News
Check out Emily and Becca's new paper in Experimental Neurology!
Mar 2024
Zhang lab at SfN 2023 in DC
Nov 2023
Huaye chaired a nanosymposium entitled "Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity: Novel Mechanisms and Approaches".
Here is Hanna giving her poster presentation.
Thanks to Elif who stepped in at the last minute to give Mikayla's talk!
Mikayla wins the Aaron Shatkin Scholarship!
Nov 2023
Congratulations Mikayla!
Becca is officially a PhD candidate!
Sept 2023
Becca passed her thesis proposal defense and is now officially a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations Becca!!
Best of luck in graduate school Elif!
August 2023
Elif is starting her PhD studies in Boston University. Best of luck in grad school. We will miss you!
See you later Nora!
August 2023
Nora was our NeuroSURP student this year. Check out what the mug says. 🙂
We will miss you but we will see you later!
Shaili, Noah and Isha are graduating.
April 2023
We will miss you!
Hot Pot!
April 2023
Mikayla was invited to give a talk at the Gordon Research Seminar in Italy!
March, 2023
Mikayla attended the Gordon Research Conference "Dendrites: Molecular, Structure and Function" in Italy and was invited to give a talk at the associated Gordon Research Seminar. Congratulations Mikayla!!
Hanna is officially a PhD candidate!
March 3rd, 2023
Hanna passed her thesis proposal defense and is now officially a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations Hanna!!
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Secret Santa!
December 2022
2022 Departmental Holiday party
December 2022
Zhang lab at SfN 2022 in San Diego
November 2022
It's nice to be back in person after 3 years!
Emily started her faculty position at Lewis and Clark College!
September 2022
Congratulations Emily!
Check out Mikayla's new review
August 2022
Mikayla's review on polarity proteins and dendritic spines is published in Developmental Biology. Congratulations Mikayla!
Rebecca Shear joined our lab for her PhD research.
June 2022
Becca was our NeuroSURP student back in 2019. Welcome back Becca!!
Rutgers Day!
April 2022
Rutgers Day is back after 3 years! We had a fun day showcasing neuroscience research at our "Gray Matters" booth.
Farewell lunch for Emily
April 2022
Plus, happy birthday to Dr. C!
Congratulations to Dr. Emily Kelly-Castro!
March 2022
Emily successfully defended her dissertation and is now Dr. Kelly-Castro!
Rachel is accepted into the Molecular Bioscience PhD program at Rutgers!
Feb 2022
Congratulations Rachel!!
Mikayla was awarded an SfN Trainee Professional Development Award!
October 2021
Congratulations Mikayla!!
Vicky is off to New Hampshire to start her own lab!
July 2021
Vicky will be starting her new job as an Assistant Professor at Saint Anselm College. She will be running her own lab to study microglia-neuron interactions using zebrafish. We had a mini-reunion to send her off to New Hampshire. Congratulations Vicky!!
Emily received the 2021 Giovanni Travel Award!
May 2021
Emily was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Giovanni Travel Award to attend SfN. Congratulations Emily!!
Hanna Caiola joined the lab for her PhD research.
May 2021
Hanna is a first year PhD student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program. Welcome Hanna!!
Check out Vicky's new paper
April 2021
Vicky's paper on using metformin to treat traumatic brain injury. Congratulations Vicky!
Mikayla was awarded an NIH F31 predoc fellowship!
April 7th 2021
Mikayla obtained an NIH NRSA F31 fellowship. Congratulations Mikayla!!
Mikayla is officially a Ph.D. candidate!
Oct. 20th, 2020
Mikayla passed her thesis proposal defense and is now officially a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations Mikayla!!
Our TBI research is highlighted by CDMRP.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Check out the beautiful (and yummy!) cake that Mikayla made!
Lab Holiday Party!
Dec. 2019
Birthday Party!!
Sept 2019
Miao's surprise send off party!
7/25/19
Miao is moving on to join a startup biotech company. Congratulations Miao!
Check out Miao's new paper
January 2019
Miao's paper published in Neurobiology of Aging. Congratulations Miao!
Check out Vicky's new paper
January 2019
Vicky's paper published in Journal of Neuroinflammation. Congratulations Vicky!