2024
Alyssa, William, Bryce, Samantha, Jenn, Graham, and Charlie on William's last day as an LLSURP student with the Binstadt lab.
William shared his summer research at a Poster Symposium.
2023
Bryce, Alyssa, and Tori joined LSSURP student Vanessa for the annual LSSURP picnic at Como Park.
Vanessa did a terrific job preparing and presenting her summer project at the Poster Symposium.
We are sad to wish our amazing lab mate Jess Faragher farewell as she transitions to an MD/PhD program at the University of South Dakota. We'll miss her, but are so proud of her and excited to see her succeed in the next stage of her journey!
Tori attended the Vascular Discovery Conference hosted by ATVB/PVD in May and was a finalist for the Investigator-in-Training award!
Lots of exciting news in April! Jess's paper titled "Autoimmune Valvular Carditis Requires Endothelial Cell TNFR1 Expression" was published in ATVB AND we welcomed MICaB graduate student Charlie Roll to the team.
2022
Jess and Tori joined the Freedman lab for some fall views at Jay Cooke State Park after the 2022 CFI Retreat in Duluth, MN.
Congratulations to Tori! She received the 2022 UMN Postdoc Award for Service to the Academic Committee.
Alyssa presented her work at the UMN's 13th annual Cardiopalooza
Senali presented his work at the summer students' Poster SymposiumÂ
Jess, Nathan, and the rest of the gang enjoyed some sun during a recent happy hour at Malcolm Yards.
Tori's NIH NRSA F32 application was funded to support her next year of postdoctoral work
Jess presented her latest work on endothelial cells in autoimmune valvular carditis at Vasculata 2022 in Durham, NC
Our team welcomed LSSURP student Senali Dansou to the lab for the summer. It's been a pleasure working with him!
Tori presented some of her work (in collaboration with Amritha Yellamilli) on lymphatic outgrowth in inflamed mitral valves to the NAVBO community during one of their InFocus Sessions in January. Jess was also invited to present her work from Vasculata during an InFocus session in August!
2021
MSTP student Sarah Zaghouani (right) and LSSURP student Tayla Chiang (left) joined us for the summer (Sarah did her first rotation with us and Tayla participated in the LSSURP)
We had a blast supporting Tayla during her LSSURP poster presentation at the end of her internship.
He was awarded The American College of Rheumatology's 2021 Distinction for Excellence in Investigative Mentoring AND named the Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology division in the Department of Pediatrics.
2019
Lee Meier, with a newly earned PhD, enjoys a slice of cake following his thesis defense!
A blast from the past!
Sindhuja, Bryce, and Jenn dressed up for Halloween
(Stevie, Jenn, Bryce, and Sindhuja)