Alessandra Veinbachs & Jack Reid

Alessandra Veinbachs (student)

"Phone-a-(long distance) friend: Lesion-remote astrocytes support microglial white matter repair"

McCallum, S., Suresh, K.B., Islam, T.S. et al. Lesion-remote astrocytes govern microglia-mediated white matter repair. Nature 649, 959–970 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09887-y

Coaches: Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD and Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD

Jack Reid (student)

"Color Theory: Fine-tuned Control of Cell Decisions"

An, B., Tang, TC., Zhang, Q. et al. Synthetic circuits for cell ratio control. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10259-3

Coaches: Julia Carnevale, MD and Roarke Kamber, PhD

Moderators: Anjeli Mase & Sena Cinar