Congratulations Dr. Lamb!
Reagan successfully defended her thesis! Dr. Lamb will be moving on to join Dr. Hammarlund's group at Yale University for her postdoctoral fellowship.
Reagan Selected for Optical Microscopy and Imaging Program
Reagan was accepted into the Optical Microscopy and Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory!
Training Fellowship Awarded
Reagan was awarded an F31 NRSA Fellowship from NIH for her project on PXF-1 regulating synapse development at the neuromuscular junction!
First Author Publication for Reagan
Reagan's first manuscript was published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience! This research provides a link between RapGEF function and synapse development. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.945680/full
UK COM Office of Biomedical Education’s Annual Trainee Poster Session
Reagan's poster on PXF-1 regulating synapse development won third place in the poster awards at the annual Trainee Poster Session!
Kentucky Neuroscience Institute Research Symposium 2019
Second year PhD student, Hank Richburg, was selected for a talk at the KNI Symposium! He presented his research on membrane-associated guanylate kinases and their roles in regulating neuronal activity.
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Seminar
Sam discussed the use of C. elegans to understand how neurons and glia communicate to regulate the function of neuronal circuits. The seminar provided an opportunity to discuss new approaches…
Kentucky Neuroscience Institute Research Symposium 2018
Sam shared his postdoctoral research on C. elegans as a way to gain insights into the mechanisms that underlie epilepsy. The symposium assembled researchers that spanned fundamental, pre-clinical, and translational…