online Teilnahme kostenlos, Plätze begrenzt, Anmeldung hier: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #IchbinTina #IchbinReyhan #IchbinHanna

Astrocytic APOE3-Christchurch expression ameliorates brain amyloid-β pathology in 5xFAD mice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Vascularized midbrain assembloids #ParkinsonsDisease Vascular+Microglia integration⏫endothelial & microglial morphologic complexity (elongation, arborization) hiPSC LRRK2 G2019S 👉⬆️% Astrocyte Pericyte Netrin1+GPX4+ Dopaminergic neuron 👉Altered microglial inflamm www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Incredibly proud of this paper led by @ossamaghenissa.bsky.social and @mathiasgua.bsky.social titled Basolateral 'Amygdala Astrocytes Encode Anxiety States'. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 🧵 below

Are you an Early Career Researcher (late PhD until early PI)? It would be great to hear about your research on glial cells 👇 #FENS2026

Network Glia e.V., together with European glia networks, will host the satellite symposium “SE07 – Emerging roles of glial cells in brain function and disease” at FENS 2026 on 5 July 2026. Join us to explore cutting-edge research: https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/

Astrocytes spread electrical influences but don't spike. Food for thought. Cell-type specific astrocyte activation is driven by cortical top-down modulation doi.org/10.64898/202...

Registration is now open for the first webinar in the EU-SABV × DKFZ Monthly Lecture Series: Sex and Gender in Research. Historical Perspectives on Gender Medicine Research 🗓 20 March ⏰ 13:00–14:00 (CET) 🎤 Prof. Cristina Amoretti (University of Genova) #EUSABV #SexAndGenderInResearch

1 month left to submit your #Glia2027 symposium proposal! Deadline: 8 April 2026, 12:00 p.m. CEST Submit here: http://www.glia-meeting.eu#Glia2027 Join us in Bologna, Italy (7–10 Jul 2027) and shape the future of glial research! #GlialCells #Astrocytes #Oligodendrocytes #Microglia #SchwannCells

We are above and beyond that FENS has accepted our Satellite Event on Glial Cells. See you in Barcelona?

European Glial Meeting | Network Glia and the National and Regional Glia Networks, including ATgliaNet, organize the first joint Satellite Event at Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS Forum in Barcelona. Date: 5.7.2026, 9:00 – 18:00 More information: lnkd.in/eMCMAX56

Cell-type specific astrocyte activation is driven by cortical top-down modulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.08.710364v1

Astrocyte-neuron mitochondrial transfer via mitoEVs supports neuronal energy metabolism and is impaired in early Alzheimer's disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.09.710050v1

"Alongside active suppression, there’s a quieter process through which scientific freedom can narrow without formal prohibition or visible coercion" ERC President @marialep.bsky.social warned of decline of #academicfreedom. Watch her @cara1933.bsky.social lecture. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rIB...

Astrocyte CB1 receptors drive blood-brain barrier disruption in central nervous system inflammatory disease- link.springer.com/article/10.1... #neuroskyence 🧪🌎