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2026

11/2026 Brown undergraduates introduced to C. elegans at our annual Meet & Greet event


10/2026 Lab outing to the amazing Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park Zoo


10/1/2026. Life is more fun with tacos!



9/2026. Diana and Anne travel to the ATP1A3 meeting & Diana presents her work


6/2026 Hart lab members excited to present at the C. elegans European/Neuroscience joint meeting


6/2026 Lab picnic to celebrate beginning of summer

Eleven people in a group photo, casual clothing

6/2026 Lexi was selected to present at the AGE 2026 Trainee Data Blitz!


4/2026. Hart Lab students presenting awesome posters at the Brown Summer Research Symposium


4/14/2026: Srishti reaches new heights.. outside of the lab :)

4/14/2026: Selam presents her undergraduate research poster to a huge crowd!

2/2026: Lexi's hard work on the Brown Brain Fair is highlighted in today's News from Brown article: https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-03-05/brown-brain-fair-welcomes-rhode-islanders

Woman presenting a slide (which is on two screens) to an audience of young scientists
Smiling woman standing beside her scientific poster

1/23/2026. Adam Friedberg successfully defends his dissertation on GOA-1 and sleep!

Four people holding sign saying Congratulations

2025

12/2025 Hart Lab holiday party -- celebration, lots of food and gift exchange!


Hart lab members sitting on spiral staircase

9/1/25 - Diana is awarded an NIH F31 fellowship and Carney Graduate Award in Brain Science!


8/28/25 - Adam wins the graduate student poster award at the annual Neuroscience Retreat!


8/26/25 - Roza's last day! Good luck starting your Master's program!

four people at a table in a coffee shop

7/31/25 - Monica and Selam present their summer research at the Undergraduate Symposium!

one person at a scientific poster

one person at a scientific poster








7/22/25 - The Hart & Silva-Garcia labs had a great day of chalk-talks and brainstorming at our annual retreat.

six people posing for a group photo at lab retreat, outside with city in the background

7/7 - Lexi joins the lab as PhD student in Neuroscience!


6/27-7/3 - Diana, Adam, Selam, and Anne attended the International Worm Meeting at UC Davis!

smiling people at a scientific meeting, outdoors
one person at a scientific poster
one person at a scientific poster
one person at a scientific poster
Three people at a scientific meeting, smiling with name badges visible
Four people at a scientific meeting, smiling with name badges visible

5/14 - Roza presented her work on the AHC project at the Northeast PREP Poster Presentations. Great job, Roza!

5/13 - The lab had a taco Tuesday/goodbye party! Had to use the 0.5x zoom to get everyone in the picture! Good luck to Nicole, Tanya, and Mika on their next adventures.


5/9 - Jayden did a great job presenting her rotation work on the AHC project!

4/28 - Mika successfully defended her Master of Science thesis! She was also awarded the Master's award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

Mike Gallati presenting a ScM talk

4/25 - Tanya successfully defended her Master of Science thesis! Great job, Tanya!

Tanya Singh presenting ScM talk

4/21 - Nicole presented her research on the sod-1 project at the Biology Honors Thesis poster presentations! Thank you for all your hard work, Nicole.

4/15 - The Hart Lab and the Silva-Garcia Lab had a joint lab meeting to discuss all things worm! It was great to hear about the interesting research happening in the Silva-Garcia Lab.

4/12 - Selam presented a poster at the National Undergraduate Research Conference at Brown!

One person presenting a scientific poster

4/10 - Adam gave a speech at Providence College's Nu Rho Psi Honor society induction ceremony!

Person speaks at podium during NΨP Inaugural Induction Ceremony, April 18, 2023.

3/7 - Alex's last day in lab! After three and a half years in the Hart Lab, Alex is on to his next adventure in Vienna, Austria. Good luck, Alex!

3/4 - Jayden Cyrus joins the lab as an MCB rotation student. Welcome, Jayden!

1/21 - We had a joint lab retreat with the Silva-Garcia lab! It was great to share our research with fellow worm researchers and hear about the work that they do!

1/10 - 1/18 - Anne and Mika taught first year Neuroscience PhD students at Neuropracticum.


2024

12/7 - We had our annual holiday party hosted by Anne, but unfortunately forgot to take pictures!

11/14-11/15 - Diana and Anne attended the 12th ATP1A3 in Disease Symposium in Barcelona, Spain.

11/6-11/9 - Mika attended the American Society for Human Genetics conference in Denver, Colorado.

one person at a poster

10/26 - We had a coffee hour to discuss science, paint pumpkins, and enjoy some cider & donuts!


10/19 - The lab went apple picking! We picked some pink ladies, fujis, and macouns. We ended the trip with some fresh apple cider donuts!


9/27 - Jeremy's last day in lab! Thank you for all you did for the lab and good luck in Australia! We got lunch at Mokban to send him off.

6 people at a restaurant table

4 smiling people in a lab

Photographic evidence of Jeremy's last day in lab!







9/12 - The lab headed to Three Sisters for ice cream!

5 smiling people with ice cream cones

9/3 - Sienna Partipilo joins the lab as a NSGP rotation student. Welcome, Sienna!

7/31 - Hart Lab Retreat! We spent the day discussing our science and contemplating on areas to improve. Overall it was a great day talking about our projects & spending time with each other!

8 people in a group photo at the Carney Institute

6/20-6/26 - Diana and Tanya attended both the C. elegans MAPSS and CeNEURO topics meetings in Madison, Wisconsin! Diana was awarded an honorable mention for her poster at the MAPSS meeting- congrats, Diana!

one person at a poster

6/4 - Roza Khalifa joins the lab as a PREP Student! Welcome, Roza!

5/25 - Graduation day! Thank you to Jackie, Manuel and Ashley for all of their hard work over the past few years. We know you will all go on to do great things! Congrats on graduating!

4 people in gowns at graduation

5/4 - We had a picnic together to celebrate the graduating seniors!

5/1 - Diana passed her qualifying exam and is now a MCBGP PhD candidate! Congratulations, Diana!

5/1 - Our neuroscience seniors, Ashley and Jackie, presented posters at the Neuro Seniors Poster Day! They did a fantastic job of explaining all of the hard work they have done over the last 4 years.


4/18 - The undergraduate students gave presentations on their work in lab. Great job to everyone who presented!

3/18 - Alex presented at the Boston Area Worm meeting on the sod-1 project!

3/16 - Adam, Diana, and Tanya worked the Hart Lab booth at the Brown Brain Fair!

two people a a public scientific fair, sitting at a red table

3/12 - Adam presented at NSGP in-house and Alex presented at Biology of Aging's PAARF meeting. They both did a fantastic job of presenting their work!

3/6-3/10 - Mika, Jackie and Manuel attended the TAGC24 conference in Washington DC. They all presented posters on their research and Jackie won an undergraduate poster award as an honorable mention! Congrats, Jackie!


3/3-3/8 - Adam attended the Gordon Research Conference for Sleep Regulation and Function. He presented a poster on his work with G-protein signal transduction and sleep.

1/27 - Anne and Alex taught first year Neuroscience PhD students at Neuropracticum at MBL!


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