“WPI Biologist’s Discovery Gives Clues to Evolution and May Affect Drug Interaction Research”

WPI’s release on our most recent publication in Nature Communications. Check it out!   Dr. J and Liz analyzing a calcium imaging video.

MQP Finale

This year we had two groups of MQP students. Bailey Sweet and Michael Savoie researched “Using Beta-Endorphin as an Opioid Addiction Model in C. elegans,” to establish a paradigm for using C. elegans in investigating the effects of Beta-endorphins as a substitute for opioids. Jane Lockery investigated “Sex Pheromone Attracted Response in C. elegans and Related Species,” to see […]

Dr. Chute!

And just like that, 6 years of research comes to a close. Dr. Christopher Chute successfully defended his work entitled Decoding Neural Circuits Modulating Behavioral Responses to Aversive Social Cues on October 3, 2018. Now time to toast!  

Doug the Reviewer

Doug has been selected as an Early Career Reviewer for the journal Genetics sponsored by the Genetics Society of America (GSA). This is a great start into the world of peer review that puts him in incredible company from all around the world. Click this link to find out more.

New year, new students!

As we begin this new academic year, we have some new students to welcome! Joining Chris and Doug are two new graduate students. Coming into the doctoral program is Sabine Hahn fresh off of completing her undergraduate career at Cornell College in Iowa. Joining as a fellow graduate student is Samantha Bryce from Smith College […]

WPI Seaport Visit

Liz and Doug took a trip out to Boston to visit WPI’s new location right in the Seaport district. What a wonderful time to connect with the WPI community and those attending the BIO International Conference right down the road. We can definitely see how this awesome new locale will foster lots of connections! Hope […]

Lab Visit with Philippines Educators

We had some special visitors in lab yesterday. Coordinated by Mia Dubosarsky at WPI’s STEM Education center, our guests from the Philippines represent teachers from STEM high schools and the Department of Education. In lab we were able to show them around and do a brief activity with them, demonstrating the power of C. elegans and the importance […]

A CSHL Celebrity in Our Midst!

This past week PhD Candidate Doug Reilly attended the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for the Neural Circuits meeting. Not only did he present a poster on “A neuropeptide controls the sex-specific valence of a mating cue pheromone,” hint hint ascr#8, he was featured as the guest of the week! Check out the full feature here!

Beginning B term with a Bang!

At the start of B term, the Srinivasan Lab is off and running! With the addition of Anita Chavan (pictured center) and Liz DiLoreto (pictured in background) these past months the lab is able to expand it’s expertise into new techniques. Laura Aurilio has successfully relocated to UMass Medical and is thriving in her new […]

Srinivasan Lab receives NIH Grant

The Srinivasan Laboratory is happy to announce that NIHR01 funding for over five years has been awarded to the lab! The project is titled “Functional connectome of sex-specific processing of social cues”.  Neuropathologies such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia exhibit gender biases suggesting the existence of gender specific neural circuits.  Using the model organism C. elegans, the proposal will shed light on […]