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Check out the whole story and video below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/8b67efe3-ad4d-4e05-b1da-b1305903ecb4/Screen+Shot+2024-05-15+at+9.46.45+AM.png News - Feburary 2024 Liz’s lab team met at A Studio in the Woods to hold their first annual research retreat, supported by a grant awarded to lab PI, Dr. Liz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/4e7d9bc1-eec8-4b06-9df6-0f02b28499b5/Screen+Shot+2023-03-10+at+11.14.29+AM.png News - February 2023 Liz’s lab team published their latest paper addressing the long term brain and cognition consequences of repeat intermittent infection experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629731779708-6KA2WIR7OYVUKY5PG1NU/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.15.10+AM.png News - April 2021 Dr. Liz was a co-author on a paper published in the journal Cells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/191c99e6-b05d-4cf2-8160-a4650d6aac6d/Screen+Shot+2023-09-06+at+12.33.57+PM.png News - September 2023 Graduate student India Pursell has earned the Trainee Professional Development Award from SfN! Great work, India! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/62c1a846-cee4-4707-abda-2060f065a4d0/Screen+Shot+2023-08-23+at+1.29.07+PM.png News - August 2023 Graduate student India Pursell is on fire this month! She was recently named a BAM! (BIPOC Affirming and Mentoring) participant and was awarded a Tulane School of Science and Engineering Dean’s Travel Fund award to support her travel to SfN! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/ed540376-f189-4527-b450-ded3b1740a90/Pursell+Portrait+.jpg News - November 2023 Graduate student India Pursell has something to be especially thankful for this year. She has successfully completed her qualifying exam, a major milestone in her graduate studies! Congrats India! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629729933132-A7JOED9XYEHQ3TA1Y35E/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+9.44.14+AM.png News - June 2021 Liz’s Lab was awarded a 2 year pilot grant from the Tulane University Translational Sciences Institute to study ‘Metabolic and dementia consequences of neuron-specific miR-34a expression’! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629732332535-ZZLT6EN4FIYBK98ISLRZ/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.25.15+AM.png News - September 2021 Dr. Liz was a co-author on a publication in Neurobiology of Aging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/0179b66a-4791-4776-bc71-2c06b6868990/Liz+Bella+Statue.jpg News - March 2022 Dr. Liz’s statue, part of her role as Ambassador for the IF/THEN Initiative, was placed in the Smithsonian Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Women’s History Month. She and her daughter, Bella, appeared on the segment of the Today Show featuring the exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/3f13363f-8e6d-4cb5-b210-456bb47aac2a/Screen+Shot+2023-11-16+at+3.10.47+PM.png News - September 2023 Liz’s lab is please to welcome the newest US citizen, lab postdoctoral fellow Dr. Raul Freitas. Congrats Dr. Raul! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629725068525-BYAU0OEO22XGC44BWAOO/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+8.23.58+AM.png News - May 2021 Along with co-principal investigator, Dr. Kevin Zwezdaryk, Liz’s Lab was awarded a 1 year pilot grant from the Tulane Brain Institute for ‘Exploration of an Infectious Etiology of Age-Related Cognitive Decline’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/070eca2a-3671-48e7-94f1-17c478711ea8/TUTSI-Logo-sm.jpeg News - September 2023 Liz’s lab team is thrilled to announce their most recent funding. Together with Dr. Jiang He, Dr. Liz earned a one year, $250,000 NIH administrative supplement on the Tulane University Translational Sciences Institute COBRE award to study microRNA-34a contributions to Alzheimer’s disease. We cannot wait to start this important work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/4bc38074-03b9-4752-80ff-4b12d995003f/20230804_142148.jpg News - August 2023 Liz’s Lab undergraduate student, Sharhana Shrestha was selected as a TURN (Tulane Undergraduate Research in Neuroscience) summer fellow and presented her research at the end of program poster symposium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1602520751618-Z0JTP0RKB8TRF67JE99N/Presentation1.jpg News - September 2020 Big news; Liz’s Lab has moved! Dr. Liz has taken a position as an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center at Tulane University. We are excited for this change and can’t wait to see what fantastic opportunities this new role will bring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/6853344b-b163-4211-8a88-ffd48b501e9a/IMG_4455.jpg News - October 2023 Dr. Liz was honored as a Healthcare Hero (by the New Orleans City Business periodical. Check out the article at: https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2023/07/05/announcing-the-2023-health-care-heroes/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1605442001771-KE9R9TV2R1F3IPOKBVY9/Congratulations+to+Dr.