VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
Neuroscience center in Belgium 🔬🧠
Part of VIB × KU Leuven ✨
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Part of VIB × KU Leuven ✨
Discover our research community ↘️
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Apply for our International PhD Call! Discover the 11 new projects for this edition and apply until the 20th of November.
🔗More info: cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026
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October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Apply for our International PhD Call! Discover the 11 new projects for this edition and apply until the 20th of November.
🔗More info: cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026
🔗More info: cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026
⚡ It's #TechnologyTuesday, and Suresh Kumar Poovathingal and Kristofer Davie are taking us on a whirlwind tour around the Single Cell units! 🌪️ (1/3)
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Vlog Single Cell
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August 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
⚡ It's #TechnologyTuesday, and Suresh Kumar Poovathingal and Kristofer Davie are taking us on a whirlwind tour around the Single Cell units! 🌪️ (1/3)
youtu.be/paqikg_sK5M
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🏆 Bart de Strooper, M.D., Ph.D., is the recipient of the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award. #AAIC25
@ucl.ac.uk @cbdresearch.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk
@ucl.ac.uk @cbdresearch.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk
July 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🏆 Bart de Strooper, M.D., Ph.D., is the recipient of the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award. #AAIC25
@ucl.ac.uk @cbdresearch.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk
@ucl.ac.uk @cbdresearch.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk
🌟 We warmly welcomed this scientific delegation from the KOREA-EU Research Centre! It was a fantastic opportunity to forge connections between biotechnology researchers based in South Korea and Belgium.
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/ekmNA27S
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/ekmNA27S
July 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🌟 We warmly welcomed this scientific delegation from the KOREA-EU Research Centre! It was a fantastic opportunity to forge connections between biotechnology researchers based in South Korea and Belgium.
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/ekmNA27S
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/ekmNA27S
A new review from our center, published by Céline Vrancx and Wim Annaert, sheds more light into how APP-CTF toxicity could be an overlooked factor in the pursuit of preventive therapies for #Alzheimer's disease 🧠
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cellpress.bsky.social
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cellpress.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A new review from our center, published by Céline Vrancx and Wim Annaert, sheds more light into how APP-CTF toxicity could be an overlooked factor in the pursuit of preventive therapies for #Alzheimer's disease 🧠
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cellpress.bsky.social
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cellpress.bsky.social
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Last piece of work by Urban lab @viblifesciences.bsky.social @cbdresearch.bsky.social @nerflabs.bsky.social
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Théo Lambert, Alan Urban, et al:
Functional ultrasound imaging and neuronal activity: How accurate is the spatiotemporal match?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Functional ultrasound imaging and neuronal activity: How accurate is the spatiotemporal match?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
June 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Last piece of work by Urban lab @viblifesciences.bsky.social @cbdresearch.bsky.social @nerflabs.bsky.social
🌟 Congratulations to the laureates of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation for Neuroscience scientific awards, which include two researchers from our Center!
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
June 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🌟 Congratulations to the laureates of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation for Neuroscience scientific awards, which include two researchers from our Center!
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
New prize at our center!
Our Liu Lab received the Outstanding Early Investigator Award, by the Sleep Research Society.
This distinction was awarded to Joana Dopp, former PhD student at our center, following their publication on Nature Neuroscience. Congratulations!
cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Our Liu Lab received the Outstanding Early Investigator Award, by the Sleep Research Society.
This distinction was awarded to Joana Dopp, former PhD student at our center, following their publication on Nature Neuroscience. Congratulations!
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June 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New prize at our center!
Our Liu Lab received the Outstanding Early Investigator Award, by the Sleep Research Society.
This distinction was awarded to Joana Dopp, former PhD student at our center, following their publication on Nature Neuroscience. Congratulations!
cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Our Liu Lab received the Outstanding Early Investigator Award, by the Sleep Research Society.
This distinction was awarded to Joana Dopp, former PhD student at our center, following their publication on Nature Neuroscience. Congratulations!
cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
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'RNA-binding proteins in #ALS and #FTD: from pathogenic mechanisms to therapeutic insights'
Jens Rummens & Sandrine Da Cruz @cbdresearch.bsky.social
#FrontotemporalDementia #TDP43
molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Jens Rummens & Sandrine Da Cruz @cbdresearch.bsky.social
#FrontotemporalDementia #TDP43
molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
RNA-binding proteins in ALS and FTD: from pathogenic mechanisms to therapeutic insights - Molecular Neurodegeneration
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are devastating neurodegenerative disorders with overlapping clinical, genetic and pathological features. A large body of evidence...
molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
'RNA-binding proteins in #ALS and #FTD: from pathogenic mechanisms to therapeutic insights'
Jens Rummens & Sandrine Da Cruz @cbdresearch.bsky.social
#FrontotemporalDementia #TDP43
molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Jens Rummens & Sandrine Da Cruz @cbdresearch.bsky.social
#FrontotemporalDementia #TDP43
molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🌅 We warmly invite you to New Horizons in Neuroscience, a conference to explore the latest in neurodegeneration technologies, models, and treatments!
