Elisa Galliano
@elisagalliano.bsky.social
Neurobiologist, serial immigrant, scientist, teacher, espresso addict, bookworm, glomeruli enthusiast. She/Her/Dr. Portrait by a former student.
Cambridge, UK
https://gallianolab.org/
Cambridge, UK
https://gallianolab.org/
Turns out that when you have great students, the biggest obstacle to giving PhD theses feedback isn't the content, or the synchronized deadlines. It's the feline co-supervisor who insists in contributing right to the bitter end 📖🐈⬛😬
@neurosana.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social
@neurosana.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Turns out that when you have great students, the biggest obstacle to giving PhD theses feedback isn't the content, or the synchronized deadlines. It's the feline co-supervisor who insists in contributing right to the bitter end 📖🐈⬛😬
@neurosana.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social
@neurosana.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social
New @pnas.org paper led by my brilliant colleague & mentor Sue Jones 🎉
Estrogen drives plasticity in kisspeptin neurons during a developmental critical window, shaping how the female brain regulates fertility. Congrats to Yuanxin + Leonie & Lauren, happy to have played a tiny part
shorturl.at/bItti
Estrogen drives plasticity in kisspeptin neurons during a developmental critical window, shaping how the female brain regulates fertility. Congrats to Yuanxin + Leonie & Lauren, happy to have played a tiny part
shorturl.at/bItti
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New @pnas.org paper led by my brilliant colleague & mentor Sue Jones 🎉
Estrogen drives plasticity in kisspeptin neurons during a developmental critical window, shaping how the female brain regulates fertility. Congrats to Yuanxin + Leonie & Lauren, happy to have played a tiny part
shorturl.at/bItti
Estrogen drives plasticity in kisspeptin neurons during a developmental critical window, shaping how the female brain regulates fertility. Congrats to Yuanxin + Leonie & Lauren, happy to have played a tiny part
shorturl.at/bItti
Posters printed (5x), talks made (2x), symposia chairing ironed out (2x), preprint posted (1x), whole lab on board (7x): 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐨, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞! #ECRO2025
🇪🇸🧠👃
ecro2025.com
@chloeg-neuro.bsky.social @harinw.bsky.social @connordoyle.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social @neurosana.bsky.social
🇪🇸🧠👃
ecro2025.com
@chloeg-neuro.bsky.social @harinw.bsky.social @connordoyle.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social @neurosana.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Posters printed (5x), talks made (2x), symposia chairing ironed out (2x), preprint posted (1x), whole lab on board (7x): 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐨, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞! #ECRO2025
🇪🇸🧠👃
ecro2025.com
@chloeg-neuro.bsky.social @harinw.bsky.social @connordoyle.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social @neurosana.bsky.social
🇪🇸🧠👃
ecro2025.com
@chloeg-neuro.bsky.social @harinw.bsky.social @connordoyle.bsky.social @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social @neurosana.bsky.social
I mean, what better way to cherish your friend than dragging them to Cambridge to gift them a printed copy of your PhD thesis?! Slightly megalomaniac, but also kinda cute 🫠
@lihuang.bsky.social @adorrego.bsky.social
@lihuang.bsky.social @adorrego.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I mean, what better way to cherish your friend than dragging them to Cambridge to gift them a printed copy of your PhD thesis?! Slightly megalomaniac, but also kinda cute 🫠
@lihuang.bsky.social @adorrego.bsky.social
@lihuang.bsky.social @adorrego.bsky.social
The Latin has been spoken, hands held, gown hooded with new colours 🔴 Congratulations to 𝗗𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 @lihuang.bsky.social on finally escaping postgraduate prison 🎓🎉
July 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Latin has been spoken, hands held, gown hooded with new colours 🔴 Congratulations to 𝗗𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 @lihuang.bsky.social on finally escaping postgraduate prison 🎓🎉
📸 ⤴️ Head of a female deity, Centrale Montemartini, Roma
July 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📸 ⤴️ Head of a female deity, Centrale Montemartini, Roma
Me (July 2024): yay, one year of sabbatical leave!! I will emerge rested, renewed, caught up with the literature, 3 papers deep ✨💪📚
Me (July 2025):
Me (July 2025):
July 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Me (July 2024): yay, one year of sabbatical leave!! I will emerge rested, renewed, caught up with the literature, 3 papers deep ✨💪📚
Me (July 2025):
Me (July 2025):
In this lab, we dress like our slides: bright, sharp, slightly animated, and with a dash of surrealism 🟡🎨
Well done to @harinw.bsky.social for smashing his talk at the 30th UK Semiochemistry Workshop, and to all the PhD speakers in his session for a stellar set of presentations 👏
Well done to @harinw.bsky.social for smashing his talk at the 30th UK Semiochemistry Workshop, and to all the PhD speakers in his session for a stellar set of presentations 👏
July 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
