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Junior Leader | CIBIT-University of Coimbra. Neuroscientist w/a crush on blood vessels! #liveimaging #neurovascular #neurodevelopment #gliovascular #microglia #angiogenesis 🧠 https://www.vcoelhosantoslab.com
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Happy to receive new funding to explore this uncharted territory! 🧠 cool image I know 😎, it is from the #vcoelhosantoslab #fluorescentfriday #cerebrovascular #liveimaging #neonatal #sexdifferences

New review from our lab in @brain1878.bsky.social We explore how molecular blood-brain barrier (BBB) changes in aging, neurodegeneration and stroke affect disease progression, delivery of therapeutics, and much more! academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and right now, we are pure women power! ✨🧠!!! The future is ours to shape! 💪🔬 #WomenInScience #KeepScienceFun #FearlessDiscovery #Cerebrovascular

🧠 we can host your application ☺️ ibro.org/grant/exchan...

#EVBOSummerSchool 2025: Please help spread the news! 10-11 June 2025 | Biomedicum Helsinki, Finland Registration will open soon. Stay tuned! The summer school will be preceded by the excellent and free-of-charge Wihuri Research Symposium on Cardiovascular Biology! More info buff.ly/42I9fvY

We are excited to start the third edition of #AstrocyteCafe on February 6th with a lineup of amazing speakers 🤩 Join us for this monthly seminar series on #astrocyte research, it's online and it's free! To register for the mailing list and receive announcements, click the link in the bio!

Microplastics (mp) have been linked to stroke but mechanisms unknown. In mice, mp were phagocytosed & detected in altered phagocytes in the blood that could cause blockages in small blood vessels and thrombi linked with transient alterations in brain.🧪

Very happy to share our work on lymphatic endothelial cell specification, which was published in Nature Cardiovascular Research this week.

Neuroinflammation affects the blood-brain barrier in many ways. This study from Yonsei University (Seoul) provides new insight into how peripheral LPS challenges the BBB doi.org/10.1038/s414... #BloodBrainBarrier #Cerebrovascular

Very cool 🇨🇦-led study on liver-brain communication #multi-organ #cerebrovascular www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another great example on how endothelial cells guide brain development: doi.org/10.1002/advs...

Being a #newPI means juggling experiments, grants, vivarium, and paperwork—all at once! We wrapped up the year in true lab spirit: one last experiment push and a 🍕 “Christmas lunch” #VCoelhoSantos Lab wishes everyone happy holidays filled with joy, rest, and inspiration for the year ahead.

Join us in Paris 6-9 May 2025 for the #EvoDevoTempo conference (2nd edition) with a fantastic line up of speakers confirmed!! Organized by @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social and me. Please RT to spread the word meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

We are recruiting a passionate candidate to unravel 🧠 developmental mysteries! If you have a master's degree in Life Sciences or related areas and want work with neonatal 🐭 models(Felasa training will be valued), this opportunity is for you! 👉 lnkd.in/dRiXebyk Deadline:Jan 9, 2025.

🧠In this 2023 article, @sheridansargent.bsky.social et al., suggest that endothelial structure and other influences, including pericyte tone, contribute to the basal diameter and optimized perfusion of brain capillaries. Read it: https://doi.org/10.1530/VB-23-0010 @vcoelhosantoslab.bsky.social

Yes! We are hiring! Looking for highly motivated people to make good use of our #ERC_SyG money 💶! The project is super cool, and the people are the best!! There are plenty of opportunities for international collaborations, too! Please help us spread the word!

Astrocytic mitochondrial transfer to brain endothelial cells and pericytes in vivo increases with aging journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Some of our work: "Impairment of neurovascular coupling in the hippocampus due to decreased nitric oxide bioavailability supports early cognitive dysfunction in type 2 diabetic rats" #neurovascular #cognition #nitricoxide #diabetes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The #VCoelhoSantosLab had a fantastic time sharing our research at #CIBITmeeting24! I was honored to be an invited speaker, and Magda Rodrigues presented a thought-provoking poster from her PhD project that sparked incredible discussions. 🌟 #liveimaging #neonatalbrain #Neurovascular

Like a river. Blood vessels. #fluorescencefriday

#PILife #AlwaysBeWriting #Publishing 🎄🎁

Very nice review linking astrocytes to mental health! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Super happy for @natashaobrown.bsky.social who just published her very first senior author paper !! A beautiful and important study (I am totally unbiased....) #Zebrafish #Astrocytes #Gliovascular www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Crossing barriers between neuroscience and immunology! 🧠 I’m honored that my abstract was selected for the short talks and grateful to receive the best oral presentation award☺️! #neuroimmunology #neonatalbrain #NewPI

Want to know more about special types of #astrocytes in #primates? Give a read to our latest review on interlaminar astrocytes and varicose-projection astrocytes, led by our postdoc Dr. Caterina Ciani 😍 Thanks to @humantechnopole.bsky.social funding for the support! 👇👇👇 shorturl.at/aiz0j

💯 agree! There should be an easy way for folks browsing @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social to share with their bluesky followers, scientists & non-scientists alike. An end-of-year present for us all! 🦋🎁

Glialovers: pls see our recent review on „Brain stars take the lead during critical periods of early postnatal brain development: relevance of astrocytes in health and mental disorders“ for @molpsychiatry with Eugenia Vivi - hope you enjoy the reading 🙂 rdcu.be/dYVTL

Last thought of the week 😂

A kind reminder, especially these days! 👇🏽👇🏽

#womeninSTEM #worklifebalance too many work deadlines might delay some important life milestones!

We’re looking for a PhD student in brain onco-immunology! Apply here, one week to go: kidoktorand.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The Extravolt in my lab... wonderful interdisciplinary project for an internship - check it out

Good morning to all #FirstGen scholars! Keep forward, your courage and determination are paving the way for countless others to follow in your footsteps. Repost and Like if you are a #FirstGen college student.

Please share-we are hosting an in person (travel support available!) for trainees who want to consider CHOP/Penn labs for postdoc. Apply to have a chance to check out our top notch science and get a trip to Philly!

#FluorescenceFriday Witness the magic: Our homebrewed mStayGold live-cell imaging probe for enhancer nucleosomes at 300ms temporal resolution Designed and imaged by this PI (yep, me 😂). Hot damn, these dynamics are mind-blowing—like watching a realtime chromatin dance #Microscopy #ChromatinArtistry

Stop by if you are in Paris on Friday! 😇 #symposium #neurovascular

Re-sharing this for those that didn’t see this on X last week. More new stuff coming soon! www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Congrats to the team! Here we directly image and quantify cerebral #angiogenesis and pruning in vivo. Found interesting regional differences and dependence on #notch signalling. Where you look does matter! www.cell.com/cell-reports...