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1st Place Research Poster
A big month for Amilia, who just won an award for her poster presentation on gut-derived metabolites and the blood brain barrier at the 2025 Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders Symposium! See a photo of it in the lab photos tab.
Amilia won the on IUSM Graduate Division’s Student Volunteer of the Year Award
Amilia challenged us all in her lab-themed amazing race program that got all the students racing across campus to pipette like pros. A well-deserved award for this and other wonderful activities she's a part of.
Congratulations to Amilia on being selected as an ASM fellow!
Amilia will participate in the ASM future leader membership fellowship program starting this May. Great job!
Stark Neuroscience Symposium was a success
Among the highlights were the trainee poster session, where our own Precious Ijimakinwa did a great job presenting her poster on gut microbial bioelectrical signaling, and the closing meeting where Dr. Needham received the SNRI Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award. See photos in the tab above.
Congratulations to Jaymie on winning the MRI contest!
Jaymie Noland, graduate student, has just won a competition for original idea to employ MRI in the real world. She roasted turkeys and imaged them to finally answer how to avoid dry turkey at Thanksgiving. Reach out to her for the winning techniques.
Dr. Needham awarded 2023 Young Investigator by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
As a P&S Fund investigator with BBRF, our lab will look closely at bacterial metabolites in clinical samples and their association with anxiety.
KLINGENSTEIN-SIMONS FELLOWSHIP AWARD IN NEUROSCIENCE
We are excited to receive funding to continue characterizing the mechanism of the gut-derived small molecule 4EPS.
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter research award 2023
Thank you to the Showalter Trustees for this wonderful honor
Welcome Anne Tanner, our newest lab member! May 2023
Anne Tanner has official joined the lab and will be doing exciting gut-health work.
Searle Scholars of 2023 Announced May 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Needham, who was just selected as one of the Searle Scholars this year.
Read the announcement at the link below.
Biomedical Research Grant Awarded May 2023
Thank you to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute for the lab funding to study bacterial filaments used for signaling within the gut!
Gnotobiotic Facility Up and Running April 2023
Thanks to the hard work by Precious Parker and Andrew Ortega, we have set up a state-of-the-art gnotobiotic facility. Reach out if you are interested in collaborating with this valuable resource.