Sarah’s spectacular Research-In-Progress zoom talk at INP. Great job!
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Collaborative projects between Slav Bagriantsev and Elena Gracheva Laboratories at Yale University
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Luke passed his qualifying exams! Congratulations!
Our new study is out in Science Advances!
Nikolaev YA, Feketa VV, Anderson EO, Schneider ER, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Lamellar cells in Pacinian and Meissner corpuscles are touch sensors. Science Advances 2020, 6(51):eabe6393.
Congratulations to Mai on receiving a postdoctoral fellowship from Astellas Foundation!
Rebecca Greenberg (INP track) is now a PhD student in Elena’s and Slav’s labs!
Welcome!
Ke Tan, a PhD student from the Neuroscience track joins Slav’s lab.
Welcome Ke!
Welcome to David, a new postdoc in Slav’s lab!
Mai Oda is a new postdoc in Slav’s lab! Welcome Mai!
Luke Ziolkowski, a new PhD student (Neuroscience track) joins Slav’s lab.
Welcome Luke!
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!
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