📸 The 6th edition of #SciencePhoto_IN is already underway! Over the coming weeks, we'll be sharing this year's entries on our social media channels. Follow us and stay tuned to discover the amazing images competing in this new edition 🔬✨🧵5/5 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

❤️ People's Choice Award 📸 The Guardians of Altamira 👤 Laura Frutos Rincón (Ocular Neurobiology lab) This image won by a landslide in our public vote, receiving the most interactions across our social media channels. Congratulations! 👏🧵4/5

⭐ Jury Special Mention 📸 Lobes of little brain 👤 Macarena Herrera González de la Higuera @eloisaherrera.bsky.social This special mention recognizes an image that beautifully combines scientific relevance and visual impact. 🧵3/5

🥇 Jury Award sponsored by @theneurotecheu.bsky.social 📸 Poking Eggs, Scrambling Chickens (Neurally Speaking) 👤 @edufdzortu.bsky.social @borrell-lab.bsky.social The jury selected this image as the winner of the 5th edition of #SciencePhoto_IN for its outstanding scientific and artistic value. 🧵2/5

🏆 The winners of the 5th edition of #SciencePhoto_IN have received their awards! Every year, our scientific photography contest celebrates the beauty of science through the eyes of the @neuroalc.bsky.social staff. Congratulations👏🧵1/5 Organised by @augustoer.bsky.social & @veromb.bsky.social

🔬 How does nerve injury turn mechanical stimuli into chronic pain? The study identifies Piezo2 as a key player in mechanical hypersensitivity and shows that its absence also alters the organization of MrgprD⁺ sensory fibers in the skin. 🧵3/5

🧠 The team found that Piezo2 is essential for the response of MrgprD nociceptors to strong mechanical stimuli. After nerve injury, these sensory neurons become hypersensitive—but this increased response was almost completely absent when Piezo2 was selectively removed👇 🧵2/5

🔥 New study from the @painchannels.bsky.social lab at @neuroalc.bsky.social is now published in @painthejournal.bsky.social 🔝 Researchers identify a key role for the Piezo2 protein in the mechanical hypersensitivity caused by nerve injury. More info👇🧵1/5 in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos...

🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Abraham Bailén Torregrosa por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su directora de tesis, la Dra. María Salud García Gutiérrez🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

When neurons are activated, PCDH9 is cleaved, generating a fragment that enters the nucleus and regulates neuronal morphology and function. These findings reveal an unexpected nuclear role for a synaptic protein. 🧵4/4 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 👇 doi.org/10.3389/fnce...

One of the emerging mechanisms discussed in the review is the role of ncPCDHs in activity-dependent signalling. Recent work by Federico Miozzo and colleagues identified PCDH9 as a novel activity-dependent synaptonuclear messenger. 🧵3/4 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

By bringing together evidence from human genetics and rodent models, the review examines how ncPCDHs contribute to neurodevelopment, synaptic function & plasticity, and how molecular mechanisms may shed light on ASD pathogenesis & inform therapies. 🧵2/4 👉 doi.org/10.1177/1073...

🧠A new review by Federico Miozzo, from @barcolab.bsky.social @neuroalc.bsky.social, is now published in The Neuroscientist🔝 The review explores the role of non-clustered protocadherins (ncPCDHs) in brain development and function, and their link to autism spectrum disorder (#ASD) 🧵1/4

🎉 Enhorabuena a la recién nombrada hoy Dra. Chrysoula Giasafaki por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su directora de tesis, la Dra. Guillermina López-Bendito @guillelbendito.bsky.social @glb-lab.bsky.social 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Alejandro González Ramón por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su director de tesis, el Dr. Jose Vicente Sánchez Mut🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

🔬 Is interferon signaling a consequence of Alzheimer's disease—or does it help drive it? The team showed that activating this pathway induces AD-like features, while boosting it in microglia worsens neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative alterations in mouse model of AD. 🧵3/5

🧠 The team found higher interferon signaling in women with AD than in men. This pattern was recapitulated in a mouse model of AD, where #scRNA-seq identified microglia as a major interferon-responsive population. 👇 Microglia (red), amyloid plaques (green) in AD mouse model 🧵2/5

🔥 New study from the @jplopez-atalaya.bsky.social lab is now published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation 🔝 Researchers identify an immune pathway that may contribute to women's greater vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease (AD). More info👇 🧵1/5 in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos...

