Still undecided? Check out more #EUSYN26 Speakers! Tabriz J. Siddiqui (@siddiquilab.bsky.social) & Tim Ryan (@mcgillscience.bsky.social) are coming to the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

More #EUSYN26 Speakers! Natalia de Marco Garcia (Weill Cornell Medical College) & Song-Hai Shi (Tsinghua University) will also be coming to the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

#EUSYN26 Speaker alert! Monika Brill (@tum.de) and Rob Meijers (@ipiproteins.bsky.social) at the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

#EUSYN26 Speaker alert! Matthijs Verhage (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) and Michael R. Kreutz (LIN & ZMNH) are also part of the incredible speaker lineup of the 10th European Synapse Meeting! 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

#NewPaper Alert ‼️ Researchers from the Bonin Lab have attempted to answer the question: 🧠 How does the brain know where we are? To answer this question, the researchers focused on the retrosplenial cortex, in this paper published in Nature Communications.

#SpeakerAlert! Don't miss Gabrielle Pouchelon at the 10th European Synapse Meeting! @marijnkuijpers.bsky.social (Radboud University) and Mark Harnett (@mit.edu) 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social #EUSYN26 More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

Congratulations to Blanca Lago Solis (Verstreken Lab) on receiving an @embo.org Postdoctoral Fellowship! 🎉

Congratulations to Bart De Strooper for receiving a very special distinction: Honorary Commander of the British Empire, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to dementia research in the United Kingdom and around the world More about the De Strooper Lab 👉🏻https://destrooperlab.sites.vib.be/

Congratulations to Bart De Strooper on receiving an ERC Proof of Concept Grant! 🎉 His project will develop a neurotechnology platform to study the earliest stages of #Alzheimer's disease, helping researchers test new interventions and accelerate the path toward future therapies. @erc.europa.eu

📣More speakers at #EUSYN2026! Gabrielle Pouchelon (@cshlnews.bsky.social) and @marcvoo.bsky.social (@biozentrum.unibas.ch) are part of amazing the lineup of the 10th European Synapse meeting 📅 21-23 Oct 🪧 University Halls @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

Don't miss Fekrije Selimi @college-de-france.fr and Lukas Neukomm @fbm-unil.bsky.social at the 🧪10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

More amazing speakers for the: 🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Fan Liu @fmp-berlin.de and Gabor Tamas (University of Szeged) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

💬 “This has been an exciting journey with many partners. The study, entirely based on human donor material, provide insight into one type of resilience mechanism in the progression of AD to dementia” says Bart De Strooper, co-senior author of the study, and head of the De Strooper Lab at our Center.

🧠 A new study from the De Strooper Lab reveals a critical biological transition that may determine whether Alzheimer’s disease pathology progresses to dementia, published in Nature Medicine #Alzheimers #DementiaResearch #Neuroscience

🧪All eyes on the 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven The last confirmed speakers are Markus Zweckstetter (@uni-goettingen.de) and Sandrine Da Cruz (CNL). Stay tuned for more updates! More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

🧪Don't miss the 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Come listen to Motomasa Tanaka (@riken-brc-jp.bsky.social) and Judith Frydman (Stanford University) More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

🤖 Using a machine-learning approach, the team found two main groups and five subgroups in fruit flies, uncovering patterns and revealing groupings that traditional methods might miss. These findings were published in Nature Communications. Read more: vibneuroscienceleuven.be/en/news#/new...

🤸‍♂️ A new study from the Verstreken Lab shows how Parkinson’s disease can be grouped, showing promise to more personalized therapies in the future. The study was published in Nature Communications and used a machine-learning approach to group the different forms of Parkinsonism. 🧠 #parkinsons

‼️Speaker Alert 🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social l University Halls Come listen to amazing talks by Diana Piol (University of Padova) & @franckp.bsky.social (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Our illustrious speakers list also includes @meytallandau.bsky.social (@cssbhamburg.bsky.social) & @ruferbus.bsky.social (@uni-goettingen.de). Don't miss it! More info: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

🤸‍♂️ Researchers from the Voets Lab, have identified a tiny binding site, a molecular ’keyhole’, in the TRPM3 ion channel, a crucial sensor in pain signaling. TRPM3 is also linked to rare neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy. Published in Nature Communications. 🧠

😴 #newstudy about #sleepdeprivation from the Liu Lab! 🧠 A new study in Current Biology shows that lack of sleep impairs pattern separation 🔬 At the neural level: disrupted sparse coding → more overlap & confusion. Read more: vibneuroscienceleuven.be/en/news#/new...

🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Don't miss these two speakers: @blibep.bsky.social (@ibdm.bsky.social) and @bellonec.bsky.social (University of Geneva) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Don’t miss the chance to hear from leading experts in protein aggregation: including Magdalini Polymenidou (@polylab.bsky.social) and Alexander Buell (DTU Bioengineering) More: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

🧪 10th European Synapse Meeting | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Don't miss two of our illustrious speakers: Andrea Volterra (@unil.bsky.social) and Beatriz Rico (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

🧪 3rd Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting | 9–11 Sep 2026 📍 Great Beguinage of Leuven Don’t miss the chance to hear from leading experts in protein aggregation: including John Collings (@ucl.ac.uk) and Judith Steen (Harvard Medical School) More: vibbio.tech/ProAgg26 #ProAgg26

🧪 10th European Synapse | 21-23 Oct 2026 📍 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social University Halls Reminding you of the 2 keynote speakers: Eunjoon Kim and Nathalie Rochefort (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social). Submit your abstracts now! More: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

💬 “Most studies suggest microglia clean up amyloid plaques. What we discovered is that they’re actually part of the problem—they generate plaques,” says Joost Schymkowitz.

🤸‍♂️ Researchers from the @vib-switch-lab.bsky.social , co-led by Frederic Rousseau & Joost Schymkowitz, show that microglia can actively promote plaque formation in Alzheimer’s disease—challenging the long-standing view that these cells only defend the brain by clearing plaques. Published in @pnas.org

🧠 Registration is open for the 10th European Synapse Meeting! Join us 21–23 October in Leuven for this anniversary edition! 🗓 Abstract deadline: 23 June (poster or oral talk) 💡 Early bird registration: until 21 August ⚡ Don’t miss it! 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8svy6e #Neuroscience #Synapse #EUSYN2026