CRANDALL LAB at MSU
2024
We welcome our new graduate student Grant Gillie
March 18, 2024
Welcome to Grant, who joined the lab as a new graduate student in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Ph.D. Program (MCIP). Grant graduated from MSU with a BS in Neuroscience.
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Mya Sebek was awarded the CNS Undergraduate Research Scholarship
March 11, 2024
Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Mya, who received an Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the College of Natural Science at MSU. This $1000 award will provide one semester of support for her research in the Crandall Lab.
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We welcome our new student Lingxi Xiong
February 18, 2024
Welcome to Lingxi! Lingxi is a first-year medical student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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We welcome our new rotational student, Priscilla Coriano
January 16, 2024
Welcome to Priscilla, who is a student in the MCIP Ph.D. Program and will rotate in our lab in the Spring of 2024. Priscilla is interested in learning more about optogenetics.
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Mya Sebek was awarded the 2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Undergraduate Award
January 8, 2024
Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Mya, who received the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award from the American Physiological Society. Mya will receive $100 and a one-year complimentary American Physiological Society membership.
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2023
We welcome our new rotational students, Grant Gillie and Aaryn Edwards
October 17, 2023
Welcome to Grant and Aaryn, who are students in the MCIP Ph.D. Program and will rotate in our lab in the Fall of 2023. Grant graduated from MSU with a B.S. in Neuroscience, and Aaryn graduated from Spelman College with a B.S. in Biology.
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Tryton Keller was awarded the CNS Undergraduate Research Scholarship
October 1, 2023
Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Tryton, who received an Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the College of Natural Science at MSU. This $1000 award will provide one semester of support for his research in the Crandall Lab.
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We welcome our new lab manager/research technician Lea Ratz
September 25, 2023
Welcome to Lea, who joined the lab as our new lab manager/research technician. Lea received her B.S. in Biological Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from Montana State University. Before joining our group, she worked as a research technician at the McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences.
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Dawn Autio has retired
September 8, 2023
Congratulations to Dawn’s retirement and incredible career. Dawn has been our lab manager/research technician since 2018. Thank you for all of your hard work. We will miss you! Happy retirement!
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Victoria Solt
September 1, 2023
Welcome to Victoria, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Victoria is a freshman, and the Professorial Assistantship program supports her through the Honors College.
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We welcome our new student, Bridgette Weiss
August 6, 2023
Welcome to Bridgette, who is a student in the Neuroscience Ph.D. Program (NSP) and will rotate in our lab in the Fall of 2023. Bridgette graduated from MSU with a BS in Neuroscience.
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We welcome our new undergraduate students, Lizzie Le and Abigail Carvey
July 11, 2023
Welcome to Lizzie and Abbey, who joined the lab this summer as undergraduate students. Both will be juniors this fall, majoring in Neuroscience. Lizzie is interested in studying the thalamus, whereas Abbey is interested in corticothalamic circuits and Tuberous Sclerosis.
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Luis Martinetti and Kelly Bonekamp presented at The Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience meeting in East Lansing, MI, and the Annual Big Ten Neuroscience meeting in Indianapolis, IN
November 13, 2022
Congratulations to our two graduate students, Luis and Kelly, who presented their research posters entitled "Motor control of layer 6 corticothalamic circuits in the somatosensory cortex" and "Identification of an inhibitory circuit that mediates motor integration in the somatosensory cortex."
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Mya Sebek awarded Pathway to Research Funds from MSU
April 4, 2023
Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate, Mya, who was awarded Pathway to Research Funds from Michigan State University. The Pathway to Research Program will fund Mya to work on her research project during the Fall 2023 semester. Pathway to Research
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Grant Gillie accepted an admission offer from Michigan State University
March 17, 2023
Congratulations to our research assistant, Grant, who will join Michigan State University’s Ph.D. Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology starting in the Fall. We wish Grant the best of luck! MCIP Program
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Mya Sebek selected as a 2023 fellow for the American Physiological Society
March 14, 2023
Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate, Mya, who was selected as a fellow in the American Physiological Society’s (APS) 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. The SURF Program will allow Mya to participate in hands-on research in our laboratory for 10 weeks. The award includes a stipend, travel to the American Physiology Summit, and research funds. APS SURF Program
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2022
The Crandall lab’s Snowperson surfed straight to the win!
