Violeta Durán

A big thank you to my mentor @jeffreyhuang and members of the lab @Zeebamehrin @thegliaguy and all of our collaborators who were amazing to work with @SchaferLabUMass @Viole_DL @Meng2Fu @jrplemel @zia_sameera 3/3

Excited to finally have this published! Out today in @NatureComms, we show that following demyelination in a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis, treatment of senescent microglia with senolytics leads to improved remyelination. nature.com/articles/s4146… 1/3

🚨Glia trainees! We received over 100 applications for #GRS2025 Glial Biology. 🤩🤩 There are limited seats available for this conference. If you have been waitlisted, this is not a reflection of your science, we have reached capacity! @Viole_DL

Our last speaker before the coffee break is Pablo Giménez @NeurobioUMass speaking about the neural circuits that suppress binge alcohol drinking #ChristmasMeeting_IN

The last short talk in our #ChristmasMeeting_IN is by Violeta Duran @Viole_DL @NeurobioUMass about senescence across aging and neurodegeneration

Our XXI Christmas Meeting is almost here! 🎄✨ Check out the full program and get ready👀🎁 #ChristmasMeeting_IN

Come join us this Thursday for a virtual Science Cafe! Open to everyone - no science background required. @patwsheehan and I will discuss how glial cells ⭐️💥 shape our brains 🧠 - research taking place in the Schafer Lab @SchaferLabUMass at UMass Chan @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan

⏰Glia Trainees! Submit your abstract by Dec 1st for a chance to be selected for oral presentation at GRS 2025 Glial Biology!!💥Funds available for childcare support, upon request!Reach out @Viole_DL and me with any questions! #GLIA #astrocytes #microglia #oligodendrocytes

#JustIn: @UMassChan researcher Victor R. Ambros, PhD, the Silverman Chair in Natural Sciences and professor of molecular medicine, has received the 2024 @NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA. #NobelPrize #medicine #BreakingNews #Worcester @ProgMolMed

nature.com/articles/s4159… I hope this is a helpful review! Appreciate the opportunity to co-write this review in @NatImmunol with my mentor @FitzgeraldKate. Thanks to all the reviewers' comments which significantly elevated our work and thanks to the unsung artists for their art!

We are so proud of, and excited for, our own @SchaferLabUMass ! Such a star and so well deserved!

💥Glia trainees!! Registration is open for #GliaGRS! Don't miss the opportunity to present your research, connect with peers and get feedback from leaders in glial biology in a friendly and supportive environment! @Viole_DL and I are looking forward to meeting all of you!

@MartinaChiacch2 grc.org/glial-biology-…

📢Glia trainees! Applications for the #GliaGRS are open! Please spread the word and submit your abstract early since it usually oversubscribes. @MartinaChiacch2 and I are very excited to see you all there!

PhD candidate Jacob Stillman has won a @NIH_NINDS-funded Ruth L. Kirschstein Award to further his research on remyelination. Discover how he’s working to target diseases such as multiple sclerosis: direc.to/kC5f 🧬 🧠 @jacobmstillman @SchaferLabUMass @NeurobioUMass

Happy to share our lab’s recent review in Current Opinion Neurobiology on “Microglial phagocytic mechanisms: Development informing disease”. Special Thanks to @becca_beiter and @patwsheehan in the lab @NeurobioUMass for their hard work on this piece: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations @jacobmstillman in the Schafer lab @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan @UMassChanGSBS for receiving the official NOA for his F31 from @NINDSfunding. His work on endosomal TLRs in microglia is 🤯

Block your agendas for October 7th and 8th. We will have our 1st International Conference of the Spanish Society of Cell Senescence in Santiago de Compostela. Stay tuned for more info and become a member. Write to: sociedad.senescel@gmail.com to register as an official member

Congratulations to Becca Beiter @becca_beiter and Pablo Gimenez Gomez @PabloGimGom from @NeurobioUMass for being awarded the @UMassChanGSBS postdoc mentoring award! So well deserved! We are so lucky to have you.

Congratulations @PabloGimGom his Young Investigator Educational Enhancement award from @ASNeurochem. @NeurobioUMass @UMassChan is well represented!