Jack works with the Vandevord and Robel labs to demonstrate post traumatic epilepsy in the context of blast brain injury is associated with mitochondria dysfunction

Does it get any better than this?

Raymundo Hernandez (F99 recipient) will be starting his new postdoc in Dr. Steven Sloan’s laboratory at Emory. Good luck Ray!

We are growing, from top to bottom Yuhang Pan, GBCB PhD student, Jack Browning a GBCB student, Sachi Watsen, our new laboratroy technician, Sushmita Basak, a new TBMH PhD student and Sarvin Jahnabani, a GBCB PhD student.

Beatriz’s work is focused on molecular mechanisms that recruit astrocytes leaflet processes to glutamatergic synapses

In this minireview, we highlight recent findings that reveal the plastic nature of astrocytes in the healthy brain, particularly at the synapse, and emerging technologies that have advanced our understanding of these morphologically complex cells.

Models of Alexander disease provide insight into functions of astrocytes related to neuropathology, including a marked upregulation of FABP7 and loss of UGT8.

Ray was just named a 2021 DSPAN Scholar. Ray will spend the next two years (the F99 phase of his award) in the lab investigating the role BDNF-TrkB.T1 signaling in Rett syndrome astrocytes.

The Olsen and Campbell labs collaborate.

Using an animal model of Rett, results show a correlation between gut microbial communities and phenotype

Did you know that according to UIS data, less than 30% of the world's researchers are women? Today, and everyday, we want to recognize women in science and other STEM related fields. To reduce the gender gap that still exists today, we need to come together and rise up.

The Olsen and Mulkey labs collaborate.

Results identify Kir channels as potentially important regional CO2 /H+ sensors early in development, expanding our understanding of how astrocyte heterogeneity may uniquely support specific neural circuits and behaviors.

2020- The Olsen Lab congratulates Jessica Boni on the completion of her PhD.

Dr. Boni will postdoc in the Traumatic Nerve Technologies Lab under the direction of Dr. Pamela VandeVord

Examining whole hippocampal tissue and isolated astrocytes, in a model of epilepsy, we consistently identified hypermethylation of CpG island two, which resides in the large intronic region spanning the Kcnj10 gene.

Using global and astrocyte specific TrkB.T1 models and astrocyte driven AAV knockout of TrkB.T1, this study demonstrates BDNF signaling though astrocyte TrkB.T1 is an important mediator of astrocyte morphological maturation.