December 23, 2022
Congratulations to Dawn Autio and the rest of the Crandall lab for winning top honors in the Department of Physiology 2022 Snowperson Contest. The reigning champion won the competition the last time it was held in 2019
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Luis Martinetti and Kelly Bonekamp presented at the Annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA
November 13, 2022
Congratulations to our two graduate students, Luis and Kelly, who presented their research posters entitled "Motor control of layer 6 corticothalamic circuits in the somatosensory cortex" and "Identification of an inhibitory circuit that mediates motor integration in the somatosensory cortex."
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Mya Sebek
November 2, 2022
Welcome to Mya, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Mya is a freshman interested in how abnormal communications in the brain can result in neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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We welcome our new student Jacob Schoener
September 1, 2022
Welcome to Jake, who joined the lab as part of a Pre-clerkship Research Program at MSU (OST-599). Jake is a medical student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Our paper is accepted in the Journal of Neuroscience
July 15, 2022
Our paper titled ‘State-dependent modulation of activity in distinct layer 6 corticothalamic neurons in barrel cortex of awake mice’ is accepted in the Journal of Neuroscience. Congratulations to Surya and Dawn! Link to early release.
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We welcome our new research assistant Grant Gillie
June 6, 2022
Welcome to Grant, who joined the lab as our new research technician. Grant recently graduated from MSU with a BS in Neuroscience.
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We welcome our new graduate student Kelly Bonekamp
May 15, 2022
Welcome to Kelly, who joined the lab as a new graduate student in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Ph.D. Program (MCIP). Kelly graduated from MSU with a BS in Neuroscience.
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Crandall Lab featured on MSU Today
May 12, 2022
MSU TODAY ran a story about our research titled ‘MSU researcher receives $1.9 million NIH grant to study brain behavior.’ Link. This story originally ran on the College of Natural Science website.
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Our paper has been selected for the cover of Cerebral Cortex
May 1, 2022
Our paper titled ‘Short-Term Facilitation of Long-Range Corticocortical Synapses Revealed by Selective Optical Stimulation’ has been selected for the cover of the Cerebral Cortex, Volume 32, Issue 9 (Link). Congratulations to Luis, Kelly, Dawn, and Hye Hyun!
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Claire Jones accepted an offer from a research lab at the NIH
April 29, 2022
Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Claire, who will join a research lab at the National Institutes of Health starting in the summer as part of the Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Program (Link). We wish Claire the best of luck!
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Claire Jones presented and was awarded the best poster presentation at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF)
April 14, 2022
Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Claire, who received the best poster award for her research poster entitled " Identifying the inhibitory circuit elements mediating motor integration in deep layers of somatosensory cortex."
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Crandall Lab received an R01 Research Project Grant from NINDS
April 1, 2022
This project aims to understand how cortical feedback projections influence information processing in the sensory cortex. This award provides five years of support for our research.
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We welcome our new student Erin Day
January 1, 2022
Welcome to Erin, who joined the lab as part of a Pre-clerkship Research Program at MSU (OST-599). Erin is a medical student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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2021
Our paper was published in Cerebral Cortex
September 14, 2021
Our paper titled ‘Short-Term Facilitation of Long-Range Corticocortical Synapses Revealed by Selective Optical Stimulation’ was published in Cerebral Cortex (here). Congratulations to Luis, Kelly, Dawn, and Hye Hyun!
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We welcome our two new students, Abby Rachor and Jacob Ackermann
September 1, 2021
Welcome to Abby and Jake, who joined the lab as part of a Pre-clerkship research program at MSU (OST-599). Abby and Jake are medical students in the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Tryton Keller
September 1, 2021
Welcome to Tryton, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Tryton is a freshman, and the Professorial Assistantship program supports him through the Honors College.
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Luis Martinetti awarded F31 NRSA from NINDS
July 1, 2021
Congratulations to our grad student, Luis, who received an F31 training fellowship from NINDS. This fellowship will provide three years of support for his research.
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Jenna Laymon accepted an admission offer from The University of Tennessee Knoxville
April 1, 2021
Congratulations to our research technician and former undergraduate student, Jenna, who will join The University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Master’s Program in Behavioral Neuroscience starting in the Fall. We wish Jenna the best of luck!
