Event of this month: Our lab participated in the International School of Neuroscience held from December 13-17. This was a great and unforgettable experience with the participation of 20 students and live streaming from social media.
Congratulations to Andrew for winning the first PhD year presentation in the Research and Innovation day at Biological Sciences_UL . Well deserved and well done! More interesting things about sex differences to come!
We are hiring! Two SFI-funded positions are now available in our lab. We are looking for enthusiastic and research-driven candidates for a Postdoctoral fellow and Research Assistant positions interested in working on a project to better understand the hormonal regulation of mitochondria metabolism. Come work with us in a stunning, international, and multicultural University located in a wonderful area (Castletroy/Limerick) with lots to do! See our lab website (www.barretolab.org) for more info about us and our current projects. DM me if you have any question (George.Barreto@ul.ie)!
Applications due December 2nd.
Apply here:
https://lnkd.in/e6yS7Fze
Postdoctoral fellow (ID 047828)
Research Assistant (ID 047829)
Abstracts submission is open! Check out our event's page: https://sites.google.com/view/neurosteroids2022
New paper published in collaboration with Kristi A Kohlmeier and Altair Brito from University of Copenhagen (Denmark): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34693879/
Bioscience Final Year Proyect season kicks off! Our lab welcomes Frances, Emer and Daniela, who will be working on mitochondria and neuroglobin-related projects!
Lea Lüdtke from RWTH Aachen University (Germany) is joining our group as Eramus Student - she will spend 3.5 months taking on a project to better understand the actions of hormones over brain cells. Welcome Lea!!!
Our new review has just been published! Get to know more about how estrogenic compounds regulate neuroglobin signaling.
Interested to know how machine learning as a high-throughput approach is used to predict disease onset and development? Check out our new review paper!
Léana Aberrane, an Erasmus student from France, starts her internship in our group. Her project aims to better understand the role of neuroglobin and hormone signaling in the diseased brain! Welcome Léana!!!
We are delighted to have been funded an Ulysses 2020 award from Irish Research Council (IRC) and Health Research Board (HRB) to support our collaborative work with Dr Karim Belarbi from University of Lille (France). Our joint project aims to delve into the participation of mitochondrial proteins as potential biomarkers in Parkinson's disease patients.
Ally Crimmins joins our group as a Summer Bioscience student. Welcome Ally!
Our new logo has been launched! This identifies our key research areas and prospective studies!!!
Do you know some plants have estrogenic properties? Check out our new review on this interesting topic: Estrogenic Plants: to Prevent Neurodegeneration and Memory Loss and Other Symptoms in Women After Menopause
Andrew's first paper!!! Time to celebrate!