
Mission Lucidity
@missionlucidity
Interdisciplinary initiative by @imec_int, @KU_Leuven, @UZLeuven & @VIBLifeSciences aimed at decoding neurodegenerative diseases by innovative neurotechnologies
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🚨 Register now for Alzheimer's Research UK's 2024 conference, taking place on 19-21 March in Liverpool! A fantastic opportunity to connect with other dementia researchers & learn about exciting research taking place in the UK & beyond. Register before 3 March⬇️ buff.ly/4b64AW8

"This is a milestone for Neuralink, not for science." Sebastian Haesler puts news of chip implantation in human subjects into perspective in this nice piece by Arthur De Meyer in Nieuwsblad.be today 👇 (article in Dutch) nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2024013…

👏 Congratulations Augustine Therapeutics and Ludo Van Den Bosch (Ludo Van Den Bosch) from VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research for receiving a 'The ALS Association' (The ALS Association) Grant to accelerate a novel potential therapeutic option for ALS patients! Read more here: vibbio.tech/3uGd4mK



What a start! Dr. Sarah Jewell (@DZNE_en) welcomed us warmly, then Dr. Monique Breteler (@DZNE_en) delivered fascinating insights on healthy aging from the Rheinland Study she's leading. Packed room! Stay tuned 😎 #CUREND @DZNE_de UK Dementia Research Institute Mission Lucidity Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute



#CURE-ND ECR workshop 2024 and the winners are…. best poster Arabella Bouziges Paris Brain Institute and best talk Helena Balanin Mission Lucidity. Congratulations



✨ We had the pleasure of welcoming European Research Council (ERC) to VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research last week, and took them on a tour of our Center! Find out more about their visit ⬇️ or take your own virtual tour at 360.cbd.vib.be 🔬

New research is crucial to understand & treat Alzheimer's, which is predicted to triple by 2050. A recent study led by De Strooper Lab (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) and MINDlab (VIB Center for Molecular Neurology) sheds light on the role of microglia, immune cells in the brain, in Alzheimer's.👉 vibbio.tech/49c6pyL


🏆 Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek - Fondation Recherche Alzheimer selected 15 research projects from VIB this year to invest a record amount of 3️⃣ million euros! Congratulations to all 👏 VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research VIB Center for Molecular Neurology IRC - VIB/UGent vibbio.tech/3TMq2aK



So grateful that we’ve been invited to participate in the Big Brain Theory Program! Here’s to great collaborative, inspiring & innovative projects ahead 🙌 Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute

👏 Congratulations to Prof. Patrik Verstreken (Verstreken Lab, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) for winning the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop™️ grant from the The Rainwater Charitable Foundation, CurePSP, and the AgingMindFoundation to advance his neurodegenerative research! Read more: vibbio.tech/3zyHPvQ




✨We are excited to announce that Prof Sten Linnarsson will give the opening keynote at #BrainMosaic24, focussing on the spatial organization of human brain cancer. Curious who else is coming? Check the stacked line-up here: vibbio.tech/3WRAsaO 🗓️Early bird deadline: 29 August


💾 Introducing Brain-on-Chip, technology addressing one of the main barriers to studying Parkinson's: the lack of access to brain tissue 🧠 Carles from the Verstreken Lab explains in this short film that premiered at #Breinfestijn Leuven Brain Institute ➡ youtube.com/watch?v=43RI43…



One more week to submit your abstract for this exciting symposium in Edinburgh, hosted by UK Dementia Research Institute in collaboration with #CURE-ND! All info here: scmnd.com
