2023

3/9 - Adam presented on his work so far on the sleep project! There was great discussion over protocols and conditions of worm rearing.

3/7 - The lab went ice skating in downtown Providence! We had a great time shredding the ice together.

2/23 - Diana practiced her presentation for her work done in the Hart Lab during her rotation this winter and Joanna practiced her presentation for her work done in the Hart Lab during her rotation this fall. They will be presenting on March 3rd and March 24th, respectively.

2/16 - We had a successful round robin showing figures, talking about crosses and discussing protocols while enjoying some cookies and popsicles to celebrate Marie's & Adam's birthdays!

2/14 - Alex presented on the sod-1 project at the February PAARF meeting at Ship Street.

2/9 - Adam presented a paper for journal club about GABAergic synaptic plasticity during a developmentally regulated sleep-like state.

2/2 - First lab meeting of the semester was spent listening to Fen-Biao Gao from UMass Worcester present on his research at Ship Street.

1/25 - It's the start of the spring semester! Everyone is back in lab & hopefully refreshed from their time off.

2022

12/23 - Mika was awarded a Presidential Membership Award from the Genetics Society of America!

12/15 - Last lab meeting of the semester! Jeremy presented on his work and showed us pictures from his trip to Australia.

12/14 - Diana Wall joins the lab for an MCB rotation this winter. Welcome, Diana!

12/11 - The Hart Lab holiday party was a blast! We ate good food and had a successful secret Santa. Thank you to Anne for hosting!

12/8 - Marie presented on her work on the Huntington's Disease project! We also did a round robin, where everyone presented a figure or protocol related to their work.

12/1 - Lakshmi and Adam presented on their work thus far in the lab.

11/30 - Alex presented at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics Meeting! He didn't take many pictures, but here's one of his lobster dinner:

11/10 - The undergrads presented on their research! Muneet, John, Ashley, Jackie, Nicole & Manuel did a great job.

11/3 - Alex lead journal club this week and we discussed nuclear ubiquitin ligase adaptor SPOP as a conserved regulator of C9orf72 dipeptide toxicity.

11/1 - John presented a poster at the annual Northeastern ALS Conference in Clearwater, FL.

10/27 - We had a productive protocol/organization lab meeting. We discussed ways to improve protocols over Knead Doughnuts!

10/20 - Mika ran journal club this week and we discussed AAV gene therapy for SOD1 models.

10/13 - Anne presented in lab meeting about work she did as a postdoc, the history of the Hart lab, and what former lab members worked on.

10/6 - We celebrated Mika's and Lakshmi's birthdays with some cake while Kelsey gave her final presentation in lab meeting since she starts a new job in a few weeks! Good luck, Kelsey!

9/29 - We had a successful round robin! It was a productive lab meeting full of updated figures and discussions about the current projects happening in lab.

9/26 - Joanna Joyce Maddela joins the lab for an MCB rotation this fall. Welcome, Joanna!

9/24 - We went apple picking at Jaswell's Farm! It was a great morning to pick honey crisps and eat warm apple cider donuts.

9/19 - Jeremy and Anne publish in MicroPublication Biology! Read the micropub here.

9/16 - The lab went out for pizza at Flatbreads to celebrate the start of the academic year, new publications, and everyone being back in lab!

9/15 - Alex practiced his presentation for NSGP In-House and MCBGP Data Club! He will be presenting for NSGP In-House on Tuesday, September 20th and MCBGP Data Club on Friday, September 23rd.

9/8 - First lab meeting of the semester! It was great to see everyone back in lab.

8/26 - Lakshmi Prakash joins the lab for an NSGP rotation this fall. Welcome, Lakshmi!

8/25 - (Most of) the lab went indoor rock climbing at Central Rock Gym! We scaled V2s like pros.

7/27 - The CeNeuro conference was held in Vienna this year, where Alex, Kelsey and Jeremy all presented posters on their research. Here they are pictured below with Anne at the conference:

7/20 - The annual Hart Lab retreat was a day full of research talks from our lab. Kelsey, Alex, Anne and Jeremy gave chalk-talks about current projects and research grants. Muneet, John, Nicole, Ashley and Marie all presented posters on their research from this summer. Great job, everyone!

7/13 - Alex was appointed to Brown University's Biology of Aging T32 NRSA training grant. Congratulations, Alex!

7/13 - The lab went kayaking at Narrow River Kayaks in Narragansett.

7/11 - Welcome back to lab, John & Muneet!

6/9 - Celebrated Kelsey's birthday at lab meeting!

6/6 - We welcomed Ashley & Nicole back to lab for the summer.

5/26 - The lab went out to lunch to celebrate Steph's send-off! Good luck at UVA, Steph!

5/18 - It was PREP Program Poster day- Stephanie presented on her work from the past year in the Hart Lab!

5/12 - Kelsey presented her work on Exercise Induced Quiescence (EIQ).

5/5 - Mika and Stephanie presented on their sod-1 work and the lab went out for ice cream to celebrate Anne's birthday!

5/4 - Marie is accepted into the PREP program at Brown.

5/3 - Mika is accepted into the Master of Science in Biotechnology program at Brown.

4/28 - The undergrads presented on their work this semester! Great job Muneet, Ashley, John and Jackie!

4/21 - Anne led lab meeting and talked about a grant proposal in the works.

4/7 - Jeremy presented on his work with the Huntington's project at lab meeting. Anne shared her pictures from Italy and Stephanie shared her pictures from France!

3/31 - Alex led lab meeting and gave a presentation on his work with the sod-1 project.

3/11 - Anne heads to Italy for the Sleep Regulation and Function Gordon Research Conference.

2/23 - Created this website!