Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Darling, on his final paper from his doctoral training in the lab. You can access a PDF version of it on our Publications page.
Last lab meeting of the semester!
At the last (virtual) lab meeting of the semester, we celebrated our two current undergraduates who are graduating! Congratulations Sarah Holan and Shannon McQuillen!
Virtual celebrations!
During our lab meeting today we celebrated Sang Miller officially joining the Daniel lab! Sang is a first year PhD student in the Neuroscience program who just finished her rotation in the lab and is staying on permanently. We’re excited to (virtually) welcome her to the lab officially!
End of semester celebration!
The Daniel lab celebrated the end of another great semester of research at the Bar Frances happy hour today!
SFN 2019
The Daniel Lab had a great time reconnecting with alumni and friends at the annual Society for Neuroscience Conference in Chicago this year!
New Lab Publication in eNeuro
Congratulations to graduate student Nina Baumgartner, whose first first-author paper was published at eNeuro! You can access a PDF copy of the article on our Publications page.
New Supplemental Grant Award
The lab received a new supplemental grant award from the National Institute on Aging that will allow expansion of the lab’s research on female cognitive aging to include investigation of estrogen and estrogen receptor impacts on the hippocampus and memory in a new mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, Aβ precursor protein (APP) knock-in mice, AppNL-G-F/NL-G-F.
National Institute of Aging Workshop: Cognitive Benefits (and Costs) of Hormone Therapy
Jill Daniel participated in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) hosted-workshop titled “Cognitive Benefits (and Costs) of Hormone Therapy.” Investigators from academic and medical research centers and NIH staff reviewed the current state of active research on menopausal hormone therapies and identified gaps in the evidence base. Workshop summary report is here.
Tulane Undergraduate Research in Neuroscience Poster Session
Daniel Lab undergrads Ethan and Sarah presented their posters at the annual TURN summer poster session.
Tulane Undergrad Research Program
Our awesome undergrads Ethan and Sarah gave a great presentation today at the Tulane Undergrad summer Research program in Neuroscience (TURN)!
SBN Poster Award Winner!
Graduate student Nina Baumgartner recently won the Outstanding Poster Award for graduate students at the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology annual meeting. Her poster was titled “Neuroestrogen-dependent transcription in the brains of ERE-Luciferase reporter mice following short- and long-term ovariectomy”. Congratulations Nina!!
New Lab Publication in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Congrats to the newly minted Dr. Kevin Pollard on his first-author paper in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. A PDF copy of the paper can be accessed on our Publications page.
Dr. Darling!
Congratulations to PhD student Jeff Darling on the successful defense of his dissertation “Mechanisms Underlying Sex Differences in Impulsivity”!!
Jeff Darling wins poster award!
Grad student Jeff Darling won 1st place in the poster competition at the Tulane School of Science and Engineering Annual Research Day for his poster titled “Neonatal testosterone exposure mediates sex differences in impulsive action in adult rats”! Congrats Jeff!
New Lab Publication in Neuroscience
Congratulations to graduate student Jeff Darling on his first first-author paper in the journal Neuroscience. A PDF copy of the paper can be accessed on our Publications page.
Jean Yocum Harlan Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation
Third year grad student Nina Baumgartner won 1st place in the Jean Yocum Harlan Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation competition at the annual Tulane Brain Institute retreat for her presentation on “Neuroestrogen-dependent transcription in the brains of ERE-Luciferase reporter mice”. Great job Nina!