+Liz...+-+Tulane+Center+for+Clinical+Neurosciences++Facebook.png News - November 2020 The Liz’s Lab team is proud to announce that the Books & Brains - NOLA project will be funded! Special thanks to the IF/THEN Initiative, the AAAS, and Lyda Hill Philanthropies for supporting this exciting new program. The Books & Brains -NOLA program will leverage story time series within the New Orleans Public Library system to bring neuroscience education to the public and provide community outreach opportunities for Tulane and LSU neuroscience trainees. To learn more about this program and how you can support our work, please visit the Blog or the Service pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/8ed423e5-bca8-48ab-a190-a77d55794c78/233C9CB2-0AB6-46F3-BFB9-8C647C56A46A_1_105_c.jpg News - October 2023 Lab volunteer, Advaith Subramanian, successfully earned not one but TWO Tulane awards to support undergraduate research! He is now supported with a stipend and supplies funds from the Newcomb College as well as the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching. Congrats Advaith! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629732250775-TO3CLYFKU311C1Y6TBFX/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.23.06+AM.png News - November 2021 Dr. Liz contributed to a CNRC publication addressing the role of integrin modulation in SARS-CoV-2 infection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629731492361-E2ZWMJAQTW13H5UU7CN9/IMG_3853.jpg News - April/May 2021 Liz’s Lab team members were featured as authors on posters presented at the Tulane University Health Science Research Days (April-virtual) and the Tulane University Clinical Neuroscience Center Poster Symposium (May-social distanced). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/2602a0da-ec10-46e7-9f59-894481f8a5fb/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+09.50.34.jpg News - November 2022 In recognition for her significant contributions to community outreach and STEM education, Dr. Liz was awarded the prestigious Next Generation Award by the Society for Neuroscience. She couldn’t be there in person so lab members Habby and India accepted the award on her behalf! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/d8ead88e-a693-45a1-a2d2-f829aef578c4/Screen+Shot+2023-09-16+at+8.45.51+AM.png News - August 2023 Liz’s lab collaborator, Dr. Kevin Zwezdaryk, received an NIA R01 to study viral origins of dementia. Dr. Liz and one of her graduate students will contribute to this project as co-investigators. Congrats team! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1614735831557-R4UZ4LA3P6ZSAENKRMHN/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+7.38.18+PM.png News - February 2021 Dr. Liz was an author on a recent review paper addressing central nervous system impacts of COVID-19. It feels great to be contributing knowledge to this important cause! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/b1018ba8-dc4b-4ade-a667-4ba2cf238c0e/Screen+Shot+2022-05-13+at+4.40.43+PM.png News - April 2022 The Liz’s Lab team published their first collective work, an invited review paper in Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/4e6c9bfd-34e8-41c6-8392-4033a4ea2ea8/Screen+Shot+2023-08-10+at+11.52.56+AM.png News - July 2023 Liz’s Lab was awarded $7,500 from the Tulane Carol Lavin Bernick Faculty Grant to support research activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1588966692999-RMDK9973SMT9FEXSEPD1/Unknown.jpeg News - May 2020 Dr. Liz was invited to present for at the WVU neurology Grand Rounds, which met virtually on May 8th, 2020. The presentation was entitled “Sick as a mouse: interrogating mechanims of immune influence on brain function, behavior, mental health, and neurological diseases.