Katja Kobow
@katjakobow.bsky.social
Epigenetics enthusiast. Working in molecular neuropathology 🧠🔬🧬 @FAU.de. Visiting scientist @UKL_Leipzig. Malformations and #epilepsy. DNA methylation and #aging.
kobowlab.org
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IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
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“We have to protect one area of the brain & remove another.” - Dr. Ricardo Morcos 🤩 🇬🇧!
A hopeful, very educational chat about the epilepsy surgery journey 🔪🧠 - clear, empowering, & informative!
Watch the full episode here! 👇
youtu.be/QzIoLlRG1Lw
#epilepsysurgery #epilepsy #neurosurgery
A hopeful, very educational chat about the epilepsy surgery journey 🔪🧠 - clear, empowering, & informative!
Watch the full episode here! 👇
youtu.be/QzIoLlRG1Lw
#epilepsysurgery #epilepsy #neurosurgery
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“We have to protect one area of the brain & remove another.” - Dr. Ricardo Morcos 🤩 🇬🇧!
A hopeful, very educational chat about the epilepsy surgery journey 🔪🧠 - clear, empowering, & informative!
Watch the full episode here! 👇
youtu.be/QzIoLlRG1Lw
#epilepsysurgery #epilepsy #neurosurgery
A hopeful, very educational chat about the epilepsy surgery journey 🔪🧠 - clear, empowering, & informative!
Watch the full episode here! 👇
youtu.be/QzIoLlRG1Lw
#epilepsysurgery #epilepsy #neurosurgery
Surprising twist in #epilepsy genetics 👀 Our new preprint shows that many MOGHE brains - even in females - carry extra Y-chromosome material, restricted to the lesion! Could sex-chromosome mosaicism be a driver of this epileptogenic malformation?
🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
High incidence of Y-chromosome mosaicism in male and female individuals with MOGHE
Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE) is a recently discovered histopathological lesion entity. Approximately half of affected individuals car...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Surprising twist in #epilepsy genetics 👀 Our new preprint shows that many MOGHE brains - even in females - carry extra Y-chromosome material, restricted to the lesion! Could sex-chromosome mosaicism be a driver of this epileptogenic malformation?
🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧬 Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Fantastic place for science.
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
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Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Fantastic place for science.
Is epilepsy aging in fast-forward? 🧠⏳ Our latest study found that the epileptic brain shows signs of accelerated biological aging, more so than blood. Aging+Epilepsy-related signatures appeared even before seizures began. Food for thought regarding seizure risk predictability & treatment innovations
New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.
Time flies faster in epilepsy
People with epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities, raising the possibility that epilepsy accelerates biological aging. Seizures tri...
www.researchsquare.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Is epilepsy aging in fast-forward? 🧠⏳ Our latest study found that the epileptic brain shows signs of accelerated biological aging, more so than blood. Aging+Epilepsy-related signatures appeared even before seizures began. Food for thought regarding seizure risk predictability & treatment innovations
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A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Application – EMBL International PhD Programme
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October 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Did you know that people with #epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities? Our new study „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ lnkd.in/d28QCtMS looks into how biological aging contributes to the disease.
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Did you know that people with #epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities? Our new study „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ lnkd.in/d28QCtMS looks into how biological aging contributes to the disease.
New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.
Time flies faster in epilepsy
People with epilepsy have a significantly reduced life expectancy and an increased burden of age-related comorbidities, raising the possibility that epilepsy accelerates biological aging. Seizures tri...
www.researchsquare.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New preprint from the lab: „Time flies faster in epilepsy“ now available on Research Gate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Great collaboration with Sarah Weckhuysen, Premysl Jiruska, Johannes Lemke and many more.
Reposted by Katja Kobow
SUDEP or SUdden Death in Epilepsy affects about 1 in 1000 people with Epilepsy annually. - Have your doctors told you about your risks of SUDEP? #EpilepsyAwareness
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026: Mortality - The Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast
We stare down the monster that has plagued our Epilepsy community for decades, SUDEP, or SUdden Death from EPilepsy.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
SUDEP or SUdden Death in Epilepsy affects about 1 in 1000 people with Epilepsy annually. - Have your doctors told you about your risks of SUDEP? #EpilepsyAwareness
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New in Epilepsia – September 13, 2025
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September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New in Epilepsia – September 13, 2025
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Upcoming EBM Virtual Brain Talk 🧠
We are excited to announce our next virtual brain talk:
"There and back again - The translational journey in modern Neurosurgery"
Speaker: Prof. Dr.med. Oliver Schnell (UKER, Germany)
📅 22.09.2025
⏰ 4:00 PM (CEST)
💻 Online via Zoom
We are excited to announce our next virtual brain talk:
"There and back again - The translational journey in modern Neurosurgery"
Speaker: Prof. Dr.med. Oliver Schnell (UKER, Germany)
📅 22.09.2025
⏰ 4:00 PM (CEST)
💻 Online via Zoom
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Upcoming EBM Virtual Brain Talk 🧠
We are excited to announce our next virtual brain talk:
"There and back again - The translational journey in modern Neurosurgery"
Speaker: Prof. Dr.med. Oliver Schnell (UKER, Germany)
📅 22.09.2025
⏰ 4:00 PM (CEST)
💻 Online via Zoom
We are excited to announce our next virtual brain talk:
"There and back again - The translational journey in modern Neurosurgery"
Speaker: Prof. Dr.med. Oliver Schnell (UKER, Germany)
📅 22.09.2025
⏰ 4:00 PM (CEST)
💻 Online via Zoom
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Searching for a #postdoc opportunity in Europe? Are you interested in neuroinflammation, immunometabolism and/or epilepsy research?? 🧠 Apply now and work with a great team at RCSI in beautiful Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal.