In this lab, we dress like our slides: bright, sharp, slightly animated, and with a dash of surrealism 🟡🎨
Well done to @harinw.bsky.social for smashing his talk at the 30th UK Semiochemistry Workshop, and to all the PhD speakers in his session for a stellar set of presentations 👏
Well done to @harinw.bsky.social for smashing his talk at the 30th UK Semiochemistry Workshop, and to all the PhD speakers in his session for a stellar set of presentations 👏
6/ PS Aaron Seitz’s piece from the same special issue is also already online, read the two short articles together to get a better feel of what was obsessively discussed for six weeks
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
6/ PS Aaron Seitz’s piece from the same special issue is also already online, read the two short articles together to get a better feel of what was obsessively discussed for six weeks
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
5/ Massive thanks to @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for hosting what was genuinely the best workshop/conference I’ve ever been part of: science and plenty of coffee by day, communal bbqs and beach sunsets by night.
Someone had to suffer for the field 😉
Someone had to suffer for the field 😉
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
5/ Massive thanks to @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for hosting what was genuinely the best workshop/conference I’ve ever been part of: science and plenty of coffee by day, communal bbqs and beach sunsets by night.
Someone had to suffer for the field 😉
Someone had to suffer for the field 😉
4/ The paper is short and (we hope) thought-provoking, perfect for a coffee break read ☕
rb.gy/m862ik
For full KITP immersion, play some background ocean sounds, pour a glass of something nice, and pretend you’re in Santa Barbara 🌊
rb.gy/m862ik
For full KITP immersion, play some background ocean sounds, pour a glass of something nice, and pretend you’re in Santa Barbara 🌊
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
4/ The paper is short and (we hope) thought-provoking, perfect for a coffee break read ☕
rb.gy/m862ik
For full KITP immersion, play some background ocean sounds, pour a glass of something nice, and pretend you’re in Santa Barbara 🌊
rb.gy/m862ik
For full KITP immersion, play some background ocean sounds, pour a glass of something nice, and pretend you’re in Santa Barbara 🌊
3/ Our piece explores how homeostatic plasticity, statistical learning, and inhibition interact, and why understanding their interplay is crucial for making sense of neural circuit function 🧠⚖️➖
rb.gy/m862ik
rb.gy/m862ik
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
3/ Our piece explores how homeostatic plasticity, statistical learning, and inhibition interact, and why understanding their interplay is crucial for making sense of neural circuit function 🧠⚖️➖
rb.gy/m862ik
rb.gy/m862ik
2/ Edited by the workshop organizers @liviadehoz.bsky.social + József Fiser + Máté Lengyel together with Robert Froemke, the special issue (which will be completed by the autumn) brings together fresh perspectives on statistical learning
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
2/ Edited by the workshop organizers @liviadehoz.bsky.social + József Fiser + Máté Lengyel together with Robert Froemke, the special issue (which will be completed by the autumn) brings together fresh perspectives on statistical learning
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
🚨 New opinion piece written with Tara Keck
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
rb.gy/m862ik
It's part of a special issue born from an unforgettable science extravaganza hosted by @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social in Santa Barbara🌴🧠
1/🧵
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
rb.gy/m862ik
It's part of a special issue born from an unforgettable science extravaganza hosted by @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social in Santa Barbara🌴🧠
1/🧵
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🚨 New opinion piece written with Tara Keck
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
rb.gy/m862ik
It's part of a special issue born from an unforgettable science extravaganza hosted by @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social in Santa Barbara🌴🧠
1/🧵
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
rb.gy/m862ik
It's part of a special issue born from an unforgettable science extravaganza hosted by @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social in Santa Barbara🌴🧠
1/🧵
Happy solstice from Dick Grayson, the robin who spends every sunny lunch hour at the picnic table outside the department lobbying hard for food & co-authorship 🌞🪶🎓 #birdwatching #SummerSolstice
June 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy solstice from Dick Grayson, the robin who spends every sunny lunch hour at the picnic table outside the department lobbying hard for food & co-authorship 🌞🪶🎓 #birdwatching #SummerSolstice
Blink and you miss them, 15 years gone in a flash 🙀🎂
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Blink and you miss them, 15 years gone in a flash 🙀🎂
If you're at #FRM2025 @fens.org in Oslo, go talk to my brilliant student @neurosana.bsky.social
She's presenting a poster this afternoon on the 2nd half Iceland/Cambridge PhD thesis, very cool results 🧠
PS She's on the postdoc job market. Need an electrophysiologist? Snap her up!!
