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@BuffoLab

We study the role of glia and precursor cells in brain plasticity and repair and cell replacement approaches to promote functional recovery. Adm @Valentina_Cerr

 Turin, Italy
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Joined January 2019
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We look forward to seeing you Tomorrow Nov 26 at 2PM for the 2nd IGN SYMPOSIUM. A time for Glia related Science, with open and live discussion with the Italian glia community. See you Tomorrow!!!  unipd.zoom.us/j/83647074227?… italianglianetwork.com/

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Italian Glia Network (IGN) was founded in 2023 by a group of passionate scientists dedicated to glia research. IGN has the MISSION of creating a community of scientists interested in glial biology....

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Check out the Final Program of the Second Italian Glia Network Symposium, next November 26!!! Register on the Network and follow the discussion online #Glia #astrocytes #microglia #oligodendrocytes italianglianetwork.com
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Come visit the first Joint Glia Networks Booth at #Glia2025 in Marseille!! Learn about European and Canadian Glial networks, join our raffle and connect with your peers!!!
Network Glia | European Glia Meeting (@gliameeting) profile pictureNetwork Glia | European Glia Meeting@gliameeting6 Jun 2025
New at #GLIA2025: Visit the Joint Glia Networks Booth! 🌍🧠 Meet reps from 🇪🇺🇦🇹🇨🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇮🇹🇵🇹🇪🇸🇬🇧 glial networks, enter our raffle 🎉 & grab a sticker 🎟️ for the social event Social Glial Interactions After Sunset! Let’s grow the glia community—together! #GliologistsTogether
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🚀 Think all white matter (WM) astrocytes are the same? Think again! 🌟 Our latest research reveals striking regional differences that challenge existing views on astrocyte diversity and function. 🧠 📖 Read the full study here: nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
Astrocyte heterogeneity reveals region-specific astrogenesis in the white matter

Astrocyte heterogeneity reveals region-specific astrogenesis in the white matter

Nature Neuroscience - White matter (WM) astrocytes differ significantly from gray matter astrocytes, with WM astrocytes in the forebrain exhibiting unique proliferation capacity, which is absent in...

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Great success today for the first @italianglianet symposium! More than 100 participants, great selected talks, an amazing plenary session by Valentina Fossati and stimulating discussion. So happy and proud to be part of this growing community of Italian #glialovers! 🙌
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Check out the program of the first Italian Glia Network Symposium that will be held next Monday, Nov 18 from 2 to 6 PM. Follow online at unipd.zoom.us/j/81189658851?…
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Happy to see this study out at last! Grateful to have contributed to this exciting work!!! 🧠Lineage Barcode Tracing to reveal developmental origin of dopaminergic cell-types 🧠 | Science Advances science.org/doi/full/10.1126… @petter_storm @ParmarLab @Kirkeby_Lab

Lineage tracing of stem cell–derived dopamine grafts in a Parkinson’s model reveals shared origin...

Transplanted dopamine progenitors give rise to multiple cell types in the mature graft.

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So happy to share that for the First Italian Glia Network Symposium we received more than thirty excellent applications!!! Selection will be announced asap. Stay tuned! italianglianetwork.com/newsu…
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Be part of the first Italian Glia Network Symposium next 18 November 2024. Send an abstract to italianglianetwork@gmail.com by October 15 and discuss your work with the friendly Italian #Glia community. italianglianetwork.com/newsu…
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Yesterday was a fantastic day at the Cerebellum Development and Disease Conference. I had the pleasure of presenting my data to many cerebellum experts who have inspired my research over the past years. So happy to be part of such a wonderful and collaborative community!
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Come to the #ISDN2024 Symposium: Glial pathophysiology and plasticity in #neurodevelopment Join speakers Enrica Boda @unito, Dolores Irala @DukeNeuro, Baptiste Lacoste @uOttawaBMRI and Bo-Eun Yoon @dkupr. Register at: bit.ly/ISDN2024 @enrica_boda @BuffoLab
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Spotlight on the #ISDN2024 Symposium: Glial pathophysiology and plasticity in #neurodevelopment Join speakers Enrica Boda @unito, Dolores Irala @DukeNeuro, Baptiste Lacoste @uOttawaBMRI and Bo-Eun Yoon @dkupr. Register at bit.ly/ISDN2024 @BuffoLab @enrica_boda
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#ISDN2024 Symposium: Glial pathophysiology and plasticity in #neurodevelopment Join speakers Enrica Boda (@enrica_boda @BuffoLab) @unito, Dolores Irala @DukeNeuro, Baptiste Lacoste @uOttawaBMRI and Bo-Eun Yoon @dkupr. Submit abstracts at bit.ly/ISDN2024
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Our latest Perspective Article is out now on @NRRNeural ! This article (written in collaboration with @enrica_boda from @BuffoLab ) explains the method we established to obtain comparable results when analyzing different brains of different species. journals.lww.com/nrronline/c…
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Unistem Day in Turin was nothing short of fantastic! @UniStemDay @BuffoLab
gabriella minchiotti (@GMinchiotti) profile picturegabriella minchiotti@GMinchiotti22 Mar 2024
‘Altri cervelli’ per #unistemday2024 a ⁦⁦@unito⁩ cellule staminali e organoidi cerebrali! ⁦@Fiorenzano555⁩ ⁦@CnrIgb⁩ ⁦@CNRsocial_⁩
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Currently in Tübingen for the #StemCellTuebingen meeting. Enjoying a lot of inspiring seminars and of course a beautiful city 🤩
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Neurons are often in the neuroscience spotlight, but there is another star in the brain - astrocytes. Like neurons, they come in a myriad of shapes and types. Meet one of the rarer astrocytes, found only in humans and non-human primates: alleninstitute.org/news/scis… #SciShots
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#Glia lovers... let's meet up in Wien at #FENS2024!!!
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Great pleasure to host for today’s #NICO seminar Vasco Meneghini (San Raffaele Institute, TIGET, Milan). Amazing talk and scientific discussion! @BuffoLab @unito @enrica_boda @Valentina_Cerr @mrym_mka – at Turin, Piedmont
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Great oportunity to join #AstrocyteCafe in-person in beatifull Trieste. The first after the great success of online cafes.
AstrocyteCafe (@AstrocyteCafe) profile pictureAstrocyteCafe@AstrocyteCafe12 Jan 2024
We are super excited to announce the very first in-person #AstrocyteCafe conference, on July 10-12, 2024 in Trieste, Italy🤩 We are looking forward to meeting the awesome members of our community..in person! Stay tuned for more info..in the meantime, SAVE THE DATE!!!🥳👇👇👇
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