Open Positions in Chen Lab
We would like to grow bigger! Positions available: Staff Scientist, Senior Scientist, Postdoc, Research Tech, Programmer.
Chen awarded two Scialog grants to study the molecular basis of cognition (Links to an external site)
Congrats David!
We’re thrilled to announce that our undergraduate student, David Kim, has been selected as the winner of the 2024-2025 COBRAS Feldman Fellowship!We’re incredibly proud of you, David!
Welcome summer students!
Chen lab welcomes all our summer students; David Kim, Lindsey Christinger, Drake Gorecki, Fapianey Alexandre and Hanna Jachna. We are very fortunate to have you all, and wishing you a productive summer!
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!
Paper published
The paper “Fast and slow: Recording neuromodulator dynamics across both transient and chronic time scales” has now been published in the journal Science Advances.
Paper published
The paper “A Cre-dependent reporter mouse for quantitative real-time imaging of protein kinase A activity dynamics” has now been published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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
Farewell Aditi
Saying goodbye to a friend and coworker like Aditi is always hard, and her departure saddens us. We’ll miss her influence and presence in the lab. Thank you, Aditi, for your contributions to the lab. Good luck with the new and exciting opportunities that await you! ♡