Luke gave an amazing talk at his (last) INP RIP seminar!
Sensory Physiology Labs at Yale
Collaborative projects between Slav Bagriantsev and Elena Gracheva Laboratories at Yale University
Our paper on the structure and functional mechanism in Meissner corpuscle is out in Science Advances!
Nikolaev YA*, Ziolkowski LH*, Pang S, Li W-P, Feketa VV, Xu CS, Gracheva, EO, Bagriantsev SN. 3D architecture and a bi-cellular mechanism of touch detection in mechanosensory corpuscle. Science Advances, 2023, 9:eadi4147.
Rebecca’s nailed her final talk in the INP research-in-progress seminar series! Congrats!
Elena, Slav and Haoran went to University of Alaska Fairbanks to attend the 2023 Hibernation Science Workshop!
We met Owen Funk – our first lab alumnus!
Slav is drawing “Hibernation”
Result
Haoran’s presentation
Elena’s lecture
Gearing up to visit the permafrost tunnels!
Just outside the tunnels
Akitoshi Chikamoto is a new postdoc in Slav’s lab.
Welcome!
Shade Eleazer (INP) joins Elena’s lab as a PhD student.
Welcome!
Two weeks of outreach! Sensory Physiology Club is teaching science to New Haven school students!
Amit Rana joins Elena’s group. Welcome!
Maryann gave a terrific talk at the 2023 Kavli meeting!
essential pre-talk rituals (works every time)…
and the talk begins!
time for questions!
Sam Bae joins (for the second time!) Slav’s lab for a summer project, and Sam Levchenko joins Elena’s.
Welcome!
Sam Bae
Sam Levchenko
Lorraine Hillgen from Choate Rosemary Hall joins Slav’s group for a summer project.
Welcome!
Ben leaves the lab to become a student at U-Mass Boston. Thanks for you work, Ben and good luck!
Emily Gu leaves the lab after several months of work with Maddy on a squirrel project. It’s been great having you in the lab, Emily!
Haoran gave a great talk during her INP RIP seminar!
Yale Physiology Retreat 2023 at West Campus!
Retreat logo by Ke
Group photo – Department of Physiology, 2023 edition
Elena, Ke, Slav
Haoran
David, Mai, Maryann
Viktor is interrogating someone
Maddy
Rafael is singing a song
Yury
Rebecca
Slav’s talk
Sarah’s talk
Rafael wins the Grand Prix game!
Organizing committee – Ke, Marco and others!
Ke has completed yet another thesis committee meeting, a PhD is in sight!
Our review on thermoregulation in hibernators is out in Trends in Neuroscience!
Feketa VV, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. Ground squirrels — experts in thermoregulatory adaptation. Trends in Neurosciences 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2023.04.008
Haoran receives a travel fellowship to attend Hibernation Science Workshop in Alaska!
Rebecca, Ke and Yury went to Zuckerman Institue at Columbia to present their work on the sense of touch in squirrels, elephant nose fish and ducks!
Haoran nailed her quals today! One step closer to a PhD!
Maryann reported on a new chapter in our lab’s hibernation research during her Physiology RIP talk!
Mai and Yury’s collaborative work with the Sobolevsky lab is out in Nature Communications!
Neuberger A, Oda M, Nikolaev YA, Nadezhdin KD, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN, Sobolevsky AI. Human TRPV1 structure and inhibition by the analgesic SB-366791. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 2451.
Elena, Ke and Jiawen went to Rockefeller University for an iDISCO workshop! But a slice of NY pizza first (just to reaffirm that New Haven apizza is way better).
We are absolutely thrilled to host Art Beyder today and learn about his work on the sense of touch in the gut!
A new pre-print from our lab by Yury and Luke reports the structure of Meissner corpuscle and the amazing bi-cellular mechanism by which corpuscles detect touch.
Nikolaev YA, Ziolkowski LH, Pang S, Li W-P, Feketa VV, Xu CS, Gracheva, EO, Bagriantsev SN*. 3D architecture and a bi-cellular mechanism of touch detection in mechanosensory corpuscle. (2023) bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.05.535701.
Rafael has passed another one of his thesis committee meetings – one step closer to PhD!
Rafael before the meeting…
…and right after!
A new study by Sarah Mohr is out on BioRxiv!
Mohr SM, Dai Pra R, Platt MP, Feketa VV, Shanabrough M, Varela L, Kristant A, Cao H, Merriman DK, Horvath TL, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. Hypothalamic thyroid hormone deficiency underlies reversible anorexia in a mammalian hibernator. bioRxiv 2023.03.15.532843; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.15.532843
Sensory Physiology Club keeps promoting science among school students. This time we hosted 65 kids form around New Haven!
Rafael nailed his talk during today’s Physiology RIP seminar!
Luke is one step closer to his defense! 
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