Slav and Elena Labs at Yale

Collaborative projects between Slav Bagriantsev and Elena Gracheva Laboratories at Yale University

Shade gives a talk at INP

Shade gave a wonderful talk on the mechanisms of reproductive developent during hibernation at INP RIP seminar!

Kamila is awarded the Lykouretzos Scholarship 

Congratulations to Kamila on becoming The Lykouretzos Distinguished Scholar!

The Lykouretzos Distinguished Scholars Fund will award fellowships to select graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who exhibit an extraordinary level of talent and promise in the field of neuroscience.

Katrina passes quals

Congratulations to Katrina on passing her qualifying exam!

Jiawen gives a talk in Physiology

A great talk by Jiawen at the Physiology RIP seminar on the mechanism of circannual cycle during hibernation!

Rafael gives a talk at Physiology

Sexual maturation during hibernation – a great talk by Rafael at Physiology RIP seminar!

Melissa passes quals

Melissa passes her qualifying exam! Congratulations!!

Yury leaves the lab to become a professor

Bittersweet news – Yury leaves the lab to become a professor at Umeå University in Sweden!

All the best in your scientific journey, Yury!

Haoran gives a talk at INP

Haoran gave a talk at INP RIP on the neurophysiology of feeding during hibernation!

Maryann’s talk at Physiology RIP

A great talk by Maryann at Physiology RIP on the mechanisms of blood-brain barrier during hibernation!

Camille gives a talk at Physiology RIP

Camille’s first ever talk at Physiology RIP Seminal on electro- and mechanoreception!

Current Biology

Our paper on the sense of touch in Elephantnose fish is out in Current Biology!

Tan K, Hillgen-Santa LF, Graham M, Li Y, Liu X, Pang S, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Functional evidence for early origin of tactile acuity in the vertebrate somatosensory system. Current Biology 2025, e-pub 09/12/2025

Alessandro joins the lab

Alessandro Horvath-Diano joins Slav’s lab as a visiting undergraduate. Welcome!

We’re 13 years old!

Camille defends Master’s thesis

Congratulations to Camille on defending her Master’s thesis!

Poster session for new Physiology students

Postering to advertise the labs for the new cohort of Physiology PhD students!

Lab research in Quanta Magazine

A great piece in Quanta Magazine by Dan Samorodnitsky on the mechanisms of thirst “What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty“. Features an interview with Elena!

Slav and Elena labs 2025

Some people are missing, but almost everyone is here:

Outreach

Two weeks of science with high school students! Go Sensory Physiology Club!

Rafael talks at CoNNExINS

Congratulations to Rafael on being selected to present his work at CoNNExINS (Colloquium at NYU for Networking: Extramural for Invited Neuroscience Students)!

Kamila gives a talk at INP

A great talk by Kamila at today’s INP RIP seminar!

Rafael joins the Rising Stars Symposium

Our own Rafael has been selected to present his work at the Rising Stars in Neuroscience Symposium at U-Utah!

 

Maddy wins the Neuroscience Doctoral Thesis Prize

Congratulations to Maddy on winning the Sandra and Charlie Greer Neuroscience Doctoral Thesis Prize!

Neuroscience Retreat 2025

Slav and Elena Labs at the Neuroscience Retreat 2025!

Shade gives a talk at INP RIP

Shade nailed her talk on neurophysiology of reproduction during hibernation at the INP RIP seminar!

Jiawen gives a talk at Physiology RIP

A great talk by Jiawen at Physiology RIP seminar on the mechanism of circannual clock in hibernators!

Katrina’s first talk at INP

The very first – and awesome! – talk by Katrina at the INP RIP seminar!

Our Pacinian structure is featured on BPoD

Our 3D reconstruction of the Pacinian corpuscle is featured on the Biomedical Picture of the Day (BPoD)!

 

Kamila wins honorable mention at NSF

Kamila’s grant receives an honorable mention from NSF. Congratulations!

Haoran gives a talk at INP RIP

Haoran nailed her talk on neurophysiology of hyperphagia at INP RIP seminar!

 

Outreach

Our Sensory Physiology Club did another outreach session – this time to 120 students from New Haven schools!

 

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