🗓️ 9-10 October, 2025
📍 Leuven, Belgium
Find out more 👉 www.vibconferences.be/events/new-h...
🗓️ 9-10 October, 2025
📍 Leuven, Belgium
Find out more 👉 www.vibconferences.be/events/new-h...
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🌅 We warmly invite you to New Horizons in Neuroscience, a conference to explore the latest in neurodegeneration technologies, models, and treatments!
🗓️ 9-10 October, 2025
📍 Leuven, Belgium
Find out more 👉 www.vibconferences.be/events/new-h...
🗓️ 9-10 October, 2025
📍 Leuven, Belgium
Find out more 👉 www.vibconferences.be/events/new-h...
✨ Congratulations are in order for our FWO Postdoctoral Fellows — Artemis Koumoundourou, Gemma Martinez Rivas, and Ramon Duran-Romaña!
🧠 Through FWO's support, these scientists will continue to study the fundamental mechanisms driving brain development and functioning in health and disease.
🧠 Through FWO's support, these scientists will continue to study the fundamental mechanisms driving brain development and functioning in health and disease.
May 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
✨ Congratulations are in order for our FWO Postdoctoral Fellows — Artemis Koumoundourou, Gemma Martinez Rivas, and Ramon Duran-Romaña!
🧠 Through FWO's support, these scientists will continue to study the fundamental mechanisms driving brain development and functioning in health and disease.
🧠 Through FWO's support, these scientists will continue to study the fundamental mechanisms driving brain development and functioning in health and disease.
🤸♂️ We once again teamed up with TAJO vzw — an organization combatting early school leaving, and allowing youth from vulnerable home situations to enter society autonomously and prepared — to inspire young people to get interested in neuroscience!
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
May 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🤸♂️ We once again teamed up with TAJO vzw — an organization combatting early school leaving, and allowing youth from vulnerable home situations to enter society autonomously and prepared — to inspire young people to get interested in neuroscience!
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
🐦 Early bird registrations for the TRP conference #TRP2025 — organized by the Thomas Voets Laboratory of Ion Channel Research — are now open!
📅 Save the Date: 17-19 September 2025
📍 Location: Leuven, Belgium
👉 Find out more here: lnkd.in/dwRpv_sH
📅 Save the Date: 17-19 September 2025
📍 Location: Leuven, Belgium
👉 Find out more here: lnkd.in/dwRpv_sH
May 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🐦 Early bird registrations for the TRP conference #TRP2025 — organized by the Thomas Voets Laboratory of Ion Channel Research — are now open!
📅 Save the Date: 17-19 September 2025
📍 Location: Leuven, Belgium
👉 Find out more here: lnkd.in/dwRpv_sH
📅 Save the Date: 17-19 September 2025
📍 Location: Leuven, Belgium
👉 Find out more here: lnkd.in/dwRpv_sH
📣 New research from the De Wit lab identified a 'molecular break' that regulates synaptic maturation and function. These new findings show how two different proteins — GPR158 and PLCXD2 — interact to form the spine apparatus in developing synapses.
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
May 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📣 New research from the De Wit lab identified a 'molecular break' that regulates synaptic maturation and function. These new findings show how two different proteins — GPR158 and PLCXD2 — interact to form the spine apparatus in developing synapses.
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
🤸 This year's Science Day was as energizing, inspiring, and fun as ever! We teamed up with @nerflabs.bsky.social — another @viblifesciences.bsky.social neuroscience research center, who became our neighbors on the Gasthuisberg campus this year — and enjoyed arguably the best Science Day yet.
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🤸 This year's Science Day was as energizing, inspiring, and fun as ever! We teamed up with @nerflabs.bsky.social — another @viblifesciences.bsky.social neuroscience research center, who became our neighbors on the Gasthuisberg campus this year — and enjoyed arguably the best Science Day yet.
🚀 #WeAreHiring! The Verstreken and Goncalves labs are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate computational methods for neurodegeneration research ⤵️
Apply now 👉 lnkd.in/e4Huym6t
(1/5)
Apply now 👉 lnkd.in/e4Huym6t
(1/5)
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚀 #WeAreHiring! The Verstreken and Goncalves labs are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate computational methods for neurodegeneration research ⤵️
Apply now 👉 lnkd.in/e4Huym6t
(1/5)
Apply now 👉 lnkd.in/e4Huym6t
(1/5)
🌟 We welcome João Cardoso, who joined Bethan Burnside in the science communication team at the VIB-KU Leuven Cenrter for Brain & Disease Research this month!
Find out more about communication, outreach and engagement initiatives at our center and get in touch 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/engagement
Find out more about communication, outreach and engagement initiatives at our center and get in touch 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/engagement
May 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🌟 We welcome João Cardoso, who joined Bethan Burnside in the science communication team at the VIB-KU Leuven Cenrter for Brain & Disease Research this month!
