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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 6h

🎙️ 2️⃣ Keynote on Building a global & inclusive approach to mental health research
Dr Agustin Ibáñez (CL / IE) explores how transnational collaboration and data diversity can drive more equitable #mentalhealth research.
Chaired by Dr Christina Dalla (GR), ALBA Ambassador. @christinadalla.bsky.social

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 6h

🏅 1️⃣ ALBA-Roche Research Prize Ceremony
Celebrating Dr Binnaz Yalcin (FR), recognised for her outstanding contributions to neurodevelopmental biology and brain genetics.
Chaired by Prof. Carmen Sandi (CH), ALBA Founder. @carmensandi10.bsky.social
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ALBA session & award ceremony @ECNP 2025

This keynote by Dr. Agustin Ibáñez explores how transnational collaboration and data diversity can drive a more equitable and precise understanding of mental and brain health that could benefit underf...

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 6h

Attending #ECNP2025? Add the ALBA Diversity & Inclusion Session to your programme.
📅 Mon 13 Oct | 13:55–14:40 🔗 loom.ly/EFCdYOk
See 🧵 for details.
🎪 ALBA also has a booth, so come and meet the team in the exhibition area. We will be next to @fens.org
See you in Amsterdam! @ecnp.eu

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 5d

🔎 Elsevier’s global #authorship metrics and #neuroscience #publishing market share, plus historical #representation at major #conferences, show some regions remain under-recognised globally. This #award highlights their excellence: winner delivers a Special Lecture at #FENS2026 🇪🇸 Apply by 15 October

ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Call open for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture! Nominate outstanding neuroscientists who push the frontiers of brain research, champion EDI, & work in underrepresented countries.

🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 13d

⏳Don't miss the chance to apply for ALBA-CHS #TravelGrants for early-career neuroscientists (final year PhD/MD up to 10 years post-degree) to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona! Open to applicants #worldwide, especially from #underrepresented backgrounds.
👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc
📆 21 Oct 2025

ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards!

✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates
✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD
👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc
📆 21 Oct 2025

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 16d

⏳ ICYMI Nominations for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture are still open! We’re celebrating exceptional neuroscientists driving innovation in #BrainResearch & amplifying voices from #underrepresented regions. The winner will give a lecture at #FENS2026 Barcelona!

👉🏾 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
🗓️ 15 Oct 2025

ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Call open for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture! Nominate outstanding neuroscientists who push the frontiers of brain research, champion EDI, & work in underrepresented countries.

🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025

ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 20d

🎙️ ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast: From Postdoc to PI.
Ep.5 - Redefining success: choosing your compass in academia
🔗 youtu.be/wfIu0ahjpuM
🗣️ Hosts @lonelypipette.bsky.social
👥 Rachael Dangarembizi, Michaela Fenckova, @harmitmalik.bsky.social & @srikipedia.bsky.social
🌟 Supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social

ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast - Ep.5 - Redefining success: choosing your compass in academia

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 20d

🌊 Season Finale Out Now!
What does it really mean to “make it” in academia? A big lab? Prestigious awards? In Ep 5 of the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast, we challenge traditional definitions of success and explore new ways to measure excellence in science.
🔗 Listen now: https://loom.ly/N1a1jSg

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔵 Fostering Inclusion – Strategies to Transform Academic Work Cultures
🔗 Register loom.ly/1_Qx-gs
🗓 12 September 2025 – 08:00 MDT | 16:00 CEST | 19:30 IST
🗣️ @labliston.bsky.social, Ibukun Akinrinade & ‪@mmaravall.bsky.social
Supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social
@fens.org 🧵

From Declaration to action Workshop #2

Fostering inclusion: strategies to transform academic work cultures. This ALBA-IBRO workshop will spotlight real-world initiatives that have successfully improved workplace climate across organisation...

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Sep 3

How do we move from intention to impact? Building inclusive work cultures requires more than statements, it needs concrete action.
Join us for Workshop 2 in the ALBA-IBRO From Declaration to Action series & gain practical, scalable tools to foster belonging in your organisation. loom.ly/1_Qx-gs 🧵

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Sep 2

Apply 👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards!

✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates
✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD
👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc
📆 21 Oct 2025

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 20

👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Call open for the 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture! Nominate outstanding neuroscientists who push the frontiers of brain research, champion EDI, & work in underrepresented countries.

🏆Special Lecture at #FENS2026
✅Must have led own lab ≥5 years
👉🏽Check eligibility loom.ly/FEG7E-w
📆15 Oct 2025

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 13

✨ In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore real-world initiatives that have improved workplace climates in academia. Expect breakout discussions, lived-experience insights, and take-home strategies to create belonging in your working environments. 🧵
🔗 Register now! loom.ly/1_Qx-gs

@fens.org

From Declaration to action Workshop #2

Fostering inclusion: strategies to transform academic work cultures. This ALBA-IBRO workshop will spotlight real-world initiatives that have successfully improved workplace climate across organisation...

