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Introducing Dr. Tionna Brothers!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social and Tufts Ph.D. candidate Tionna Brothers for successfully defending her dissertation, "Potassium dynamics in hypothalamic astrocytes with development of diet-induced obesity.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
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Michael Alasoadura professional headshot.
🎉 Congratulations to JAX trainees Michael Alasoadura, Ph.D., and Sakthi Harini Rajendran on receiving fellowships from @americanheart.bsky.social!
We are proud to celebrate their outstanding research advancing human health at @jacksonlab.bsky.social. 👏
#JAXTrainee
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Sathyabaarathi Ravichandran, Ph.D., headshot.
👏 Congratulations to Daniel Peñarete, Ph.D. and Sathyabaarathi Ravichandran, Ph.D., both selected as 2026 Leet & Patterson Trust Mentored Research Award recipients!
The two-year, $200,000 awards will support their continued research at @jacksonlab.bsky.social.
#JAXTrainee
Screenshot of the Day in the Life of JAX Trainees playlist on The Jackson Laboratory's YouTube channel.
Explore the #JAXTrainee experience. 👇
Go behind the scenes with @jacksonlab.bsky.social grad students & postdocs to see what inspires their research, how they spend their days & what it’s like to be part of a collaborative scientific community.
🎥 Watch the series:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🧬 Curious what it’s like to be a #JAXTrainee? Watch Daniel, a postdoc at @jacksonlab.bsky.social, share a day exploring how the immune system and microbiome influence #gastrointestinal diseases: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1waa...
🔬 Make the most of your postdoc training with JAX: www.jax.org/postdoc
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Meet Dr. John Butts!
🎉 Congrats to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @umainegradschool.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate John Butts on defending his dissertation, "Experimental & computational approaches to understanding sequence basis of cis-regulatory elements & functional human variation.
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky
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Eden Francoeur presents her thesis defense behind a Jackson Laboratory podium.
Introducing Dr. Eden Francoeur!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social and @uconnhealth.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate Eden Francoeur for successfully defending her dissertation, "Structural variation mechanisms and their rate in inbred mice.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
🔍 🧬 Wonder what it’s like to be a #JAXTrainee?
Step into a day in the life of Hilda, whose #PhD research explores mechanisms of genetic recombination & how disruptions can contribute to infertility: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0kc...
Hilda is pursuing her Ph.D. in Biomedical Science at UMaine GSBSE.
🧠🔬 Curious what it’s like to be a #JAXTrainee?
Watch a day in the life of Kiley, whose #PhD research is advancing understanding of the brain after injury: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-h...
Kiley is pursuing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine.
🥼🧬 Curious about a day in the life of a #JAXTrainee?
Watch how Cullen balances wet lab and computational research while exploring how an #MDPhD can drive impactful discoveries: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3-0...
Cullen is pursuing his M.D.-Ph.D. in Genetics & Developmental Biology at UConn Health.
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🎉 Congrats to Ann Wells, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate at @jacksonlab.bsky.social, for being awarded an honorable mention in Phase 1 of the NIH National Eye Institute S-index challenge for her project, "Quantifying Research Transparency."
🔗 www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-a...
#JAXTrainee
🧠 Ever wondered what it’s like to pursue a Ph.D. in #neuroscience?
Meet Kiley Martin, a predoctoral affiliate in the Joy lab at @jacksonlab.bsky.social, earning her Ph.D. through @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social's 'Neuro at JAX' track.
#JAXTrainee #PhDLife
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🎉 Congrats to @jacksonlab.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate, Jonathan Funke, for being awarded a NINDS F31 NRSA fellowship for his project, "Investigating the Contribution of Motor Neuronal Mitochondria to #CharcotMarieTooth Type 2D (CMT2D)."
#JAXTrainee #Neuroskyence
John Bachman is sitting on a wooden picnic table outdoors. He is wearing a brown sweater and blue jeans. In the background, there is a fence and greenery.
🎉 Congrats to @jacksonlab.bsky.social postdoc, John Bachman, Ph.D., for being awarded an @americancancersoc.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship for his project, "Elucidating novel biomarkers & therapeutics for immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis & myositis."
#JAXTrainee #ImmunoSky
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Introducing Dr. Monica Dave!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @uconnhealth.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate Monica Dave for successfully defending her dissertation, "A human iPSC-based model of trophoblasts reveals dynamics of developmental senescence.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
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Introducing Dr. Jiatai He!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @umainegradschool.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate Jiatai He for successfully defending his dissertation, "The impact of aging on the stromal-immune microenvironment in breast cancer metastasis.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
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Introducing Dr. Alexis Garretson!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & Tufts Ph.D. candidate Alexis Garretson for successfully defending her dissertation, “The genetic architecture of fertility and germline mutation rates in laboratory mice.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
Yellow graphic with gray circle reads, "DeAnna James | Chesler lab" with DeAnna's headshot.
Green graphic with dark green circle reads, "Magda Kmiecik | Beck lab" with Magda's headshot.
Blue graphic with light blue circle reads, "Naomi Mitchell-Hutchinson | Bult lab" with Naomi's headshot.
Postbac Researchers 🔬
🔹 DeAnna James ➡️ @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social, MA in Behavioral Neuroscience
🔹 Magda Kmiecik ➡️ @uconnhealth.bsky.social, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cell Bio
🔹 Naomi Mitchell-Hutchinson ➡️ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, MS in Biomedical Sci
#JAXTrainee #MedSky #PhDSky
Blue graphic with light blue circle reads, "Cameron Keeley-Parker | Trowbridge lab" with Cameron's headshot.
