NEWS AND EVENTS
2023
May 2023 - Anna Pearson and Helena Schuch join the Ostroumov lab for Ph.D. thesis. Welcome back Anna and Helena!
March 2023 - Philip Pikus, MD/PhD student, starts his rotation. Welcome to the lab Philip!
January 2023 - IPN Ph.D. students, Helena Schuch and Briana Bernstein, start their rotations in the Ostroumov lab. Welcome Helena and Briana!
January 2023 - The Ostroumov lab is 3 years old!
2022
October 2022 - Aelon Ketema Samuel joins the Ostroumov lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome Aelon!
September 2022 - Anna Pearson, PhD student in the IPN, starts her rotation in the Ostroumov lab. Welcome Anna!
July 2022 - Carleigh Turner, PhD student in Pharmacology Program, starts her rotation in the Ostroumov lab. Welcome Carleigh!
May 2022 - Joyce Woo presented a poster with her work-in-progress at the 2022 Dopamine Society meeting in Montreal. Great job, Joyce!
May 2022 - Joyce Woo has been appointed to the Training Program in Neural Injury and Plasticity. Congratulations and well deserved Joyce!
May 2022 - New grant! The lab receives a 2022 Seed Grant. Thank you Brain Research Foundation for supporting our research!
April 2022 - Our outstanding undergraduate students Anna and Irene received Summer Mentored Undergraduate Research Awards. Congrats and well deserved!
March 2022 - Alexey presented lab's recent findings at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco meeting.
February 2022 - New paper is out! The collaborative work led by Dr. Blake Kimmey is out in Addiction Biology.
January 2022 - New Year - New Grant! Congrats to Joyce for becoming a Cosmos Scholar and receiving the Henry H. Work Meritorious Award in Science. Well deserved!
January 2022 - The Ostroumov lab is 2 years old!
2021
December 2021 - The Ostroumov lab is awarded its first R01 grant!!! Thank you to the NIMH for supporting our research! What a nice way to finish this year!
December 2021 - Joyce gets her first Award in the Ostroumov lab. Thank you GradGov and the Graduate School for supporting Joyce's research.
November 2021 - Anna Douglas joins the lab as a Georgetown Student Researcher. Welcome Anna!
September 2021 - Ajay Uprety joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome aboard Ajay!
August 2021 - Terence Coyne joins the lab as a Georgetown Student Researcher. Welcome Terence!
July 2021 - Daniel Reid joins the lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome Daniel!
July 2021 - Lara Stefansson starts her IPN rotation. Welcome Lara!
June 2021 - Alexey presented lab's recent work at the 2021 Virtual Dopamine Meeting.
June 2021 - Lab celebrated its first alumna: congrats to Caroline starting her MD-PhD studies!
June 2021 - Joyce Woo joins the lab for her PhD studies. Welcome back Joyce!
May 2021 - Irene Chang joins the lab as a Georgetown Student Researcher. Welcome Irene!
April 2021 - Caroline got accepted to MD/PhD program and will start her studies in August. Congrats and well deserved!
January 2021 - Yimei Cai starts her rotation in the Ostroumov lab. Welcome Yimei!
January 2, 2021 - The Ostroumov lab is 1 year old!
2020
December 2020 - The Ostroumov lab is awarded its first grant! Thank you to the Whitehall Foundation for supporting our work on the role of midbrain inhibitory circuits in rewarding behaviors! See it in press!
September 2020 - Joyce Woo is the first rotating student in the Ostroumov lab. Welcome Joyce!
June 2020 - Hannah Kugler joins the Ostroumov lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome Hannah!
April 2020 - Our collaborative work with Dr. William Doyon is out in Addiction Biology.
March 2020 - New paper is out in eNeuro! Alexey's study shows that nicotine modifies the pharmacological action of diazepam on midbrain dopamine circuitry and increases diazepam consumption in rats. See it in press!
February 2020 - Joseph Abergel joins the lab as a Georgetown Student Researcher. Welcome Joseph!
January 2020 - Caroline Swain joins the lab as a Research Technician. Welcome Caroline!
January 2, 2020 - Grand opening of Ostroumov lab at Georgetown University. Beautiful lab space and a very warm welcome from amazing Pharmacology & Physiology dept colleagues.
2019
December 2019 - Our work with soon-to-be Doctor Blake Kimmey is published in PNAS. Congrats Blake!
October 2019 - Alexey presented his current work at the 2019 Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago.
September 2019 - Alexey has been awarded a 2019 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. The proposed research explores new strategies to mitigate anhedonia-like behaviors in rodents.
August 2019 - Alexey presented his current work and future plans at the 2019 Small Circuits & Behavior Meeting.
June 2019 - Alexey's K01 Research Career Development Award received funding from NIDA. The project investigates the role of midbrain GABAergic circuitry in the motivational properties of cocaine.
May 2019 - Alexey received a poster award and great feedback on his work at Philadelphia Society for Neuroscience Meeting.
April 2019 - Alexey accepted an offer for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Georgetown University, Dept of Pharmacology & Physiology. The Ostroumov Lab will start in January 2020.