Giulia Casal, PhD
@giuliacasal.bsky.social
Blood Nerve Barrier & Schwann cells, currently Lloyd Lab UCL, BSc UniFribourg 🇨🇭🇮🇹
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Officially PhD! Feeling very lucky to have had such an amazing lab and experience! Thank you to my examiners @stevewilsonfish.bsky.social and Giles Hardingham @ukdri.ac.uk and obviously Alison!!!
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Are you studying synapses in electron microscopy? Tired of annotating vesicles? We have the tool for you! SynapseNet implements automatic segmentation and analysis of vesicles and other synaptic structures and has now been published:
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Are you studying synapses in electron microscopy? Tired of annotating vesicles? We have the tool for you! SynapseNet implements automatic segmentation and analysis of vesicles and other synaptic structures and has now been published:
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
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Happy to share our latest work led by @kevincziegler.bsky.social and Aydan Askarova, examining cell type contributions of vascular cell types to dementia risk. Many thanks to the donors, and for support from @ukdri.ac.uk and @alzassociation.bsky.social.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Happy to share our latest work led by @kevincziegler.bsky.social and Aydan Askarova, examining cell type contributions of vascular cell types to dementia risk. Many thanks to the donors, and for support from @ukdri.ac.uk and @alzassociation.bsky.social.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Can't believe it — my first‑author paper is out and my image graces the cover of @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Can't believe it — my first‑author paper is out and my image graces the cover of @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
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I will give the UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences. If you are in London on December 3, come say hello. Registration is required but free:
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UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences 2025
The UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences is a prize awarded annually since 1997 to individuals who have excelled in these fields.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I will give the UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences. If you are in London on December 3, come say hello. Registration is required but free:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-prize-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-prize-...
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🧵 BREAKING: Gene therapy shows promise in slowing Huntington’s disease progression. A major milestone in neurodegenerative disease research. @uclqsion.bsky.social @ucl-hd.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🧵 BREAKING: Gene therapy shows promise in slowing Huntington’s disease progression. A major milestone in neurodegenerative disease research. @uclqsion.bsky.social @ucl-hd.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dorsal Vagal Complex: A cell atlas to guide research into appetite control
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September 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Dorsal Vagal Complex: A cell atlas to guide research into appetite control
buff.ly/QY7ev03
buff.ly/QY7ev03
This is why I love science
Look at this crazy thing!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is why I love science
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We are proud to present a Special Issue on Cancer Neuroscience, curated by editors Bennie Babayan & Ted Dobie. This issue offers a snapshot of the field through a collection of Perspectives, Reviews, and NeuroViews: cell.com/neuron/issue.... See below for details on the pieces:
September 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are proud to present a Special Issue on Cancer Neuroscience, curated by editors Bennie Babayan & Ted Dobie. This issue offers a snapshot of the field through a collection of Perspectives, Reviews, and NeuroViews: cell.com/neuron/issue.... See below for details on the pieces:
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Yesterday.. our #CLEM with Julia Gutjahr and Antal Rot was featured in the main Science webpage....☺️ Nice to see #correlativemicroscopy and #volumeEM up front and centre.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yesterday.. our #CLEM with Julia Gutjahr and Antal Rot was featured in the main Science webpage....☺️ Nice to see #correlativemicroscopy and #volumeEM up front and centre.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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It's a wrap. The Biannual ISRB Meeting has ended. Stay tuned this week as we reflect on exciting science, honour our Lifetime Achievement and Rising Star Awardees and reflect on all we have learnt about regeneration this past week. #ISRB2025
August 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's a wrap. The Biannual ISRB Meeting has ended. Stay tuned this week as we reflect on exciting science, honour our Lifetime Achievement and Rising Star Awardees and reflect on all we have learnt about regeneration this past week. #ISRB2025
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Courtney @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social has written a lovely piece on this wonderful community initiative we’ve been running for 5 years at UCL - have a read! And follow @biig-ucl.bsky.social !
📢New post on FocalPlane - Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group
Courtney Lancaster @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social reflects on the success of the BioImage Interest Group at UCL, offering a template for other communities.
