2026 Data Points

January

• The lab’s two-photon microscope and spatial light modulator arrived from Bruker

• Beth attended the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology meeting in the Bahamas

• Brookelynn began her rotation in the lab

February

• The Coherent Discovery laser arrived

• Meso & Zainab joined the lab

March

• The Coherent Monaco laser arrived

• Brookelynn officially joined the lab!

• Meso received notification that she was selected for UAB’s Summer Research Academy

• Cora began her rotation in the lab

April

• The lab received notification that Beth’s NIDA R00 was activated (on April Fool’s Day)

• Beth gave a seminar at her graduate school alma mater, Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Beth spoke on a panel at the NeuroGateways Symposium, hosted by UAB’s Center for Neuroengineering & Brain-Computer Interfaces.

• Ayesha joined the lab

May

• The lab’s two-photon system was finally set up on May 1st!

• Brookelynn received a travel award from the UAB Psychology Department for the Alabama Psychological Association conference

June

• Meso’s Summer Research Academy started

• Brookelynn presented her first poster from the lab at the UAB NEURAL Conference

• One of Beth’s first-author postdoctoral papers was accepted for publication

July

• Meso presented her research at the UAB EXPO Symposium

• The lab received notification that Beth received the Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (UAB article here)

• The lab successfully escaped from an Escape Room together as part of Meso’s send-off for her study abroad in Switzerland

August

• Brookelynn presented her research at the Alabama Psychological Association conference

September

• Brookelynn received the Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience

October

• Brookelynn attended the University of Washington NAPE Center’s Imaging and Genetics Workshop in Seattle, WA

• Bianca McCarty and Elizabeth Helms began their rotations in the lab

November

• Brookelynn presented the lab’s research on a poster at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington, D.C.

• Shelby joined the lab