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October 2022
  • Stephen Vidman successfully completed his rotation and ufficially joined the lab as Graduate Student. Stephen is affiliated to the Neuroscience Graduate Program.
  • Our image of the vasculature network in the adult mouse spinal cord was discussed in the November issue of Nature Methods featuring the Nikon Small World Photomicrography competition https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-022-01677-y

August 2022
  • Mai Hien and Stephen Vidman started rotating in the lab. Welcome!
  • Elliot Dion will continue working in the lab as Research Assistant. : )

July 2022
June 2022
  • Elliot Dion successfully defended his capstone project. Well done, Elliot!

May 2022
April 2022
  • Another new manuscript in press. Congrats everyone involved. More info soon.
  • Our Pilot Award Application in collaboration with Drs. Townsend (Neurosurgery), Powell (Materials Science and Engineering) and 'our' Roy (Neuroscience) is funded by the Chronic Brain Injury Program. Exciting work about changes in adipose tissue function is on the way. 

March 2022
  • Andrea gives talks at the Gordon Research Conference (CNS injury and repair, Oxnard, CA) and Temple University
  • Morgan joins the Sun Lab. Welcome!

February 2022
  • A new manuscript is in press. Congrats everyone involved. More info soon.
  • Andrea gives a virtual talk at UConn Health

January 2022
  • Arman started Graduate School at Virginia Commonwealth University. Congrats, Arman!

December 2021
  • Andrea gives virtual talks at the Burke Neurological Institute and Emory University

November 2021
September 2021
  • Andrea gives a virtual talk at the University of Buffalo.

August 2021
  • Wenjing give a virtual seminar at the Neurotrauma Research in Progress (NTRIPS)
  • Alaina Scavuzzo joined the Sun Lab. Welcome!
  • Arman got admitted to the PhD program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Congrats, Arman!
  • Elliot Dion joined the lab from the University of Florida as master student in Neuroscience. Welcome, Elliot!

May 2021
  • Arman Bordbar joined the lab as data scientist. Welcome, Arman!

April 2021
  • Andrea gives a virtual seminar at the Neurotrauma Research in Progress (NTRIPS)
  • Catherine got admitted to the Bioinformatics Program (Genomic Sciences Graduate Program) at North Carolina State University. Congrats Catherine!
  • Our review entitled "The role of lipids, lipid metabolism and ectopic lipid accumulation in axon growth, regeneration and repair after CNS injury and disease" has been accepted for publication. Congrats Debasish! 
  • Hannah Qin and Haven Rodocker join the lab, Welcome! 
  • Antonia will join the Gefen's Lab at Northwestern University. Congrats Antonia! 

March 2021
  • Jack Heflin joined the SUN Lab. Welcome!
  • Antonia won the Best Undergraduate Poster, 2021 CBI Research Day. Congrats Antonia!  
  • Molly got admitted to MD/PhD program. Well done, Molly!

January 2021
  • Julia Myers, Emily Oakley and Jack Heflin join the lab, Welcome!  

December 2020
  • Molly and Andrea won the 2nd and 1st place in the Judges and People's choice Awards respectively, Department of Neuroscience, Photomicrographs competition. Congrats, Molly & Andrea!  

October 2020
  • Meretta Hanson started her rotation. Welcome!

September 2020
  • Antonia won one of the three 2020 CBI Research Day poster awards . Congrats Antonia! 
  • Andrea gives a virtual talk at Chronic Brain Injury (CBI) research day.

August 2020
  • Our review entitled "Axon growth and synaptic function: A balancing act for axonal regeneration and neuronal circuit formation in CNS trauma and disease" has been accepted for publication. Congrats Conrad! 
  • Christopher Cotter started his rotation. Welcome!
  •  Dr. Debasish Roy joins the lab as Postdoctoral Researcher. Welcome! 

