2025 June: American Society for Nutrition
2025 February: Miami University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
2023 November: Society for Neuroscience
2023 May: End of Academic Year Gathering
2022 December: End of Year 2022 Gathering
Research during COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Society for Neuroscience, Chicago
Flora and Kristen presented at 2019 SfN.
Summer 2019 Graduation
Qi Zhu received his PhD degree. Congratulations!
Spring 2019 Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of Society for Neuroscience
Flora, Kristen, Dr. Shi, Niko, and Qi
Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Forum
Sam Schaeffer (left) with his graduate mentor Qi. Sam presented his independent research project at 2019 URF.
2018 Society for Neuroscience, San Diego
Qi (left), Kristen (middle) and Dr. Shi (right).
Spring 2018 Undergraduate Research Forum
Danielle Allaire (left) presented with FYRE, Evelyn Gulla (middle) and Meeta Bhardwaj (right) presented their independent research project at 2018 URF.
Lab moved to Hughes in June 2017 (West 2nd floor)
Packed boxes outside Room 203 Pearson
Visit the new lab space before the move
Future Pearson Hall atrium (to be completed in 2020)
Spring 2017 Graduation
Minqian graduated with a PhD degree. Congratulations!
Spring 2017 Undergraduate Research Forum
Ben Hinkel, Brad Glazier, Anjali Prior, and Kenzie Crist presented at 2017 URF.
Spring 2015 ENDO
Xian, Dr. Shi, and Minqian presented at 2015 ENDO meeting at San Diego.
Summer 2015 SSIB
Pictures with friends from Georgia State or used to be at Georgia State.
Left: Min, Vitaly Rue (Georgia State), me, and Xian.
Right: Michelle Foster (Colorado State), Megan Daily (U Illinois), me, and Marise Parent (Georgia State).
Spring 2014 Undergraduate Research Forum
Sean Pugh presented at Miami Undergraduate Research Forum.
Spring 2013 graduation
Shiva graduated with a MS degree. Congratulations!
Shiva graduation party summer 2013.
Jenna Bailey, Sean Pugh, and Dr. Shi attended 2013 Animal Behavior Conference at Bloomington IN.
Spring 2012
Nine Miami undergraduate students attended 2012 Animal Behavior Conference at Bloomington IN.
Emma Lasley (front middle right) received best poster presentation award. Meeting organizer Dr. Greg Demas (front middle), Dr. Shi (front middle left) and students at the award ceremony.
Emma Lasley presented her research at 2012 Animal Behavioral Conference.
Ashley presented her research project: "brown fat transplantation regulates energy expenditure in mice" as one of MU STEM students at Poster on Hills at Washington D.C. in spring 2012.
Zheng (left), Shiva (middle left), Dr. Shi (middle right) and Xian (right) presented at 2012 ENDO meeting at Boston.
Fall 2011
Ethan left the lab and went on his adventure. Best wishes to Ethan!
Happy birthday Daphne and Shiva!
Summer 2011
SFN-OMV, Dayton, OH
Graduate student Shiva, Ethan and Dr. Shi attended Society of Neuroscience, Ohio Miami Valley Chapter meeting at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio on May 20, 2011.
Keynote speaker Dr. Mary Dallman from UCSF with Ethan and Dr. Shi.
ENDO, Boston, MA
Shiva, Ethan and Dr. Shi attended Endo meeting in Boston between June 3 and June 8, 2011.
Spring 2011
ABC, Bloomington, IN
Below left: Graduate student Shiva (left), tech Ethan (middle left), Dr. Shi (middle), and undergraduate students Emma (middle right) and Daphne (right) attended 18th annual Animal Behavioral Conference in April 2011 at Indiana Memorial Union, Biddle Conference Center, Bloomington, IN.
Below right: Daphne (left), Dr. Shi (middle) and Emma (right) in front of Biddle Conference Center.
At the end of spring, we celebrate Kat and Nakul's birthdays, and Kat, Catherine and Warwick's graduation.
Taking pictures with previous department Chairs.
Boston chocolate creme cake for Kat and Nakul.
Fall 2010
Two graduate students and six undergraduate students do research in Dr. Shi's lab in Fall 2010.
We celebrated Shiva's (below left), Daphane's (below right) and Warwick's birthdays in September and October. All three cakes had chocolate.
Summer 2010
Undergraduate students do research in Dr. Shi's lab.
Below left: Kat (left), Catherine (back) and Beth (right) work in the Summer 2010.
Dr. Shi's Metabolic lab is located inside the MU animal facility where the body composition analyzer (EchoMRI) and the indirect calorimetry (Accuscan) are housed. Below middle: Beth Spicer (left) and Kat Gitz (right) are measuring body fat and lean mass using EchoMRI body composition analyzer.
SSIB, Pittsburgh, PA
Undergraduate students Kat, Beth and Catherine presented their research at the annual meeting for the Society for Study of Ingestive Behavior in Pittsburgh July 2010.
Below right: Kat (left), Beth (middle left), Dr. Shi (middle right), and Catherine (right) at Fountain Square, Pittsburgh.