Check out the full speaker line up for the European Synapse Meeting 2026 (Oct 21-23). Hope to see you all in Leuven this fall! #EUSYN2026

New preprint from our lab! We integrate proteomics-informed candidate selection with targeted spatial transcriptomics and protein-level validation to identify astrocytic VCAM1 as a novel regulator of hippocampal synapses.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

European Synapse Meeting 2026 21-23 October 2026, Leuven, Belgium Supported by VIB Training & Conferences

Announcing the 10th edition of the European Synapse Meeting in Leuven, October 21-23, 2026. Registration will open soon. Hope to see you all in Leuven this fall! All info: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

Glad to see our new paper finally out! We show how the GPR158 receptor controls synapse maturation and function by silencing an intrinsic inhibitory mechanism.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7HS5Sx5g...
Work from Ben Verpoort and colleagues, with special thanks to our collaborators.

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