Rafael Almeida
@almeidalab.bsky.social
Chancellor's Fellow (ERC StG & NIRG) @ Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh 🐟🧠 🏳️🌈
Interested in synaptic and non-synaptic neurotransmission, and myelin
#zebrafish #neurobiology #neuroscience
http://almeida-lab.com
Interested in synaptic and non-synaptic neurotransmission, and myelin
#zebrafish #neurobiology #neuroscience
http://almeida-lab.com
Excitement is brewing amongst the team to welcome Neuroscience MSc students to the lab next week. Can't wait to show them Fin Diesel 🐟🔬
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Excitement is brewing amongst the team to welcome Neuroscience MSc students to the lab next week. Can't wait to show them Fin Diesel 🐟🔬
👁Happy Halloween from our resident Cyclops fish 👁
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
👁Happy Halloween from our resident Cyclops fish 👁
Congrats to our PhD Wei Huang for getting a wee grant for upskilling her 🐟🔬 analysis - thank you Darwin Trust!
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Congrats to our PhD Wei Huang for getting a wee grant for upskilling her 🐟🔬 analysis - thank you Darwin Trust!
Updated Almeida lab photo :)
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Updated Almeida lab photo :)
Reposted by Rafael Almeida
If you're interested in trafficking of #myelin constituents in #oligodendrocytes, and of course you are, you may want to check out our new preprint. It's very nice PhD work by @sophiesiems.bsky.social, and we're grateful to all who contributed!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Adaptor protein complex 2 (AP2) participates in biogenesis and homeostasis of myelin sheaths in the central nervous system
Myelination of CNS axons requires oligodendrocytes to undergo extensive morphological changes by producing large amounts of myelin membrane with defined protein composition and structure. The formatio...
www.biorxiv.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you're interested in trafficking of #myelin constituents in #oligodendrocytes, and of course you are, you may want to check out our new preprint. It's very nice PhD work by @sophiesiems.bsky.social, and we're grateful to all who contributed!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thrilled that myelin purifier extraordinaire @sophiesiems.bsky.social bagged a DFG fellowship from the Walter Benjamin Program to study axon-myelin adhesion dynamics in zebrafish! Congrats Sophie, and thanks DFG ☺️
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thrilled that myelin purifier extraordinaire @sophiesiems.bsky.social bagged a DFG fellowship from the Walter Benjamin Program to study axon-myelin adhesion dynamics in zebrafish! Congrats Sophie, and thanks DFG ☺️
Reposted by Rafael Almeida
Couple of opportunities up to join the group!
One at postdoc level, but open to senior support path.
One research assistant role.
Please share, or drop a line if you want to learn more!
Or just apply!
Thanks!
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One at postdoc level, but open to senior support path.
One research assistant role.
Please share, or drop a line if you want to learn more!
Or just apply!
Thanks!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
January 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Couple of opportunities up to join the group!
One at postdoc level, but open to senior support path.
One research assistant role.
Please share, or drop a line if you want to learn more!
Or just apply!
Thanks!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
One at postdoc level, but open to senior support path.
One research assistant role.
Please share, or drop a line if you want to learn more!
Or just apply!
Thanks!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Celebrating a very Scottish Christmas season in the Almeida lab with deep fried mars bars 🤤🎅🎄
December 13, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Celebrating a very Scottish Christmas season in the Almeida lab with deep fried mars bars 🤤🎅🎄