Proud of this collaboration with Philip Van Damme’s team: we show that microglia and astrocytes behave differently in sporadic vs. C9orf72 ALS across human tissue, iPSC-derived cells and in vivo xenografts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to share this new interview with Rosa Rademakers and myself, reflecting on the direction we're taking together with all our colleagues at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology.
blog.vib.be/our-neurogen...

This weekend, our teams @cmn-vib.bsky.social & our amazing lab are trading lab coats for running shoes! We're hitting the pavement to raise funds for Alzheimer's research — a cause close to our hearts and minds. Every step we take brings us closer to a cure. StopAlzheimer

I am so excited to share our review on microglial heterogeneity @natureneuro.bsky.social! It was a fantastic effort by the lab, led by @c9laura72.bsky.social and Alma Mohebiany. We provide a critical view on the plethora of microglial cell states in health and disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Brand new review by the @mancusorenzo.bsky.social lab on microglial heterogeneity: Laura Fumagalli et al. dive into transcriptional states across development, disease, sex & CNS regions—plus annotation tools.

Out now in Nature Neuroscience:
📄 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01931-4

Laura Fumagalli (@mancusorenzo.bsky.sociallab) was recently awarded a pilot grant from Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek. 🙌

This grant will support her research on the role of microglia in ALS and FTD.
https://mancusolab.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/the-other-side-of-c9orf72-what-happens-to-microglia

Congrats to Laura for obtaining a pilot grant from Stop Alzheimer! And thanks to Stop Alzheimer and all the donors for their incredible support to our research! @viblifesciences.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be stopalzheimer.be/nl/hoe-beinv...

it's big, and it's a review of 601 papers on the topic - but here's an update on Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

led by Michael Heneka, published in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social today

(MANY more authors listed and linked below)

Hi Bluesky 🦋 I’m Nico, a microglia enthusiast based in VIB, Belgium 🧠 if you are curious about the science we do, take a look at our latest work! Here we use xenotransplantation models to map the spectrum of human microglia responses to Alzheimer’s disease pathology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microglia community, let’s start the discussion 🧠 follow the Microglia Starter Pack and ask @mancusorenzo.bsky.social to add your colleagues as they join Bluesky 🦋

go.bsky.app/DT3Cp4A

The Dr Sebastiaan De Schepper Lab at VIB, Belgium is recruiting for a Laboratory Technician working on Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Research.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/laborato...