VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
@CBD_VIB
Neuroscience center in Belgium 🔬🧠 Part of @VIBLifeSciences × @KU_Leuven ✨ Discover our research community ➡️ http://linktr.ee/cbdresearch
Last chance to join #BrainMosaic24! Hear from 19 experts on #neurodevelopment, #neurodegeneration, computational analysis, and #brainevolution. Explore the latest tools shaping #neuroscience. 📅Deadline: 26 September ⏩Register here: vibbio.tech/4ekzb3x
🔷 Follow us on Bluesky at cbdresearch.bsky.social! 📷 Throwback to when we had bluer skies here at Gasthuisberg Campus 🌧️
🌟 The iPSC Modelling in Neuromuscular Disorders Conference brought together top speakers from around the world to talk about the latest developments in the field of using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models to study neuromuscular disorders 👉cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/…
👋 Meet @HolstegeHenne, new PI at @CBD_VIB! Her research on cognitively healthy centenarians has been key in understanding how some people defy age-related cognitive decline. Here, she will dive deeper into the molecular mechanisms that underlie ageing👉 lnkd.in/eKP-MYTu
🤔 Can we protect nerve cells from dying in #Alzheimers? New research published in Science Translational Medicine has identified specific inhibitors that can prevent the loss of nerve cells in mouse models of the disease! @VIBLifeSciences @KU_Leuven 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/…
⚡ For #WorldAmyloidosisDay, we introduce BE.Amycon: a new initiative uniting scientists, doctors, and patients across Belgium to address the challenges posed by amyloidosis. Read their story 👉 vibbio.tech/4flS4Dv @VIB_Switch_Lab @KU_Leuven @VIBLifeSciences
The summer months saw some exciting milestones in our @HorizonEU funded @Twin4Promis collaboration with @Skretas_lab in Athens. Our thanks to @CBD_VIB Science Communications for the write up - read all about it in the @VIBLifeSciences blog!👇 blog.vib.be/the-scientific…
🌠 We celebrate Wim Annaert, group leader of the Laboratory of Membrane Trafficking, who received a @_BrightFocus Grant to study the cell-type specific contributions of presenilin2 to Alzheimer's pathology using new chimeric human-mouse models👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/…
Wetenschappers van @CBD_VIB en @KU_Leuven ontdekken een onverwacht verband tussen genen betrokken bij de menselijke hersenevolutie 🧠en ontwikkelingsstoornissen @VanderhaeghenP2 👇
🧠 The human brain has a remarkably long developmental trajectory. @VanderhaeghenP2 @blibep and colleagues (@CBD_VIB @KU_Leuven) found a uniquely human link between this trajectory and neurodevelopmental disorders 👉 vibbio.tech/486eciC @ERC_Research @FWOVlaanderen
We continue the #BrainMosaic24 Poster Pitches🎬 with Dan Dascenco @DDascenco of @joris_dewit_lab / @CBD_VIB. He shows that CRISPR-tagged synaptic proteins reveal vital factors in synapse development and connectivity. ▶️Watch his pitch to find out more.
👋 Meet Silke Vanderhaeghe (@LuVaDeBo Lab), Editor at #TheOptimist: a magazine by and for PhD students to help them survive and thrive in what's referred to in academia lingo as 'The Valley of Shit' 💩🗻 Read the Blog 👉 blog.vib.be/thriving-throu…
🎇 Congratulations to our PhD students who received prestigious fellowships from @FWOVlaanderen to fund their research! 🚀
👁️🗨️ Watch Christine Germeys, PhD student in the @LuVaDeBo Lab of Neurobiology, share a bite-sized summary of her research on EGLN2, a potential new therapeutic target for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (#ALS)! 📹 youtube.com/watch?v=9Lux6-… 📰 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/…
Happy #ThrowbackThursday! In light of World Alzheimer's Day, @Nature published a timeline of the disease's research breakthroughs, including Bart De Strooper and Wim Annaert's contributions to discovering the link between PSEN1 and γ-secretase 👉 nature.com/articles/d4158…
🚀 Launching our International PhD Call 2025, an incredible opportunity to kickstart your neuroscience career in our dynamic research hub in the heart of Europe! 🌍 More info on how to apply here 💡➡️ buff.ly/3Y0KFn3 ♻️ Share with your network!
📣 New work by the @Verstreken_Lab reveals the effects of a mutation in the SGIP gene, which was present in a family with early-onset Parkinsonism. The lab found the mutation causes major defects in synapses. Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/…
🌟 We are grateful to @VIB_Switch_Lab, @CBD_VIB, and @VIBLifeSciences for organizing the #ProAgg24 meeting from September 11-13, 2024! 🌟 We eagerly look forward to future editions of this insightful conference! #Twin4Promis twin4promis.eu/reflections-on…
Over 55 million people worldwide are affected by dementia. On #WorldAlzheimersDay, learn about the pioneering research of Patrik Verstreken @CBD_VIB. Funded by an ERC grant, @Verstreken_Lab is researching how to reverse human neurodegeneration, by studying hibernating hamsters.
💙 In honor of World Alzheimer’s Day tomorrow, together with researchers across @leuvenbrainins1, we raise knotted handkerchiefs to symbolize: "We will not forget people with dementia."
🎯 We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the @VIB_Switch_Lab @CBD_VIB @VIBLifeSciences in Leuven, Belgium, for hosting the #Twin4Promis #Biophysics Workshop from September 9 to 11, 2024. 👇For more insights on the event, please visit: twin4promis.eu/unveiling-the-…