UK Glia Network
@ukglia.bsky.social
The UK Glia Network brings together researchers from or working in the UK who are passionate about glia.
📢 FINAL REMINDER - Registration is now open for our second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Do not miss out the chance to present your work on our second meeting!!! We are looking forward to seeing you in Bristol!!!
UK Glia 2026
UK Glia 2026 meeting will highlight the pivotal role of glia in brain physiology, offering invaluable insights for those investigating glia function in both health and disease. Find out more about…
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January 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
📢 FINAL REMINDER - Registration is now open for our second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Do not miss out the chance to present your work on our second meeting!!! We are looking forward to seeing you in Bristol!!!
🚨 Abstracts close soon! Submit by 16 Jan for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Registration open now. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... For the final speaker spotlight, our own Valentina Mosienko @dr-vmosienko.bsky.social from the University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
🚨 Abstracts close soon! Submit by 16 Jan for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Registration open now. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... For the final speaker spotlight, our own Valentina Mosienko @dr-vmosienko.bsky.social from the University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social
🧠 The countdown begins! Registration is open for UK Glia 2026 (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Meet our next speaker, Simon Bell from the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/smph/people/...
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
🧠 The countdown begins! Registration is open for UK Glia 2026 (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Meet our next speaker, Simon Bell from the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/smph/people/...
📢 Registration for our second UK Glia meeting (8–9 June 2026) is open! Abstracts must be submitted by 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our next speaker is Giles Hardingham from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
📢 Registration for our second UK Glia meeting (8–9 June 2026) is open! Abstracts must be submitted by 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our next speaker is Giles Hardingham from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Happy new year! 🎉 Don’t miss the second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, meet Philip Hasel @philiphasel.bsky.social from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Happy new year! 🎉 Don’t miss the second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, meet Philip Hasel @philiphasel.bsky.social from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🎉 Join us at the UK Glia 2026 meeting, 8–9 June. Registration open now, abstracts due 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... .In this post, meet Blanca Díaz Castro @bdiazcastro.bsky.social from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🎉 Join us at the UK Glia 2026 meeting, 8–9 June. Registration open now, abstracts due 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... .In this post, meet Blanca Díaz Castro @bdiazcastro.bsky.social from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🧠 Right before Christmas, a reminder that registration for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June) is live! Abstract submission deadline: 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... Meet our next speaker, Diego Gomez-Nicola @dgnlab.bsky.social from the University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🧠 Right before Christmas, a reminder that registration for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June) is live! Abstract submission deadline: 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... Meet our next speaker, Diego Gomez-Nicola @dgnlab.bsky.social from the University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Calling all glia researchers! 🧬 Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, we highlight one more speaker, Andrew Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social of the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Calling all glia researchers! 🧬 Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting (8–9 June). Abstract deadline: 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, we highlight one more speaker, Andrew Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social of the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk
🎉 Don’t miss the second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, it is our pleasure to introduce our next speaker, David Attwell, professor at UCL @ucl.ac.uk and UKDRI @ukdri.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🎉 Don’t miss the second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, it is our pleasure to introduce our next speaker, David Attwell, professor at UCL @ucl.ac.uk and UKDRI @ukdri.ac.uk
📅 Registration is live for the UK Glia 2026 meeting, happening 8–9 June. Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... Meet the speaker: Cassandra Sampaio Baptista from the University of Glasgow @UofGMVLS
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📅 Registration is live for the UK Glia 2026 meeting, happening 8–9 June. Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... Meet the speaker: Cassandra Sampaio Baptista from the University of Glasgow @UofGMVLS
Exciting news! Did you hear? 🎉 The UK Glia 2026 meeting is coming up on 8–9 June. Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... The next speaker highlight belongs to Nicola Hamilton-Whitaker from Kings College London. www.kcl.ac.uk/people/nicol...
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Exciting news! Did you hear? 🎉 The UK Glia 2026 meeting is coming up on 8–9 June. Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... The next speaker highlight belongs to Nicola Hamilton-Whitaker from Kings College London. www.kcl.ac.uk/people/nicol...
📢 Registration is now open for our second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our second speaker highlight is for David Lyons @lyons-lab.bsky.social from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢 Registration is now open for our second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Abstracts due 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our second speaker highlight is for David Lyons @lyons-lab.bsky.social from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.
🚨 Don’t miss out! Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting, 8–9 June. Abstracts due 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... In this post, we would like to highlight our second keynote speaker, Baljit Khakh, from UCLA and DRI Cardiff @ukdri.ac.uk! baljitkhakhlab.healthsciences.ucla.edu
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨 Don’t miss out! Registration is open for the UK Glia 2026 meeting, 8–9 June. Abstracts due 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... In this post, we would like to highlight our second keynote speaker, Baljit Khakh, from UCLA and DRI Cardiff @ukdri.ac.uk! baljitkhakhlab.healthsciences.ucla.edu
Registration for our second UK Glia meeting, from 8-9 June 2026 is open: www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...! Abstract submission deadline: 16/01! We would like to highlight the first keynote speaker of the event, Thóra Káradóttir from Cambridge University @cam.ac.uk.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Registration for our second UK Glia meeting, from 8-9 June 2026 is open: www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...! Abstract submission deadline: 16/01! We would like to highlight the first keynote speaker of the event, Thóra Káradóttir from Cambridge University @cam.ac.uk.
