Elena Blanco-Suárez
@eblancosuarez.bsky.social
Ph.D. Asst Prof of🧠 Alien👽 Into writing, punk, astrocytes+neurons, stroke, scicomm, bad horror movies, laughing, Asturies🏖️⛰️ (she/ella).
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Very excited to share that our book, Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions in Health and Disease, is now available🎉 Thank you to all who contributed their expertise and passion!🙏🏼 a.co/d/8q0r1zT
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
Very excited to see the official announcement for the thesis defense of the first PhD student in the lab! ✊🏼🎉
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Very excited to see the official announcement for the thesis defense of the first PhD student in the lab! ✊🏼🎉
Does anyone have 3D printer files for objects for the novel object recognition test for mice, and are willing to share?
Also, happy holidays
Also, happy holidays
a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
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December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Does anyone have 3D printer files for objects for the novel object recognition test for mice, and are willing to share?
Also, happy holidays
Also, happy holidays
I made our postdoc pose with the shell of a Galapagos giant tortoise. This is the beauty of being in a Biology Department 🐢
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I made our postdoc pose with the shell of a Galapagos giant tortoise. This is the beauty of being in a Biology Department 🐢
Last day of @sfn.org! It has been better than expected, catching up with colleagues from all over the world and hearing everyone telling me how much happier I look 💖 Feels great when hard decisions turned out to be the right decision.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last day of @sfn.org! It has been better than expected, catching up with colleagues from all over the world and hearing everyone telling me how much happier I look 💖 Feels great when hard decisions turned out to be the right decision.
Having invited seminar speakers is always very nice, but even better if they're as cool as @drsalinaslab.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Having invited seminar speakers is always very nice, but even better if they're as cool as @drsalinaslab.bsky.social
Thank you @andrewboyce.bsky.social for hosting me at @unmhsc.bsky.social I had a great time with students and faculty, and learned that Albuquerque's founder was from Asturias (de Grao!), which got me really excited 😅
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thank you @andrewboyce.bsky.social for hosting me at @unmhsc.bsky.social I had a great time with students and faculty, and learned that Albuquerque's founder was from Asturias (de Grao!), which got me really excited 😅
I do remember that as a child I found the film very unsettling because I thought it was unfair and hard on the little mouse. I don't remember the plot, only how it made me feel.
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I do remember that as a child I found the film very unsettling because I thought it was unfair and hard on the little mouse. I don't remember the plot, only how it made me feel.
Are you putting your schedule together for @sfn.org in San Diego? Make sure you check Bridget's poster on 11/15 1-5pm (C20) and 6:45-8:45pm (B17).
And on 11/16 you can catch me 9-11am in a panel about Bilingual Science Outreach in Room 1 and 2-4:30pm in the minisymposium in Room 6DE.
Come say hi!👋🏼
And on 11/16 you can catch me 9-11am in a panel about Bilingual Science Outreach in Room 1 and 2-4:30pm in the minisymposium in Room 6DE.
Come say hi!👋🏼
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Are you putting your schedule together for @sfn.org in San Diego? Make sure you check Bridget's poster on 11/15 1-5pm (C20) and 6:45-8:45pm (B17).
And on 11/16 you can catch me 9-11am in a panel about Bilingual Science Outreach in Room 1 and 2-4:30pm in the minisymposium in Room 6DE.
Come say hi!👋🏼
And on 11/16 you can catch me 9-11am in a panel about Bilingual Science Outreach in Room 1 and 2-4:30pm in the minisymposium in Room 6DE.
Come say hi!👋🏼
I'll be one of the panelists at this great event! If you happen to be in San Diego make sure you attend and say hello 👋🏼
🚨REGISTRATION IS OPEN!🚨
We're so excited to host our first-ever, in-person event! Join us for panel discussions, a keynote address, and the opportunity to meet many amazing women in Neuroscience💜
Please register to attend by November 1st:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait!
We're so excited to host our first-ever, in-person event! Join us for panel discussions, a keynote address, and the opportunity to meet many amazing women in Neuroscience💜
Please register to attend by November 1st:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait!
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'll be one of the panelists at this great event! If you happen to be in San Diego make sure you attend and say hello 👋🏼
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🚨 Closing in 5 days! If your application is still a draft, now’s the time to finalise it. Don’t miss your chance to be recognised through the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture, celebrating #neuroscientists advancing #brainresearch, #diversity, & regional #representation in science.
