Lab Updates

2024

SUMMER

  • The lab attends the Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) conference in Minneapolis, MN.
  • Ryan defends his PhD.

SPRING

  • Jessica leaves the lab in pursuit of a Medical Science Writing position.
  • Stephen works out the Ki67 IHC issues!
  • Erika submits an F31 application.
  • Ben gives the undergraduate data blitz talk at The Annual Louis C. Littlefield Celebrating Pharmacy Research Excellence Day.
  • Josh presents his undergraduate thesis.
  • Kate presents her mTor signaling data.
  • Steven defends his PhD.
  • The lab has dinner at Hyde Park Grill.
  • Ben and Josh graduate from UT – Josh is headed to NYU Grossman for medical school and Ben to a postbacc position at UW.
Ryan using a microscope and wearing a graduation hat.
Dr. Nixon and 7 lab members at a dinner outing at Hyde Park Grill.

2023

FALL

  • The lab attends the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in Washington, DC.
  • Erika receives a poster award at the Center for Molecular Carcinogenesis and Toxicology (CMCT) Annual Research Symposium.
  • Chinchu leaves the lab for a position at The Sealy Institute in Galveston.
  • Michael, a Neuroscience undergraduate,
    joins the lab.
  • Stephen passes his qualifying exam.

SUMMER

  • The lab attends RSA in Bellevue, WA.
  • Erika and Steven present their work at
    the European Meeting on Glia in Health and Disease (EuroGlia) in Berlin, Germany.
  • Ben, a Neuroscience undergraduate,
    joins the lab.
  • Erika passes her qualifying exam.

SPRING

  • The grad students run the Longhorn 5k.
  • Ryan receives the Graduate Program Abstract Award and gives a talk at The Annual Louis C. Littlefield Celebrating Pharmacy Research Excellence Day at UT.
  • The lab has dinner at Fonda San Miguel.
  • Jenni leaves the lab for a Medical Science Liaison position at Braeburn.
  • Lauren graduates from UT and leaves to pursue a PhD at Baylor College of Medicine.
Three lab members attending the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in Washington, DC and standing in front of the Capitol Building.
Two lab members standing in front of research posters.
Two lab members giving piggyback rides to two other lab members in front of the UT Tower. The lab members are wearing race numbers.
Dr. Nixon and 7 lab members outside the Fonda San Miguel restaurant.

2022

FALL

  • Josh, a Neuroscience undergraduate,
    joins the lab.
  • Lab attends SfN in San Diego, CA.
  • Steven receives F31 award.

SUMMER

  • Kate, a Pharmacy student, joins the lab
  • The lab attends RSA in Orlando, FL, presenting a total of 7 posters.
  • Jenni attends the Glia in Health and Disease Conference in Colds Springs Harbor, NY.
  • Natalie and Ryan win best postdoctoral and graduate student abstract at CMCT Annual Research Symposium at UT.
  • The lab throws a few gutter balls bowling at the Texas Union.

SPRING

  • Erika and Stephen, two Pharm-Tox graduate students, join the lab.
  • Ryan wins best graduate student poster presentation at The Annual Louis C. Littlefield Celebrating Pharmacy Research Excellence Day at UT.
  • Lauren, a Cellular and Molecular Biology undergraduate, joins the lab.
Dr. Nixon and 6 lab members wearing dressy clothes and standing in an outdoor setting with palm trees.
Lab members bowling at the Texas Union.
Two lab members facing each other in an outdoor setting.