News
August 2026:
- 🍾 Hannah received the Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award! We are excited to see all that this exciting experience has in store for Hannah.
July 2026:
- 🍾 London received an OURI Undergraduate Research Grant!
April 2026:
- 📄Hannah’s methods paper was accepted for publication in Bio-Protocol.
- 🔬Sofia was awarded a SURF fellowship to continue her dissertation work in the lab this Summer 🙂
- 🍾 Mae was accepted in the John Nambu Memorial Summer Student Research Assistant Program!
March 2026:
- 💲Hannah received the 2025 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Jupiter Scholarship. Congrats Hannah!!
- ✈️ Sofia was accepted to the UC Davis Neuroscience Initiative for Education & Discovery (NIED) – A two-day inclusive training program at UC Davis for undergraduates considering a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Congrats Sofia!
- 🍾 Tessa received the Dean Perry College of Science Graduate Scholarship. Yay Tessa!
- 🎓 Dilara was admitted to the master’s in Biology and will join the lab in the Fall. We are excited!
January 2026:
- Tessa’s paper was accepted!
November 2025:
- 👩🏼🎓 Tessa successfully passed her proposal and advanced to candidacy!
- 📸 Laura won the Art of Science 2025 photo contest in the Faculty in The Lab category
- 🏆 Tessa is one of the winners of the Art of Science 2025 photo contest, Research Excellence category
Check it out here
August 2025:
- Tessa has started a new role at Proteintech in their Brand Ambassador Program 👩🔬
April 2025:
- Sammi received the Nambu Memorial Summer Research Fellowship.
February 2025:
- Tessa received the 2024 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Jupiter Scholarship. Yay Tessa!
- Hannah just finished her lab rotations and decided to join the lab. Welcome to the lab, Hannah!
January 2025:
- Tessa receives the Jupiter Life science Initiative Graduate Excellence award. Congratulations Tessa!
December 2024:
- 🥈Addison is among the winners of the FAU Art of Science contest for the second year in a row and Tessa received an honorable mention. Congrats! Check all the images here
March 2024:
- 💵 Addison receives a Nambu memorial summer program fellowship, and will continue working on her project this Summer.
February 2024:
- 👩🏼🎓 Tessa, our NGP rotation student, joins the lab! Welcome Tessa!
January 2024:
- 🥇Addison wins the FAU Art of Science contest with her zebrafish spinal cord image. 🔬Yay Addison! See all the winners here
- 🍾 Kaleb’s undergraduate research on axolotl Müller glia was published in the Journal of Neurophysiology. Congrats Kaleb! Check it out here
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