Development, Plasticity and Regeneration of Thalamocortical Circuits @NeuroAlc
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Writing an abstract while on vacation is an art form. 🏖️🔬
Only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #SPONT2026! Don't let the deadline slip by while you're unwinding at the beach.
👉 Submit your abstract & register here: spont2026.umin.ne.jp/
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The ultimate milestone! 🏁 Huge congratulations to Dr. Chrysoula Giasafaki for earning her PhD today under the guidance of Dr. @GuilleLBendito 🎓🧠
Best of luck in your next adventure, Chrysoula! The lab wishes you all the success in the world! 🌟🥂
🎉 Enhorabuena a la recién nombrada hoy Dra. Chrysoula Giasafaki por su defensa de #TesisIN y felicitaciones a su directora de tesis, la Dra. Guillermina López-Bendito @GuilleLBendito @GLB_Lab 🎉
@doctorado_umh @UniversidadMH @CSIC @CSICval
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Check out the amazing program and speakers here: spont2026.umin.ne.jp/ @NeuroAlc @SENC_ @GuilleLBendito
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FENS is wrapped up, the World Cup is over... and our sights are officially set on Japan! 🏆🇯🇵
Only a few days left to register for #SPONT2026! Don't miss the chance to join the global neurodevelopmental community to discuss spontaneous activity and neural wiring. 🧠⚡️
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🚀 The grand finale of an unforgettable week! As #FENS2026 comes to a close today, we want to thank everyone who stopped by to discuss neuroscience. Highly inspiring days that remind us that no lab is an island. Safe travels back home, everyone!
@FENSorg #ScientificNetworking
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🚀 Our poster presentations at #FENS2026 wrap up today! We are hitting the floor one last time with three fantastic posters. Find our codes in the image, and join the discussion before the poster area closes!
@FENSorg #Neuroscience #DevelopmentalNeurobiology
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Missed @GuilleLBendito’s Plenary Lecture at #FENS2026? 🧠💡
Watch her FENS TV interview on how genes and spontaneous activity dialogue to shape sensory circuits before birth, challenging traditional views 🧬✨
📺 Video: piped.video/watch?v=89sJzdr2…
@FENSorg @NeuroAlc
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Day 3 at #FENS2026! 🧠🚀 This morning, we are highlighting the next generation of researchers:
📍 Isabel Fuentes Jurado (presenting the work of her 1st PhD year!)
📍 José Ignacio Jordá-Llorens (from @eleyvadiaz team)
Stop by, and talk science with them! 🗺️👋 @FENSorg
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Happening now! Our PI @GuilleLBendito takes the main stage to deliver the Opening Plenary Lecture at #FENS2026.
An incredible honor to open the conference and contribute to the global scientific dialogue!🧠
@FENSorg @SENC_Neurociencia #Neuroscience #BrainDevelopment #Barcelona
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🧠 The day is finally here! Don’t miss the Fred Kavli Opening Plenary Lecture by our PI @GuilleLBendito today at 18:00h.
Looking forward to seeing many colleagues in the audience! Come say hi! 👋✨ #FENS2026
🧠 ¡El #FENS2026 de #Barcelona ya está aquí!
La sesión inaugural será hoy a las 16:45 y, a las 18:00, @GuilleLBendito, @GLB_Lab @NeuroAlc @CSIC y miembro de la #SENC, pronunciará la Fred Kavli Opening Plenary Lecture.
📌 Programa de hoy:
fens2026.abstractserver.com/…
#FENSForum2026
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All set in the lab for FENS 2026. Starting Monday, we'll be sharing our latest findings. And remember: our PI, @GuilleLBendito , will deliver the Opening Plenary Lecture! We couldn't be more excited!
#FENS2026 #BrainDevelopment #OpeningLecture #LopezBenditoLab #Barcelona.
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Huge congratulations to @GuilleLBendito for receiving the Francisco Cobos Prize! 🏅
This award highlights years of dedication to unlocking the secrets of brain wiring and thalamocortical development. 👏👏
@NeuroAlc @CSIC #Neurodevelopment #ScientificExcellence #Neuroscience
🧠 Enhorabuena a @GuilleLBendito (@GLB_Lab @NeuroAlc) y @bolanosjuanp (@usal @ibfg_es) miembros de la #SENC, galardonados con el XX Premio Fundación Francisco Cobos
👏Un reconocimiento a su trayectoria y contribuciones de gran impacto en #neurociencia
🔗fundacionfranciscocobos.org/…
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🚨 Registration for SPONT 2026 will open very soon! May 15!
4th Meeting on Spontaneous Activity in Brain Development
📍 Atami, Japan | Oct 19–22, 2026
Looking forward to bringing together the developmental neuroscience community for an exciting meeting!
@GuilleLBendito
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New preprint on bioRvix! We show how cortical sensory-modality identity is instructed by a combinatorial cell-adhesion and activity codes using #snRNAseq #spatialtranscriptomics #functional imaging. Led by @T_Guillamon & @lpuche_1 from @GLB_Lab. Congrats @GuilleLBendito @NeuroAlc
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Tonight at 5pm CET, our postdoc @emily_wilson9 will be participating at the panel of the SFN-FENS webinar for postgraduate journeys between US and Europe 🙌🏼 Find more information below: @NeuroAlc @SfNtweets @FENSorg
Check out: “Postgraduate Journeys: United States and Europe”’ an exciting SFN-FENS webinar Sept 24th that I am very excited to be a part of!
Link below!
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This morning at #AXON2025 in Rotterdam, our PI @GuilleLBendito presented a talk on 🧠
How spontaneous activity meets genetic programs in the development of sensory circuits.
Grateful for the stimulating discussion and feedback! @NeuroAlc
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Don't miss our PhD student @lpuche_1 at #AXON2025 in Rotterdam! 🧠
📍 Poster session II — Thursday Sept 18, 13:30
🔖 Poster #18
Spatiotemporal multi-omic profiling of the developing thalamus identifies distinct modality-specific lineages
@NeuroAlc @GuilleLBendito
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🎓 PhD opportunity in our lab!
Interested in studying how neural activity & gene expression shape sensory cortex development?
We seek candidates with a computational background (bioinformatics, data science, transcriptomics)! @NeuroAlc @GuilleLBendito #PhDposition
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If you are interested in transcription factor cooperation and
chromatin accessibility in neuronal identity, step by the poster of José Ignacio Jordá Llorens by the emerging group of @eleyvadiaz at #SENC2025!
📍 Session 3 | Poster 23
#SENC @NeuroAlc
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