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1595101005474-SJSXB3F2ZQYARIVMTD2X/Screen+Shot+2020-07-18+at+3.36.17+PM.png News - July 2020 Dr. Liz spoke about her career, her research and her roller derby alter ego as part of the Carnegie Science Center of Pittsburgh Women in STEM summer speaker series. The event was live streamed on Facebook. It was a great way to spend her birthday and inspiring would-be scientists was a very rewarding present indeed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/90f273c2-ea0d-4834-8c92-9ec7c299cca5/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+9.06.50+AM.png News - May 2022 Bittersweet news for the Liz’s Lab. Our lab technician, Kate McDonald will be a graduate student at the University of Michigan! We could not be more thrilled for her as she navigates her next career phase and her steadfast presence in the lab will be missed. Best of luck to the future Dr. Kate in her studies! As we say goodbye to some members, we also welcome some new faces to the team. India Pursell, graduate student in the Neurosciences PhD program at Tulane has chosen to pursue her doctoral degree in Liz’s Lab! As well, Lucas Garfinkle, former Liz’s Lab undergraduate volunteer, has been promoted to laboratory technician for a gap year as he applies for medical school. Welcome to the team and we look forward to seeing each of you succeed in the coming years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/c317a2b5-f010-4f03-833d-866fb11c9540/Screen+Shot+2023-09-06+at+12.33.57+PM.jpg News - April 2024 Ms India Pursell was awarded a Conference Fellowship by the Alzheimer’s Association in support of her attendance of the annual Alzhiemer’s Association International Conference this summer in Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589155731358-50MTGC8UVY0QFTDHT26J/IMG_7392D.JPG News - June 2020 Back in February, pre-pandemic, Dr. Liz and her friend/colleague Dr Shari Steinman submitted a grant proposal entitled ‘B cells as a predictor for postpartum mood and anxiety disturbances in mice and humans’, also affectionately referred to as the M.A.D.P.I.G. (Mood/Anxiety Disorders & Perinatal Immunology Grant). Great news, their proposal has been selected for funding! This grant will study whether immune cell biomarkers, like the ratio of T:B cells, can serve as predictors of pre- and/or postpartum disrupted mood. Read more about it by visiting the Blog or the Research page. Congrats Dr. Liz and Dr. Shari! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/52d5eb27-0c05-4b5d-839a-63bbb75ecdc0/Screen+Shot+2024-05-15+at+9.28.52+AM.png News - Feburary 2024 Ms. India Pursell was selected to participate in SfN’s 2024 Early Career Policy Ambassadors Program, one of only 10 admitted! The ECPAprogram is a 10-month long commitment which includes monthly meetings and various engagement opportunities throughout the year. The first event was the annual SfN Hill Day, where Ms. Pursell met with Louisiana legislators to advocate for science and funding! Way to represent India! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/63c03569-fd9f-43f4-a020-462608b09bb2/IMG_1375.jpg News - June 2023 Liz’s Lab team members traveled to Boulder Colorado to present research at the annual Psychoneuroimmunology meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/965256a6-0324-4a3d-a4f4-fc82ff11f9d6/Screen+Shot+2022-09-13+at+8.02.38+AM.png News - August 2022 Dr. Liz was named the Tulane Brain Institute Director of Community Outreach and Engagement! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1614736040888-NDHZATWYLLYJXJWWOLLT/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+7.46.28+PM.png News - February 2021 Dr. Liz was a panelist discussing “Community Engagement in the Time of COVID” at the 2021 AAAS annual meeting. If you have questions about how to engage in science outreach to the public in a pandemic-safe way, reach out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/506f1345-2dad-40a2-a770-d4b649a6d257/IMG_4672.jpg News - December 2023 After touring around the country and inspiring the next generation of scientists, Dr. Liz’s statue has come to its permanent display in New Orleans! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629732111939-VX153IKRPHKQPS891F4T/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.20.47+AM.png News - April 2021 Dr. Liz contributed to a publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1629731650664-853QQ59BBI8U9DFB7T5K/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.13.38+AM.png News - April 2021 Dr. Liz and CNRC post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Becca Solch, did a neuroscience and nutrition brain awareness outreach presentation to 15 local 2nd graders over zoom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591528727131-MP956E1IKQJHEUWLPDHQ/Screen+Shot+2020-06-07+at+7.18.15+AM.png News - May 2020 Dr. Liz was featured as part of the STEM Gems & STEAM Queens program lead by fellow AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador, Samantha Wynns (IG @steambossammie). