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SPRING/SUMMER 2026
The Xin lab opens at DKJEI / KBI @ UHN and the University of Toronto! If you are interested in exploring how oligodendrocytes and myelin change neuronal function and plasticity, please get in touch! We are keen to chat with potential lab members at all stages of training.
MAY 2026
If you are attending the Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting in Montreal, please check out our symposium on Wednesday afternoon, entitled "Glial-neuron and glial-immune interactions in nervous system development and repair"!
JANUARY 2025
Extremely honored and grateful to receive the Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring! Working with the incredible members of the Chan lab has been the pinnacle of my academic journey.
DECEMBER 2024
So excited to join the Allen Institute Next Generation Leaders Program! Grateful for this opportunity to learn from, and hopefully contribute to, the transformative open science programs at the Allen.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-announces-2024-next-generation-leaders/
AUGUST 2023
Sat down with JHU's #100 Alumni Voices to reflect on the role of luck in science, what it's like to balance a postdoc and a family, and how Hopkins shaped my scientific journey.
https://imagine.jhu.edu/dlds-alumni-stories/100_alumni_voices/dr-wendy-xin/
MARCH 2023
The 2023 Glial GRS meeting is just around the corner! Huge thanks to our invited speakers and sponsors for making this meeting possible: https://www.grc.org/glial-biology-functional-interactions-among-glia-and-neurons-grs-conference/2023/
APRIL 2021
Our neuroscience-themed sugar cookies got a shoutout from Cell Mentor: http://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/how-to-keep-your-virtual-lab-meeting-from-being-just-another-zoom-call
APRIL 2021
Our conversation on pandemic-related experiences and challenges faced by early career researchers has been published at Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22039-w
Thanks to editor Elisa Floriddia for the opportunity to share my thoughts!
MARCH 2021
Thank you to everyone who participated in Virtual Glia 2021! We enjoyed a stellar two days of science and camaraderie with glial trainees from all over the world. Special thanks to all our sponsors, as well as the administrators in the UCSF Division of Neuroimmunology & Glial Biology for their help with financial and technical logistics!
FEBRUARY 2021
The detailed program for Virtual Glia 2021 (March 12-13, 2021) is now online: https://www.virtualglia.org/schedule
The deadline for poster submission is February 28. We have received >1000 registrations and >150 abstracts; huge thanks to our sponsors for helping us keep this meeting free and open to all!
APRIL 2020
Sat down with Once A Scientist podcast host Nick Edwards to discuss grad school, academic research, glia, and Science Twitter. Tune in here, or find the Once a Scientist podcast on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify.
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