She's presenting a poster this afternoon on the 2nd half Iceland/Cambridge PhD thesis, very cool results 🧠
PS She's on the postdoc job market. Need an electrophysiologist? Snap her up!!
June 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If you're at #FRM2025 @fens.org in Oslo, go talk to my brilliant student @neurosana.bsky.social
She's presenting a poster this afternoon on the 2nd half Iceland/Cambridge PhD thesis, very cool results 🧠
PS She's on the postdoc job market. Need an electrophysiologist? Snap her up!!
She's presenting a poster this afternoon on the 2nd half Iceland/Cambridge PhD thesis, very cool results 🧠
PS She's on the postdoc job market. Need an electrophysiologist? Snap her up!!
Olfaction geeks, come to Cambridge next month for a 30yrs old cross-disciplinary smell chat from philosophy to clinics to circuits 🧠👃
Headliner @dattalab.bsky.social on his lab's brand new olfactory maps study
Networking lunches, fancy College dinner, student discount, plenty of coffee. Go register!
Headliner @dattalab.bsky.social on his lab's brand new olfactory maps study
Networking lunches, fancy College dinner, student discount, plenty of coffee. Go register!
June 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Olfaction geeks, come to Cambridge next month for a 30yrs old cross-disciplinary smell chat from philosophy to clinics to circuits 🧠👃
Headliner @dattalab.bsky.social on his lab's brand new olfactory maps study
Networking lunches, fancy College dinner, student discount, plenty of coffee. Go register!
Headliner @dattalab.bsky.social on his lab's brand new olfactory maps study
Networking lunches, fancy College dinner, student discount, plenty of coffee. Go register!
2021–2025, Cromer’s Banksy residency 🦀
Turns out sea salt and the occasional sun don’t care who painted it...
Turns out sea salt and the occasional sun don’t care who painted it...
May 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
2021–2025, Cromer’s Banksy residency 🦀
Turns out sea salt and the occasional sun don’t care who painted it...
Turns out sea salt and the occasional sun don’t care who painted it...
Recovering with lots of ☕ from a packed @camneuro.bsky.social meeting, which saw data blitz talk, poster presentations, a best poster prize! (more of that later), guests, superb talks, and so much chatting with our amazing colleagues
April 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Recovering with lots of ☕ from a packed @camneuro.bsky.social meeting, which saw data blitz talk, poster presentations, a best poster prize! (more of that later), guests, superb talks, and so much chatting with our amazing colleagues
Finally updated the lab website: lots of news, including new postdoc Sonu joining us 👋
But let’s be real, I was procrastinating because I had to move my nemesis, 1st PhD student, and codependent other half @lihuang.bsky.social to the alumni section. Not crying, just... allergies 😭🍃
gallianolab.org
But let’s be real, I was procrastinating because I had to move my nemesis, 1st PhD student, and codependent other half @lihuang.bsky.social to the alumni section. Not crying, just... allergies 😭🍃
gallianolab.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Finally updated the lab website: lots of news, including new postdoc Sonu joining us 👋
But let’s be real, I was procrastinating because I had to move my nemesis, 1st PhD student, and codependent other half @lihuang.bsky.social to the alumni section. Not crying, just... allergies 😭🍃
gallianolab.org
But let’s be real, I was procrastinating because I had to move my nemesis, 1st PhD student, and codependent other half @lihuang.bsky.social to the alumni section. Not crying, just... allergies 😭🍃
gallianolab.org