La investigadora @nietoangela.bsky.social protagoniza el cupón de la #ONCE del próximo 18 de julio dentro de la serie #MujeresConCiencia, impulsada junto a la @raciencias.bsky.social para reconocer la trayectoria de científicas de referencia👇 in.umh-csic.es/es/la-invest... @csic.es @umh.es

🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado Dr. Pablo Ballesteros Martínez por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su directora de tesis, la Dra. Berta L. Sánchez-Laorden @bertalsl.bsky.social 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

Congratulations to our researcher @leroyfelix.bsky.social on receiving the FENS-EJN Early Career Investigator Prize 2026 at #FENS2026! 👏 Today, Félix also delivered a plenary lecture on the neural circuits regulating social preferences. Very well deserved! 🧠 @fens.org @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

#FENS2026 is also a great opportunity for early-career researchers to share their work. Today, PhD student Vicente Miralles, from the Ocular Neurobiology Lab, is presenting a poster on spontaneous activity in cortical neurons and its role in brain function👏🧠 @fens.org @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

Hoy, durante #FENS2026, nuestra investigadora Silvia De Santis @desantislab.bsky.social ha recibido el reconocimiento como Joven Embajadora de #SENC, una distinción que reconoce la excelencia y proyección de jóvenes investigadores. ¡Enhorabuena! 👏🥳 @fens.org @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

Another highlight from #FENS2026. @neuroalc.bsky.social researcher @kardamakis.bsky.social chaired the symposium Connecting Vision and Action Through the Superior Colliculus and presented his latest work on how the brain routes visual distractors to shape behavior and decision-making 👏🧠@fens.org

Neuroscience from @neuroalc.bsky.social takes centre stage at #FENS2026 👏 Today, our researcher and Vice Director @guillelbendito.bsky.social is delivering the Fred Kavli Opening Plenary Lecture on Wiring the Senses: The Dialogue Between Genes and Spontaneous Activity in Circuit Formation🧠@fens.org

🎉 Enhorabuena al recién nombrado hoy Dr. Daniel Tendero López por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su directora de tesis, la Dra. María Domínguez 🎉 @umh.es @csic.es @dicv.csic.es

Ayer participamos en la reunión anual del personal de comunicación y divulgación de los centros de la @dicv.csic.es. Una jornada para compartir experiencias y seguir aprendiendo sobre ciencia inclusiva, creación de vídeo y nuevas herramientas para acercar la ciencia a la sociedad 👏

🧠¿Cómo funciona el cerebro? Un grupo de jóvenes con discapacidad de la Fundación Adecco ha participado en una nueva sesión de #NeurocienciaSinBarreras, una iniciativa del @neuroalc.bsky.social para acercar la ciencia a todos los públicos mediante actividades adaptadas👇 in.umh-csic.es/es/el-in-csi...

🎄 Applications are open for our 23rd Christmas Meeting! 📅 21–22 Dec 📍 Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain We're looking for early-career neuroscientists working abroad to share their research at @neuroalc.bsky.social 📩 christmasmeeting@umh.es @leroyfelix.bsky.social @kardamakis.bsky.social @csic.es @umh.es

☀️ ¡Bienvenido, julio! Empezamos este caluroso mes viajando al corazón de la memoria con la imagen 'Flying Memory', de Mirjam Cangonja (@barcolab.bsky.social)🧠✨ #SciencePhoto_IN @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es