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We welcome our new undergraduate students, Gokul Murali and Breandan Martin
February 2, 2021
Welcome to Gokul and Breandan, who joined the lab as undergraduate students. Gokul is a senior human biology/physiology double major with a data science minor. Breandan is a junior neuroscience major with a philosophy minor.
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2020
We welcome our new research assistant Jenna Laymon
December 21, 2020
Welcome to Jenna, who joined the lab as our new research technician. Jenna recently graduated from MSU with a BS in Cognitive Psychology.
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We welcome our new postdoc Hye Hyun Kim
December 1, 2020
Welcome to Hye Hyun, who joined our lab as a new postdoc from the Ho Lab at Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea.
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Claire Jones
November 11, 2020
Welcome to Claire, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Claire is a junior neuroscience major interested in thalamocortical circuitry. She was previously supported by the Professorial Assistantship program through the Honors College.
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Kelly Bonekamp accepted an admission offer from New York University
April 1, 2020
Congratulations to our research technician and former undergraduate student, Kelly, who will join New York University’s PhD Program in Neuroscience starting in the Fall. We wish Kelly the best of luck!
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Our collaborative paper is published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
September 29, 2020
Our paper titled ‘A Human TSC1 Variant Screening Platform in Gabaergic Cortical Interneurons for Genotype to Phenotype Assessments’ was published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. To read the full article, click here. This was a collaborative project with Daniel Vogt from the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development. Congratulations to Dean and Luis!
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2019
Crandall Lab received an Award from NINDS to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research in support of Luis Martinetti
September 1, 2019
Congratulations to our graduate student, Luis. This research supplement will provide 1.5 years of support for his research.
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Neil Garg
September 1, 2019
Welcome to Neil, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Neil is a sophomore physiology major interested in neuroscience. He is supported by the Professorial Assistantship program through the Honors College.
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We welcome our first postdoc Suryadeep Dash
July 17, 2019
Welcome to Surya, who joined our lab as a new postdoc from the Corneil Lab at Western University in Canada.
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We welcome our new research assistant Kelly Bonekamp
May 15 1, 2019
Welcome to Kelly, who joined the lab as our new research technician. Kelly recently graduated with Honors from MSU with a BS in Neuroscience.
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Lalitha Karchalla
May 25, 2019
Welcome to Lilly, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Lilly is an undergraduate majoring in Neuroscience and Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics. She is interested in cortical circuits.
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Kelly Bonekamp presented her research at The Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
May 13, 2019
Congratulations to our undergraduate student, Kelly, who presented a research poster entitled "Inhibitory control of cortical layer six."
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We welcome our new undergraduate student Dana Simon
January 20, 2019
Welcome to Dana, who joined the lab as an undergraduate student. Dana is currently a freshman in Lyman Briggs. She is interested in neuroscience research.
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We welcome our first graduate student Luis Martinetti
January 1, 2019
Welcome to Luis, who joined the lab as our first graduate student. Luis completed his master’s work at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is supported by an Early Start and Academic Achievement Graduate Fellowship through the Graduate College.
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2018
Kelly Bonekamp was awarded the CNS Undergraduate Research Scholarship
October 1, 2018
Congratulations to our first undergraduate student, Kelly, who received an Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the College of Natural Science at MSU. This scholarship will provide one semester of funding for her research in the Crandall Lab.
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We welcome our new lab manager/research technician Dawn Autio
April 1, 2018
Welcome to Dawn, who joined the lab as our new lab manager/research technician. She has been a Research Assistant at MSU since 1988 and has expertise in molecular biological, anatomical, and microscopy techniques.
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We welcome our first undergraduate student Kelly Bonekamp
February 15, 2018
Welcome to Kelly, who joined the lab as our first undergraduate student and also as the first lab member. She is a junior neuroscience major interested in neurophysiology.
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Crandall Lab received R00 Transition award from NINDS
January 1, 2018
This is the second phase of an NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) that will provide 3 years of independent research support. This project aims to investigate the mechanisms of corticothalamic circuit function.
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Our paper published in Cell Reports
January 1, 2018
Our paper titled ‘Infrabarrels Are Layer 6 Circuit Modules in the Barrel Cortex that Link Long-Range Inputs and Outputs’ is published in Cell Reports. To read the full article, click here.
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Crandall Lab started at MSU
January 1, 2018
The Crandall Lab started in the Department of Physiology at Michigan State University.
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