2025 Anatomy and Neurobiology Trainee Symposium
The Anatomy and Neurobiology Department Trainee Research Symposium was held on Wednesday, May 7th. As in previous years, we highlighted our trainees' achievements throughout the symposium and there were raffle prizes.
This year's speakers were:
Undergraduate
Avisha Garg from Dr. Kirsty J. Dixon's Lab
Determining the Role of Soluble TNF/TNFR1 and the ApoE4 Gene in White Matter Impairment Following Traumatic Brain Injury
MD/PhD
Michelle M. Taylor from Dr. Kirsty J. Dixon's Lab
ApoE4 Exacerbates TBI-Induced TNFR1 Activity to Accelerate AD Pathophysiologies
Radina Lilova from Dr. Audrey Lafrenaye's Lab
Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of Human Thalamic Glial Responses to Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury
Postdoc
Abdul Rasheed Khanzai Baloch PhD from Dr. Wenhui Hu's Lab
Novel lipid nanoparticle (LNP) decorated with human CD4-targeted dual DARPin-55/57 efficiently delivers CRISPR/Cas editor for HIV proviral eradication and reactivation blockade in CD4 T cells
2022 Anatomy and Neurobiology Trainee Symposium
Highlights from the 2022 Anatomy and Neurobiology Trainee research Symposium
On May 6, 2022, the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology hosted our first annual Trainee Research Symposium. This initiative was spearheaded by Drs. Kelly Harrell, Peter Hamilton, and Audrey Lafrenaye. The symposium is designed to celebrate and highlight the amazing work of trainees working in Anatomy and Neurobiology departmental and affiliate research labs. The event centers around 3-4 short research presentations from the trainees judged to have submitted the top abstracts. The evaluations were done by a blinded panel of departmental faculty.
Our 2022 symposium speakers (from left to right): Janakiraman Udaiyappan (PI: Kirsty Dixon), Kijoon Kim (PI: Peter Hamilton), Hakinya Karra (PIs: Tytus Bernas and Mathula Thangarajh), and Gladys Shaw (PI: Gretchen N. Neigh).
Our fantastic trainees
