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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to everyone who joined the 9th Annual SIDB Retreat!
Two incredible days of inspiring science, great discussions, and vibrant collaboration.
Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Find out more on sidb.org or via linktree in our bio

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · 7d

SIDB recently featured in STV News. Using a GRIN2B rat model, Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser and Katerina Hristova showed an epilepsy drug can reduce seizures.

Check it out ⬇️
edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1

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@edinburghuni.bsky.social

Epilepsy medication could control seizures in children with rare brain disorder

Scientists have been studying GRIN2B-Related Disorder, a rare condition that affects the nervous system of young kids.

edin.ac

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Brianna Vandrey @brivandrey.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 New preprint! 🚨 Proud to have been a small part of this project

RatDISCO is a simple & affordable tissue-clearing protocol that works in rodent brains and organoids. Enormous potential for imaging long-range projections and labelled neuron populations in the whole brain 🧠

👉 tinyurl.com/670723v1

RatDISCO, a tissue clearing and immunolabelling protocol for large rat brains

RatDISCO is a simple, cost-effective, and reproducible tissue-clearing protocol optimised for immunolabeling in adult rat brains. It enables robust detection of diverse neuronal subtypes, glial popula...

www.biorxiv.org

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · 14d

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · 16d

Unsure about tissue clearing methods? Join our online workshop to learn about the soundest clearing protocols for your tissue, next Tuesday, 30th September, organised by BNA @britishneuro.bsky.social

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 19d

Want to run your own lab one day?

In our Postdoc to PI series with Scientifica, Dr Sam Booker shares practical tips on the 5 pillars of academic independence:

Research, Funding, Teaching & supervision, Outreach and Balance

Register: tinyurl.com/337ww4mc

#PostdocLife #FuturePI #PhDLife

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 29d

Our Scientific Ambassador @virsicas.bsky.social interviewed Robert Lees, an expert in multiphoton & light sheet microscopy at the 🐙 Octopus facility, part of Euro-BioImaging’s UK Node @bioimaginguk.bsky.social.
🔬Learn more about his role in the full interview🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/meet-ro...

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔬 New to #tissueclearing or unsure which method is right for your samples?

Join our @miltenyibiotec.bsky.social sponsored workshop with @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social & Kirsty Craigie to learn the fundamentals, compare methods, and get expert advice.

👉 www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...

#microscopy

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations!

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Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy to announce our new paper in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/eBpGY
We show how CRH in the thalamic reticular nucleus modulates NREM sleep, helping to understand how stress impacts sleep

Congrats to Loredana Cumpana and team, in work led by Simone Astori!
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social‬

Corticotropin-releasing hormone modulates NREM sleep consolidation through the thalamic reticular nucleus

Nature Communications - Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), known for activating the HPA axis during stress, also acts centrally in the brain. Here, the authors show that CRH modulates thalamic...

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Aug 18

RatDISCO, a tissue clearing and immunolabelling protocol for large rat brains. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670723v1

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Liam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Strathclyde Optical Micoscopy Course #SOMC25 kicked off today - 10 days of practical light microscopy training with 24 students from around the world!

From fundamental & advanced lectures, to hands-on workshops with high end systems, & a field trip to the Isle of Cumbrae, it will be great! 🔬

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 15

🎉 Congrats to @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social for winning 1st prize in the BNA Photo Competition!

Her image of a whole mouse brain labelled for tyrosine hydroxylase, captured with light-sheet microscopy, will feature in the BNA 2025/26 calendar

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@edinunineuro.bsky.social

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Jul 15

And thank you to @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social for all the support to make this research project possible

Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you @britishneuro.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity to share my work 🔬

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you
@britishneuro.bsky.social I am honoured. And congratulations to all the scientists that share a piece of our daily life in the lab.

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · Jul 11

What does everyday #neuroscience look like? We asked BNA members, and the results were truly inspiring.

www.bna.org.uk/resource/exp...

Congratulations to @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social as well as shortlisted images including @kmujmer.bsky.social @mickcraig.bsky.social and @dalmaijer.bsky.social

Exploring the World of Neuroscience - by BNA Members

What does everyday neuroscience look like? We asked our members to show us, and the results were nothing short of inspiring.

www.bna.org.uk

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · May 22

In April, SIDB researchers had a great time presenting at BNA 2025 - Festival of Neuroscience in Liverpool, UK.

Find out more in our bio!

@edinunineuro.bsky.social
@edinburghuni.bsky.social
@britishneuro.bsky.social
@patrickwildcentre.bsky.social

Prof. Adrian Bird delivering a plenary talk (top left); Dr Cristina Martinez Gonzalez introducing RatDISCO (top right); Technician Kirsty Craigie presenting a poster with Dr Matinez Gonzalez (bottom left); PhD strudent Natalie Ling Sum Hung presenting a poster; Post-doc Raven Hickson and PhD student Tess Atkinson exploreing Liverpool after the conference

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Rana Fetit @ranafetit.bsky.social · May 3

Lets talk about brains, stem cells, and organoids with playdough and a crochet brain hat! @soapboxscienceedin.bsky.social

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Apr 27

Heading to Liverpool for #BNA2025 - plus a chance to see my team to win the league!

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Apr 22

#BNA2025 Symposium talk first, to The Cavern Club later! @britishneuro.bsky.social

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Rochefort Lab @rochefortlab.bsky.social · Mar 17

I just received the price, thank you so much for all your work @womeninneurouk.bsky.social !!!

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · Jan 10

The Nolan lab at SIDB reveal new methods to provide a more detailed picture of how the brain forms and maintains spatial maps, which is important for memory and navigation.
Read the news 🔽
sidb.org.uk/news-events/...

@elife.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @edinburghmedschool.bsky.social

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Cristina Martinez Gonzalez @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social · Dec 19

Buenos días Huatulco

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · Dec 18

This month, the Illingworth Lab inspired future neuroscientists with 'Slice of Science' at Castlebrae High School. This exciting series of monthly outreach events is organised by PhD student Lucy Doyle, and gives students a slice of science alongside a slice of pizza.

sidb.org.uk/news-events/...

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