Translational Research for Autism & Parkinson's Disease
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11/06/2025: MD student, Lilit Drak, presented her poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2025.
11/06/2025: MS student, Mackenzie Ferguson, presented his poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2025.
11/06/2025: Undergraduate student, Samridhi Sudan, presented her poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2025.
9/21/2025: We posted the research article, PEDF peptides rescue defects in neurite morphogenesis and intracellular calcium response in cortical neurons from mice exposed to valproic acid, in the BioRxiv.
8/21/2025: We are pleased to welcome Lily Pieramici, MD student at Drexel University, to our lab.
8/1/2025: We are pleased to welcome Isaiah Norman, PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program, to our lab.
07/21/2025: Congratulations on Diane Kim's new position as a research assistant.
07/02/2025: We are pleased to welcome Adhya Amin, an undergraduate student at Drexel University, to our lab.
06/02/2025: We are pleased to welcome Mackenzie Ferguson,MS candidate, to our lab.
05/30/2025: We are pleased to welcome Anushka Singhal, a research assistant, to our lab.
05/28/2025: We are pleased to welcome Tiffany Kim, an undergraduate volunteer intern, to our lab.
04/11/2025: We are pleased to welcome Rohan Biswas, an undergraduate student at Drexel University, to our lab.
04/11/2025: We are pleased to welcome Gergana Gesheva, an undergraduate student at Drexel University, to our lab.
04/11/2025: We are pleased to welcome Alicia Cooper, an undergraduate student at Drexel University, to our lab.
04/01/2025: Congratulations on Shiena Watanabe's new position as a postdoctoral fellow.
01/09/2025: We are pleased to welcome Neetika Mishra, an undergraduate student at Drexel University, to our lab.
11/07/2024: MS student, Diane Kim, presented her poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2024.
11/07/2024: Undergraduate student, Samridhi Sudan, presented her poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2024.
11/07/2024: MD student, Vicky Shih, presented her poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2024.
11/07/2024: MD student, William Telfer, presented his poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2024.
11/07/2024: Graduate student, Sierra Coleman, presented her poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2024.
11/07/2024: MD student, Vasu, presented his poster at Drexel Discovery Day 2024.
10/7/2024: We are pleased to welcome Lilit Drak, a MD candidate at Drexel University, to our lab.
11/4/2024: We are pleased to welcome Christine Deng, a MD candidate at Drexel University, to our lab.
9/5/2024: We are pleased to welcome Emily Taylor, an undergraduate volunteer, to our lab.
8/29/2024: Samridhi Sudan, an undergrad lab member & STAR Scholar, presented a poster at the Drexel STAR Scholars Summer Showcase.
9/29/2023: We had a fun pizza lunch for a lab member's birthday. Cameron, Happy Birthday!
9/19/2023: We are pleased to welcome Sierra Coleman to our lab.
9/1/2023: We are pleased to welcome Sara Shigambayeva, an undergraduate student at Drexel, to our lab.
8/31/2023: Undergrad lab member & STAR Scholar, Carrie Gordon, presented a poster at the Drexel STAR Scholars Summer Showcase.
8/31/2023: Undergrad lab member & STAR Scholar, Bijaya Manandhar, presented a poster at the Drexel STAR Scholars Summer Showcase. She worked at Dr. Elefant Lab, Biology Department, as a STAR Scholar.
She worked at Dr. Elefant Lab, Biology Department, as a STAR Scholar.
8/30/2023: A welcome dinner for Bijaya Manandhar, Carrie Gordon, Jiwoo Lee, and Cameron Anderson. Photos were uploaded to the Team.
8/24/2023: We went to a farewell dinner for Xiaonan Liu, a graduate student. Photos were uploaded to the Team.
8/17/2023: We are pleased to welcome Cameron Anderson to our lab.
8/14/2023: We are pleased to welcome Jiwoo Lee to our lab.
7/28/2023: A graduate student, Xiaonan Liu, in my lab successfully finished her thesis defense.
7/1/2023: Promoted to Associated Professor
6/26/2023: We are pleased to welcome Carrie Gordon to our lab.
5/2/2023: Links and altmetric badges in Publications were added. Also, Kudos project summary page links in Projects were added.
4/30/2023: Updated CV. Added Picture Gallary and Search pages.
1/11/2023: Our original article about Adnp and 14-3-3 in brain development has been published in Molecular Psychiatry. https://rdcu.be/c3ctI
7/30/2022: We are pleased to welcome Cayla Andrews to our lab.
6/19/2022: A collaborative manuscript about the role of Septin7 in neurite initiation was posted in bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.19.496721
5/3/2022: Sarah Bennison in my lab successfully finished her thesis defense. Congrats, Dr. Bennison!
2/15/2022: Our manuscript about PEDF/Rpsa/Itga6 signaling in neurite and spine formation was published in Cerebral Cortex.
12/30/2021: Our review article about the Genes' functions locating the chromosome17p13.3 region in neuronal migration was published in Brain Sciences. The correction was published on February 25, 2022.
4/14/2021: Our manuscript about Aurora and Nuak kinases in neurite formation was published in Scientific Reports.
1/1/2021: Our manuscript about Gstp proteins in neuronal morphogenesis was published in Human Molecular Genetics, and our image was selected as a cover page.
