LAB NEWS
May 17th & July 12th, 2025 - Graduation & White Coat
Grace graduated with her Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences. Good job!
Right after break she entered the new class of DO students at KCOM. Welcome :-)
April 2025 - APS meeting in Baltimore, MD
Grace got to present her research in Baltimore this year. Fun times!
February 16th, 2025 - Accepted manuscript
Graphical Abstract
March 5th, 2024 - Cardiovascular Day in Columbia
Hope gave a short talk and presented her poster at CV day. She also won 2nd prize for her research presentation!
May 18th, 2024 - Graduation
Seeing old friend is always nice. Jack got his DO degree and also Dorothy came by for a quick visit :-).
April, 2024 - APS meeting in Long Beach, CA
We had a fun group going to APS 2024 and presented 2 posters.
March 5th, 2024 - Cardiovascular Day in Columbia
Hope gave a short talk and presented her poster at CV day. She also won 2nd prize for her research presentation!
September 30, 2023 - mophys 2023 in St. Louis
mophys was a blast: This year we had multiple posters presenters (Alicia, Alexis, Adison (tripple A ;-)), Hope, and Jack). Jack was also able to give a talk on his research and Hope won 1st prize for her poster presentation. Congrats!
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 :-).
