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Oksana Iamshanova @iamshanovao.bsky.social · 7d

🪄The deadline for the abstract submission #WSCC26 was extended until the 2nd November 2025

Oksana Iamshanova @iamshanovao.bsky.social · 14d

Do not miss the opportunity to submit your abstract for #WSCC26 🚠

💡 Submit your abstracts here:
lnkd.in/eDhPUVKd

💻 More information about the event:
lnkd.in/eJw9pfMz

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Mothers in Science @mothersinsci.bsky.social · 15d

Announcing the 2025 Caregiver Travel Grant recipients! 10 incredible #mothersinSTEMM have been awarded €250 to support caregiving while attending conferences. Thank you to our amazing community for making this possible! Read more 👉 www.mothersinscience.com/caregiver-tr...
#WomenInSTEM

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Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Save the date!
LS2 Annual Meeting 2026:
📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10)
Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking.
🔗 Abstracts due Nov 9
🔗 Register by Jan 11, 2026: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 19d

EpIC News!

The first in-person EpIC meeting:
"Emerging Research on Ion Channels in Health and Disease."
19-20 February 2026
UC Davis

I can't attend myself, but this meeting organized by some of my favourite #ionchannels scientists will be 🔥🔥🔥

#SGP

sgp-epic-seminars.com/epic2026

The 2026 SGP-EpIC Symposium — SGP-EpIC Seminars

sgp-epic-seminars.com

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 19d

If you teach students, you should check out our Education Materials Library!

Download lesson plans and other teaching resources for neuroscience, cell biology, and immunology - no library card needed! #OpenScienceWeek

alleninstitute.org/materials-li...

Materials Library

Access free education resources and open data — developed with our scientists — to teach neuroscience, immunology, and cell biology.

alleninstitute.org

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Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social · 19d

🌟 Postdocs – want to become a PI?
Apply for PIs of Tomorrow 2026 at the LS2 Annual Meeting (Feb 11–12, Zurich).
Prizes, feedback, and networking: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/special...
Deadline: 5 Oct 2025
🔗 form.jotform.com/211792813615...
#Career #PIsOfTomorrow #Postdoc

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PlessLab @plesslab.bsky.social · 21d

After years in making, I am glad to be able to share our attempt on establishing a framework for combined functional and computational assessment of variant pathogenicity in the sodium leak channel NALCN:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Kevin Bender @neurobender.bsky.social · 21d

SCN2A loss is strongly linked to neurodevelopmental delays and, at times, seizure. In an amazing collaboration with @nadavahituv.bsky.social, led by Serena Tamura, Andrew Nelson, and Perry Spratt, we leveraged CRISPR activator approaches to rescue this loss.

rdcu.be/eGU0W

CRISPR activation for SCN2A-related neurodevelopmental disorders

Nature - Using SCN2A haploinsufficiency as a proof-of-concept, upregulation of the existing functional gene copy through CRISPR activation was able to rescue neurological-associated phenotypes in...

rdcu.be

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Ed Twomey @cryoet.bsky.social · 22d

🚨🧠🔬 A major breakthrough in molecular neuroscience:

I am excited to share a new story from our lab, published in accelerated format today by @nature.com:

"Delta-type glutamate receptors are ligand-gated ion channels"

Read more here (free article link): rdcu.be/eGIKz

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Cluster of Excellence ROOTS @clusterroots.bsky.social · 22d

Last week, ROOTS deputy speaker Johannes Müller attended the annual conference of the Ukrainian History Global Initiative in #Kyiv. He took the opportunity to meet colleagues from Ukrainian institutions in order to plan future research projects...(1/2)
🏺#archaeology

Kiel Archaeology Demonstrates Solidarity in Kyiv

Professor Johannes Müller attends international conference on the history of Ukraine.

www.uni-kiel.de

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Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social · 23d

‼️ Are you ready to make an impact, connect across disciplines, and support science at a national level?

Apply until 26.10.2025 to become our Section Board member: infols2.typeform.com/to/JPMjz7CR

We especially encourage ECRs and female scientists to apply. More info: www.ls2.ch/get-involved

Get Involved - Life Sciences Switzerland

Life Sciences Switzerland is the largest Life Sciences society and network in Switzerland

www.ls2.ch

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Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org · 27d

Investigating the Role of the I–II Linker in Nav1.5 Channel Function. New study from Emily Wagner, Jonathan Silva and colleagues @washuengineers.bsky.social: rupress.org/jgp/article/...

#Biophysics #Pathophysiology #IonChannels

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Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org · Sep 5

Adriano Senatore @utoronto.ca and colleagues explore the evolutionary origins of the sodium leak channel NALCN and its ancillary subunits FAM155/Mid1, UNC79, and UNC80. rupress.org/jgp/article/...

