Gallup Park - Irene Fast Shelter
Come out to Gallup Park on Thursday, July 22, 2021, between noon and 2 pm to enjoy a team picnic with lunch, conversation, and games. This will be our first opportunity in more than a year to gather in one location.
For those new to CDB, this will be the first time you are meeting the team in person. For others, this will be an
Emily (Spence Lab) successfully defended her thesis" Interrogating organ-specific niche factors in the developing human intestine to inform organ engineering" on June 30, 2021.
Nina has been received a K99/R00: Pathway to Independence Award!
Project title: "Investigating Cellular Communication in the Tumor Microenvironment in Pancreatic Cancer"
This NIH award helps mentored postdoctoral researchers transition into an independent researcher.
Lucas (Giger Lab) successfully defended his thesis "More than Clearing the Clutter: The Imperative Role of Efferocytosis in Repair and Immune Reprogramming in the Damaged Nervous System" on June 25, 2021.
Swathi recently received a 2021 McKnight Scholar Award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neurosciences in support of her innovative research "Cellular Mechanisms Controlling Circadian Rhythms."
Nigel (Cai Lab) successfully defended his thesis "The developmental landscape of neurogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster revealed using targeted single-cell RNA-sequencing and a multi-informatic analysis paradigm" on June 2, 2021.
Jason has been promoted to the rank of professor with tenure!
Melanie and Bing have been promoted to the rank of professor with tenure!
Dawen and Mara have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure!
Aaron (Fingar Lab) successfully defended his thesis "Novel upstream activation of mTORC2 by the innate immune kinase TBK1" on April 30, 2021.