Courtney Lancaster @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social reflects on the success of the BioImage Interest Group at UCL, offering a template for other communities.
Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group - FocalPlane
Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group -
focalplane.biologists.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Courtney @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social has written a lovely piece on this wonderful community initiative we’ve been running for 5 years at UCL - have a read! And follow @biig-ucl.bsky.social !
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Another beautiful study by the lab of @andyshihlab.bsky.social published today in @natureportfolio.nature.com 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #cerebrovascular #aging
Impaired capillary–venous drainage contributes to gliosis and demyelination in mouse white matter during aging - Nature Neuroscience
How reduced blood flow plays a role in progressive white matter loss during aging and associated cognitive decline is unclear. Here the authors show that selective constriction and rarefaction of capi...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Another beautiful study by the lab of @andyshihlab.bsky.social published today in @natureportfolio.nature.com 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #cerebrovascular #aging
@isrbio.bsky.social #isrb2025 has started and we had a great time at the pre-conference trainee meeting, organised by us, the monthly trainee meeting organisers (Salome Stierli, Grave Schulz, Matt Cherubino, Jackson Griffiths, Carlos Barradas Chacon) - none of them have bsky!
August 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@isrbio.bsky.social #isrb2025 has started and we had a great time at the pre-conference trainee meeting, organised by us, the monthly trainee meeting organisers (Salome Stierli, Grave Schulz, Matt Cherubino, Jackson Griffiths, Carlos Barradas Chacon) - none of them have bsky!
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Maybe it's time we rethink the idea that development is a cell centric process? In this beautiful review, María-del-Carmen and @stramerlab.bsky.social discussed how the ECM underlies and influences many morphogenesis processes from wing unfolding to mammary gland development.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
August 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Maybe it's time we rethink the idea that development is a cell centric process? In this beautiful review, María-del-Carmen and @stramerlab.bsky.social discussed how the ECM underlies and influences many morphogenesis processes from wing unfolding to mammary gland development.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
Some beautiful Remak cells acquired on the new Hitachi TEM 🤩
August 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Some beautiful Remak cells acquired on the new Hitachi TEM 🤩
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I'm deeply honoured to receive the BACR/AstraZeneca Young Scientist Frank Rose Award in recognition of my cancer research.
Grateful to @thebacr.bsky.social @astra-zeneca.bsky.social #Mentors & #Colleagues whose support has shaped this journey.
My reflections👇
🔗 www.bacr.org.uk/news/2025-ba...
Grateful to @thebacr.bsky.social @astra-zeneca.bsky.social #Mentors & #Colleagues whose support has shaped this journey.
My reflections👇
🔗 www.bacr.org.uk/news/2025-ba...
July 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I'm deeply honoured to receive the BACR/AstraZeneca Young Scientist Frank Rose Award in recognition of my cancer research.
Grateful to @thebacr.bsky.social @astra-zeneca.bsky.social #Mentors & #Colleagues whose support has shaped this journey.
My reflections👇
🔗 www.bacr.org.uk/news/2025-ba...
Grateful to @thebacr.bsky.social @astra-zeneca.bsky.social #Mentors & #Colleagues whose support has shaped this journey.
My reflections👇
🔗 www.bacr.org.uk/news/2025-ba...
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❤️Our July issue is out❤️Discover an Angiopoietin-TIE2-dependent circuit promoting venous malformations, complex disease modelling in cardiac organoids, regulation of cardiac homeostasis by methyonil tRNA synthetase, and more!
www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
❤️Our July issue is out❤️Discover an Angiopoietin-TIE2-dependent circuit promoting venous malformations, complex disease modelling in cardiac organoids, regulation of cardiac homeostasis by methyonil tRNA synthetase, and more!
www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
Goodbye Alice!
Excited for the new one 👀
Excited for the new one 👀
Today was a memorable day.. saying goodbye to our trusty Tecnai 12 Spirit! >180,000 images from just Ian and myself...not counting the numerous MSc's PhD's and publications!
End of an era!
Thank you @thermofishersci.bsky.social
End of an era!
Thank you @thermofishersci.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Goodbye Alice!
