Good Luck Dan!
In January, we had to say good bye (and good luck!!) to Dan as he pursues a new job in the Penn Memory Center at University of Pennsylvania
Keep readingGood Luck, Sara
Last month we said goodbye and good luck to one of our research technicians, Sara Sara Isgate graduated from Albright College in 2016 with a dual degree in Digital Media and Biopsychology with a focus on Evolution and Animal Behavior. Under the guidance of Dr. Justin Couchman, Sara explored her fascination with human-animal interaction through…
Keep readingBusy week!
It was a busy week for the Byrnes-Vassoler lab! Last week, students from Josiah Quincy School visited the Tufts University Boston campus to talk to undergraduate and graduate students about science. There, Chantal taught the students brain anatomy using hands-on learning with real brains and gave a virtual tour of our campus and lab space.…
Keep readingSummer 2022 ☀️
Summer’s in full swing at the Byrnes-Vassoler Lab! We have been joined by the second half of the students working with us, Cora and Luca 🎉
Keep readingCongratulations, Kelsea! 🎉
We are all so proud of Kelsea on receiving her first grant since joining our lab! Kelsea, pictured here talking through the minipump prenatal study, is one of the 2022 Natalie V. Zucker Scholar Award Recipients! Funding from this grant is going towards exploring the mechanisms underlying developmental and long-term feeding dysregulation induced by prenatal…
Keep readingIBNS 2022
So excited to share some photos from the IBNS conference in Glasgow! Fair led a symposium session about transgenerational epigenetics and their relation to the opioid epidemic, and Kelsea presented a poster covering ultrasonic vocalizations in pups following opioid exposure in utero.
Keep readingAnd So It Begins…
It’s officially summer in the Byrnes-Vassoler Lab! Today we had our first (of many) Friday lab lunches together at the cafe on campus with two of our summer students, LuJuana and Chen. We are excited to work with them all summer long, and eagerly awaiting the students joining us soon! ☀️
Keep readingWelcome to the new website!
The Byrnes-Vassoler website is now up and running! Excited to share our research with everybody. Keep your eyes peeled for new exciting updates!
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