July 2024
McNair Scholars Joy and Niki present their summer research at the 20th Annual McNair Scholars Program Research Symposium and they both do an amazing job!! Congratulations Joy and Niki!
July 2024
We have a lab get-together at Caroline’s house, and everyone gets to meet baby Dev (we all agree he is the cutest baby ever!!). The lab plays Out of the Loop for the first time and somehow it’s always Anthony who is out of the loop.
July 2024
We take new lab photos so we can include our two newest lab members: Anna Lally, research technician, and Anthony Djerdjaj, postdoctoral fellow! Welcome Anna and Anthony!
June 2024
Caroline and Maura attend the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society Meeting in Halifax, Canada. Maura presents a poster and Caroline meets with the PNIRS Communications Committee.
June 2024
Caroline, Maura, and Elise attend the Neurobiology of Stress Meeting in Boston, MA. Maura and Elise both present posters on their recent work!
December 2023
The lab celebrates the holidays (and almost 1 year of existence!!) with a lab holiday party and lots of silliness - including a very well hidden elf-on-a-shelf, some brain surgery, and a pet rock.
November 2023
Caroline and Maura attend the Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Maura does a fantastic job presenting her first poster in the lab, and Caroline co-chairs a symposium on “The Good, the Bad, and the Microglia…” with Drs. Annie Ciernia, Lior Brimberg, Ukpong Eyo, Katie Lenz, and Lindsay Hayes.
September 2023
Three new undergraduate students join the lab! Welcome to Matt Kern, Niki Li, and Maddie Winters!
August 2023
Lab lunch to say farewell to Emma! Jason wasn’t able to attend, but we still found a way for him to have a burrito with us :)
July 2023
Elise Martin joins the Smith Lab as a research assistant! Welcome Elise!
May 2023
Celebrating the end of our first semester with ice cream from White Mountain Creamery!
Lots of firsts in the past few months, including our first (significant!) data by Maura.
June 2023
Caroline travels to Bordeaux to participate in the Cajal Neuroscience Institute Course on Glial cells in Health and Disease. She spent the two weeks running behavior following immune and neural activations with students Emmy Hoeksema and Mikey Fanikos!
January, 2023
The Smith Lab is open! We are currently recruiting graduate students, and a postdoctoral fellows. Please see the join page for details.