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2nd Annual Linnstaedt Lab March Madness Challenge

April 7, 2025
Congratulations to Miranda, the winner of the 2nd Annual Linnstaedt Lab March Madness Challenge, with an impressive 115 points! Despite picking Duke to win (unfortunately), her bracket outperformed the rest of the lab.

Dr. Linnstaedt presents the lab’s research at the Triangle RNA Research-in-Progress meeting held at Duke University

March 6, 2025
We are very appreciative of the opportunity to present our RNA-focused research and to engage with the local community of RNA biologists.                  

Our lab’s manuscript on early life adversity and chronic posttraumatic pain was accepted for publication in PAIN.

January 7, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren McKibben, Alice Woolard, Ying Zhao, Jacqueline Mickelson, and Taanvii Verma from our lab for acceptance of their paper entitled “Early life adversity increases risk for chronic posttraumatic pain, data from humans and rodents” in PAIN, January 2025.

Dr. McKibben submits three first-author papers in the last four months.

December 11, 2024
Dr. Lauren McKibben has recently submitted three manuscripts that are now available on medRxiv and bioRxiv servers. These include: Early Life Adversity Increases Risk for Chronic Posttraumatic Pain: Data from Humans and Rodents Peritraumatic C-Reactive Protein Levels Predict Pain Outcomes Following Traumatic Stress Exposure in a Sex-Dependent Manner Transcriptional Changes Across Tissue and Time...

BCB graduate student Brittanie Winfield delivered a talk at the Fall 2024 BACPAC Meeting.

November 20, 2024
BCB graduate student Brittanie Winfield was invited to present her talk, titled “Robust Peritraumatic Immune System Activation Improves Pain Recovery Following Traumatic Stress Exposure,” at the Fall 2024 BACPAC Meeting.