Our undergraduate, David Kim, presented his work in the lab at the Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Poster presentation
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Society for Neuroscience meeting
At Neuroscience 2024, SfN‘s annual meeting, Chen Lab was represented by Dr. Chen and our summer student from the last two summers, Drake Gorecki, who presented at the poster session.
Poster presentation
Chen Lab was represented at this year’s Neuroscience Retreat by Waleed Babar, a graduate student in the lab.
Thesis defense
It finally happened! Chen Lab’s first graduate student has defended his thesis “Studying the Dynamics of Neuromodulators in the Brain by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging” with excellence. Congratulations, Dr. Pingchuan Ma, on this milestone in your academic journey.
Undergraduate summer research
Here’s a glimpse of poster presentations by our ambitious summer students ( Hanna Jachna, Drake Gorecki, Fapianey Alexandre, David Kim, Lindsey Christinger) at the research symposiums this summer. Well done, and a big THANK YOU to all of you!
INSPIRE Symposium
Lizzie and Waleed showcased their research at the INSPIRE Symposium recently, displaying their poster presentations.
Recent achievements by our students.
Congratulations to our undergrad David Kim for receiving a BioSURF Summer Fellowship! And congrats for our grad students, Lizzie for receiving the Outstanding Service and commitment to St. Louis Award , Pingchuan for receiving the Excellence in Research Award, and Waleed for receiving the Student Group Member of the Year Award. Way to go!
Congrats!
We congratulate Aditi Ashwin and Drake Gorecki, both of whom will begin their PhD programs at Wash U and Northwestern respectively! Additionally, we welcome Drake back this summer as part of ENDURE before sending him off on his PhD journey!
Scialog Awards
It is with great pleasure that we announce we received two Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards. Read more at Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams and Kavli Foundation: Molecular Mechanisms of Memory
Poster sessions
Here’s some pictures from recent poster session where Chen Lab had representation. Below is Sophie Ma’s poster presentation at the Undergraduate Symposium and Drake Gorecki at the ENDURE closing symposium:
Neuroscience Retreat
Poster session at the recent Neuroscience Retreat.
Congratulation Lizzie!
Our lab member and MD/PhD student (MSTP program) Lizzie Tilden was recently awarded NIH F30 grant. Way to go Lizzie!
Congrats Sophie and Ricky!
Our undergraduates Sophie Ma and Ricky Wang have been selected for BioSURF stipend. Way to go! Image by Freepik
Poster session
Pingchuan is presenting his poster at Washington University Biochemistry and Biophysics Community Kickoff Poster Session.
Ask A Neuroscientist
Neuroscientists at Washington University in St. Louis answer some of the frequently asked questions by Brain Discovery’s 4th-6th grade students.
Poster presentation
Chen Lab’s senior lab member Pingchuan Ma presented his research recently at the Neuroscience Retreat.
Progress
In 2023 our lab will be relocating to the new Neuroscience Research Building, under construction right now. Here’s is a time lapse video of the progress.