LAB NEWS

August 03, 2023 - Post-summer break lab lunch 

July 15, 2023 - ATSU white coat ceremony

Welcome Cassadi and Hailey to the new class of KCOM medical students :-)

June 22, 2023 - Lab Kayak trip on 1000 Hills lake 

May, 2023 - Oral defense and Graduation from Hailey Schmitz

Hailey defended her Master thesis - Yayyy!

April 20-23, 2023 - Experimental Biology in Long Beach, CA

The inaugural APS meeting was a blast and we got to see great science. Here some impressions from Long Beach:

March 7, 2023 - Cardiovascular Day in Columbia, MO

Great meeting in Columbia and good to see old friends from that area. Hailey presented her work in form of a poster and flash talk. Congrats for achieving 1st place for your talk!

Dec 12, 2022 - Christmas lunch

December 9, 2022 - Accepted manuscript

The manuscript from Chuma, John, Mahima, and Mason about early mophological changes in the nTS of the STZ-AD model has been accepted for publication in Brain Research! Congratulations all

September 14, 2022 - Accepted manuscript

The manuscript from John and Cassadi looks into the mechanisms behind baroreflex function in the STZ-AD animal model and will be published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Congrats! 

May 4, 2022 - Lab Bowling

Dorothy and Brooke are leaving the lab to tackle new challenges in St. Louis and New York. Both will be greatly missed!

May, 2022 - Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award

Congratulations to Brooke Diehl for her great ackomplishments and academic excellence in Biology at Truman State University. Well deserved!

April 29, 2022 - Oral presentation of Hailey's Master Thesis Project

Hailey Schmitz presented her Master Thesis Project with the title "Oxidative Stress and Neuronal Activity in the nTS of the STZ-AD Rat Model". She demonstrated good subject knowledge and handled questions very well. Now the real work can begin.

April 1-5, 2022 - Experimental Biology in Philladelphia, PA

We had a great group going to the research conference in Philly. Robert Tipton presented his data on glutamate signilling in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the STZ-Alzheimer's disease rat model; Hailey Schmitz took back lots of new ideas to implement in her own experiments; and Brooke Diehl was inspired from all the great research in our field.

December 8, 2021 - Christmas lunch

The lab got together for a christmas lunch at colton. Good way to end a productive research year :-).