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1611413832440-2PGLJXOE9JVM236ARXC6/Slide1.jpg News - January 2021 We are thrilled to share that a $1500 grant application to the Dana Foundation to dovetail our Books & Brains - NOLA Libraries project has been selected for funding! This program, with the help of TUNA (Tulane Undergraduate Neuroscience Association); https://tuna.tulane.edu/) will leverage the Free Little Library system to distribute neuroscience books for kids and adults all over the city with the goal to increase brain awareness and access to neuroscience content. Be on the lookout for a neuroscience book coming to a lending library near you soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/91aa9943-ee5d-4e28-9f2e-ae9e1e53911b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-14+at+12.52.21+PM.png News - June 2022 Our team was awarded a one year, $25,000 Tulane Brain Institute Research Fund Award to support our work exploring mechanisms of B cell influence on neurological function. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591529490862-XDAQS1U6GHDE4SDVWOKZ/Screen+Shot+2020-06-07+at+7.31.15+AM.png News - May 2020 Dr. Liz was featured as part of the 1 Million Women In STEM campaign. Visit their website for the full feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1614736399340-18MWA8M2YYZ9HFR1P8UF/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+7.52.08+PM.png News - February 2021 Dr. Liz attended the 22nd Tulane Brain Institute Retreat and was a featured new investigator in their 5 minute flash talk series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/ed540376-f189-4527-b450-ded3b1740a90/Pursell+Portrait+.jpg News - March 2023 Lab graduate student India Pursell served as one of only two students chosen to be Tulane’s representatives for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshop hosted by AAAS in Washington DC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/3cd48ac3-bdae-4ebc-85ac-a20a45ca9d4e/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+8.47.24+AM.png News - August 2022 Neurosciences graduate student in the lab, India Pursell, has earned not one but TWO travel awards from the Tulane Graduate Studies Student Association. These will support her travel to present posters at both the SENDCon regional Alzheimer’s Association meeting in Florida as well as the Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego. Congrats India! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/4e667130-d70a-4901-8b0d-d9cf4323f655/Screen+Shot+2022-05-13+at+4.51.41+PM.png News - January 2022 A $30,000 grant proposal submitted to the Infectious Disease Society of America to investigate the infectious etiology of Alzheimer’s disease, on which Dr. Liz is a Co-Investigator and her Tulane collaborator, Dr. Kevin Zwezdaryk is the Principal Investigator, was selected for funding! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/5edae3d7-29da-4753-a8d7-bf50c6f3bfb9/Screen+Shot+2024-05-15+at+10.24.15+AM.png News - March 2024 Dr. Liz traveled to Havana Cuba to participate in the 2024 AAAS-Cuban Academy of Sciences “Aging and Disaster Preparation” meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/ac980ef2-0581-4d85-ad27-076c367f4b70/Screen+Shot+2022-09-13+at+7.43.07+AM.png News - September 2022 Former WVU T32 trainee Dr. Gabby Ponzini had her paper on uncertainty in stroke caregiving (on which Dr. Liz is a co-author) accepted to the Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health! Congrats Gabby on your newest publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589052167881-J9B3EAL2ZW4BQ5JAWONY/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-05-08%2Bat%2B4.05.48%2BPM.jpg News - April 2020 Liz’s Lab team member, Josie Gilbert presented at a professional scientific conference, the 2020 WVU Undergraduate Spring Symposium. In light of the temporary institutional closure due to corona virus pandemic, this year’s symposium was conducted in a virtual format. Click the button below to hear Josie’s presentation. Congratulations to Josie as well as all the other student