Excited for the new one 👀
Excited for the new one 👀
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
Inaugural CCP-volumeEM Community Meeting, 3rd November 2025 at @crick.ac.uk in London
"Towards a collaborative computational community for volume EM"
Timings: 12pm - 5.30pm, followed by networking reception
#volumeEM #BioImageAnalysis #VEM #CCPvolumeEM #CoSeC
Inaugural CCP-volumeEM Community Meeting, 3rd November 2025 at @crick.ac.uk in London
"Towards a collaborative computational community for volume EM"
Timings: 12pm - 5.30pm, followed by networking reception
#volumeEM #BioImageAnalysis #VEM #CCPvolumeEM #CoSeC
July 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
Inaugural CCP-volumeEM Community Meeting, 3rd November 2025 at @crick.ac.uk in London
"Towards a collaborative computational community for volume EM"
Timings: 12pm - 5.30pm, followed by networking reception
#volumeEM #BioImageAnalysis #VEM #CCPvolumeEM #CoSeC
Inaugural CCP-volumeEM Community Meeting, 3rd November 2025 at @crick.ac.uk in London
"Towards a collaborative computational community for volume EM"
Timings: 12pm - 5.30pm, followed by networking reception
#volumeEM #BioImageAnalysis #VEM #CCPvolumeEM #CoSeC
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Exciting next steps in #volumeEM data analysis! A way to remove the data bottleneck..🍾👏 #mmc2025
@ccp-volumeem.bsky.social @martinjones.bsky.social
@ccp-volumeem.bsky.social @martinjones.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Exciting next steps in #volumeEM data analysis! A way to remove the data bottleneck..🍾👏 #mmc2025
@ccp-volumeem.bsky.social @martinjones.bsky.social
@ccp-volumeem.bsky.social @martinjones.bsky.social
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🎉 Our study identifying the direct precursors of Merkel cells is now published in @dev-journal.bsky.social Thank you to our reviewers @reviewcommons.org and collaborators for helping us improve the manuscript. Check out these cell behaviors we visualized in #zebrafish skin. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
June 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🎉 Our study identifying the direct precursors of Merkel cells is now published in @dev-journal.bsky.social Thank you to our reviewers @reviewcommons.org and collaborators for helping us improve the manuscript. Check out these cell behaviors we visualized in #zebrafish skin. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Delighted to share our latest work on the mechanisms of epithelial curvature and 3D morphogenesis ! Amazing work from newly graduated Dr @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social 🎉
@lmcb-ucl.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@lmcb-ucl.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social
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Integrins coordinate basal surface contraction and oriented cell growth to enable thickening of a curved epithelium
During development, tissues undergo morphogenesis to achieve their final form. This process relies on coordinated cell shape changes, which have predo…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Delighted to share our latest work on the mechanisms of epithelial curvature and 3D morphogenesis ! Amazing work from newly graduated Dr @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social 🎉
@lmcb-ucl.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@lmcb-ucl.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Officially PhD! Feeling very lucky to have had such an amazing lab and experience! Thank you to my examiners @stevewilsonfish.bsky.social and Giles Hardingham @ukdri.ac.uk and obviously Alison!!!
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Officially PhD! Feeling very lucky to have had such an amazing lab and experience! Thank you to my examiners @stevewilsonfish.bsky.social and Giles Hardingham @ukdri.ac.uk and obviously Alison!!!
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New Faraday Fellowships for international applicants moving to the UK
Up to £4 million per researcher over 5-10 years
Fast-track option for mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK
Up to £4 million per researcher over 5-10 years
Fast-track option for mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK
Today we've announced the new Faraday Fellowship accelerated international route, which will grant up to £30 million in funding over the next two years to attract global talent and support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2025/05...
Royal Society announces £30m fund to attract global talent over next two years | Royal Society
International recruitment scheme comes amid announcement of Government principles for 10-year research funding
royalsociety.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New Faraday Fellowships for international applicants moving to the UK
Up to £4 million per researcher over 5-10 years
Fast-track option for mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK
Up to £4 million per researcher over 5-10 years
Fast-track option for mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK