Carmen Falcone
@carmenfalcone.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Towson University •
Neurobiologist in love w/ astrocytes, evolution & development •
co-founder #AstrocyteCafe and #ItalianGliaNewtork •
I look at glial cells in unconventional species •
https://carmenfalconelab.com/
Neurobiologist in love w/ astrocytes, evolution & development •
co-founder #AstrocyteCafe and #ItalianGliaNewtork •
I look at glial cells in unconventional species •
https://carmenfalconelab.com/
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Carmen Falcone
@carmenfalcone.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi 👋🏻 I am a neurobiologist interested in evolution and development of astrocytes. I guess my field is #EvolutionaryGliaBiology but nobody calls it that way (yet). ✨🧠🐅🐁🦇🦧🐄🐋
In our lab we compare astrocytes from many species: we try to understand why our brain is special..and why it is not!
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In our lab we compare astrocytes from many species: we try to understand why our brain is special..and why it is not!
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Oh well, we forgot to take a picture altogether at the end of our talks #SfN2025…but we did make sure we had good food to celebrate our love for #radialglia and #astrocytes 😌
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Oh well, we forgot to take a picture altogether at the end of our talks #SfN2025…but we did make sure we had good food to celebrate our love for #radialglia and #astrocytes 😌
If you missed our Minisymposium at #SfN2025, you can still catch up with some of the topics by reading our new review:
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Also, got the printed version of this paper (and many more)🤩 @sfn.org
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Also, got the printed version of this paper (and many more)🤩 @sfn.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you missed our Minisymposium at #SfN2025, you can still catch up with some of the topics by reading our new review:
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Also, got the printed version of this paper (and many more)🤩 @sfn.org
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Also, got the printed version of this paper (and many more)🤩 @sfn.org
Looking forward to seeing many #glia folks at this social tonight, join if you are at #SfN25! Thanks for organizing this 🤩
If you are attending #SfN25, please join @amygleichman.bsky.social and I on Monday at 9PM for a casual social gathering to discuss all things non-neuronal!
Date: Monday, Nov 17th
Time: 9PM till close
Location: The Smoking Gun SD, 555 Market St.
All welcome, please free to spread the word!
Date: Monday, Nov 17th
Time: 9PM till close
Location: The Smoking Gun SD, 555 Market St.
All welcome, please free to spread the word!
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@wronski.bsky.social Bruno Mota and I celebrating 7 years since we first met at this very same convention center 🫶
7 years of wonderful collaboration and friendship, but also 7 years of home bearing with me asking for selfies at @sfn.org 😬
7 years of wonderful collaboration and friendship, but also 7 years of home bearing with me asking for selfies at @sfn.org 😬
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@wronski.bsky.social Bruno Mota and I celebrating 7 years since we first met at this very same convention center 🫶
7 years of wonderful collaboration and friendship, but also 7 years of home bearing with me asking for selfies at @sfn.org 😬
7 years of wonderful collaboration and friendship, but also 7 years of home bearing with me asking for selfies at @sfn.org 😬
Guess we booked the hotel in the right spot for #SfN2025 😉
Rocking the start of day 2 with some exciting brainstorming on #glia networks with my dear friend and collaborator @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🙌
Rocking the start of day 2 with some exciting brainstorming on #glia networks with my dear friend and collaborator @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🙌
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Guess we booked the hotel in the right spot for #SfN2025 😉
Rocking the start of day 2 with some exciting brainstorming on #glia networks with my dear friend and collaborator @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🙌
Rocking the start of day 2 with some exciting brainstorming on #glia networks with my dear friend and collaborator @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social 🙌
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Reposted by Carmen Falcone
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
#SfN2025 starting now, wonderful spending the whole morning with a new friend @fedezampa.bsky.social discussing science..and really much more than just that 🤩
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#SfN2025 starting now, wonderful spending the whole morning with a new friend @fedezampa.bsky.social discussing science..and really much more than just that 🤩
Reposted by Carmen Falcone
Our lateral septum (LS) team is representing for #SfN25! We have two posters on Wed afternoon from RA Madeline Abramson (PSTR463.16) and undergraduate Yufeng Du (PSTR463.17) showcasing newest molecular profiling results across mouse, non-human primate and human 🧠
I'm there too - get in touch!
I'm there too - get in touch!
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our lateral septum (LS) team is representing for #SfN25! We have two posters on Wed afternoon from RA Madeline Abramson (PSTR463.16) and undergraduate Yufeng Du (PSTR463.17) showcasing newest molecular profiling results across mouse, non-human primate and human 🧠
I'm there too - get in touch!
I'm there too - get in touch!
Revamping the annual tradition of bringing #glia to the amazing #JBJohnstonClub meeting 🫣😉
Thanks for having me, it was a blast to speak and chair this morning session!!!
#JBJC2025 #EvolutionaryGlialBiology
Also, my face while saying “I hope you like astrocytes”:
Thanks for having me, it was a blast to speak and chair this morning session!!!
