Author: Madison Rennie

Congratulations Maddie for being nominated for a Peoples Choice Award at WPI’s 2024 Graduate Research Innovation Exchange (GRIE). Check out the article here!

This December, Suzanne and three of our graduate students Maddie, Ayobami, and Guanyu traveled to Boston to attend the American Societys of Cell Biology Annual Conference. While there, we were able to learn about the cutting edge of science and collaborate /network with many peers. Additionally, Maddie, Ayobami, and Guanyu were all able to present their current finding surrounding their thesis work.

Starting the 2023 academic year, the Scarlata lab welcomed three new amazing graduate students. Welcome Greta, Pingjin, and Kevin, we are so delighted to have you! Check out their background and contact information on our Lab Members page.

Lab members Guanyu and Maddie attended a course titled “Fluorescence Principles” in Urbana-Champaign Illinois and sponsored by ISS Inc. During the course, both students learned the in and outs of all fluorescence microcopy, receiving instruction from some of the founders of fluorescence such as David Jameson. (Images courtesy of ISS Inc Facebook page)

Dr. Scarlata and lab members Maddie and Guanyu attended the 2023 meeting of ASBMB in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Scarlata was invited to give a talk discussing calcium dynamics in neuronal cell differentiation while Maddie and Guanyu presented posters highlighting there most recent findings in their own research.

Dr. Scarlata was invited to Cushing Academy to speak on her successes and hardships in her career in STEAM. At the Girls in STEAM Leadership Conference, young high-school women were invited to participate in STEAM activities and hear from professionals on their experience as a women in STEAM. Graduate student, Maddie Rennie and fellow CBC graduate student Rebecca Gilchrist took the girls through a workshop to explain polymer chemistry.

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Ayobami (Bami) joined the Scarlata group as a first year graduate student. Welcome Bami!

Members of the Scarlata lab attend the 6th Milwaukee Symposium on Optical Micro-spectroscopy & Molecular Imaging. Suzanne, along with Maddie and Guanyu were able to share their research and current methods while also learning some pretty cool spectroscopy techniques!

After 3 months of hard work, our undergraduate REU student presented her final project on how osmotic stress effects the circadian rhythm in mammalian cells. She will be heading back to Virginia to finish her senior year with a degree in Biochemistry. Good luck Liz!

Lela Jackson, a member of the Scarlata group for 5 years defended her PhD dissertation today. Congrats Dr. Jackson, we are so proud of you! On June 9, Dr. Jackson defended her thesis discussing the role of stress granules and their impact on neuronal function. Up next, Lela will start her new job as a field application scientist at Agilent. We will miss you Lela!