On Monday, October 24, Eleni visited Skyline High School of Ann Arbor, invited by the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) students club. She gave a presentation on her research, and she had a fun and detailed discussion with students about her research, her educational path, her typical week, and her professional activities. Students’ questions Continue Reading »
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Our work at the SICB 2023 Conference
Kubra is presenting a poster at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2023 Conference, to be held January 3-7 in Austin, Texas. Our paper is titled “Transdisciplinary exploration of the aging-driven locomotive decline in humans and nematodes”, by Kubra Akbas, Zhaoyuan Zhang, Cruz Donato, Elizabeth Archer, Maria Schiavone, Carlotta Mummolo, and Eleni Continue Reading »
New Pathfinder Grant from UM Space Institute
Our group has been awarded a Pathfinder Grant from the University of Michigan Space Institute, to support a pilot study on nematodes’ behavior after exposure to artificial microgravity in the lab. We are excited to continue our space biology research effort!
Our work at the 2022 CeNeuro conference
Eleni presented updates on our group’s work at the 2022 C. elegans Neuro conference, in Vienna, Austria. Our poster was titled “Maze learning and 3-dimensional spatial behavior are affected by age and prior experience”, authored by Lindsay Berardi, Abrielle Fretz, Noah Brooks, Ray Yang, and Eleni Gourgou.
Our paper on 3D-printed hydrogel arenas for nematodes is now accepted for publication!
Our manuscript entitled “3-dimensional arenas for the assessment of C. elegans behavior”, by Cardoza S., Tse L.Y.L., Barton K., and Gourgou E., is accepted for publication in the International Journal of Bioprinting. In this work we present the first iteration of our novel 3D-printer, the Parnon, which can extrude Nematode Growth Medium (NGM), the Continue Reading »
Our research featured in the European Journal of Neuroscience!
Our research on C. elegans maze learning was featured in a recent commentary article in the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN, May 2022), the official journal of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. In it, the authors highlight the significance and impact of our two papers, Gourgou et al, 2021 (experimental work) and Sakelaris et
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Eleni approved for promotion
Eleni has been approved for promotion to Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, U-M College of Engineering, effective September 1, 2022.
Cameron is awarded a scholarship!
Cameron Smith, who is working on C. elegans egg-laying behavior in microgravity conditions, is awarded the Underwood-Alger Scholarship, 2022: This scholarship program is based on merit and intended to provide support for students majoring in the biological sciences. Congratulations, Cameron!
Seminar on C. elegans, aging, microfluidics, and computer vision
Adriana San Miguel Delgadillo, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is giving the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series talk, tomorrow, December 7, at 4pm.
Eleni is her host.
Watch Adriana’s talk here.
Our paper on modelling maze learning is accepted at the European Journal of Neuroscience!
Our work, with Bennet Sakelaris* as the leading author and in collaboration with Victoria Booth, Professor of Mathematics, was just accepted for publication at the European Journal of Neuroscience!
Congratulations, Bennet! And thanks, everyone, for the great work!
Bennet G. Sakelaris, Li Zongyu, Sun Jiawei, Banerjee Shurjo, Booth Victoria, Gourgou Eleni: “Modelling learning in C. Continue Reading »