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 13

After exploring bias in selection, our second workshop tackles one of the ALBA Declaration’s key action points: building inclusive, supportive research and academic work cultures. 💡 Inclusive cultures don’t happen by accident. They’re built — one policy, one practice, one interaction at a time. 🧵

From Declaration to action Workshop #2

Fostering inclusion: strategies to transform academic work cultures. This ALBA-IBRO workshop will spotlight real-world initiatives that have successfully improved workplace climate across organisation...

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚀 From Declaration to Action continues!
🔵 Workshop 2: Fostering Inclusion – Strategies to Transform Academic Work Cultures
🗓 12 Sept – 08:00 MDT | 16:00 CEST | 19:30 IST
🔗 Register now! loom.ly/1_Qx-gs
🗣️ Adrian Liston labliston.bsky.social & Ibukun Akinrinade
Supported by ibroorg.bsky.social
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · Jun 20

1/ 🎉 Black In Neuro is turning FIVE — and we’re celebrating with our first-ever in-person conference! 🧠✨
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥

📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.

Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25

The image is the conference schedule for Black In Neuro Conference 2025. The top and bottom features colorful geometric patterns. Below the top geometric patterns is bold orange text that reads "Conference Schedule" and below in italicized black text that reads "Celebrating 5 years of diversifying the neurosciences". Central to the image is the conference schedule: 10 Sept: #Black In Neuro Roll Call (breakfast); #Seminar Series (industry); #Neuro Across The Diaspora (symposium); #Exploring BIN (professional development workshop); #Picture a BIN Scientist (poster session); #Black In Neuro Family (social). 11 Sept: #Black In Neuro Roll Call (breakfast); #NeuroRacism (seminar); #Black In Neuro Futures (keynote); #Seminar Series (academic); #Black In Neuro Alt-Careers (symposium). 12 Sept: #BINterdisciplinary. An information box states "Register Now" with an arrow directed towards the registration link "HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/BINW25".

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Aug 5

Let's gather at the FENS Forum 2026 (6-10 July) in Barcelona, Spain, for some ALBA celebration! 🥳

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · Aug 1

🚨 #FENS2026 NEW DATES 🚨

First, Formula 1 sent us from Madrid to #Barcelona. Now the Tour de France Grand Départ has us switching gears again—we're updating our dates to 6-10 July 2026! 🗓️

Find out more 👉: https://loom.ly/zMkMKcA

🔔 Stay tuned!

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International Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎧 The new episode is out! ALBA-IBRO #Diversity #Podcast: From Postdoc to PI

Tune in as three researchers share how power is experienced, challenged, and negotiated in academic life - and how to lead with integrity while building a healthy lab environment.

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@network-alba.bsky.social

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Jul 30

🔗 Listen to the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast - Ep4. Navigating Power Dynamics: loom.ly/N1a1jSg
🗣️ Hosted by the @lonelypipette.bsky.social
👥 Featuring: Dori Grijseels, Angeline Dukes @therealdrdukes.bsky.social & Alicja Puścian @alicjapuscian.bsky.social
🌟 Proudly supported by @ibroorg.bsky.social

ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast - Season 2

Episode 4 is out. In season 2, we focus on the transition from postdoc to PI, highlighting the unique challenges faced by postdocs and early-career PIs worldwide. Hosted by the Lonely Pipette.

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎧 Episode 4 is out! Navigating Power Dynamics: How to Lead Through Troubled Waters. What happens when power is misused in academia — and what can early-career scientists do about it? In this episode, we share strategies to navigate toxic structures & lead with integrity.
🔗 https://loom.ly/N1a1jSg

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 Happening at 16:15 at #EBBS2025
Merit, Myths & Measures: Reinforcing EDI in Times of Challenges: a session exploring how to tackle pushback against equity, diversity & inclusion in neuroscience.
🗣Francesca Cirulli (IT), Carmen Sandi (CH), Anna Beyeler (FR) and Bita Moghaddam (US)
🔗 loom.ly/yKksqlU

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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · Jun 26

🎉 Congratulations to the #DiversityPrize Winner!

🏆 At the 2025 #FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo, Norway, @network-alba.bsky.social and the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (#FKNE) awarded this year's Diversity Prize to Prof. Aikaterini Fotopoulou. 🧠

👉 https://loom.ly/dphSwoM

#DiversityInSTEM

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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · Jun 26

📚 New articles from #EJN - the European Journal of #Neuroscience!

How has neuroscience changed over the past 30 years, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 💭

🧠 That's the question that Marian Joëls sets out to answer in her recent #OpenAccess editorial for #EJN.

👉 https://loom.ly/jEswp-g

#DiversityInSTEM

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