Biology alumna Rachel Wyetzner (2023, Atit Lab) was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in the "Life Sciences - Developmental Biology" category.
Congratulations Rachel!
Awards and Recognition
Qiannan Ma, a PhD candidate in the Atit lab, published her first paper from her graduate work in the lab in the Journal Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Her paper titled "Wnt Activation in Mature Dermal Adipocytes Leads to Lipodystrophy and Skin Fibrosis via ATGL-Dependent Lipolysis", which highlights...
In late 2025, postdoctoral scholar Troy Neptune will be travelling to Seville, Spain to study the effects of artificial light and light pollution have on amphibians, building on his previous research on how amphibians respond to changing light conditions in the context of climate change.
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PhD graduate student Zach Slimak in the Fox Lab was awarded an Honorable Mention for the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the "Life Sciences - Neurosciences" category.
Congratulations Zach!