Dec 10, 2024 - Anam and Chandni present their work at AES
Anam, Chandni, and Joanna attended the 2024 American Epilepsy Society conference in Los Angeles. Chandni presented her work recording from SNr and PPN neurons in Scn1a+/- mice during seizures. Anam presented her work (a project led by Meiling) recording from noradrenergic neurons in the LC, and measuring norepinephrine release in the hippocampus, during seizures. Both posters were well attended and received very positive and helpful feedback. It was also a worthwhile experience in which we made and strengthened connections with colleagues throughout the research and clinical epilepsy communities.
Nov 02, 2024 - Joanna presents at the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan’s Wellness & Epilepsy Conference
Joanna was honored to be an invited speaker at the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan's 2024 Wellness & Epilepsy Conference. Joanna and Dr. Julie Ziobro (pediatric epileptologist) co-presented a talk entitled "Decoding the Genetic Puzzle and its Role in Epilepsy Care". It was a great experience to interact with and support this wonderful foundation as well as the many patients with epilepsy and their family members in attendance.
Nov 01, 2024 - New pre-print on bioRxiv!We are very excited to share Limei's paper, now available on bioRxiv:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.29.620933v1! Limei performed a detailed characterization of medial septum cholinergic and parvalbumin (PV)-expressing inhibitory interneurons in wild-type versus Dravet Syndrome model mice, and identified significant differences in the PV cells. Congratulations and thank you to Limei and to co-authors Yiannos, Joe, and Juan for their work on this project.
Oct 12, 2024 - Pumpkin carving party!
Our fall lab social event was a pumpkin carving party, which was a fun chance for everyone to show off their impressive artistic talents. (Zoom in to see Izzy's neuron!)
Oct 06, 2024 - Nagham and Krystal present at SfN
Our lab had two posters at the Society for Neuroscience conference this year. Nagham and Krystal both did a fantastic job presenting their work: Krystal shared her findings identifying seizure-associated changes in the PPN, and Nagham presented her data quantifying Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) rates across different experimental conditions in the Scn1a+/- mouse model. Congratulations!