#JBJC2025 #EvolutionaryGlialBiology
Also, my face while saying “I hope you like astrocytes”:
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Revamping the annual tradition of bringing #glia to the amazing #JBJohnstonClub meeting 🫣😉
Thanks for having me, it was a blast to speak and chair this morning session!!!
#JBJC2025 #EvolutionaryGlialBiology
Also, my face while saying “I hope you like astrocytes”:
Thanks for having me, it was a blast to speak and chair this morning session!!!
#JBJC2025 #EvolutionaryGlialBiology
Also, my face while saying “I hope you like astrocytes”:
Aaaand we are starting with one of my fav meetings 🤩
#KargerWorkshop
#JBJCEvolutionaryNeuroscience
#JBJC2025
#KargerWorkshop
#JBJCEvolutionaryNeuroscience
#JBJC2025
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Aaaand we are starting with one of my fav meetings 🤩
#KargerWorkshop
#JBJCEvolutionaryNeuroscience
#JBJC2025
#KargerWorkshop
#JBJCEvolutionaryNeuroscience
#JBJC2025
Who is coming to #SfN2025?
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Who is coming to #SfN2025?
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
Congrats to my students Kyle Hastings & Elena Christou for winning the FCSM Undergraduate Research Grant! 🎉
But I want to thank all of new members of the lab. For your enthusiasm, curiosity, and for choosing a #newPI: you’ve faced every challenge with patience & teamwork!🙌🤩
@towsonu.bsky.social
But I want to thank all of new members of the lab. For your enthusiasm, curiosity, and for choosing a #newPI: you’ve faced every challenge with patience & teamwork!🙌🤩
@towsonu.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Congrats to my students Kyle Hastings & Elena Christou for winning the FCSM Undergraduate Research Grant! 🎉
But I want to thank all of new members of the lab. For your enthusiasm, curiosity, and for choosing a #newPI: you’ve faced every challenge with patience & teamwork!🙌🤩
@towsonu.bsky.social
But I want to thank all of new members of the lab. For your enthusiasm, curiosity, and for choosing a #newPI: you’ve faced every challenge with patience & teamwork!🙌🤩
@towsonu.bsky.social
We are doing it again!!!!
Save the date for the next in-person #AstrocyteCafe next June 3-5 (2026) in Pamplona (Spain)!
We can’t wait to see many of you in person again, thanks so much to the main local organizer @maitesolas.bsky.social ♥️
Save the date for the next in-person #AstrocyteCafe next June 3-5 (2026) in Pamplona (Spain)!
We can’t wait to see many of you in person again, thanks so much to the main local organizer @maitesolas.bsky.social ♥️
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We are doing it again!!!!
Save the date for the next in-person #AstrocyteCafe next June 3-5 (2026) in Pamplona (Spain)!
We can’t wait to see many of you in person again, thanks so much to the main local organizer @maitesolas.bsky.social ♥️
Save the date for the next in-person #AstrocyteCafe next June 3-5 (2026) in Pamplona (Spain)!
We can’t wait to see many of you in person again, thanks so much to the main local organizer @maitesolas.bsky.social ♥️
Can't wait to share more about our research with my new colleagues and students at @towsonu.bsky.social.
If you are around, pass by to say hi...and to talk about #astrocytes of course!
#ASBMB
If you are around, pass by to say hi...and to talk about #astrocytes of course!
#ASBMB
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Can't wait to share more about our research with my new colleagues and students at @towsonu.bsky.social.
If you are around, pass by to say hi...and to talk about #astrocytes of course!
#ASBMB
If you are around, pass by to say hi...and to talk about #astrocytes of course!
#ASBMB
Did you know that spinal cord injury can induce a remote effect on the cerebral cortex?
I did not. There are very few studies about that!
📣 Check out our brief communication on how spinal cord injury can impact the density of cortical #astrocytes 😮
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
I did not. There are very few studies about that!
📣 Check out our brief communication on how spinal cord injury can impact the density of cortical #astrocytes 😮
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Immediate cortical glial alterations following spinal cord injury: Evidence from a novel in vitro model
Spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers immediate and widespread pathophysiological changes not only at the site of impact but also beyond it, including alterations in remote cortical regions. Here, we rep....
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Did you know that spinal cord injury can induce a remote effect on the cerebral cortex?
I did not. There are very few studies about that!
📣 Check out our brief communication on how spinal cord injury can impact the density of cortical #astrocytes 😮
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
I did not. There are very few studies about that!
📣 Check out our brief communication on how spinal cord injury can impact the density of cortical #astrocytes 😮
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Submit an abstract for our 2nd @italianglianetwork.bsky.social
Symposium by Oct 10.
We want to see your cool #glial research!!!
The 2nd #IGN Symposium will be online on November 26 at 2 pm CET, and everybody can attend 😍 We will post the link to connect here: tinyurl.com/ye232mx9
Symposium by Oct 10.
We want to see your cool #glial research!!!
