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@network-alba.bsky.social📅 Sun, 11 Oct | 13:55 CEST
📍 Room 4, ICM, Munich
🔗 alba.network/ECNP2026-event
@network-alba.bsky.socialECNP Speaker Spotlight! 🧠✨
As #ECNP2026 approaches, meet the speakers shaping our ALBA Session on "biologically aware" academic leadership!
🎙️ Dr Vibe G. Frøkjær (Copenhagen Univ Hosp)
🗣️ Dr Jodi Pawluski (Univ of Rennes)
🗣️ Dr Nikolaos Kokras (Univ of Athens)
📍 Munich & Online 🧵👇
@network-alba.bsky.social@network-alba.bsky.social🚀 Introducing Unconventional Journeys—a new video series supported by @acnporg.bsky.social exploring non-linear paths into brain research!
In Ep 1, Dr. Leah Mayo shares candid insights on navigating early career doubts and overcoming obstacles in neuropharmacology.
Watch: youtu.be/WWsD_uLOOfc?...
@network-alba.bsky.socialPanellists:
🇩🇰 Dr Vibe G. Frøkjær
🇫🇷 Dr Jodi Pawluski
🇬🇷 Dr Nikolaos Kokras
Learn to navigate productivity demands and build supportive, high-performing labs right from the start of your leadership career!
🔗 Event details: www.alba.network/ECNP2026-event
@network-alba.bsky.socialHeading to #ECNP2026 in Munich? 🧠✨
Join ALBA for a session on "biologically aware" academic leadership! Learn practical strategies to support research teams through life, health, and parental leave transitions.
📅 Sun, 11 Oct | 13:55 CEST
📍 Room 4, ICM Messe München 🧵👇
@network-alba.bsky.socialFeaturing an expert panel:
🗣️ Soumya Bhattacharjee (Anthriq)
🗣️ Parul Sood (NielsenIQ)
🗣️ Shinjini Ray (Nature Communications)
🗣️ Smita Jain (NCBS)
🔗 www.alba.network/IAN2026-event
Organised by the ALBA Network, supported by
@ibroorg.bsky.social
@fens.org @sfn.org @indiabioscience.bsky.social
@network-alba.bsky.socialAttending #IAN2026 in Manesar this October? 🧠🇮🇳
Join our ALBA-IBRO session on navigating non-academic careers in neuroscience! Learn how to translate core scientific strengths into leadership across deep-tech, industry, publishing, and fundraising.
📅 Fri, 9 Oct | 13:30 IST
📍 Hall 1, Savoy Suites 🧵👇
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@network-alba.bsky.socialSince 2021, the ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture has brought researchers from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, South Korea and Hungary to the FENS Forum. Know a PI (5+ years) in a country underrepresented in #neuroscience #publications & #conferences? Nominate by 14 Oct to speak at #FENS2028!
@network-alba.bsky.social🧠🏆 Know an outstanding neuroscientist working in a country underrepresented in neuroscience publications and conferences? Nominate them for the 2027 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture and give their work a platform at #FENS2028!
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@network-alba.bsky.socialAccessibility in science isn't optional—and it doesn't have to be complex! 🧠♿
ALBA’s new guide offers practical, low-cost steps to build inclusive conferences for all.
📖 Read & share with your event team: www.alba.network/conference-a...
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@network-alba.bsky.socialAttending #FALAN2026 in Santiago? 🧠🇨🇱 Don't miss the ALBA-IBRO Special Event on Monday, 31 August!
Details below👇
@network-alba.bsky.socialWhat if we thought about #underrepresentation in #neuroscience the way public health thinks about the social determinants of health — not as a property of individuals, but as a product of the conditions they navigate? That's the argument at the heart of our new essay in @thetransmitter.bsky.social