👉 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
👉 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📣Call open for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture! Nominate outstanding neuroscientists who push the frontiers of brain research, champion EDI, & work in underrepresented countries.
🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025
🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚨 Closing in 5 days! If your application is still a draft, now’s the time to finalise it. Don’t miss your chance to be recognised through the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture, celebrating #neuroscientists advancing #brainresearch, #diversity, & regional #representation in science.
👉 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
👉 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
A solitary bottle in our brand new fridge. Things are starting to pick up (much faster than during Covid)!
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A solitary bottle in our brand new fridge. Things are starting to pick up (much faster than during Covid)!
Haven't been posting a lot. Focusing on getting the lab up and running, but taking a lunch break on a beautiful day is 💯 Thanks @arunsethuraman.bsky.social for getting me out of the office 🙃
October 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Haven't been posting a lot. Focusing on getting the lab up and running, but taking a lunch break on a beautiful day is 💯 Thanks @arunsethuraman.bsky.social for getting me out of the office 🙃
My new research home ❣️🔆 @sdsuresearch.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My new research home ❣️🔆 @sdsuresearch.bsky.social
Lost the final weeks of a grant because my former institution declined to work with the sponsor on a solution they pproposed.💸💸💸
Sadly, this says a lot about the environment I was in.
Sadly, this says a lot about the environment I was in.
August 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Lost the final weeks of a grant because my former institution declined to work with the sponsor on a solution they pproposed.💸💸💸
Sadly, this says a lot about the environment I was in.
Sadly, this says a lot about the environment I was in.
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Asturias comienza a respirar por los incendios, pero mantiene la alerta: ocho fuegos activos y 4.000 hectáreas afectadas
Asturias comienza a respirar por los incendios, pero mantiene la alerta: ocho fuegos activos y 4.000 hectáreas afectadas
La entrada de viento norte, una mayor humedad y una notable bajada de las temperaturas están ayudando a controlar las llamas. El de Genostoso, en Cangas del Narcea, sigue siendo el que más preocupa
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August 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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If you have a "recently" (in the last 2 years) published paper with a preprint available, I’d love to hear from you!
All neuroscience topics are welcome.
🙏🏼 Thank you!
All neuroscience topics are welcome.
🙏🏼 Thank you!
I’m designing a course that uses preprints and their peer-reviewed, published versions to directly compare how manuscripts are originally conceived by authors and how the peer-review process shapes their final form.🎯My goal is to help students strengthen critical thinking and become fair reviewers.
August 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you have a "recently" (in the last 2 years) published paper with a preprint available, I’d love to hear from you!
All neuroscience topics are welcome.
🙏🏼 Thank you!
All neuroscience topics are welcome.
🙏🏼 Thank you!
I’m designing a course that uses preprints and their peer-reviewed, published versions to directly compare how manuscripts are originally conceived by authors and how the peer-review process shapes their final form.🎯My goal is to help students strengthen critical thinking and become fair reviewers.
August 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I’m designing a course that uses preprints and their peer-reviewed, published versions to directly compare how manuscripts are originally conceived by authors and how the peer-review process shapes their final form.🎯My goal is to help students strengthen critical thinking and become fair reviewers.
This precious work came out almost a year ago and I am celebrating with one of the great authors who contributed. Thank you, Dr. Jensen and everyone else who made it happen 🍻
August 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This precious work came out almost a year ago and I am celebrating with one of the great authors who contributed. Thank you, Dr. Jensen and everyone else who made it happen 🍻
9 days left (no that I'm counting....)! 🌅🌯
Working every day with these people is the thing I’ll miss from Thomas Jefferson. I’ve been very lucky to work with students who set the bar pretty high!
Working every day with these people is the thing I’ll miss from Thomas Jefferson. I’ve been very lucky to work with students who set the bar pretty high!
August 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
9 days left (no that I'm counting....)! 🌅🌯
Working every day with these people is the thing I’ll miss from Thomas Jefferson. I’ve been very lucky to work with students who set the bar pretty high!
Working every day with these people is the thing I’ll miss from Thomas Jefferson. I’ve been very lucky to work with students who set the bar pretty high!
Our StepUp! To Cancer Research program intern presented her summer work today. Bravo, Bri!
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our StepUp! To Cancer Research program intern presented her summer work today. Bravo, Bri!