Lab News.
3/2024
Welcome, Oliva Conway, a graduate student from the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program!
1/2024
Welcome, Dr. Lola Kalejaiye! We are excited about her new role as a Staff Scientist.
10/2023
Welcome Dr. Lilyana Quigley to the lab! She comes from UT Southwestern.
09/2023
Welcome, Dr. Jen Jenkins, our first postdoc from the University of Georgia!
08/2023
The summer flew by…we say farewell to Rameesha!
06/2023
Molly received her Research Animal Coordinator Certification (RACC) from the Animal Care & Use Program. Congratulations Molly!!!
05/2023
Yule passed her preliminary exam!
Rameesha, a UMBC Meyerhoff Scholar, has joined us for the summer through SROP. Welcome, Rameesha!
Jason graduated with High Distinction in Biology! Congratulations!
Chantell was named an inaugural recipient of the Freeman Hrabowski Scholar from HHMI! See more features in Duke School of Medicine and Forbes.
Mohammad’s first paper is published in JoVE…Fluorescence-Based Quantification of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Superoxide Levels using Live Imaging in HeLa Cells
04/2023
Jordan passed her preliminary exam!
12/2022
Jordan’s first paper is published in Star Protocols…Fluorescent pulse-chase labeling to monitor long-term mitochondrial degradation in primary hippocampal neurons
Chantell is featured in the December issue of The Scientist as a Scientist to Watch…Chantell Evans Tracks Mitochondrial Cleanup in Neurons.
10/2022
Chantell receives the 2022 Science Diversity Leader Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Chantell is featured in the Popular Science’s 2022 Brilliant 10…Finding the roots of neurodegenerative disease.
09/2022
Celebrating our Labiversary!
Jordan and Yule present at the 2022 Cell Biology Retreat
07/2022
Mohammad Fazli joins the lab as our second technician. Welcome Mohammad!
05/2022
Yule Martinez-Castillo, a first year Neurobiology student, has officially joined the lab! Welcome, Yule!
Chantell is featured in the School of Medicine Magnify Magazine…Changing the Narrative: Chantell Evans Aims to Set an Example
03/2022
After a successful rotation, Jordan Schneider has decided to join the lab! Happy to make it official!
02/2022
Molley Gooden joins the lab as a Research Technician. Welcome, Molly!
Chantell is named a 2022 Sloan Research Fellow!
01/2022
Welcome Jason McBane, a Duke undergraduate who will be completing his senior thesis with us!
We have our first two rotation students. Welcome, Jordan and Yule!
Happy New Year!
12/2021
New Commentary out in Cell…Using virtual interviewing to create a more accessible hybrid academic job market
Chantell is featured on the cover of the DukeMed Alumni News, Winter 2021!
Check out the article here…Examining the Links Between Damaged Mitochondria and Brain Diseases
11/2021
With the help of Dipali, it’s starting to look like a REAL lab around here!
10/2021
Christmas in October!
Packages have started arriving in the lab!
9/2021
Our doors are open!
Welcome Dipali Arora! She is the first member to join the team!
4/2021
Chantell accepts a faculty position in the Cell Biology Department at Duke! The lab officially opens September 2021!