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Priya Kale recognized as a College of Natural Sciences Graduate with Distinction - May 2023

Congratulations to Priya Kale! PRiya was recognized as UT graduate with distinction in research for her work on dendritic spines in Fragile X mice.

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Lauren Hewitt defends her dissertation - July 2022

Lauren Hewitt successfully defends her dissertation on hippocampal interneurons in Fragile X mice.

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Lauren delivers her defense seminar to the Department of Neuroscience

 

Brager Lab undergraduates present at the UT Undergraduate Research Forum - April 2022

Priya Kale and Soham Jadhav present posters on using Golgi staining to visualize and study dendritic spines in the adult hippocampus of Fragile X mice.

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Priya Kale presents at UT URF 2022

Brager Lab receives grant to study ion channels in Tuberous Sclerosis - April 2022

 The Brager Lab received a grant from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to investigate changes in the function of voltage-gated ion channels in prefrontal and hippocampal neurons in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis.

Greg Ordemann publishes paper in the Journal of Neuroscience - July 2021

Congratulations to Greg on getting his second paper investigating the impairment of long-term potentiation of distal CA1 synapses in mouse model of Fragile X syndrome

 

Greg Ordemann defends his dissertation - April 2021

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Greg's Dissertation Defense - pandemic style!

Congratulations Dr. Ordemann! Greg Ordemann successfully defended his dissertation and is the first INS student to graduate from the Brager Lab

Lauren Hewitt publishes paper in Physiological Reports - April 2021

Congratulations to Lauren on getting her first paper investigating stratum oriens interneurons published in Physiological Reports.

 

Lauren Hewitt wins a University Graduate Continuing Fellowship - March 2021

Congratulations to INS graduate student and Brager lab member Lauren Hewitt for winning a prestigious University Graduate Continuing Fellowship for 2021-2022.  Lauren made tremendous progress on her investigation of hippocampal interneurons and this award reflects her continuing dedication.

 

Lauren gives an virtual seminar to the UT Neuroscience community - October 2020

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Lauren speaks at INS dialogues

 

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Lauren and Darrin represent the Brager Lab at UT Brainstorms

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Lauren and Darrin discuss neuroscience with the public at UT Brainstorms

Brager Lab at the Center for Learning and Memory Retreat

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The Brager Lab after a successful CLM Retreat

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Lauren gives and update on her Fragile X research

Greg Ordemann wins UT Fellowship

Congratulations to Greg Ordemann for being selected for the Franklyn Alexander Endowed Fellowhsip

Presenting at INS Dialogues

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Greg gives an update on his research at INS Dialogues Nov 2019

Brager Lab Presents at Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago 2019

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Celebrating a great SFN meeting in Chicago

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Darrin discusses the lab's most recent data on channel dysfunction in FXS

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Greg Ordemann presenting at SFN

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Lauren Hewitt discusses her finding on interneurons at SFN

Brager Lab at the Austin Conference for Learning and Memory 2019

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Greg discusses his poster at ACLM 2019

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Dr. Brager gives a talk on channelopathies in FXS at ACLM

 

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Lauren wins prize for best poster at ACLM 2019

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Brager Lab after a great ACLM 2019

Brager lab students give undergraduate lectures in Neuroscience

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Brager Lab graduate student Lauren Hewitt lectures UT undergraduates on synaptic plasticity

 

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Brager Lab graduate student Greg Ordemann lectures on synaptic plasticity to UT undergraduates