The Song lab used optogenetic techniques to stimulate specific brain cells to increase production of neural stem cells and neurons relevant to memory and emotion processing in animal models, as published in Nature Neuroscience May 6.
Dr. Natalie Hewitt and Dr. Kevin Knight received their PhD hoods in a private hooding ceremony this past weekend. Our congratulations to both!
Dr. Saran successfully defended her PhD, “Bile Acid Transporters and Hepatotoxicity: Novel Mechanisms and in Vitro Models,” on April 19.
Dr. León successfully defended his PhD, “Enhancing the function and delivery of chimeric antigen receptor T-cells: Implications for treatment of solid tumors,” on April 4.
“Story of an Experiment – Cell Metabolic Analysis” – a video presentation with Eden Yitbarek Zewdie of the Earp Lab, filmed by Rika Khadria.
Dr. Hewitt successfully defended her PhD, “Modulation of Active State Dynamics by Catalytic Glutamine Mutations in Large G proteins,” on March 31.
Dr. Taylor Enrico successfully defended her PhD, “Control of Proliferation by the Ubiquitin Proteasome System,” on March 4.
Congratulations to Dr. Damania and Dr. Dittmer on receiving this award honoring their research in oncology and virology! Dr. Damania is a joint Professor in Pharmacology.
Congratulations to Blossom Damania, PhD, for being featured on Hometown Hero on Jan. 18!
Cosmos, a website dedicated to the science of everything, includes a video of cellular movement from the labs of Klaus Hahn and Tim Elston in their top ten best science videos of 2021!