Purple graphic with dark purple circle reads, "Alaura Rice | Burgess lab" with Alaura's headshot.
Orange graphic with darker orange circle reads, "Britney Sison | Chang lab" with Britney's headshot.
🎉 Join us in celebrating @jacksonlab.bsky.social's postbacs accepted into med & grad school programs!
Postbac Fellows
🔹 Cameron Keeley-Parker ➡️ VCU School of Medicine
🔹 Alaura Rice ➡️ @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social
🔹 Britney Sison ➡️ @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
#JAXTrainee #MedSky #PhDSky
Jie Zhou headshot.
Jie Zhou stands behind The Jackson Laboratory's podium with advisor, Jeffrey Chuang, standing next to the podium. Behind them is a projector screen with her thesis title slide that reads, "From spatial architecture to prognostic signatures: Decoding colorectal cancer microenvironment via spatial transcriptomics and computational pathology."
Introducing Dr. Jie Zhou!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @uconnhealth.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate Jie Zhou for successfully defending her dissertation, “From spatial architecture to prognostic signatures: Decoding colorectal cancer microenvironment.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
🤔 What’s life like as a #JAXTrainee?
Go behind the scenes with grad students & postdocs at @jacksonlab.bsky.social to see what drives their research, how they spend their days & what it's like to be part of a collaborative scientific community. 🔬 💻
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#PhDSky
Elli Hartig stands behind a wooden podium while presenting thesis slides in The Jackson Laboratory's Bar Harbor, Maine auditorium.
Cover slide for Elli Hartig's thesis defense is pictured on a bright and dark green slide that reads, "Building and Maintaining the Architecture of Inner Ear Sensory Hair Cells | Elli Hartig, Ph.D. candidate | Tufts University GSBS Genetics program & The Jackson Laboratory | Advisor: Basile Tarchini, Ph.D."
Introducing Dr. Elli Hartig!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @tufts.edu Ph.D. candidate Elli Hartig for successfully defending her dissertation, “Building and maintaining the architecture of inner ear sensory hair cells.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
Jordyn Van Portfliet stands behind a wooden podium while presenting thesis slides in The Jackson Laboratory's Bar Harbor, Maine auditorium.
Introducing Dr. Jordyn Van Portfliet!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social's visiting Ph.D. candidate Jordyn Van Portfliet for successfully defending her dissertation, "Characterizing innate immune and inflammatory responses in models of mitochondrial disease.”
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky
Nine JAX trainees standing together posing for a group photo on a stone staircase at the International Mammalian Genome Conference (IMGC) in Scotland.
JAX postbac Naomi Mitchell-Hutchinson presenting her poster to a group of people at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) annual meeting. The poster is titled, "Analysis of novel mouse models of lung adenocarcinoma."
JAX postbac DeAnna James standing next to her poster at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) annual meeting. The poster is titled, "Transcriptional responses to cocaine across stages of drug self-administration in the striatum and prefrontal cortex in genetically distinct mice with high and low rates of acquisition."
JAX Ph.D. student Elli Hartig standing next to another meeting attendee and a baby at her poster at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter meeting. The poster is titled, "MYO15A Rescues Elongation of Developmentally-Stunted Stereocilia in Adult Hair Cells."
👏 Trainees from @jacksonlab.bsky.social have been busy this spring presenting their research, building connections across the research community, exchanging ideas and gaining experience to support their growth. We’re proud of their accomplishments and inspired by their enthusiasm!
#JAXTrainee
Ryan Englander, on left, stands at The Jackson Laboratory podium with advisors Karolina Palucka, center of picture, and Olga Anczukow, right of picture.
Introducing Dr. Ryan Englander!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @uconnhealth.bsky.social M.D.-Ph.D. candidate Ryan Englander for successfully defending his dissertation!
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #MedSky
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Screenshot of Ruoyun Xiong's virtual thesis defense title slide with Ruoyun pictured presenting above.
Introducing Dr. Ruoyun Xiong!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social and @uconnhealth.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate Ruoyun Xiong for successfully defending her dissertation!
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #PhDChat
Meet the newest #JAXTrainee Ph.D. cohort ➡️ www.jax.org/news-and-ins...
The Cooperative Ph.D. Program at JAX provides training in mammalian genetics, neuroscience & genomic medicine through partnerships w/ @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social, @uconnhealth.bsky.social & @umaine.bsky.social.
#PhDChat #PhDSky
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Introducing Dr. Mian Horvath!
🎉 Congratulations to @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @uconnhealth.bsky.social M.D.-Ph.D. candidate Mian Horvath for successfully defending her dissertation!
#JAXTrainee #PhDSky #MedSky
👋 Meet @jacksonlab.bsky.social's newest Ph.D. students!
Learn what trainees are most excited about & why they chose JAX: www.jax.org/news-and-ins...
JAX's Ph.D. provides training w/ @tuftsmedschool.bsky.social, @uconn.bsky.social Health & @umaine.bsky.social.
Welcome to the #JAXTrainee cohort! 🎉
Light and dark blue split graphic with circles along the right side with white text reads, "I was interested in the cutting-edge research at JAX using mouse models to study human health and disease. I wanted to gain biomedical research experience after undergrad in preparation for applying to graduate schools. After learning about the Postbac at JAX at a conference, I decided to apply! | Britney Sison | Postbac Fellow | Chang Lab | JAX."
Interested in a #postbac to prep for an MD-PhD?
Discover why Britney, a #JAXTrainee focused on understanding how metabolism changes as lupus progresses and validating the impact of glycolytic inhibition, chose the Postbac at @jacksonlab.bsky.social to pursue meaningful research. ⤵️
#PhDChat #PhDSky
