With a PhD and several stellar papers, Maddy Junkins leaves the lab to become a postdoc, while leaving behind great memories and a huge scientific legacy. So proud of you, Maddy! Good luck!
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Maddy’s paper is featured on Popular Science!
And on Earth.com:
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Our paper on the mechanism of long-term thirst suppression during hibernation is out in Science!
Junkins MS, Feng NY, Merriman DK, Bagriantsev SN, Gracheva EO. Suppression of neurons in circumventricular organs enables months-long survival without water in thirteen-lined ground squirrels. Science 2024, 386, 1048–1055.
Rafael nailed his presentation at Physiology RIP seminar talking about neurophysiology of reproduction during hibernation!
Congrats to Rafael on presenting his research at Smith Family Symposium!
Ke and Rebecca traveled to Boston to give talks at the Northeast Pain Symposium 2024!
Congratulations to Shade on defending her thesis prospectus!
Yale Physiology Retreat 2024 at West Campus! Organized by the Slav and Elena labs!
Retreat logo by Kamila
Posters, science!
Great talks by Maryann and Ke!
Awards!
Congrats to Camille on winning the Grand Prix!
Luke Ziolkowski is now a PhD! Corpusculations, Dr. Ziolkowski!
We went to Berlin to attend the 2024 International Congress Of Neuroethology. Maddy and Maryann gave wonderful talks!
Kamilla nailed her first talk from the lab at the INP RIP seminar!
Shade gave a superb talk on neurophysiology of reproduction during hibernation at INP RIP seminar!
Jiawen went to Puerto Rico to present her work at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research of Biological Rhythms!
Sarah Mohr has defended her PhD thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Mohr!
Congratulations to Rafel on winning the Annie Le Fellowship 2024!
This fellowship is awarded in memory of Annie Le and is awarded to students who have demonstrated leadership and service to the Yale and New Haven community, have an exemplary record of academic achievement, and outstanding interpersonal skills.
Maddy has defended her PhD!!! Congratulations, Dr. Junkins!
Rebecca talks squirrels and the sense of touch at the Neuroscience RIP seminar!
Haoran explains winter, food and squirrels during her INP RIP talk!
Though it’s April first, Jiawen’s talk at Physiology Seminar series was no joke! Real deal!
The first talk by Deidre at the M2P2 rotation seminar!
Kamila Kemenyfy-Rojas from INP joins Elena’s lab as a PhD student. Welcome!
Deidre Thompson from M2P2 joins Elena’s lab as a new PhD student. Welcome!
Sarah gave a great seminar on the hypothalamic mechanism of reversible anorexia during hibernation at today’s Neuroscience RIP!
Congrats to Shade, a Wu Tsai Fellow, on giving her first talk at Yale WTI!
Congrats to Haoran on the excellent defense of her thesis prospectus!
Congrats to Rebecca, Yury and Luke for their outstanding talks at the 2024 Keystone: Mammalian Somatosensation Conference in Santa Fe, NM!
Yury
Rebecca
Luke
Huge thanks to the organizers (Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Diana Bautista, Rebecca Seal) for the opportunity to present our lab’s work!
Congratulations to Jiawen on successfully passing her qualifying exam!
Ke gave a wonderful seminar on sensory physiology of tactile specialist fish at INP RIP seminar!
Rafael went to Porto Alegre, Brazil, to give a talk on hibernation at Proxima Symposium!
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