The Hassan Brain Development Team

A conversation between Alan Rodrigues and Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social on the YouTube Conceptual Biology Forum channel about how living systems self-organise and consequences to our understanding of brain development, function, health and disease. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6qZ...

We are excited and proud to share that the super talented @maheandria.bsky.social will be starting her own lab as an assistant professor and group leader at @neuropsi.bsky.social this fall 🥳🍾

A conversation with @bassemh.bsky.social on Mark Mattson's Brain Ponderings podcast: youtu.be/fdb8LE91pEc?... Also at open.spotify.com/episode/2LcO...

Ania Chrzanowska and @bassemh.bsky.social discuss why it is informative to think about neuronal circuit function from a developmental perspective. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an den ehemaligen Einstein Visiting Fellow Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social 🎉

The 2026 Visual System Development GRC and GRS are fast approaching. Jeremy Kay, Kristen Kwan, Robert Johnston, and I have built an exciting program that we hope you will enjoy. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting this summer in beautiful Maine. Register and RT!

I owe this “career award” to everyone who has been part of @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social over the years ❤️

On post-translational modifications & their contribution to help shape human cortical development 🧠 Jawdat Sandakly covers a recent #preprint from Julien Pigeon and colleagues @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social. #DevBio #Neuroscience Read the #preLight ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/p...

Please check out and RT this new position for an exciting collaborative project with @boninlab.bsky.social and @franckp.bsky.social on the links between human-specific mechanisms and neurodevelopmental disorders in cortical circuits.

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social from @institutducerveau.bsky.social at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “Temporal control of neurogenesis” A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @borrell-lab.bsky.social

We have the pleasure of welcoming Dr Bassem Hassan @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social from @institutducerveau.bsky.social tomorrow at #SeminarsIN 🙌 He is a world leader in the study of genetic regulation of brain development. Don’t miss it! @borrell-lab.bsky.social @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

A wonderful collaboration with @alexbaffet.bsky.social @boyanbonev.bsky.social and @neurogenesis-i3s.bsky.social labs

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Our latest: Julien Pigeon and colleagues discover a mechanism linking post-translational modification of transcription factors to remodeling the chromatin landscape to regulate human cortical neurogenesis

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Latest from the lab: the immensely talented Johnny Bou Rouphael and Laila El Khattabi in the team report the discovery and functional analysis defective splicing in a human developmental disorder. www.linkedin.com/posts/bassem...

For those who understand Arabic 😊 A podcast about @bassemh.bsky.social work and career. Thank you Haifa Alhadyian, PhD for this amazing initiative. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Excited to share our latest paper in Nature Communications! We uncovered a dev-time transcriptional program (via Mirana → Pink1) that shapes mitochondria & circuit wiring. Disrupt it early, and neurons miswire — even if the gene recovers later!

Registration is now open for 2026 GRC on Neural Development @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social Register early because places go fast!

Latest from the lab, the beautiful work of Iryna Mohylyak and colleagues describing a temporal developmental transcriptional program for mitochondrial quality control and synaptic connectivity, with @jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social, Olga Corti and @steinaerts.bsky.social labs www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Congrats to the fantastic @maheandria.bsky.social on this well deserved recognition from French Academy of Science

This journey began in Berlin with @bassemh.bsky.social and Robin Hiesinger, and continued at @institutducerveau.bsky.social in @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social , with the generous support of @frm-officiel.bsky.social . Grateful to the von Kleist & Stoeckli Labs and all co-authors!

A temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in stereotyped neuronal circuits in Drosophila 🧪🧠 @bassemh.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New from the lab: @maheandria.bsky.social and colleagues in collaboration with the Hiesinger, Stoeckli and von Kleist labs dissect the sequential emergence of axonal targeting during development in today's issue of Nature Neuroscience: rdcu.be/ek010

Hot off the press: The excellent Maheva Andriatsilavo and colleagues show how a temporal sequence of stochastic molecular mechanisms allow the emergence of stereotyped individualised neuronal circuits. Just published in Nature Neuroscience: rdcu.be/ek010

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Anna CHRZANOWSKA, PhD, postdoc in The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social is organizing a trainee-led symposium @institutducerveau.bsky.social June 2-4 Spread the word! nenckiopenlab.org/decoding/

Can't miss opportunity for anyone interested in developmental timing!! See you in Paris⏳️

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...

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Second edition of the EMBO workshop on Developmental Timing across species. Second edition organized by @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social and Margerete Diaz-Cuadros Cool speakers & fun networking activities. More details coming soon.Save the date: May 6-9 2025!

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