🎉🧠 Last week, the 22nd #ChristmasMeeting_IN at @neuroalc.bsky.social took place.
A huge thank you to the organizers and all visitors for making these two days of science and exchange such a success.
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📸🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the 5th #SciencePhoto_IN contest!
Twelve outstanding images have been selected for the @neuroalc.bsky.social 2026 calendar, showcasing creativity, beauty, and the fascinating world of neuroscience 😍
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📸🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the 5th #SciencePhoto_IN contest!
Twelve outstanding images have been selected for the @neuroalc.bsky.social 2026 calendar, showcasing creativity, beauty, and the fascinating world of neuroscience 😍
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🎉🏆 Congrats to Martina Riva from Juan Antonio Moreno-Bravo lab at @neuroalc.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award at the 22nd #ChristmasMeeting_IN!
Her work on the cerebellum impressed everyone 🧠✨ #Neuroscience

🌟 The highlight of the 22nd #ChristmasMeeting_IN is the keynote lecture by Panayiota Poirazi @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social from @imbb-forth.bsky.social 🇬🇷.
She presents groundbreaking research on learning with dendrites in brains and machines, bridging neuroscience and computation 👏

🎤 The third session closes with Pablo Abad Pérez from the @researchmar.bsky.social 🇪🇸, presenting his work on how cooperative actions of interneurons support the hippocampal spatial code.
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🎤 Next is Iakovos Lazaridis @iaklaz.bsky.social from @mit.edu 🇺🇸, presenting his work on dual mechanisms of dopamine regulation that support behavioral flexibility, including pathway-specific loops and astrocyte-mediated feedback.
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🎤 Next is Maria Selles Japas from New York University (NYU) 🇺🇸, presenting her research on how astrocytes create a local positive feedback loop for oxytocin.
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🎤 First up in the third session is Joana Soldado Magraner @jsoldadomagraner.bsky.social from @cmu.edu 🇺🇸, presenting her work on population-level approaches to interpreting and designing neural activity perturbations.
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🎉🧠 The 22nd Christmas Meeting at the @neuroalc.bsky.social kicks off its final day!
The third session is chaired by Félix Leroy @leroyfelix.bsky.social, ready to guide us through another round of exciting talks in neuroscience.
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🎤 The session closes with @avillalre.bsky.social from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria @istaresearch.bsky.social 🇦🇹, who is presenting her work on how the mTOR/Raptor pathway shapes cortical size and cell-type diversity.
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🎤 Next is Emanuela Santini from @ki.se 🇸🇪, presenting her research on how altered dopamine signalling and striatal circuit dysfunction contribute to autism #ChristmasMeeting_IN

🎤 The first talk of the second session is by Cristian Saquel from the @institutcurie.bsky.social 🇫🇷, who is presenting his work on how extracellular vesicles act as dynamic messengers in the nervous system, from neurite growth to tumour progression #ChristmasMeeting_IN

🗣️🧠 The second session is chaired by Teresa Femenia from @neuroalc.bsky.social, marking the start of the afternoon scientific programme 👏
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Time for the poster session!
Early-career researchers and PhD students from the @neuroalc.bsky.social are sharing their latest results and ideas — great science, lively discussions, and lots of enthusiasm.
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🎤 The first session closes with Christian Peters from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social 🇩🇪, who is presenting his research on the neural mechanisms that regulate feeding behaviour in the brain.
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🎤 Next up is Diego Hernández Trejo from @cshlnews.bsky.social 🇺🇸, presenting his work on how the brain rapidly updates expectations about rewards to adapt behaviour using information from multiple senses flexibly.
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🎤 The first talk of the meeting is by Irene Lorenzo Llorente from @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social 🇺🇸, who is presenting her work on advances in cell-based therapies for brain repair.
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🗣️ Andreas Kardamakis @kardamakis.bsky.social @neuroalc.bsky.social chairs the first session👏
Exciting insights and cutting-edge neuroscience await!
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🎉✨ The @neuroalc.bsky.social 22nd Christmas Meeting is officially underway!
We’ve just kicked off with a warm welcome from our Director, Juana Gallar, opening two days of talks, posters, and scientific exchange with young researchers from around the world 🧠🌍
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Excited to organise & chair the XXII Christmas Meeting together with Teresa Femenia @FemeniaLab and Felix Leroy
@leroyfelix.bsky.social and to welcome top speakers along with an inspiring keynote by Yiota Poirazi @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social . Do not miss it! @neuroalc.bsky.social #ChristmasMeeting_IN

We’re gearing up for our XXII Christmas Meeting! 🎄✨
Check out the full program and join the holiday spirit 👀🎁
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📢📢📢Only 15 days left to apply!
Don’t miss this opportunity #ChristmasMeeting_IN

Call open for the 22nd @neuroalc.bsky.social Christmas Meeting! 🧠🎄
Dec 18–19, 2025
📍Alicante, Spain
Open to postdocs & junior PIs in neuroscience.
🗓️ Apply by Oct 15: christmasmeeting@umh.es #NeuroScience #ChristmasMeeting_IN
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🎄✨ Last week we had two incredible days filled with inspiring talks, posters, and new connections. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate our #ChristmasMeeting_IN.
See you next year! 🧠💫
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Julien Bouvier (Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience) is our keynote speaker and closes the 21st #ChristmasMeeting_IN with his work on the organization of the brainstem neurons for motor control 👏

The last short talk in our #ChristmasMeeting_IN is by Violeta Duran (UMass Chan Department of Neurobiology) about senescence across aging and neurodegeneration

We restart the 21st #ChristmasMeeting_IN with the talk by Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @harvard.edu about opioid use disorder at single cell level!

Our last speaker before the coffee break is Pablo Giménez
(UMass Chan Department of Neurobiology) speaking about the neural circuits that suppress binge alcohol drinking. #ChristmasMeeting_IN

Next up is Federico Iovino @karolinskainst.bsky.social who works on understanding neuronal damage during bacterial meningitis. #ChristmasMeeting_IN