Lab Updates & Photos
2023
July 2023
Bryce, Alyssa, and Tori joined LSSURP student Vanessa for the annual LSSURP picnic at Como Park.
August 2023
Vanessa did a terrific job preparing and presenting her summer project at the Poster Symposium.
May 2023
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!
April 2023
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
October 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.
September 2022
Congratulations to Tori! She received the 2022 UMN Postdoc Award for Service to the Academic Committee.
August 2022
Alyssa presented her work at the UMN's 13th annual Cardiopalooza
Senali presented his work at the summer students' Poster SymposiumÂ
August 2022
Jess, Nathan, and the rest of the gang enjoyed some sun during a recent happy hour at Malcolm Yards.
August 2022
Tori's NIH NRSA F32 application was funded to support her next year of postdoctoral work
July 2022
Jess presented her latest work on endothelial cells in autoimmune valvular carditis at Vasculata 2022 in Durham, NC
June 2022
Our team welcomed LSSURP student Senali Dansou to the lab for the summer. It's been a pleasure working with him!
January & August 2022
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
Summer 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.
Congratulations to Bryce!
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
May 2019
Lee Meier, with a newly earned PhD, enjoys a slice of cake following his thesis defense!
A blast from the past!
Halloween 2007
Sindhuja, Bryce, and Jenn dressed up for Halloween
Birthday party for Bryce!
(Stevie, Jenn, Bryce, and Sindhuja)
