Melina R. Bellini
@mrbel.bsky.social
🚀Science Communicator at Diagnostics Biochem Canada | 📖 Professor, Adv Stat Meth and Process Control (Fanshawe College) | 🎓 Ph.D. in Musculoskeletal Health Research (Western University). Let's connect 🧲 🌎 linkedin.com/in/mbcan
Fourth-year #neuroscience student Madison Henderson is studying #ChronicPain through an Undergraduate Summer Research Internship, an experiential learning opportunity at #WesternU. "I feel like I’m helping make a difference." news.westernu.ca/2025/08/chro...
Western student investigates indicators of chronic pain - Western News
Fourth year neuroscience student Madison Henderson is researching early indicators of chronic pain, as part of the USRI program at Western University.
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Neuroscientist Emma Duerden is helping youth who experience anxiety. Sharing her deep understanding of brain development, she collaborates with educators across disciplines to promote long-term resilience. #TheImpactProject #WesternU buff.ly/xblDusF
#WesternU PhD candidate Sabrina Staples stared at a small silicone chip for months, trying to coax cells into doing something remarkable. It paid off. She's the lead author on a study that improves understanding of blood vessel growth. @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
PhD candidate shows intussusceptive angiogenesis - Western News
PhD candidate Sabrina Staples led research that broke new ground in the understanding of how blood vessels grow through intussusceptive angiogenesis.
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In his memory, Western has opened an equity-based graduate scholarship. Please consider supporting his final initiative if you are able: www.westernconnect.ca/beier ; thank you for all the time you spent and laughs you shared with him. We love and miss him so much already. - The Beiers
Hi all. Frank passed peacefully with the love of his family on July 18, 2025 in London, ON. He was a wonderful human being who shared much of his life with you. We could not have asked for a better father, grandfather, friend, colleague, or mentor. 1/
For those that followed Frank’s battle and his legacy, our faculty has created a scholarship on his name that will support equity deserving students. Frank led by example on EDI during his chairmanship. Please support if you can.
Melina R. Bellini@mrbel.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you, @beierlab.bsky.social , for your remarkable impact you will be deeply missed ❤️ The Frank Beier Graduate Opportunity Scholarship is one way your legacy of generosity and mentorship will live on. I miss you! www.giving.westernu.ca/giving/frank...
Thank you, @beierlab.bsky.social , for your remarkable impact you will be deeply missed ❤️ The Frank Beier Graduate Opportunity Scholarship is one way your legacy of generosity and mentorship will live on. I miss you! www.giving.westernu.ca/giving/frank...
The Frank Beier Graduate Opportunity Scholarship
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Lots of visitors these days! Former PhD students and postdocs coming by from in and out of town. A sad occasion but great to see them all! Oh those memories.... sorry for the poor selfie skills....
“The more we use scientific evidence and best practices to improve outcomes for kids, the less likely we’ll provide services that don’t work.” #WesternU professor Shannon Stewart is developing tools to optimize the health and well-being of children and youth.
Using data-driven solutions to improve mental health services for children, youth - Western News
Western researcher Shannon Stewart is developing quality indicators to measure, and ultimately improve, mental health services for children and youth.
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To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd
Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News
Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.
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Pleased to be part of this amazing work as part of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centre Network & Terry Fox Foundation! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Terry Fox Research Institute Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network: A pan-Canadian precision oncology initiative
The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN), led by the Terry Fox Research Institute and the Terry Fox Foundation, unites researchers, clinic…
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Congratulations to PhysPharm department members Lisa and Taylor on these well deserved awards!!!
WesternU Research@westernuresearch.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to the awardees of this years' Western Research Excellence Awards, who are each recognized for their scholarship, creativity and impact in their chosen fields: news.westernu.ca/2025/07/west...
This month's #BasicScience #EditorsChoice paper demonstrates that the Maresin 1-LGR6 axis mitigates inflammation and #PTOA after transection of the #ACL in mice🐭. @lehoczky-lab.bsky.social 🔗https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1063458425008696?via%3Dihub
Dozens of studies illustrate the feasibility of engineering probiotics to secrete GLP-1 and Rx #diabetes in mice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hypoglycemic effect of C. butyricum-pMTL007-GLP-1 engineered probiotics on type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia. Recently, the incidence of diabetes has increased exponentially, and it is estimated to become the seventh lead...
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Today is my last day as Chair of Physiology and Pharmacology at @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @westernu.ca, after 7 years (1 yr acting, 5 in term 1, 1 in term 2). I would have loved to complete term 2 but my advancing cancer leaves me no choice. 1/
This is a fantastic department, with great staff, faculty, and trainees. Thank you all for making this as enjoyable as it can be and for your cooperative spirit. Thanks also to my fellow basic science chairs for all the collaboration!
The Canadian Track & Field Championships are coming to #LdnOnt in 2027 & 2028! #WesternU will play host to the Bell Track & Field Trials in 2028, which help determine who competes for Canada at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games. #LA28 news.westernu.ca/2025/06/cana...
Canadian Track & Field Championships come to Western - Western News
London, Ont. is the host of the Canadian Track & Field Championships in 2027 and 2028, which will be held at Western's Alumni Stadium
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Why do some drugs cause hallucinations and others don’t, even when they act on the same part of the brain? 🤔🧠 A research team including #SchulichMedDent prof Peter Chidiac will explore new compounds that may offer the benefits of psychedelics in mental health - minus the hallucinations. #WesternU
New project investigates psychedelics for mental health - Western News
Western prof Peter Chidiac will test new experimental compounds that could offer the potential benefit of psychedelics for mental health treatment.
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The @jorspine.bsky.social welcomes three new Associate Editors: Cheryle Seguin, PhD; Fabio Galbusera, PhD; and Ashish Diwan, MD, PhD. Their #spine expertise supports our aspiration to broaden #preclinical research in the journal. Learn more: bit.ly/4m5yCyT
So great to be back at Western University for the career seminar! Thanks @beierlab.bsky.social for attending. Excited for what’s next! 🎓✨ #CareerSeminar #WesternU @westernualumni.bsky.social #CareerInspiration #HealthcareInnovation #CommunityEngagement
Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of @unesco.org's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and I wanted to share some important facts about how far we've come and how far we need to go. 🧵(1/7) #WomenInScience
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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