Find out more about communication, outreach and engagement initiatives at our center and get in touch 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/engagement
Find out more about communication, outreach and engagement initiatives at our center and get in touch 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/engagement
⚡ It's #TechnologyTuesday, and this week Nicolas Poulvellarie is taking us for a tour around the Neuroengineering unit! 🤖 (1/3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3o...
Vlog Neuroengineering
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May 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
⚡ It's #TechnologyTuesday, and this week Nicolas Poulvellarie is taking us for a tour around the Neuroengineering unit! 🤖 (1/3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3o...
🌟 New research from the Lucia Chavez Gutierrez lab unravels the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer’s disease development and reveals how specific mutations act as a clock to predict the disease age of onset ⏰
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/eAd4rwcp
Read the paper 👉 lnkd.in/ePDE2hVQ
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/eAd4rwcp
Read the paper 👉 lnkd.in/ePDE2hVQ
May 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌟 New research from the Lucia Chavez Gutierrez lab unravels the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer’s disease development and reveals how specific mutations act as a clock to predict the disease age of onset ⏰
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/eAd4rwcp
Read the paper 👉 lnkd.in/ePDE2hVQ
Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/eAd4rwcp
Read the paper 👉 lnkd.in/ePDE2hVQ
📣 New review from the Ludo Van Den Bosch lab on lipid metabolism alterations in peripheral neuropathies published in Neuron!
Read the review 👉 lnkd.in/e2MHz8xN
Find out more about Alessio’s research on lipid metabolism alterations and ferroptosis in CMT1A 👉 lnkd.in/eUXyTrC5
Read the review 👉 lnkd.in/e2MHz8xN
Find out more about Alessio’s research on lipid metabolism alterations and ferroptosis in CMT1A 👉 lnkd.in/eUXyTrC5
May 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📣 New review from the Ludo Van Den Bosch lab on lipid metabolism alterations in peripheral neuropathies published in Neuron!
Read the review 👉 lnkd.in/e2MHz8xN
Find out more about Alessio’s research on lipid metabolism alterations and ferroptosis in CMT1A 👉 lnkd.in/eUXyTrC5
Read the review 👉 lnkd.in/e2MHz8xN
Find out more about Alessio’s research on lipid metabolism alterations and ferroptosis in CMT1A 👉 lnkd.in/eUXyTrC5
⚡ This #TechnologyTuesday, we're being taken around the VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven with Bart Ghesquière, Camila Cologna and Pedro Magalhães! ✨
#metabolomics #proteomics #massspectrometry #biology #neuroscience #brain #research
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZuA...
#metabolomics #proteomics #massspectrometry #biology #neuroscience #brain #research
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZuA...
Vlog Mass Spectrometry
YouTube video by VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
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April 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
⚡ This #TechnologyTuesday, we're being taken around the VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven with Bart Ghesquière, Camila Cologna and Pedro Magalhães! ✨
#metabolomics #proteomics #massspectrometry #biology #neuroscience #brain #research
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZuA...
#metabolomics #proteomics #massspectrometry #biology #neuroscience #brain #research
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZuA...
🌟 A very special #FluorescentFriday this week featuring the winners of the annual VIB Bioimaging Core competition! 🤩
🔬 #neuroscience #microscopy #brain #bioimaging
🔬 #neuroscience #microscopy #brain #bioimaging
April 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌟 A very special #FluorescentFriday this week featuring the winners of the annual VIB Bioimaging Core competition! 🤩
🔬 #neuroscience #microscopy #brain #bioimaging
🔬 #neuroscience #microscopy #brain #bioimaging
🚀 New study reveals how four different anti-amyloid drugs interact with amyloid beta protein. They found that lecanemab performed best in binding to small oligomeric forms of the amyloid protein, suggesting a working model for treating people in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s (1/4)
April 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚀 New study reveals how four different anti-amyloid drugs interact with amyloid beta protein. They found that lecanemab performed best in binding to small oligomeric forms of the amyloid protein, suggesting a working model for treating people in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s (1/4)
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📣 Looking for binf master students !
@cbdresearch.bsky.social @kuleuven.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
klinglerlab.org
@cbdresearch.bsky.social @kuleuven.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
klinglerlab.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📣 Looking for binf master students !
@cbdresearch.bsky.social @kuleuven.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
klinglerlab.org
@cbdresearch.bsky.social @kuleuven.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
klinglerlab.org
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In a recent study from the Da Cruz Lab @cbdresearch.bsky.social, Jens Rummens et al. used image-based FACS on the S8 to distinguish cells with or without TDP-43 aggregates. @vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social
Congrats to the entire team! 👏
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.03.004
Congrats to the entire team! 👏
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.03.004
April 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In a recent study from the Da Cruz Lab @cbdresearch.bsky.social, Jens Rummens et al. used image-based FACS on the S8 to distinguish cells with or without TDP-43 aggregates. @vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social
Congrats to the entire team! 👏
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.03.004
Congrats to the entire team! 👏
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.03.004