#Evolution #IonChannels

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Cardiovascular Research Cluster (CVRC) @cvrcbern.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Cardiovascular Research Cluster (CVRC), will also present a variety of research and activities. You can find us at UniS, floor -1, room A-119 and hallway

Saturday, September 6 at 16:00h
#CVRCBern

Universität Bern @unibe.ch · Sep 4

In zwei Tagen ist es soweit! Am 06.09.2025 findet die Nacht der Forschung auf der grossen Schanze statt! 👉 Im Programm stöbern und mehr entdecken: unibe.ch/ndf
#ndfunibern

Einblicke ins Programm - Nacht der Forschung

SUSTAINFORESTS: tropische Wälder unter Druck
Tropische Wälder in Togo, Benin, Nigeria und Kamerun: Forschende untersuchen, wie kleine Waldflächen und ihre Biodiversität erhalten bleiben können −
trotz Landwirtschaftsdruck, Waldnutzung und Klimawandel.

Ab ins All!
Ein Modell des James-Webb-Teleskops bestaunen, ein mobiles Planetarium betreten, Wasserraketen starten lassen und an Kometen schnüffeln: Forschende und Lernende machen aktuelle Weltraumforschung greifbar − ein Erlebnis für die ganze Familie.

Digitale Gewebemedizin: Pathojet
Erleben Sie moderne Hirnforschung hautnah: Zoomen Sie in digitale Gewebeschnitte, entdecken Sie mikroskopische Details und erfahren Sie, wie diese Bilder Diagnostik, Forschung und Lehre unterstützen.

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Andrew Glazer @amglazer.bsky.social · Sep 3

📝Check out our review “Creating an atlas of variant effects to resolve variants of uncertain significance and guide cardiovascular medicine”, out in @natrevcardiol.nature.com. We review the use of Multiplexed Assays of Variant Effect and variant effect predictors in cardiovascular disease.

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · Sep 1

Am Sa, 6.9.25 öffnet @unibe.ch ihre Türen – Forschung live erleben!
Wir sind auch dort, mit Mikroskopen, Pflanzen und Origami-Mikroskopen zum selber basteln - im Hauptgebäude im 2. Stock, Raum 206/208 - mein Vortrag um 17.00 und um 20.30 im Raum 205 🌾🔬🌵
👉 unibe.ch/ndf
#ndfunibern

Nacht der Forschung 2025

Die «Nacht der Forschung» ist ein «Fest des Wissens und der Forschung», bei dem die Universität Bern die Vielfalt und Breite ihrer Forschung der Öffentlichkeit näherbringt.

www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch

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Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌟 Postdocs – want to become a PI?
Apply for PIs of Tomorrow 2026 at the LS2 Annual Meeting (Feb 11–12, Zurich).
Prizes, feedback, and networking: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/special...
Deadline: 5 Oct 2025
🔗 form.jotform.com/211792813615...
#Career #PIsOfTomorrow #Postdoc

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Oksana Iamshanova @iamshanovao.bsky.social · Sep 2

Back in London and back at my alma mater – @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 💙

Big thanks to Prof. Mustafa Djamgoz and Prof. Peter Nixon for the warm welcome & continued support. Visiting the old lab brought back so many memories 🔬

Bonus: caught up with former colleague Dr. Jianfeng Yu 😊
#Gratitude

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Oksana Iamshanova @iamshanovao.bsky.social · Sep 1

2nd #WSCC26 will take place in Grindelwald (Switzerland) 🚠 from 4th to 6th of February, 2026.

🌍 Join @lampertlab.bsky.social , @antoniospantazis.bsky.social, @khannalabuf.bsky.social, and others.

💡 Submit abstracts by the 26th of September, 2025:
lnkd.in/eDhPUVKd

💻 More info:
lnkd.in/eJw9pfMz

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Ewan St. John Smith @psalmotoxin.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hats off to lead author Tony Lim who drove this project from writing the fellowship application, to establishing new techniques in the lab.

We developed a reversible self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) system that encodes innate immune suppression directly within saRNA.

Next step, in vivo!

eLife @elife.bsky.social · Aug 10

A promising new approach for self-amplifying RNA that avoids triggering strong inflammatory responses in cells, paving the way for safer, longer-lasting gene therapies without immune suppression.
buff.ly/xQWCPhJ

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Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org · Jul 22

📣 #CallForPapers 📣 on the topic of the inaugural in-person Electrophysiology & Ion Channel (EpIC) meeting, “Emerging Research on Ion Channels in Health & Disease” – w/ Guest Editors Jelena Baranovic, Osama Harraz, Conor McClenaghan, & Lejla Zubcevic 👉 rupress.org/JGP/pages/ca...

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · Jul 20

👥 Speed Mentoring with cardiology icons at RISE @ ESC Congress 2025!

🌍 Small-group chats with world-class mentors
💬 Ask questions, gain insight, grow your network
🚀 Learn how to lead in cardiology

Register now: rise.womenasone.org

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky

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Athina Tzovara @athinatzovara.bsky.social · Jul 21

We are hiring! We have open PhD and postdoc positions in Bern. Join us to study sleep/wake circuits, and/or auditory functions with iEEG/EEG #iEEG #Neurojobs

Postdoc: neuro.inf.unibe.ch/menu/announc...
PhD: neuro.inf.unibe.ch/menu/announc...

Open positions

neuro.inf.unibe.ch

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Jul 17

We should have the equivalent for PIs looking for students and/or postdocs

Keith Trujillo @neurochicano.bsky.social · Jul 17

go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪

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