stoberlnJan 2111 minLet’s talk about mental healthAuthors: Inês Sousa Pereira & Laura Pintado According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health refers to: “the foundation...
stoberlnDec 6, 20214 minKnock, Knock! Who is there? Open science!Author: Deepshika Arasu The academic world of Science today is vastly different from what one might have found in the 17th Century where...
stoberlnOct 15, 20214 minBRAIN ORGANOIDS: Understanding the human brain in three dimensionsAuthor: Brina Stančič In my previous blog post, I have written about the importance of communication in the brain and the attempts of the...
stoberlnFeb 26, 20215 minCell replacement therapy: restoring brain’s ability to communicateAuthor: Brina Stančič Communication. Exchange of information, ideas, opinions, or emotions. A process by which human beings perceive...
stoberlnFeb 15, 20213 minShaking Parkinson’s off our futureAuthor: Laura Argelich Did you know that more than 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson’s disease? To give you a sense of...
stoberlnFeb 3, 20213 minBiobanksAuthor: Patricia Garcia Jareño Have you ever thought about donating your brain to science? Do you know where it goes after donation? Your...
stoberlnJan 27, 20217 minHow can we mend a “broken” brain?Author: Francisco J Molina-Ruiz We have all dealt with a break-up at one point or another in our lives. Indeed, heartbreak is an...
stoberlnJan 22, 20213 minUnlocking stem cell potential…Author: Sonali Salvi Stem cells or progenitor cells are specialised cells that have the ability to either self-renew or differentiate...
stoberlnJan 19, 20213 minOh! My sweet memory…Author: Chi-Chieh Lee If life is a road trip, you are the driver to explore your own path and make a life story. On the road you are not...
stoberlnDec 14, 20202 minHow to generate specific cell types for in-vitro model?Author: Lam Lam In ASCTN, we are all working on using cellular or animal models for studying disease mechanisms of neurodegenerative...
stoberlnDec 10, 20203 minThe importance of in vitro modelsAuthor: Inês Sousa Pereira I am not the first one on this blog to talk to you about neurodegenerative diseases. In fact, our entire...
stoberlnDec 4, 20203 minBeautiful, but... what is it?Author: Marina Rodríguez Rubio These are neurons! This is how we, scientists, can see the neurons in the lab. Beautiful right? That’s why...
stoberlnNov 29, 20206 minCell ReprogrammingAuthor: Laura Pintado Do you think people can't change? Surprise! That's not completely accurate, psychologically and biologically...
stoberlnNov 14, 20203 minA toolbox to delineate the genetic architecture of Parkinson’s diseaseAuthor: Guochang Lyu You may have known, as a common neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease (PD) is mainly affecting the...
stoberlnNov 9, 20202 minMicroglia - the underrated cell type of the brainAuthor: Nina Stöberl Many of you have probably heard of neurons, the basic working unit of our nervous system and our brain. They...
stoberlnNov 6, 20203 minBUILDING A BRAIN ON A CHIPAuthor: Clelia Introna How can we study the vitalest and most complex organ of our body, the brain? What if we want to investigate...