Congratulations to Shao who was recently accepted into Stony Brook University’s Scholar in Biomedical Science (SBMS) program. The purpose of this program is to engage Ph.D. students in translational research. https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/sbms/trainees/ZijianShao
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Congrats Joe!
Joe was highlighted by Stony Brook University as Researcher of the Month for August 2022. Take a look at his interview: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ureca/feature/_bio/2022/August2022
Andrea at the 2022 Myelin Gordon Conference
Andrea had the opportunity to travel and present her research at the 2022 Myelin Gordon Conference in Barga, Italy. She had a great time meeting experts in the myelin field and reconnecting with Rianne, a collaborator and former lab member.
Recent Publication
Check out our new review: Narine, Mohanlall, and Holly Colognato. “Current Insights Into Oligodendrocyte Metabolism and Its Power to Sculpt the Myelin Landscape.” Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 16 (2022): 892968. APA https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2022.892968/full
Chhabra-URECA Scholarship Award- Joe Bisulca
Congratulations to Joe who recently was awarded the Chhabra-URECA Scholarship Award to support his research over the summer.
New Publication
Congratulations to Andrea on her first review paper: Arreguin, Andrea J., and Holly Colognato. “Brain dysfunction in LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy: lessons from human case reports and mouse models.” Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 13 (2020): 118. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2020.00118/full
URECA Research Symposium
Congratulations to Irena who presented her research at the annual URECA’s Celebration of Undergraduate Research & Creativity. Irena was a recipient of the prestigious Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) summer research award.
Congratulations Mo!
Congratulations to Mo who was recently accepted into Stony Brook University’s Scholar in Biomedical Science (SBMS) program. The purpose of this program is to engage Ph.D. students in translational research. His current research now focuses on producing viable repair therapies for Multiple Sclerosis. His mentor for the SBMS program is Dr. Louis Manganas, M.D., Ph.D. He plans Read More…
Andrea Arreguin
7th Year MSTP, 5th Year Neuroscience Graduate Student Andrea received a B.A. in Biology with a specialization in neurobiology from Boston University. Andrea completed an internship in Dr. Costantino Iadecola’s neurovascular and neurodegeneration lab at Weill Cornell Medical College. Andrea worked on understanding alterations in pericytes in mice expressing the Swedish mutation of the amyloid precursor protein, Read More…
Mohan Narine
3rd Year Neuroscience Graduate Student Mo received a biomedical engineering degree from Stony Brook University in 2011. His sophomore year he worked as a research associate at Center for Biotechnology where his project focused on understanding the function of the Cby1 gene. Mo’s engineering background afforded him the opportunity to secure a position upon graduation Read More…