Alejandro Labastida-Ramirez

Neuroscience researcher (in vivo ephys, neuropeptides, migraine). Dogtor in a parallel universe.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

> be Alexandra Elbakyan
> be born in Kazakhstan in 1988
> start coding at 12
> hack your internet provider at 14
> hack MIT Press at 16 to download neuroscience books you can't afford
> get a CS degree from Satbayev University
> intern in neuroscience at Georgia Tech
> speak at Harvard on brain-computer interfaces
> notice researchers can't read the papers they need
> notice academic publishers charging $30 a paper
> notice peer reviewers worked for free
> notice editors worked for free
> notice universities funded the research with billions of dollars of public money
> build Sci-Hub in 2011
> upload nearly every paywalled research paper ever published
> give it away for free
> get sued by Elsevier
> get hit with a $15 million judgment
> don't give a flying f*ck
> keep Sci-Hub up
> get domain after domain seized
> register a new one
> keep Sci-Hub up
> get investigated by the US Department of Justice
> don't give a flying f*ck
> get accused of working for Russian intelligence
> don't give a flying f*ck
> have the FBI subpoena your iCloud
> get named one of Nature's ten people who mattered in science
> get a parasitoid wasp named after you
> get a deep-sea snail named after you
> get the Electronic Frontier Foundation Award for Access to Scientific Knowledge
> become a legend

[Paolo Martelletti @P_Martelletti]

The complete Hallmarks of Headache series has now been published. A monumental effort by the young leaders in the headache field. Five capstone papers that will long remain a comprehensive reference point for the headache field. https://t.co/f5tsoFEH9A

[tern @1goodtern]

My posts have been brutally suppressed by Musk this last week.

If you can see this, give me a wave and a retweet. ❤️👋

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Your food is grown with genetics. Your clean water is chemistry. Your medicines come from molecular biology. Your lights powered by physics. Your phone runs on quantum mechanics. Your safety is built on statistics.

The world runs on science and this is what science looks like.

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

🧠✨ Genetic Tools Atlas 3.0 is here!

The GTA now has an additional 750 datasets, including 80+ mouse whole-brain light sheet microscopy images as well as the first macaque datasets.

🔗 https://t.co/nYJdW24A7w

[Eloísa Rubio B @RbEloisa]

Happy to share our latest review!

@MRomozzi, @dgarciaazorin , @alejandro_labas
https://t.co/WrjThGl08H

[NeuroPsychBMC @NeuroPsychBMC]

State-of-the-art preclinical techniques to study the impact of spreading depolarizations in awake rodents
Published as part of The Journal of Headache and Pain's collection: Spreading Depolarization in Headache Disorders #TJHP
https://t.co/9ncK1ClqwG

[Wykes_Lab @LabWykes]

Opinion piece on how to record Spreading Depolarizations in awake brain. @alejandro_labas @DNS_UOM @UCLIoN @GJBrainResearch https://t.co/16yYlud2LO

[Ranier Gutierrez @GutierrezRanier]

Direct communication between gut bacteria and the brain, flagellin acts as a key signal to regulate feeding behavior in mice. An honor for Laboratory Neurobiology of Appetite at @Cinvestav to paticipate with the Bohórquez Lab @gutbrains @KaelbererMaya
https://t.co/BoKnBMtlbm

[Brain Research UK @BRUKresearch]

Here is your reminder to make your brain health a priority this #WorldBrainDay! 🧠

This means keeping our minds:

🧩 Sharp
❤️‍🩹 Resilient
🏃 Active

Brain health is an ongoing process that begins before birth and continues through every decade of our lives.
#WBD2025

[Division of Neuroscience @DNS_UOM]

🚨Research Technician at @DNS_UOM, University of Manchester. Join Dr Kira Shaw and Dr Ingo Schiessl on a Wellcome project exploring how menopause may increase Alzheimer’s risk. Closing date: 12th August 🧠https://t.co/3An7FGLLC2

[Alejandro Labastida-Ramirez @alejandro_labas]

I'm incredibly grateful for this research fellowship from @BRUKresearch. It's an honour to be supported by such a vital organisation. Huge thanks to my mentors. Excited to continue contributing to the understanding of #Migraine, making a difference through #Science! 🧠🙏

[Brain Research UK @BRUKresearch]

We’re delighted to announce the first recipients of our new research fellowships - Dr Alejandro Labastida-Ramirez, University of Manchester @alejandro_labas and Dr Hannah Jackson, University of Nottingham @HanJackson_PhD 👏🔬

Read more here: https://t.co/x0ZlwDHGMR

[VGranados @VinicioGranados]

A new pathway to pain: https://t.co/H2eL6pxad8

[Simona Sacco @Simona_Sacco_]

It’s a double life - Stroke was my first love, headache my unexpected path—both have shaped who I am.
Thank you The Lancet Neurology for telling my story.
🧠❤️ Simona Sacco: advancing knowledge in stroke and headache - The Lancet Neurology https://t.co/wZueo0MPXV

[Omar Pathmanaban @brain_op]

Catch this brief tour through wartime brain surgery to AI, philosophy and leadership….. the abbreviated story of the great Sir Geoffrey Jefferson….

@The_SBNS
@HealthInnovMcr
@NCAresearchNHS
@NCAlliance_NHS
@MFTnhs
@WFNSHQ
@WFNS_YNF
@EANSonline50
@UKSkullbase

[Alejandro Labastida-Ramirez @alejandro_labas]

Highly recommended

[Ioana Mosneag @MosneagIoana]

Join me for my first @pintofscience public talk in a bar to learn more about functional ultrasound imaging in dementia!

https://t.co/DsPYgNyNSt

[Ioana Mosneag @MosneagIoana]

Join me for my first @pintofscience public talk in a bar to learn more about functional ultrasound imaging in dementia!

https://t.co/DsPYgNyNSt

[International Headache Society @ihs_official]

🧠✨ New Evidence-Based Guidelines for Migraine Treatment!

The International Headache Society and Italian Society for the Study of Headache have released updated guidelines for the pharmacological management of migraine, covering both acute attacks and preventive strategies.

A major step toward standardizing care and improving outcomes for people with migraine worldwide.

📝 Read more: https://t.co/S1W5RFSlE2
Summary version: https://t.co/RmdrMg5zA7

#HeadacheResearch #Cephalalgia #Neurology #EvidenceBasedMedicine #migraine #headache #brain #pain #neurology #neuroscience

[Division of Neuroscience @DNS_UOM]

The next seminar in our series is on Wednesday 28th May at 2pm, presented by @garrondodd
of @UniMelb, hosted by @Amy_Worth of Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Gastroenterology.
Details on poster - all welcome! 🧠 #neuroscienceseminar #neuroscience #manchesterneuroscience

[Wykes_Lab @LabWykes]

Honoured to receive the BNA Credibility Prize for my work sharing epilepsy research methods and developing tools to advance the field, a collaborative effort to make neuroscience more transparent. #BNA2025 @EpilepsyInst @Mern_UoM @DNS_UOM @GJBrainResearch @UCLIoN @cntm