The 2nd #IGN Symposium will be online on November 26 at 2 pm CET, and everybody can attend 😍 We will post the link to connect here: tinyurl.com/ye232mx9
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Submit an abstract for our 2nd @italianglianetwork.bsky.social
Symposium by Oct 10.
We want to see your cool #glial research!!!
The 2nd #IGN Symposium will be online on November 26 at 2 pm CET, and everybody can attend 😍 We will post the link to connect here: tinyurl.com/ye232mx9
Symposium by Oct 10.
We want to see your cool #glial research!!!
The 2nd #IGN Symposium will be online on November 26 at 2 pm CET, and everybody can attend 😍 We will post the link to connect here: tinyurl.com/ye232mx9
I have re-started my lab at @towsonu.bsky.social a month ago. 🤩
Big changes come with challenges, but also with lots of positive sides. Moving disrupts progress in the short term but can accelerate growth in the long run. 💪
How was your move?
tinyurl.com/34tjkhtw
#NewPIagain
Big changes come with challenges, but also with lots of positive sides. Moving disrupts progress in the short term but can accelerate growth in the long run. 💪
How was your move?
tinyurl.com/34tjkhtw
#NewPIagain
I re-started my lab a month ago at Towson University. I am the happiest now, but no big change comes without challenges.
Why is moving labs so stressful? I put together a few thoughts I have after… ...
I re-started my lab a month ago at Towson University. I am the happiest now, but no big change comes without challenges.
Why is moving labs so stressful? I put together a few thoughts I have after l...
tinyurl.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I have re-started my lab at @towsonu.bsky.social a month ago. 🤩
Big changes come with challenges, but also with lots of positive sides. Moving disrupts progress in the short term but can accelerate growth in the long run. 💪
How was your move?
tinyurl.com/34tjkhtw
#NewPIagain
Big changes come with challenges, but also with lots of positive sides. Moving disrupts progress in the short term but can accelerate growth in the long run. 💪
How was your move?
tinyurl.com/34tjkhtw
#NewPIagain
What a powerful way to end the week with a seminar by Sonia Shah on human and other animal migrations (and well, much more than that) 👏
@towsonu.bsky.social
@towsonu.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What a powerful way to end the week with a seminar by Sonia Shah on human and other animal migrations (and well, much more than that) 👏
@towsonu.bsky.social
@towsonu.bsky.social
Join us today for a great #TIBBE seminar and discussion!
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us today for a great #TIBBE seminar and discussion!
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
This guy and I are ready to start teaching some human anatomy and physiology this semester 😉
@towsonu.bsky.social
@towsonu.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This guy and I are ready to start teaching some human anatomy and physiology this semester 😉
@towsonu.bsky.social
@towsonu.bsky.social
Starting this new adventure at @towsonu.bsky.social with three pretty amazing new women faculty 🤩
also, finally got to meet @crystaluminski.bsky.social in person!
also, finally got to meet @crystaluminski.bsky.social in person!
August 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Starting this new adventure at @towsonu.bsky.social with three pretty amazing new women faculty 🤩
also, finally got to meet @crystaluminski.bsky.social in person!
also, finally got to meet @crystaluminski.bsky.social in person!
Vacation mode? 🙅♀️nope!
8 am: Early morning coffee, kids already dropped off at daycare, and ready to tackle a Monday of intense #grant writing today. 💪
8 am: Early morning coffee, kids already dropped off at daycare, and ready to tackle a Monday of intense #grant writing today. 💪
August 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Vacation mode? 🙅♀️nope!
8 am: Early morning coffee, kids already dropped off at daycare, and ready to tackle a Monday of intense #grant writing today. 💪
8 am: Early morning coffee, kids already dropped off at daycare, and ready to tackle a Monday of intense #grant writing today. 💪
Official start date at
@towsonu.bsky.social is getting closer and closer..in the meantime, I spotted this already 😉
@towsonu.bsky.social is getting closer and closer..in the meantime, I spotted this already 😉
August 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Official start date at
@towsonu.bsky.social is getting closer and closer..in the meantime, I spotted this already 😉
@towsonu.bsky.social is getting closer and closer..in the meantime, I spotted this already 😉
Reposted by Carmen Falcone
What an amazing #glia #meeting in Marseille.
It was great to have a symposium with @inbalgoshen.bsky.social @julimrosa.bsky.social and Mattias Ollivier.
It was also great to meet good old friend-shining scientists, and make some new too!
It was great to have a symposium with @inbalgoshen.bsky.social @julimrosa.bsky.social and Mattias Ollivier.
It was also great to meet good old friend-shining scientists, and make some new too!
July 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What an amazing #glia #meeting in Marseille.
It was great to have a symposium with @inbalgoshen.bsky.social @julimrosa.bsky.social and Mattias Ollivier.
It was also great to meet good old friend-shining scientists, and make some new too!
It was great to have a symposium with @inbalgoshen.bsky.social @julimrosa.bsky.social and Mattias Ollivier.
It was also great to meet good old friend-shining scientists, and make some new too!