June 2020
  • Fabio (former visiting scholar from Univ of Nottingham) got admitted to the prestigious fast track PhD program at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany). Well done, Fabio! 
  • Antonia gave a killer presentation at the Neurotrauma Research in Progress (NTRips). Great job, Antonia!   

May 2020
  • Julia (former undergrad student) has been awarded a scholarship  from the College of Arts and Sciences. Well done, Julia!

March 2020
  • Andrea joined the discussion @ American Medicine Today to talk about our research using commonly prescribed drugs that could help restore limb function after spinal cord injury.

February 2020
  • Antonia presented a poster at the 2020 Ohio TBI Summit. Well done, Antonia! 
  • Sidharth Iyer joins the lab. Welcome!

January 2020
  • Danielle Boyle started her rotation. Welcome!
  • Our Pilot Award Application in collaboration with Dr. John Lannutti (Materials Science and Engineering) is funded by the Chronic Brain Injury Program. Exciting work about 'smart' drug delivery systems (SDDS) is on the way. 

December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
  • Becca Biltz started her rotation. Welcome!

September 2019
  • A new manuscript is in press. Congrats everyone involved. More info soon.
  • Toneisha Stubbs started her rotation. Welcome!

August 2019
  • Our collaborative work on ADF/Cofilin-mediated actin turnover and axon regeneration is in press @Neuron. Congrats everyone involved.

July 2019
May 2019
April 2019
  • Andrea gives a talk at the Canadian SCI Research Meeting
  • NoA R01 ... exciting work related to SCI is on the way

February 2019
  • Dr. Sun has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor (res. track). CONGRATS!
  • Our review on the application of omics technologies to study axon regeneration and CNS repair is in press @F1000 Faculty Reviews

January 2019
  • Our collaborative work led by Dr. Brett Hilton describing high resolution 3D imaging and analysis of axon regeneration is in press @Nature Protocols.
  • Julia Plebanski and Antonia Zouridakis join the lab. Welcome!

November 2018
  • TEd Lab hits SfN 2018 in San Diego.

October 2018
  • Molly  has been awarded the Chauncey D. Leake Student Paper Competition Award. CONGRATS!

September 2018
  • Andrea gives a talk at the Tübingen Neuroscience Alumni Meeting (Tübingen, Germany).
  • Fabio Laredo joins the lab. Welcome!
  • Andrea gives a talk at the 2018 Spinal Research Network Meeting (London, UK).

July 2018
  • Our (VL, JKL, AT and YS) workshop on tissue clearing and light sheet microscopy was a success! To read more go to https://inrslsfm.weebly.com/ 
  • Andrea gives a talk at the 2018 International Neural Regeneration Symposium in Guangzhou (China).
  • Our book chapter entitled "Recent Developments in Regenerative Strategies to Treat Spinal Cord Injuries" is in press. 

June 2018
  • Our lab participates in the Explorations in Neuroscience Summer Camp 2018 ... WTG! May 2018
  • Andrea gives a talk at Case Western Reserve University.
  • Dr. Wenjing Sun joins the Tedeschi/Sun lab. Welcome!

April 2018
  • Liam et al. presented a Virtual Reality Game for individuals with limited mobility at the annual Brain Health Summit. CONGRATS! 
  • Andrea gives talks at Marquette University and University of British Columbia

January 2018
December 2017  
November 2017
  • Amanda Huang started her rotation. Welcome!

October 2017
  • Andrea gives a talk at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
  • Liam Stalker and Alex Annett join the lab. Welcome!
  • Kia J. Adams started her rotation. Welcome!

September 2017
  • Our collaborative work describing spinal cord injury-induced immunodeficiency is in press @Nature Neuroscience.

June 2017
  • The lab is awarded funding from Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

May 2017
  • Andrea gives a talk at the Spinal Cord Injury Summit.
  • Molly joins the lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome!

February 2017
  • Andrea gives a talk at the Winter Conference for Brain Research.

January 2017
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