Lab at Albany Medical College, led by Sophie Belin and Yannick Poitelon. Sciencing therapeutic strategies for myelin disorders

Albany, NY
We are moving over to BlueSky. Find us @myelinlab.bsky.social If you're not on there, you can follow our progress @myelinlab.com.
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Super cool visual and story!
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TY @MyelinLab people for organizing our 1st painted pumpkin competition
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Despite unexpected challenges of oil-based paint that refuse to dry on pumpkins...
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Our winners are Sophia for Nerdiest and @AchetaJenica for Spookiest
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Despite challenges posed by oil- based paint that refused to dry on pumpkin...
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Winner are Sophia for Nerdiest and Jenica for Spookiest
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Myelin Lab retweeted
Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
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Myelin Lab retweeted
nature.com/articles/s41467-0… I am excited to announce our work on how myelin loss culminates in neurodegeneration has been published at Nature Communications. While I have previously covered our findings as a preprint in more detail below, our key findings are:
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Wishing an HUGE congratulations to Dr. @AchetaJenica on defending her thesis!!! 🥳🥂 🧁Jenica is the first PhD graduate from our lab. She leaves behind a legacy of leadership, mentorship, and excellence. We are very proud of her. 🥹
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Her PhD accomplishments: -multiple presentation awards -3y of NIH funded fellowship -5 papers (4 1st author) -2 most prestigious awards @AlbanyMed can bestow PhD students -completing another degree at @AlbanyMed during her PhD -graduated in ~ 4y (despite the pandemic crisis)
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Her PhD accomplishments: -multiple presentation awards -3y of NIH funded fellowship -5 papers (4 1st author) -2 most prestigious awards @AlbanyMed can bestow PhD students -completing another degree at @AlbanyMed during her PhD -graduated in ~ 4y (despite the pandemic crisis)
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Want to know more about our program? Register for the infosession on Nov 4th! 👇
Interested in a PhD or MS in Neuroscience? Learn more at our virtual info session with Nov 4th at 4pmEST! PhD applications are due Dec 1st! No GREs We value and welcome diversity! Apply to @AlbanyMed! 👇 #NeuroPhD #phdlife #NeurosciencePHD
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Our recent #NeuroscienceResearch Day was dedicated to @Jacobs_Med_UB's Dr. Feltri, a renowned pioneer in the study & treatment of #MyelinDiseases who passed in 2023. Feltri’s colleagues & mentees spoke + there were 54 posters w/ awards. » More: ms.spr.ly/6011mauVc #UBuffalo
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Myelin Lab retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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Interested in a PhD or MS in Neuroscience? Learn more at our virtual info session with Nov 4th at 4pmEST! PhD applications are due Dec 1st! No GREs We value and welcome diversity! Apply to @AlbanyMed! 👇 #NeuroPhD #phdlife #NeurosciencePHD
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#GliaPapers RESEARCH @GLIA_Journal Seth M Moore, …, @MyelinLab, M Laura Feltri @ualbany Loss of YAP in Schwann cells improves HNPP pathophysiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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