Van Meir lab members have lunch at Rock N Roll Sushi to wish Dr. Satoru Osuka farewell as he opens his own lab.
Blazer Bolt 5K for Brain Tumor Research
Van Meir lab members Jesse Stillwell, Alex Torrelli-Diljohn and Erwin Van Meir raced along with members of the Miller and Ahn labs. Great weather and great fun!
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
Summer Fun at Billie’s Farm!
Lab posters at GBS symposium
Fun day in the OR
Yuki, Alex, and Dr. Van Meir went to visit the pediatric neurosurgery operating room today and got to dress up in scrubs!
Asia fest in WTI
Postdocs Yuki and Kiyo were co-organizers of the recent Asia fest in WTI and graduate students Alex and Jesse enjoyed crafting origami and tasting the food!
Welcoming new lab members
We celebrated the arrival of Dr. Kiyotaka Saitou, a new postdoc from Japan, as well as 3 graduate students (Jesse Stillwell, Alex Torrelli-Dijohn, and Rashed Parag)
Dr. Kiyotaka Saitou Jesse Stillwell Alex Torrelli-Dijohn Rashed Parag
Team ice cream outing
The team had a much-needed ice cream outing to celebrate Alex’s birthday, Taka’s paper, and Rashed’s new baby.
Taka publishes his first manuscript
February 22, 2022: Congratulations to Takahiro Yamamoto (Post Doc) for his first manuscript in our lab. This collaborative study with our colleagues at Emory University was published in Experimental Neurology and demonstrates an important role for adhesion GPCR BAI1 (ADGRB1) in the brain. Read his manuscript here.