Xochitl Luna
@xochitl-luna.bsky.social
MIT PhD Candidate - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
BS in Chemistry, MIT 2022
Studying the role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease
BS in Chemistry, MIT 2022
Studying the role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease
This week, I was grateful to be named a semifinalist for the ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award. I also gave my first platform talk, detailing my work with @geneticsmike7.bsky.social on noncoding MS SNPs in microglia. Missed the talk? See our MedRXiV preprint: tiny.cc/gallagher-luna-2025
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This week, I was grateful to be named a semifinalist for the ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award. I also gave my first platform talk, detailing my work with @geneticsmike7.bsky.social on noncoding MS SNPs in microglia. Missed the talk? See our MedRXiV preprint: tiny.cc/gallagher-luna-2025
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We've been asking Whitehead Institute scientists to give us their elevator pitch!
In the first installment of #Sciencein60, grad student Xochitl Luna describes her research on microglia, the brain's resident immune cells that play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS). @xochitl-luna.bsky.social
In the first installment of #Sciencein60, grad student Xochitl Luna describes her research on microglia, the brain's resident immune cells that play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS). @xochitl-luna.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We've been asking Whitehead Institute scientists to give us their elevator pitch!
In the first installment of #Sciencein60, grad student Xochitl Luna describes her research on microglia, the brain's resident immune cells that play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS). @xochitl-luna.bsky.social
In the first installment of #Sciencein60, grad student Xochitl Luna describes her research on microglia, the brain's resident immune cells that play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS). @xochitl-luna.bsky.social