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🌏 From Declaration to Action – Final Workshop! After exploring bias and inclusion, our last session will focus on how to make EDI change last.
🎥 Hybrid: Live streamed EDI panel from
@ausneurosoc.bsky.social
Meeting + interactive online workshop.
🗓 1 Dec – 12:40 AEDT (Hobart, AU)
🔗 loom.ly/wLQaW34
📣 Tonight is the ALBA–IBRO Social at #SfN2025!
Join us at 7 PM at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina to connect with neuroscientists who care about inclusion, build supportive networks, and enjoy drinks & snacks.
📍Rancho Santa Fe Room
👉🏾 loom.ly/3zJXoqE
🤝 Supported by ibroorg.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🌟It’s that time of the year! Nominate Europe-based students or PIs advancing #diversity #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience. The winner will be celebrated at #FENS2026 in Barcelona, receiving €2000 + travel support to attend the meeting. Self nominations are welcome!
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
📅 8 Jan 2026
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🧠 ALBA Webinar: Breaking Down the Ivory Tower — Ep7
This #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities, join us for a powerful conversation with Dr Dionna Williams (Emory University School of Medicine, US) @dwwilliamslab.bsky.social
📅 3 Dec 2025
⏰ 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET
👉 loom.ly/-VJQ83g
#DisabledInSTEM
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
1 week to go! 💬 The ALBA-IBRO Social at #SfN2025 — where inclusion meets connection.
📅 16 Nov
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍Rancho Santa Fe, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
👉🏾 https://loom.ly/3zJXoqE
🍢 Snacks & drinks
🤝 Supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social
#Neuroscience2025
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌏 From Declaration to Action – Final Workshop! After exploring bias and inclusion, our last session will focus on how to make EDI change last.
🎥 Hybrid: Live streamed EDI panel from
@ausneurosoc.bsky.social
Meeting + interactive online workshop.
🗓 1 Dec – 12:40 AEDT (Hobart, AU)
🔗 loom.ly/wLQaW34
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
#albadiversityweek 2025 DAY 5
🌐 Introducing the Global Perspectives: Neuroscience & Diversity Digest, summarising key insights from the ALBA-IBRO Global Diversity Webinar Series . Explore challenges and solutions for underrepresented neuroscientists worldwide.
👉🏼 loom.ly/c0l_Ztw
@ibroorg.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#albadiversityweek 2025 DAY 4
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
⏰ Less than 24h to apply for the ALBA–Elsevier Award Lecture! This prize highlights neuroscientists from underrepresented regions (based on Elsevier authorship metrics & journal market share, and past conference speakers)
🏆 Winner to give a special Lecture at #FENS2026
👉🏽 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
@fens.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🚀 #ALBADiversityWeek 2025 starts today! We celebrate diversity & intersectionality by highlighting key activities and sharing valuable resources.
👀 Stay tuned all week as we revisit achievements and launch new initiatives. Share our posts to join the #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth celebration. 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🧠 Your research deserves the spotlight! The ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture honours outstanding #neuroscientists who have led their own lab for at least 5 years and are working in #underrepresented regions.
🏆 Special Lecture at #FENS2026 in Barcelona
⏰ Deadline in 2 days!
🔗 loom.ly/FEG7E-w

@fens.org
📣 Deadline extended to 29 Oct 2025! The ALBA–Elsevier Award Lecture honours neuroscientists from underrepresented regions (based on Elsevier authorship metrics & journal market share, & past conference speakers).

🏆 Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅ Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Reposted by ALBA Network
Don't miss the ALBA-IBRO Social during #SfN2025! At a time when equity efforts in science face resistance, this social offers a chance to connect & reflect
📅 16 Nov 2025 | 19:00-20:30 PST
📍 Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, US

Join us! https://ibro.org/event/alba-ibro-social-sfn-2025/
ALBA Network
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Congratulations to Prof. Carmen Sandi (ALBA Founder) on receiving the 2026 Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience! 🧠
Her pioneering work and dedication to diversity and excellence in neuroscience continue to inspire us all. 👏
Enormous thanks to the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation for this award!

