Join us for a satellite symposium at #FENS2026 in Barcelona.
– Emerging roles of glial cells in brain function & disease

📅 July 5, 2026 |
🎟️ Early bird registration: 50€ (until Apr. 30)

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#Neuroscience #GliaResearch #Astrocytes #FENS2026

Missed the symposium deadline over Easter? Good news! The Call for Symposia for GLIA 2027 has been extended by 12 days. New deadline: 20 April 2026. Submit Symposia, Trainee, or Technical proposals: https://www.glia-meeting.eu/2027/call-for-symposia/

Basolateral amygdala astrocytes encode anxiety states Ghenissa et al. provide evidence that basolateral amygdala astrocytes reliably encode anxiety states. Using simultaneous in vivo calcium recordings across an array of behavioral tasks, combined with g...

Incredibly proud of this paper led by @ossamaghenissa.bsky.social and @mathiasgua.bsky.social titled Basolateral 'Amygdala Astrocytes Encode Anxiety States'.
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We also show that there are unique properties of this coordination between the visual and the auditory systems and highlight astrocyte heterogeneity between these two regions.

In it we show that neuron-astrocyte coordination during early postnatal development in mice is conserved also within the visual system.

My last paper from my postdoctoral fellowship at the Bergles lab is finally out!
Check it out here:
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Crosstalk Between Astrocytes and Inhibitory Neurons During Maturation: Emerging Mechanisms and Functional Implications In this review, we discuss the development and maturation of inhibitory neurons and astrocytes and how early developmental activity in the brain might promote the interactions between these cell type...

Check out our new review article from my lab:

doi.org/10.1111/jnc....

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 😊

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

The authors from the Siegert group. From left to right: Sandra Siegert, Juan Pablo Maya-Arteaga, Alessandro Venturino, Verena Schmied and Medina Korkut-Demirbaş. © ISTA

New paper by the @siegertlab.bsky.social @istaresearch.bsky.social, Verena Schmied, Medina Korkut-Demirbaş, Juan Pablo Maya Arteaga, and Alessandro Venturino presents a new brain organoid model that reveals details of the developing nervous system’s response to viral infections, such as Rubella.

Today, we had the first in-person ATgliaNet symposium. We, the organizers, really enjoyed the discussions and meeting so many glial enthusiasts working in Austria in one spot. The next meeting is already planned 🤗
@vkellner.bsky.social @siegertlab.bsky.social @astrocytenet.bsky.social

Come join us for our first Austrian glia network symposium!

Check out our latest preprint! We find that astrocytes follow neuronal waves in the super colliculus before eye opening.