Flavio Zolessi
@FZolessi
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Cell polarity in neural development @bcelular_fcien @FcienUdelar @IPMontevideo @PEDECIBA. Member of IBRO-LARC @IBROorg. Tweets in English/Español
Montevideo, Uruguay
Joined March 2021
Preprint alert! Just from the oven, the adventures of a young theoretical biophysicist (Santi Bosch) in a usually strictly wet lab (BCDN): how is it that extreme forces in amniotes primary neurulation do not break the highly dynamic neuroepithelium apart?
biorxiv.org
During primary neurulation in amniote embryos, the neural plate gives rise to the neural tube in a process requiring the coordination of forces at different scales throughout a geometrically complex...
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⏰ Only 2 days left! Apply now for the #Neuroscience Training #Grants and get support to attend hands-on training courses that boost your research skills and career growth. 🧠 Deadline: 15 November 2025 Don’t miss out - apply today! https://t.co/dXxgCvxxHs
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Defensa de Tesis de #Doctorado de la #EstudiantePEDECIBA Lucía María Guggeri Ambrosoni. Más info 👉 https://t.co/j0RpPJSQBE Si la investigación continúa, la ciencia avanza y la sociedad toda se beneficia. #SomosPEDECIBA apoyando el Desarrollo de las #CienciasBásicas
pedeciba.edu.uy
Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas (PEDECIBA)
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📚 ¡Este viernes nos sumamos a la Noche de las Librerías! Investigadores e investigadoras del instituto estarán en Puro Verso para invitar a niños y niñas a crear sus propios microbios 🦠🪱, y a conocer nuestros libros infantiles de divulgación científica. ⌚️ 19:00 a 21:00
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🧠 Calling past #BrainAwarenessWeek grant applicants! IBRO will soon launch a short survey to help @IBROorg, @FENSorg and @dana_fdn reflect on the reach, impact & future direction of Brain Awareness Week. Stay tuned to find out more!
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Among 40 talented students from around the world, who will be the next Brain Bee Champion? The #IBB World Championship 2025 is taking place now between 7 & 12 Nov with online tests, workshops & a live judging session Best of luck to all the contestants! https://t.co/KNeKdhuJzv
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Se viene el 1er encuentro de Zebrafish en Red Argentina (ZebRA2023)
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Here’s a quick guide to ongoing & upcoming IBRO #grants for your next #neuroscience training, #BrainAwarenessWeek event, or internship program organization Explore the calendar: https://t.co/MYptEvoEFb
#IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope
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📣 Applications are open for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards to the FENS Forum 2026! Supported by the Chica & Heinz Schaller Foundation (CHS), these #grants enable early-career brain science researchers from #underrepresented backgrounds to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona 🧠🇪🇸 ✈️
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En septiembre vino Lucía Mustto desde Uruguay 🇺🇾 (lab de @FZolessi) a realizar una pasantía junto al lab del Dr. @leovaldevo ¡Acá un poco de lo que fué su experiencia estudiando los movimientos de fotorreceptores y células ganglionares durante el desarrollo en pez cebra! 🦓🐟
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Thank you to organisers Constadina Arvanitis, @_mariod, Helena De la Torre, @mariana_deniz, María Fernanda Latorre Barragán & @licyel and everyone who joined us at our Workshop Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions https://t.co/f33SikpNUf
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⏰ Only 2 days left to complete your application for the Seeding Neuroscience #Grants! Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your emerging #neuroscience society or thematic network https://t.co/8paKL1K37l Deadline: 15 Oct #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm
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Tenemos nuevos preparados de cerebelo con la técnica de Golgi. Y son stacks 3d, lo que quiere decir que se pueden explorar en profundidad, como si usaras el micrométrico moviéndote por distintos planos focales
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There is still time to apply ! Deadline extended: 24 October 2025. Fellowships for students in Latin American are available.
EMBO Practical Course "Optics, Forces & Development" 7-17 January 2026. Santiago, Chile https://t.co/R1CLv2K9pV
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Recent publication from a great collaboration with my friends in Cuernavaca, México: The Smarce1 subunit of the BAF complex performs distinct, stage-specific functions during zebrafish retinal development https://t.co/UBZu2BBBDj. Support @IBROorg, publish in @IBROjournals
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How can you raise awareness about brain health? If you have an outreach event in mind, the 2026 #BrainAwarenessWeek grant could bring it to life 🧠 Apply by 31 Oct! https://t.co/Q0yLroxIHy
#IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope
@dana_fdn
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Every impactful #neuroscience society needs strong foundations. Seeding Neuroscience Grants support early-stage activities like governance planning & strategic workshops to build long-term sustainability. Apply by 15 Oct 2025! https://t.co/HA2rnEcu2O
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⏳ Closing soon - 1 week left to apply for IBRO Speaker Support #grants! Bring leading experts to your conference or meeting & amplify its impact in the #neuroscience community: https://t.co/5zzS91F7aD
#IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope
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We are pleased to announce the public call for proposals to host and organize the next LASDB Meeting, scheduled for 2027. https://t.co/rNuOBsz7Df
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#NeuroDerechosLaborales 🧠 #Uruguay 🇺🇾 Hoy estaré hablando sobre: #Neuroderechos y #neurotecnologías en el ámbito laboral. Análisis de la futura "Recomendación sobre la Ética de la Neurotecnología" de la @UNESCO, en clave de derechos humanos. 📍 https://t.co/2BuJhLb05U
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