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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 9d

Submit an abstract for our 2nd @italianglianetwork.bsky.social
Symposium by Oct 10.
We want to see your cool #glial research!!!

The 2nd #IGN Symposium will be online on November 26 at 2 pm CET, and everybody can attend 😍 We will post the link to connect here: tinyurl.com/ye232mx9

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 10d

I have re-started my lab at @towsonu.bsky.social a month ago. 🤩

Big changes come with challenges, but also with lots of positive sides. Moving disrupts progress in the short term but can accelerate growth in the long run. 💪

How was your move?

tinyurl.com/34tjkhtw

#NewPIagain

I re-started my lab a month ago at Towson University. I am the happiest now, but no big change comes without challenges. Why is moving labs so stressful? I put together a few thoughts I have after… ...

I re-started my lab a month ago at Towson University. I am the happiest now, but no big change comes without challenges. Why is moving labs so stressful? I put together a few thoughts I have after l...

tinyurl.com

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 23d

Ouuuuf I feel this 😂

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 26d

What a powerful way to end the week with a seminar by Sonia Shah on human and other animal migrations (and well, much more than that) 👏

@towsonu.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · 28d

Join us today for a great #TIBBE seminar and discussion!

@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩

Starting in less than 2 hours!!!

#EvolutionaryNeuroscience

The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution (TIBBE)- Network @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social · Sep 4

🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC

This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Sep 8

I love them both 😅🥹

Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you!! you too!

Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 26

This guy and I are ready to start teaching some human anatomy and physiology this semester 😉

@towsonu.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 19

Starting this new adventure at @towsonu.bsky.social with three pretty amazing new women faculty 🤩

also, finally got to meet @crystaluminski.bsky.social in person!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you Barbara!!!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 4

Vacation mode? 🙅‍♀️nope!

8 am: Early morning coffee, kids already dropped off at daycare, and ready to tackle a Monday of intense #grant writing today. 💪

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 2

Omg @meikeesther.bsky.social I didn’t realize we would be so close! Absolutely we have to meet! Going to text you in DM right now 🤩

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Aug 1

Official start date at
@towsonu.bsky.social is getting closer and closer..in the meantime, I spotted this already 😉

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João Filipe Oliveira @joaofoliveira.bsky.social · Jul 11

What an amazing #glia #meeting in Marseille.
It was great to have a symposium with @inbalgoshen.bsky.social @julimrosa.bsky.social and Mattias Ollivier.
It was also great to meet good old friend-shining scientists, and make some new too!

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ATgliaNet @atglianet.bsky.social · Jul 11

It was wonderful to see the representatives of the Glia Network in Europe, Canada, and China in one place 🤩

Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fun to participate to the #GliaNetworks joint booth, see you next time!!🙌

Learn more about what all of these network do here: www.networkglia.eu/resources/re...

#IGN #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jul 11

This might have been my shortest European Glia Meeting (could only come for two days🥲), but @gliameeting.bsky.social is ALWAYS worth it.

Great to catch up with a few glia friends in Marseille 👇🤩

#GLIA2025

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Barbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · Jul 11

It was a real blast to see all the posters of a growing community of #GliaNetworks at #GLIA2025 🤩

Thanks @astrocytenet.bsky.social (aka Kerstin Lenk) for your efforts to put us together 👏

See you all around the world 😊

Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fun to participate to the #GliaNetworks joint booth, see you next time!!🙌

Learn more about what all of these network do here: www.networkglia.eu/resources/re...

#IGN #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fun to participate to the #GliaNetworks joint booth, see you next time!!🙌

Learn more about what all of these network do here: www.networkglia.eu/resources/re...

#IGN #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jul 10

Intrigued about glial cell diversity across #evolution? ✨🪱🐟🐀🐒🐅🦍

Come to our symposium #S23 at 4 pm today at #GLIA2025 ! 🤩

Aleksandra Pekowska and I are honored to co-chair this session! Thanks to our speakers Carlos Diaz-Salazar and Shai Shaham👏👇👇👇

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jun 16

Two weeks until #GLIA2025 🤩 Who’s coming?

Aleksandra Pekowska and I are bringing a bit of #evolution to this great meeting 😉

Looking forward to co-chairing our symposium “S23 Glial cell diversity and function across evolution: from worms to mammals” 🪱🪰🐁🐅🦇🦧

More info soon!

European Glial Meeting 2027 | Bologna @gliameeting.bsky.social · May 27

Huge thanks to the #GLIA2025 Programme Committee, led by Marc Freeman (Portland, USA), for shaping an outstanding scientific agenda! Grateful to all speakers + contributors for making this congress in Marseille unforgettable. 🙌🎓
🔗 glia2025.eu/committees

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Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social · May 15

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology

Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.

www.kuleuven.be

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Jun 10

Want to learn more about #astrocyte diversity across #mammals beyond Rodents and Primates?

My student and I dug the literature to find out what is known about astrocytes in non-rodent and non-primate species, I hope you will enjoy our review!

🤩👇👇👇

karger.com/bbe/article-...

Beyond Rodents and Primates: Uncovering Cortical Astrocyte Diversity across Mammals

Abstract. Astrocytes, a type of glial cell type in the brain, show remarkable morphological and functional diversity across mammalian species. This review explores astrocyte biology beyond the commonl...

karger.com

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · May 28

This is so cool!!!

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · May 28

Starting now!!! :)

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · May 28

Looking forward to another cool #TIBBE seminar today, the topic for today’s talks and discussion will be “linking brain and behavior” 🤩

Join us on crowdcast 👇👇👇

The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution (TIBBE)- Network @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social · May 23

🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Linking brain and behaviour.
May 28, 2–3pm UTC

This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and cognitive neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/linking-br...

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