UniStem Day 2025 Università di Torino NewroNico Brain Development and Disease group PRESENTI 🙋🏻‍♀️🤓🔬🧠

There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵

Marching up to Jerusalem, where the Knesset and the PM reside.

How does sleep protect against neurodegenerative disease? A review Neuron cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

And today again! We will not give up. Despite the rain, despite the wind in cold Jerusalem. The academia for democracy! There cannot be an academia without democracy. Here, the president of Tel Aviv university, Ariel Porat

In a new study published in Nature Communications, a team from Dr. Meital Oren-Suissa's lab found that male worms do not learn from experience as well as females do – and discovered the neural receptor responsible, which also exists in humans >> bit.ly/male-worm-eng

Thanks to Laurent and all the other authors. The end of a long journey to publication. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Have a look at our latest publication on Scientific Reports : nature.com/articles/s4159… Great collaboration between Università di Torino and Inserm ! Thanks to Daniela Maria Rasà Cécile Martinat NewroNico Brain Development and Disease group and all the collaborators! #ALS #MNDs #stress #Lyfestile

Such a beautiful work! A huge effort and big push by Mike Fainzilber lab, the one and only! Congratulations to Eitan Zahavi, lndrek Koppel, Christin Albus and all the fantastic co-authors!

Cristina Prandi eletta nuova Rettrice di Unito: è la prima donna a ricoprire questa carica in 621 anni di storia dell’Ateneo. otto.unito.it/it/articoli/cr…

My lab was totally destroyed tonight by an Iranian missile. Nobody was hurt. Flies, plasmids, cells, equipment - all gone. Heart breaking. If during the course of the past 16 years, you have received something from my lab - please keep them safe.

My lab at Weizmann Institute was completely demolished by the Iranian missile a few days ago. This is hard and sad as nothing was left to save. We study heart regeneration and regenerative medicine. As such, we will regenerate, regrow and rebuild. The one thing that wasn't gone is

Researchers from Prof. Michael (Mike) Fainzilber's lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered hundreds of molecules that promote nerve regeneration in mice – and may even encourage growth in brain neurons >> bit.ly/Nerve-Cells-Eng

🚨Job offer!🚨 We are soon opening two positions to join Buffo lab at #NICO, Dept of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Italy funded by the #ERC #SynergyGrant CUSTOM-MADE - position 1: 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗗𝗼𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - position 2: 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Both positions are available to support the ERC Synergy Grant CUSTOM_MADE which will be launched soon (nico.ottolenghi.unito.it/en/research-gr…) and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge neuroscience research.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 Please send your CV and the contact details of at least two referees to [email protected] Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.