I am thrilled and truly humbled, & I share it with my lab over the years and our wonderful collaborators!

A timely boost to keep our science moving!

Thanks to everyone for your kind messages!

Looking forward to #FENS2026!
The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation and #FENS are thrilled to announce the winner of the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience 2026: Prof. Carmen Sandi (@carmensandi10.bsky.social)! 🧠

👉 https://loom.ly/Uh0TghU
October 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reposted by ALBA Network
🎧 Tune into the season finale!

Season 2, Episode 5 of the #ALBA-#IBRO Diversity Podcast is available! 🌟

👉 https://loom.ly/PvDlNOI
@network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨Don’t let the brain in Spain stay mainly in the plane! Today's the last day to apply for ALBA-CHS #TravelAwards that support early-career neuroscientists to attend #FENS2026

✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 yrs post-degree (excl. parental/medical leave)

🌍 Open worldwide

👉🏾 loom.ly/7FOgCJc

@fens.org
🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards!

✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates
✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD
👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc
📆 21 Oct 2025
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Reposted by ALBA Network
🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards!

✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates
✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD
👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc
📆 21 Oct 2025
September 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣 Deadline extended to 29 Oct 2025! The ALBA–Elsevier Award Lecture honours neuroscientists from underrepresented regions (based on Elsevier authorship metrics & journal market share, & past conference speakers).

🏆 Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅ Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
ALBA @ #BrainInnovationDays 2025: today at 12 pm, join Francesca Cirulli (ALBA Past Chair) & Aikaterini Fotopoulou (ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize 2025 Winner) for a discussion on why representation matters in brain health & research.
An initiative by @braincouncil.eu
shorturl.at/morWM @fens.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Reposted by ALBA Network
🌟 6 days left to apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards to #FENS2026!

Supported by the Chica & Heinz Schaller Foundation, these grants help early-career #BrainScientists from underrepresented backgrounds attend the #FENSForum. 🧠

🗓️ 21 Oct 2025
👉 https://loom.ly/8i4VnX8
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
ALBA @ #ECNP2025 : ✨ Transdisciplinarity drives discovery — diversity drives progress.
At our diversity & inclusion session yesterday, we were reminded how global and cross-disciplinary collaboration is essential to advance brain health. 🧵
@fens.org @ecnp.eu
October 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#ECNP2025: It's Day 3! The ALBA Session on Diversity & Inclusion is at 13:55 in Hall 2 Van Gogh.
We are celebrating the 2025 ALBA-Roche Research Prize Ceremony and discussing how collaborations and data diversity can drive more equitable #mentalhealth research.
🔗 loom.ly/EFCdYOk
@fens.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎉 #ECNP2025 starts today! We are thrilled to take part once again to promote diversity, inclusion & global collaboration in neuroscience.
👋 Come meet us at the ALBA booth and discover our initiatives for equity in brain science.
💡 Don’t miss our session on Mon 13 Oct 🔗 https://loom.ly/EFCdYOk
October 11, 2025 at 8:01 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
📣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
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚨 Save the date for the ALBA-IBRO Social @ #SfN2025!
📅 16 Nov ⏰ 7:00 - 8:30 PM
📍Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, US
👉🏾 loom.ly/3zJXoqE
Connect & reflect around #equity in neuroscience, with snacks & drinks.
Supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social
#Neuroscience2025
@fens.org @sfn.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Attending #ECNP2025? Add the ALBA Diversity & Inclusion Session to your programme.
📅 Mon 13 Oct | 13:55–14:40 🔗 loom.ly/EFCdYOk
See 🧵 for details.
🎪 ALBA also has a booth, so come and meet the team in the exhibition area. We will be next to @fens.org
See you in Amsterdam! @ecnp.eu
October 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🔎 Elsevier’s global #authorship metrics and #neuroscience #publishing market share, plus historical #representation at major #conferences, show some regions remain under-recognised globally. This #award highlights their excellence: winner delivers a Special Lecture at #FENS2026 🇪🇸 Apply by 15 October
📣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
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM