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🚨 New Episode Out! What makes a lab truly thrive? Spoiler: It’s not just funding or publications — it’s inclusion. 🎙️ In Ep. 3 of the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast, four inspiring scientists share how inclusive leadership and intentional lab culture can power scientific…
📢 Happening today at #EBBS2025! Join us for "Merit, Myths & Measures: Reinforcing EDI in Times of Challenges", a session exploring how to tackle pushback against equity, diversity & inclusion in neuroscience. ⏰16:15–17:00 📍Auditorium Marne, Bordeaux 🗣️Francesca Cirulli (IT),…
📣 Join @network_alba at #EBBS2025! Heading to the 51st @EBBS_Science Meeting in Bordeaux, France? Make sure to attend ALBA's Panel Discussion! 🧠 "Merit, Myths & Measures – Reinforcing EDI in Times of Challenges" 🗓️ 30 June 2025, 16:15–17:00 CEST 🔗 loom.ly/yKksqlU…
📚 New articles from @EJNeuroscience! How has #neuroscience changed over the past 30 years, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 💭 🧠 That's the question that Prof. Marian Joëls sets out to answer in her recent #OpenAccess editorial for #EJN. 👉 loom.ly/jEswp-g #InclusiveScience…
🎉 Congratulations to the ALBA-FKNE #DiversityPrize Winner! 🏆 At the 2025 #FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo, Norway, @network_alba and @FensKavliNet awarded their 2025 Diversity Prize to Prof. Aikaterini Fotopoulou (@Katlab_UCL). 🧠 Find out more 👉 loom.ly/dphSwoM…
Congratulations to our newly elected Board members: 🎉 Sandhya Koushika, Jatin Nagpal, and Ibukun Akinrinade 🎉 Chair-Elect: Bita Moghaddam Thank you to everyone who joined the ALBA General Assembly 2025! 💙 We’re grateful for your energy and insights. Onward in our mission for…
📢 Reminder for ALBA members! The ALBA General Assembly 2025 is coming up on 26 June. 💬 “EDI isn’t dead: reclaiming global voices in science, health and society” - Join us at the Assembly for this timely panel discussion exploring global perspectives on equity, diversity &…
🏆 We’re thrilled to announce that Prof. Aikaterini Fotopoulou (@Katlab_UCL) has won the 2025 ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize! Honoured for her transformative leadership in advancing equity, diversity & inclusion across neuroscience — from founding the ERB Centre at UCL to global…
Day 3️⃣ of #FRM2025 is underway! We have several exciting events lined up for you this afternoon, and we want to see you in the audience! 👀👇 Head to our website for an overview of all #FENS activities at the #FRM: loom.ly/DSvtDac See you in a bit! 🌟…
📎Excited to share our new article in @EJNeuroscience ! Based on interviews by the ALBA Network with select major funders, it explores how EDI is embedded in grant allocation - what’s working, what’s not, and why transparent, evidence-based funding practices matter now more than…
📆 Save the date! The ALBA General Assembly takes place online on 26 June 2025 from 09:15 to 11:00 ET | 15:15 to 17:00 CEST | 18:45 to 20:30 IST. 💬 Hear from leadership about what we have been up to this past year, and find out who the new Board members and Chair-elect are. This…
🤝 Meet us at the @FENSorg - ALBA Booth of #MNS2025 in an hour to ask all your burning publication questions to Yoland Smith, @EJNeuroscience Co-Editor-in-Chief (1-2 pm). More information: fens.org/news-activitie…
📍And don't forget to stop by the FENS booth, where you can learn more about our initiatives and meet Yoland Smith, Co-Editor-in-Chief of #EJN - The European Journal of #Neuroscience. See you there! 👋 #BrainScience #NeuroscienceConference
🎉 #MNS2025 started with 2 keynotes, one by our President-Elect, Shubha Tole, on hippocampus and one with ALBA Network on building resilience in #DEI. ✅ More IBRO activities tomorrow: ibro.org/connect-with-i… @franciru1 @DiGiovanni_Gius @shubhatole @MnSociety @network_alba