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Melike Eren
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MSc. Neuroscience &MSc.Physiotherapy| Just a researcher, microglia lover |I hope to become a PhD student in neuroscience | Neuroscience, Anatomy & Exercise Physiology
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Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women — yet diagnosis takes an average of 8 years.

In Her Discussions, Sophie Richards joins Dr. Faye Bate to share her story — one that echoes countless women who’ve been told their pain is “normal.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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📅 Save the Date!

In partnership with the British Pain Society (BPS), we’re hosting “Women in Pain”, a webinar exploring how gender shapes pain research, neuroscience, and clinical care.

🕡 Wed 26 Nov | 6:30 PM
🎙️ Featuring Prof. Kirsty Bannister, Prof. Katy Vincent & Dr. Letizia Pontoriero
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The #SfN25 Mobile App puts everything at your fingertips.

Sync your itinerary from the 2025 Neuroscience Meeting Planner or build one directly in the app, search sessions and abstracts, browse authors and exhibitors, and more!

Download now.

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November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Our new paper reveals that chronic active MS lesions feature CD8⁺ T cell niches with lipid-laden, inflamed microglia. IFN-γ drives cholesterol buildup, linking dysregulated lipid metabolism to inflammation and meurodeg.
Check it out @cp-immunity.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Single-cell spatial transcriptomic profiling defines a pathogenic inflammatory niche in chronic active multiple sclerosis lesions
Compartmentalized inflammation is a key driver of multiple sclerosis (MS) progression, but the mechanisms sustaining its persistence remain unclear. A…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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New in @natureportfolio.nature.com on microglial regulation in Alzheimer’s disease. The study shows that microglia with low PU.1 expression and surface CD28 reduce amyloid pathology and inflammation. It highlights immune co-stimulatory pathways as potential targets in AD. Very interesting!
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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NEW STUDY! Building on pioneering work by Dr. Alison Goate, an international team of researchers, led by #IcahnMountSinai's Anne Schaefer, ID'd distinct population of neuroprotective #Microglia that may point to new therapeutic approach for #Alzheimers. @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Oligodendrocytes do more than make myelin — they actively shape immune responses in the CNS.

Pasquini & Correale reveal how OGDs can present antigens, modulate microglia, and balance pro- & anti-inflammatory signals.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4mkw9Qe
##Neuroimmunology
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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💡 Research Spotlight: Primary cilia in astrocytes are key for their development, metabolism & synaptic regulation. Defects lead to neuronal and behavioral issues in mice, offering new insights into neurodevelopment & ciliopathies.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01726-z
Primary cilia signaling in astrocytes mediates development and regional-specific functional specification - Nature Neuroscience
Astrocyte diversity is greatly influenced by local environmental modulation. Wang et al. report a critical role for astrocytic primary cilia in transmitting local cues that drive the region-specific diversification of astrocytes within the developing mouse brain.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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💼 Open pos.: Cellular Neuroscientist (Oligodendrocyte Plasticity in Ageing) @ Univ. of Glasgow.
🔗 Apply: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-assistant-slash-associate-45?source=lnkd.in
More jobs: https://www.networkglia.eu/glia-job-market/
Yours not listed? Contact secretariat@networkglia.eu
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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New preprint from the spinal cord group at Glasgow. Anatomical and functional characterisation of spinal circuits for cold, from sensory neurons to the brain…..https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680240v1
October 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Still think brain regions don’t exist? That everything is everywhere? That cell types don’t matter and that everything is a dynamical phase portrait?

Wrong.

Interconnected brain modules exist at the level of fine grained transcriptomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Whole-cortex in situ sequencing reveals input-dependent area identity - Nature
BARseq interrogates the expression of 104 cell-type marker genes in 10.3 million cells over nine mouse forebrain hemispheres to reveal the role of peripheral inputs on cortical area development.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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I’m thrilled to report on work I led with Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper and Dr. Todd Hollon which shows that we can forecast where glioblastoma will recur even at time of initial resection.

It’s wonderful to see all the work I conducted during my research year @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social come together!
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍

Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵

#studyBRAIN #BICAN
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Peruzzotti-Jametti et al. examine the remyelination potential of mouse- and human-derived directly induced neural stem cell (iNSC) grafts, and show that iNSCs can differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes and remyelinate axons in demyelinated lesions. tinyurl.com/3a2auah5
July 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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We are BACK with our first trainee webinar of the academic year!! 🧠🇨🇦📣Please join us Thurs Nov 13th 12pm EST as Luisa and Ciara share their exciting work! Link in bio! #astroglia #microglia
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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4️⃣ Hyper-maturity and accelerated aging in the hippocampus
Mouse models of anxiety and depression showed hyper-mature hippocampi with aging-like gene expression.
Microglia and granule cells drive this phenotype, pointing to shared molecular mechanisms across disorders.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hyper-maturity and accelerated aging in the hippocampus of mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders with anxiety-like behavior - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Hyper-maturity and accelerated aging in the hippocampus of mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders with anxiety-like behavior
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November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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New TYP lab publication from co-authors
Zach Augur and @garrettfogo.bsky.social
on deciphering the function of Optineurin in iPSC-derived Neurons and Astrocytes! This will be the first of 3 first-author publications from Zach's PhD thesis! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Optineurin deficiency disrupts phosphorylated tau proteostasis and clusterin expression in human neurons - Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Optineurin (OPTN) is an autophagy adaptor protein involved in selective autophagy, including aggrephagy and mitophagy. Pathogenic mutations in OPTN have also been linked to amyotrophic lateral scleros...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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We're excited to share our new pre-print, where @gizemterzioglu.bsky.social et al. identify SHIP1, the protein encoded by the Alzheimer's disease risk gene INPP5D, as a regulator of endo-lysosome function and selective phagocytosis in human iPSC-derived microglia! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
INPP5D/SHIP1 is a dual regulator of endo-lysosome function and selective phagocytosis in human microglia
INPP5D, the gene encoding SHIP1, is genetically associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk and plays a central role in regulating immune function. Here, we aimed to elucidate the mechanism by which...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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#Palestine: Shireen is a psychologist, Shorouq is a social worker.

They try to alleviate the psychological suffering of Palestinians facing the violence of the Israeli occupation:
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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4️⃣ Innovation
🧬 #CRISPR, #Glial reprogramming & #Inflammasome blockers 💥—new tools to rewire #Aging from within #Epigenetics, #NeuroRepair, #Longevity @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
💡 Explore 👉
doi.org/10.20944/pre... #FutureOfNeuroscience #RetweetScience
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Mitochondrial complex III-derived ROS amplify immunometabolic changes in astrocytes and promote dementia pathology

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Mitochondrial complex III-derived ROS amplify immunometabolic changes in astrocytes and promote dementia pathology - Nature Metabolism
Barnett et al. disentangle the differential contribution of mitochondrial complex I- and complex III-derived ROS to astrocytic function, with CIII-derived ROS being a major driver of neuroinflammatory...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM