🎯 We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Switch Lab VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research VIB 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-…

💙 In honor of World Alzheimer’s Day tomorrow, together with researchers across Leuven Brain Institute, we raise knotted handkerchiefs to symbolize: "We will not forget people with dementia."

Over 55 million people worldwide are affected by dementia. On #WorldAlzheimersDay, learn about the pioneering research of Patrik Verstreken VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research. Funded by an ERC grant, Verstreken Lab is researching how to reverse human neurodegeneration, by studying hibernating hamsters.

🌟 We are grateful to Switch Lab, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, and VIB 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…

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

📣 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/…

🚀 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!

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…

👁️🗨️ Watch Christine Germeys, PhD student in the Ludo Van Den Bosch 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/…

🎇 Congratulations to our PhD students who received prestigious fellowships from FWO to fund their research! 🚀

👋 Meet Silke Vanderhaeghe (Ludo Van Den Bosch 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…

Wetenschappers van VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research en KU Leuven ontdekken een onverwacht verband tussen genen betrokken bij de menselijke hersenevolutie 🧠en ontwikkelingsstoornissen @VanderhaeghenP2 👇

We continue the #BrainMosaic24 Poster Pitches🎬 with Dan Dascenco Dan Dascenco of Lab of Synapse Biology / VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research. He shows that CRISPR-tagged synaptic proteins reveal vital factors in synapse development and connectivity. ▶️Watch his pitch to find out more.

🌠 We celebrate Wim Annaert, group leader of the Laboratory of Membrane Trafficking, who received a BrightFocus Foundation 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/…

The summer months saw some exciting milestones in our Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 funded Twin4Promis collaboration with Skretas lab in Athens. Our thanks to VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research Science Communications for the write up - read all about it in the VIB blog!👇 blog.vib.be/the-scientific…

⚡ 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 Switch Lab KU Leuven VIB

🤔 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! VIB KU Leuven 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/news/…

👋 Meet HenneHolstege, new PI at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research! 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

🌟 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/…

🔷 Follow us on Bluesky at cbdresearch.bsky.social! 📷 Throwback to when we had bluer skies here at Gasthuisberg Campus 🌧️