We’ve been busy..
2024
August: Welcome to Tim Philbeck and Caroline Toburen, rotating PhD students in the lab!
July: Congratulations to Alexia for receiving an SFN Trainee Professional Development Award!
June: Welcome to Mercy Munyanya, a PREP student in the lab for the year!
June: Welcome to Lauren Chappell, a VA Summer Research Student in the lab for the summer!
May: Welcome to Ben Williams, an M1 SOAR student in the lab for the summer!
May: Alexia received a travel award to present her research at the Neurobiology of Stress Workshop. Way to go Alexia!
May: Congratulations to our graduating seniors, Alaina Mullaly and Nazharee Cloude! Yay! You made it!!
April: We had 8 poster presentations at Discover USC and came away with 5 best poster presentation awards (1st and 2nd places). Everyone did a fantastic job representing their research!
April: Noelle gave a talk at APS Summit! Congratulations Noelle!
April: Congratulations to Jiya for successfully defending her Honors thesis!
January: Alexia’s Spotlight was accepted for publication in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Congratulations Alexia for her excellent work!
January: Alexia was invited to give a lightening talk at the ABRCMS Career and Research Summit!
2023
December: Fiona presented her research at EPFL’s BMI Winter Symposium. It was great to be back in Switzerland and see old colleagues!
December: Erin’s review was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience! Congratulations to the team for their excellent work!
November: Alexia presented her research in Phoenix at ABRCMS, thanks to a travel award! Congratulations Alexia!
August: Erin’s manuscript was accepted for publication in Neurobiology of Stress! Congratulations to the team for their excellent work!
July: Fiona is the proud recipient of an ACNP-ALBA Travel award!
June: Alexia presented her research in Niagara Falls at IBNS. Way to go Alexia!
June: Nazharee Cloude received a Magellan Galen fellowship to come to the lab in August. Congratulations Naz and see you in August!
June: Jiya Desai joined the lab with a Magellan Journey grant and an Honors College Research Grant. Welcome and congratulations to Jiya!
June: Archana received an Honors College Research Grant to work on her honors thesis this fall. Congratulations Archana!
May: The VPR funds the Institute for Cardiovascular Disease Research for 4 years!
April 23: Alexia and Noelle presented their research at the APS Summit in Long Beach, CA
April 23: We had three poster presentations at Discover USC, with Alaina winning honorable mention for best poster presentation in her section. Great job representing the lab!!
January 31: Erin received an ASPET travel award to present her abstract entitled “Mitochondria as key mediators of behavioral and metabolic effects of stress” in St. Louis, MO in May. Congratulations to Erin!
January 31: Erin received a SPARC grant to examine nicotinamide reversal of stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. Congratulations Erin!
January 3: Alaina Mullaly joined the lab and received a UREP grant from the College of Arts and Sciences. Welcome and congratulations to Alaina!
January 3: Gabbie received a Magellan Apprentice and mini-Magellan grant. Congratulations Gabbie!
2022
December 12: Erin published her first-author manuscript on BioRxiv. Read it here.
November 22: Archana received an Honors College Research Grant to perform research in the lab. Congratulations to Archana!
November 17: Archana Ramesh received a Magellan Journey grant to perform research in the lab. Congratulations to Archana!
July 7: Alexia Crockett passed her candidacy exam! Congratulations to Alexia!
June 24: Our book chapter on neuroinflammation, social stress, and mitochondrial function is published in the Neuroscience of Social Stress eBook. Read it here.
May 19: The Hollis Lab was awarded a COBRE CTT Target Faculty grant for 2022-2024!
May 13: Alexia Crockett wins honorable mention for best poster presentation at the Neurobiology of Stress workshop. Congratulations to Alexia!
May 10: The Hollis lab attends and presents at the Neurobiology of Stress Workshop, hosted by our own PPN department!
May 10: Erin Gorman-Sandler wins 2nd place for best poster presentation at Discover UofSC from the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Catalyst poster competition! Congratulations to Erin!
May 8: Our seniors have graduated! Congratulations to Drew and Bre for all that they achieved during their time here at UofSC!
April 22: Bre Robertson and Drew Buoniconti received first place in their sections for best poster presentations at the Discover UofSC symposium! Congratulations to Bre and Drew!
April 22: The Hollis lab presents their work at Discover UofSC! Great job everyone!
April 4: Alexia Crockett received an honorable mention for her NSF GRFP application. Congratulations to Alexia!
April 1: Gabbie received a Magellan Journey award to perform research in the lab. Congratulations to Gabbie!
March 30: Erin Gorman-Sandler received an EBBS travel grant to attend the 2022 FENS meeting in Paris this summer. Congratulations to Erin!
January 16: Bre Robertson received a Magellan mini-grant for her research entitled Programming the postnatal mitochondrion for resiliency in the face of prenatal stress. Congratulations to Bre!
2021
December 16: Erin Gorman-Sandler passed her comprehensive exam! Congratulations to Erin!
November 29: Drew Buoniconti received a Magellan Scholar and a Magellan mini-grant for her research entitled: Establishing the neural signature of social preference in Fmr1 mutant mice. Congratulations to Drew! Congratulations to Alexia as her graduate mentor!
November 19: Drew and Bre presented their research at UofSC’s Fall Showcase! Great job representing the lab!
September 29: The Hollis lab joined the O2K network as a reference laboratory! Find us here
September 5: Erin Gorman-Sandler presented a poster at the EBBS meeting in Lausanne. Congratulations to Erin for a successful presentation!
July 6: Alexia Crockett officially joined the lab! Welcome to the team, Alexia!
May 20: Erin Gorman-Sandler passed her candidacy exam! Congratulations to Erin!
May 17: Our commentary, “The Forced Swim Test: giving up on behavioral despair” was published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. Read it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ejn.15270
May 10: Alexia Crockett joins the lab as a rotating graduate student! Welcome Alexia!
April 30: The Hollis Lab was awarded an ASPIRE II award as a collaborator with Drs. Mott and Welshhans!
January 6: Tyler Cox joins the lab for as a rotating graduate student! Welcome, Tyler
January 6: Drew Buoniconti joins the lab for as an undergraduate student volunteer! Welcome, Drew!
2020
December 8: Bre was awarded a Magellan Apprentice and a Magellan Mini-grant to study mitochondrial function in our rodent postpartum depression model next semester! Congratulations, Bre and great job! Congratulations to Erin as her graduate mentor!
September 16: Jesseca Crawford joins the lab as a research specialist. Welcome Jesseca!
September 1: Daniel Joyner joins the lab as a research specialist. Welcome, Daniel!
August 25: Breanna Robertson joins the lab. Welcome, Bre!
July 27: The lab is awarded a VISN7 research development grant from the VA to study the role of mitochondrial function in Gulf War Illness!
July 16: Erin Gorman officially joins the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Erin!
July 10: Our collaborative faculty pilot grant with Dr. McQuail was awarded to study the mitochondrial mechanisms in aging and nutrition!
June 3: The lab is awarded a USCAND pilot grant in collaboration with Drs. David Mott and Jessica Klusek to study the role of the amygdala in Fragile X Syndrome!
May 7: The lab is awarded an ASPIRE pilot grant to study the role of the mitochondrial function in postpartum depression!
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