@Futureneuro_ie @RCSIPharmBioMol
*****Closing date 16th July*****
@Futureneuro_ie @RCSIPharmBioMol
*****Closing date 16th July*****
July 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Searching for a #postdoc opportunity in Europe? Are you interested in neuroinflammation, immunometabolism and/or epilepsy research?? 🧠 Apply now and work with a great team at RCSI in beautiful Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal.
@Futureneuro_ie @RCSIPharmBioMol
*****Closing date 16th July*****
@Futureneuro_ie @RCSIPharmBioMol
*****Closing date 16th July*****
Epilepsy stigma has existed since ancient times and persists in various degrees throughout the world. Fight stigma! Watch this beautiful, intimate, and powerful film and share. #StigmaOfEpilepsy youtube.com/watch?v=-JQN...
The Curse of Stigma Documentary Film
YouTube video by Whitten Newman Foundation
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May 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Epilepsy stigma has existed since ancient times and persists in various degrees throughout the world. Fight stigma! Watch this beautiful, intimate, and powerful film and share. #StigmaOfEpilepsy youtube.com/watch?v=-JQN...
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Why does the forebrain expand dramatically while other neural regions grow less? Our new publication reveals progenitor metabolism critically shapes region-specific brain growth. Thread below. authors.elsevier.com/a/1k-udL7PXu...
May 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Why does the forebrain expand dramatically while other neural regions grow less? Our new publication reveals progenitor metabolism critically shapes region-specific brain growth. Thread below. authors.elsevier.com/a/1k-udL7PXu...
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Has a colleague's work influenced your research?
Has a mentor guided your neuroscience career?
Don’t miss a chance to pay it forward by nominating them for a 2025 SfN Award or Prize.
🚨 Submit your nomination by the new deadline: Thursday, May 15.
🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz
#NeuroSky
Has a mentor guided your neuroscience career?
Don’t miss a chance to pay it forward by nominating them for a 2025 SfN Award or Prize.
🚨 Submit your nomination by the new deadline: Thursday, May 15.
🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz
#NeuroSky
May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Has a colleague's work influenced your research?
Has a mentor guided your neuroscience career?
Don’t miss a chance to pay it forward by nominating them for a 2025 SfN Award or Prize.
🚨 Submit your nomination by the new deadline: Thursday, May 15.
🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz
#NeuroSky
Has a mentor guided your neuroscience career?
Don’t miss a chance to pay it forward by nominating them for a 2025 SfN Award or Prize.
🚨 Submit your nomination by the new deadline: Thursday, May 15.
🔗 bit.ly/4iXFGLz
#NeuroSky
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This is definitely worth a read... This is what conscience and courage look like...
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With Sadness and Resolve: Why I Resigned as Chief Medical Officer of an NIH Institute and What Comes Next | Annals of the American Thoracic Society | Articles in Press
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April 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is definitely worth a read... This is what conscience and courage look like...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Study reveals CA1 place cells in mice encode space and goals equally; mechanisms and experience unclear. Insights into 1:1 balance! PMID:40169932, Nat Neurosci 2025, @NatureNeuro https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01930-5 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Mechanisms of experience-dependent place-cell referencing in hippocampal area CA1 - Nature Neuroscience
Through multiday imaging and acute whole-cell recordings in behaving mice, Qian, Li and Magee provide insight into place field formation in general and specifically how the hippocampus adaptively remaps for flexible goal-directed navigation.
doi.org
April 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Do we owe multicellularity to the ability to handle pressure? "We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal multicellularity in haloarchaea, forming tissue-like structures."
How did life go from solo cells to many coordinating ones? Perhaps a bit of pressure. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
April 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Do we owe multicellularity to the ability to handle pressure? "We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal multicellularity in haloarchaea, forming tissue-like structures."
🚨 News‼️ I was unanimously elected as the new 2nd Chair of the #DGfE - the first woman in this role! I hope to bring a strong science voice to the board and take over as Chair in two years. Great step for better science-clinic collaboration in German #epilepsy research! @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
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April 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🚨 News‼️ I was unanimously elected as the new 2nd Chair of the #DGfE - the first woman in this role! I hope to bring a strong science voice to the board and take over as Chair in two years. Great step for better science-clinic collaboration in German #epilepsy research! @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Want to do a PhD? Are you interested in cortical development and how altered cortical development leads to epilepsy? 🧠⚡
Come and work with us in Marseille at @inmed.bsky.social
Apply to Neuroschool PhD program for international students @neuromarseille.bsky.social
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Come and work with us in Marseille at @inmed.bsky.social
Apply to Neuroschool PhD program for international students @neuromarseille.bsky.social
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
PhD position - Multimodal profiling of epilepsy onset and progression in preclinical models of cortical malformations - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
www.fens.org
March 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Want to do a PhD? Are you interested in cortical development and how altered cortical development leads to epilepsy? 🧠⚡
Come and work with us in Marseille at @inmed.bsky.social
Apply to Neuroschool PhD program for international students @neuromarseille.bsky.social
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Come and work with us in Marseille at @inmed.bsky.social
Apply to Neuroschool PhD program for international students @neuromarseille.bsky.social
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
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Don't miss your chance to register for today's webinar on Epigenetic Factors and Epilepsy, featuring Professors @katjakobow.bsky.social and Avtar Singh Roopra. @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social Registration link: forms.gle/sQ2XzvdxwAZz...
March 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Don't miss your chance to register for today's webinar on Epigenetic Factors and Epilepsy, featuring Professors @katjakobow.bsky.social and Avtar Singh Roopra. @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social Registration link: forms.gle/sQ2XzvdxwAZz...