Luke Ziolkowski, a new PhD student (Neuroscience track) joins Slav’s lab.
Welcome Luke!
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Our review on hibernation is out in Ann Rev Cell Dev Biol!
Mohr SM, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. Cellular, Molecular, and Physiological Adaptations of Hibernation: The Solution to Environmental Challenges. Ann Rev Cell Dev Biol 2020, 36: e-pub Sept 08, 2020.
Congratulations, Sarah!
We posted our first preprint on BioRxiv on mechanosensitivty of Pacinian and Meissner Corpsucles!
Nikolaev YA, Feketa VV, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Lamellar cells in Pacinian and Meissner corpuscles are touch sensors. BioRxiv 2020.2008.2024.265231.
This year our Sensory Physiology Club went online. We taught physiology to a group of wonderful students from Greater New Haven school. An unforgettable week!
Watch the video! Starring uber-scientists from Slav and Elena Labs at Yale!
Sarah and Elena and putting together outreach kits to be sent to each student.
A Zoom proprioception test – the first of its kind.
Viktor’s lecture on the sense of touch.
Going though key scientific concepts.
Sarah’s lab tour: calcium imaging experiment!
Marco explain the two-plate preference test for temperature sensitivity
Sarah’s lecture on the sense of smell.
Jenny’s lecture on the sense of taste.
A wonderful group of science hungry students – THANK YOU!
Bonus: the Ice Bucket Challenge!
Viktor gave a winning talk at Yale PostDoc Symposium! Second year in a row!. Congratulations!
Rafael, a new PhD student (Molecular Physiology track) joins Elena’s lab. Welcome!
Maddy successfully passes her thesis prospectus defense! Congratulations!
Absent from the picture are committee members: Michael Caplan, Emile Boulpaep and Rui Chang.
Contratulations to Elena on becoming a finalist of 2020 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, the world’s largest unrestricted prize for early-career scientists!
Congratulations to Jenny on becoming a 2020 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar!
Sarah has successfully defended her thesis prospectus – another milestone towards her PhD. Congrats Sarah!
Our new study is out in eLife!
Feketa VV, Nikolaev YA, Merriman DK, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. CNGA3 acts as a cold sensor in hypothalamic neurons. eLife 2020, 9:e55370.
Maddy took her qualifying exams by Zoom today.
Tension is building…
After reshuffling the images, some hope is on the way..
And it worked: quals passed!
Congratulations, Maddy!
Two news pieces covering our study on osmolyte balance during hibernation:
Yale Scientific by Miriam Kopyto
Healthy Pets by Dr. Karen Becker
UPD: also in Russian
Marco is a winner of the 2019 Physiology bake-off championship!
Our earlier wins: Lydia 2017, Marco 2015.
A lovely Christmas tree from YSM Historical Library.
Rafael gave his first talk at a Physiology RIP seminar. Excellent job!
Sarah’s giving a talk!
Yury’s singing a song giving a talk too.
Maddy is postering.
Tom’s first poster!
Viktor and Jean-Ju
Rafael
Poster contest winners: Georgia (Caplan lab), Viktor and Tom. Congrats!
Yale Physiology Department, v2019
A great dispatch by Sandy Martin on our recent study:
Sandra L. Martin “Water Balance: Abstaining from Obtaining while Retaining” Current Biology 29(19), PR925-7.
A nice news coverage of our recent publication in Current Biology by Eva Frederick in Science:
Here’s how hibernating squirrels live for months without water
An excellent talk by Jenny on her recent paper at Physiology RIP seminar!
Ed Young, a prominent science journalist and author, visited the labs today. It was great chatting with you, Ed – thanks for your interest! We look forward to reading your new books and articles!
Our study on the mechanism of survival without water is on the cover of today’s Current Biology!
Video abstract
Delegates from Elena’s team went to the annual meeting of the Smith Family Foundation. Thank you for supporting basic research!
Sarah, Jenny, Maddy, Elena.
Our new paper of how hibernating squirrels manage to not drink for months is out in Current Biology!
Feng NY, Junkins MS, Merriman DK, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. Osmolyte depletion and thirst suppression allow hibernators to survive for months without water. Curr Biol 2019, e-pub 09/05/19.
Bittersweet news – Wang and (find) Evan are moving on, leaving behind them a huge legacy in the lab! Good luck!
Sarah and Jenny at the Neuroday posters!
A new study from our lab on how cold affects mechanoreceptor function is out in PNAS!
Zheng W, Nikolaev TA, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Piezo2 integrates mechanical and thermal cues in vertebrate mechanoreceptors. PNAS 2019, 116(35): 17547-17555.
Art can be inspiring, motivational and more. Maddy and Sarah draw their everyday inspiration and motivation in part from Squirrel Triptych – an original art by Oleg Grachov, now displayed in Elena’s lab.
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