Spr 2023 - Lots of excitement and growth in the lab this spring!

• New Lab Members! 
  • ​The lab welcomed three new graduate students this spring:
    • MS student, Chloe Butler, all the way from Texas
    • PhD student, Meg Hemmerlein (a former CMB rotation student)
    • PhD student (starting Fall 2023), Makenna Juergens from Ohio
  • ​The lab is hosting two summer undergraduates - Kai Brantley from Fort Lewis College, and Maxine Gore from the Front Range Community College. We're all looking forward to lots of research over the summer!
• Lab Awards & Accomplishments
  • Undergraduate Mya Voigtsberger was awarded the "Rising Star" award at the MURALS undergraduate research conference at CSU. Mya's presentation on splenic remodeling and interactions between pregnancy and hypoxia in deer mice came in 4th out of over 80 presentations. Mya is graduating this spring - we're so proud of you Mya!
• Publications
  • ​Our bioRxiv preprint on placental adaptations to hypoxia in deer mice is now accepted and in press! Stay tuned!