Translational Research for Autism & Parkinson's Disease
News
10/20/2025: My postdoc mentor, Dr. Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, Professor and Chair at Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Please join us in celebrating this fantastic news. National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members LinkedIn
11/10/2025: We are pleased to welcome Annika (Chaeyeon) Kim, MD student at Drexel University, to our lab.
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.