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The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health
Astrocytes make up one-quarter of the brain, but researchers are only now realizing their true value.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚀 Fully funded 4-yr PhD @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & @officialuom.bsky.social on the vascular origins of Alzheimer’s (advanced imaging + proteomics)
Supervisors: Drs. Axel Montagne, Ingo Schiessl, and Audrey Chagnot
Join the VIDA DTC & @alzheimerssoc partnership
👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervisors: Drs. Axel Montagne, Ingo Schiessl, and Audrey Chagnot
Join the VIDA DTC & @alzheimerssoc partnership
👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
VIDA DTC - Decoding the Vascular Origins of Alzheimer’s Disease Through Advanced Imaging and Proteomic at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - VIDA DTC - Decoding the Vascular Origins of Alzheimer’s Disease Through Advanced Imaging and Proteomic at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚀 Fully funded 4-yr PhD @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & @officialuom.bsky.social on the vascular origins of Alzheimer’s (advanced imaging + proteomics)
Supervisors: Drs. Axel Montagne, Ingo Schiessl, and Audrey Chagnot
Join the VIDA DTC & @alzheimerssoc partnership
👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervisors: Drs. Axel Montagne, Ingo Schiessl, and Audrey Chagnot
Join the VIDA DTC & @alzheimerssoc partnership
👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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VIDA is a multi-institutional partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and four world-leading research sites. Projects focus on the importance of vascular and immune mechanisms in dementia. Fully-funded and cohort based! Search "VIDA" on FindAPhD.com and apply before 9 January 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
VIDA is a multi-institutional partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and four world-leading research sites. Projects focus on the importance of vascular and immune mechanisms in dementia. Fully-funded and cohort based! Search "VIDA" on FindAPhD.com and apply before 9 January 2026.
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🌟Job opportunity 🌟
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
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Career Talk is coming tomorrow!
We’re happy to welcome @headimmume.bsky.social for an inspiring session on career paths in neuroscience.
Join us for insights and inspiration!
#Neuroscience #CareerTalk #CajalCourse
@cajal-training.bsky.social
We’re happy to welcome @headimmume.bsky.social for an inspiring session on career paths in neuroscience.
Join us for insights and inspiration!
#Neuroscience #CareerTalk #CajalCourse
@cajal-training.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Career Talk is coming tomorrow!
We’re happy to welcome @headimmume.bsky.social for an inspiring session on career paths in neuroscience.
Join us for insights and inspiration!
#Neuroscience #CareerTalk #CajalCourse
@cajal-training.bsky.social
We’re happy to welcome @headimmume.bsky.social for an inspiring session on career paths in neuroscience.
Join us for insights and inspiration!
#Neuroscience #CareerTalk #CajalCourse
@cajal-training.bsky.social
Now that the dust has settled after SfN, have you considered a UK meeting in June 2026?
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
- exchange ideas and tools
- communicate our research
- foster collaborations
Send your PhD students to meet the best researchers from the UK
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
- exchange ideas and tools
- communicate our research
- foster collaborations
Send your PhD students to meet the best researchers from the UK
UK Glia 2026
UK Glia 2026 meeting will highlight the pivotal role of glia in brain physiology, offering invaluable insights for those investigating glia function in both health and disease. Find out more about the...
www.physoc.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Now that the dust has settled after SfN, have you considered a UK meeting in June 2026?
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
- exchange ideas and tools
- communicate our research
- foster collaborations
Send your PhD students to meet the best researchers from the UK
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
- exchange ideas and tools
- communicate our research
- foster collaborations
Send your PhD students to meet the best researchers from the UK
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Learn how to write cleaner, reusable, and well-documented code with Dr Sanjay Manohar (University of Oxford).
Practical tips in Python, MATLAB & R to boost your workflow and avoid common pitfalls.
📅 27 Nov 2025 | 🕑 2–5 pm
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#coding #MATLAB
📅 27 Nov 2025 | 🕑 2–5 pm
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#coding #MATLAB
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Learn how to write cleaner, reusable, and well-documented code with Dr Sanjay Manohar (University of Oxford).
Practical tips in Python, MATLAB & R to boost your workflow and avoid common pitfalls.
📅 27 Nov 2025 | 🕑 2–5 pm
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#coding #MATLAB
📅 27 Nov 2025 | 🕑 2–5 pm
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#coding #MATLAB
Happy Wednesday Glia Scientists,
Many of us are not at SfN right now.. but we are preparing abstracts to submit to this exciting UK meeting happening in June
Registration is open!
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
Many of us are not at SfN right now.. but we are preparing abstracts to submit to this exciting UK meeting happening in June
Registration is open!
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
UK Glia 2026
UK Glia 2026 meeting will highlight the pivotal role of glia in brain physiology, offering invaluable insights for those investigating glia function in both health and disease. Find out more about the...
www.physoc.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happy Wednesday Glia Scientists,
Many of us are not at SfN right now.. but we are preparing abstracts to submit to this exciting UK meeting happening in June
Registration is open!
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
Many of us are not at SfN right now.. but we are preparing abstracts to submit to this exciting UK meeting happening in June
Registration is open!
www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl...
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Glia gang, this is for you!
In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC).
🧠📈 http://microns-explorer.org
In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC).
🧠📈 http://microns-explorer.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Glia gang, this is for you!
In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC).
🧠📈 http://microns-explorer.org
In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC).
🧠📈 http://microns-explorer.org
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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 ♥️
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Emerging trends of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM): advances, challenges, and prospects
www.biophysics-reports.org/article/doi/...
www.biophysics-reports.org/article/doi/...
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Emerging trends of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM): advances, challenges, and prospects
www.biophysics-reports.org/article/doi/...
www.biophysics-reports.org/article/doi/...