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Apr 2023 | Kevin Lozano awarded NIH T35 Fellowship
Funded for work using stem cells to study autism and metabolic disorders
Mar 2024 | Alexa Tierno recieves Latino Excellence and Achievement Award.
Dec 2023 | Jessica Cheng and Susan Khanpour receive 2024 UROP Fellowships
Will perform undergraduate research projects in the lab this year
May 2023 | Alexa Tierno awarded Dr. Lorna Carlin Excellence in Research Award - Honorable mention prize
Apr 2023 | Bowen Hou awarded CIRM Research Fellowship
For work on visual circuit function in brain injury
Apr 2023 | Alexa Tierno awarded NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
Funded for work on inhibitory circuit reorganization in TBI
Feb 2023 | Lab is selected for STAT Madness competition!
Please vote for us to win best idea in biomedical science
Sept 2022 | Alexa Tierno invited to speak at AES in December 2022
Will talk about interneuron transplantation for TBI
Jul 2022 | Alexa Tierno invited to speak at Epilepsy GRC in August 2022
Will talk about inhibitory circuit reorganization in TBI
Jun 2022 | Alexa Tierno receives NIH T32 Fellowship Award in Epilepsy Research
Funded for work on inhibitory circuit function in brain injury and epilepsy
Apr 2022 | Alexa Tierno awarded Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship
Will present research at GRC on Epilepsy in Spain this summer
Mar 2022 | Robert Hunt interviewed by The Verge
Talks about opening lab to Ukranian neuroscientists
Nov 2021 | Jan Frankowski successfully defends PhD!
Will join Bruker Corporation as Support Engineer
Sep 2021 | Jan Frankowski awarded UCI Dissertation Completion Fellowship
For his final quarter of thesis work in the lab
Jul 2021 | Jan Frankowski wins Alan Faden Award at Neurotrauma 2021
For his research on reconstructing inhibitory circuits after TBI
Jun 2021 | Young Kim leaves for job in industry
Will be a Senior Scientist at Thermo-Fisher Scientific
Jun 2021 | Shreya Pavani and Quincy Cao receive 2021 SURP Fellowships
Will perform undergraduate research projects in the lab this summer
Jun 2021 | Alexa Tierno and Jan Frankowski receive Trainee & Diversity Awards for Neurotrauma 2021
Both will present their research on inhibitory circuit dysfunction after TBI
May 2021 | Jan Frankowski selected to compete in the Neurotrauma 2021 poster competition
Will present his work on visualizing inhibitory circuits on a brain wide scale
May 2021 | Young Kim receives AES Postdoctoral Fellowship!
Funded 2021-22 for his research on Chd2 haploinsufficiency
Sep 2020 | Hunt lab launches NextGen Epilepsy Seminars
Featuring 12 outstanding postdocs and grad students from across the US to present their work in a virtual seminar
Jul 2020 | Ethan Hollingsworth receives NIH T32 Award in Stem Cell Translational Medicine
Funded 2020-22 for his thesis work on molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Apr 2020 | Lilach Gorodetski receives 2020 Bar-Ilan Postdoctoral Fellowship for Advancing Women and Zuckerman-CHE Israeli Women Postdoctoral Program Award!
Funded for work on synaptic plasticity in neurodevelopmental disorders
Mar 2020 | Bonnie Zhu accepted into many graduate schools!
Decided to attend UCSF in the fall
Feb 2020 | Lab is selected for STAT Madness competition!
Please vote for us to win best idea in biomedical science