presenters and mentors on their hard work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589057248195-Q8FNRBVZ2CTXESKUW5RF/Screen+Shot+2020-05-09+at+4.45.52+PM.png News - November 2019 Amazing news! Dr. Liz’s NIMH K01 grant proposal addressing the role of B cells in modulating the response to stress has been funded! We are grateful for the investment and excited to begin addressing this important research area. For more information and descriptions of experiments in each aim, please see the Research tab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1605960738307-NZ02AIFD6YVMTG05GA9F/IMG_0498.jpg News - October 2020 Members of the WVU Neuroscience Outreach team present a poster about their efforts at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago Illinois. To learn more about these activities, please see the Service tab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589053159012-CZGXALF25BSTB0STCQLH/2-+Nwafor+2020.png News February 2020 An article detailing an exciting project Dr. Liz supported in the WVU Rodent Behavior Core was published in the Journal of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Congratulations on your publication, Divine! If you are interested in learning more about this project and/or reading the paper, send us an email via the Connect tab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589056475160-88DZIQ53O6JVIMJUJ08H/Screen+Shot+2020-05-09+at+4.33.52+PM.png News - February 2020 Dr. Liz attended the 2020 International Stroke Conference in her hometown of sunny Los Angeles, CA to participate as an invited speaker in the “Long-term Consequences of Ischemic Stroke in Preclinical Models” symposium. Her talk “Stroke-induced Addictive Behaviors” addressed an understudied but potentially important area of research. The symposium was moderated by stroke research leaders Drs. Sohrabji and Bake; other session presenters included Drs. Buckwalter, Verma, and Zhang. Dr. Liz says “It was a privilege to be speaking alongside these accomplished stroke researchers!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589060086810-QFMN7GOI81ETUS1PE0FJ/Screen+Shot+2020-05-09+at+5.34.19+PM.png News - December 2019 Liz’s Lab team member, Brishti White, presented her Psychology capstone project at the WVU Psychology Fall 2019 Capstone Poster Session. Congrats to Brishti on her poster presentation and graduation from WVU; we know you will go on to great things! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589052859475-6TP9E3NH00I5180JC6JC/1-Quintana+2020.png News - April 2020 An article detailing a collaborative project Dr. Liz contributed to was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Great work, Dominic! If you are interested in learning more about this project and/or reading the paper, send us an email via the Connect tab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1589054849354-AIGTDKGM3PHCGWIIMW62/Screen+Shot+2020-05-09+at+4.05.24+PM.png News - January 2020 On a frigid winter day, Dr. Liz and members of the WVU Neuroscience Department’s outreach team traveled to the state capitol building in Charleston, WV to participate in 2020 WVU Day at the Legislature. We spoke with ~ 250 West Virginian families and legislators about the wonders of the brain and the exciting research ongoing at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. https://www.lizslab.com/home daily 1.0 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1593518612106-38LEKKVHMIBRM6QXS5N7/IMG_9088.JPG Home - Emerging data support a critical role of the immune system in controlling brain function and behavior. We combine molecular, cellular and behavioral scientific techniques to address how activation of the immune system affects how we think and feel. Check out what we are up to in the lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/a3b34f69-3d7d-4db9-ad68-d26bf041038a/Screen+Shot+2024-05-15+at+9.19.29+AM.png Home - Our team works hard and hard work brings many rewards. Here’s our latest success! https://www.lizslab.com/about daily 0.75 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1595100568181-JUFEA9BOMSMTBNQ5L9HO/Screen+Shot+2020-07-18+at+3.29.12+PM.png About https://www.lizslab.com/research daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/0837ada2-e8b6-4dc4-bad9-efbfc3d6a243/IMG_9127.jpg Research - Intermittent Infection & Brain Aging We all get sick from time to time. How do these experiences affect how our brains and bodies age? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1592511930808-5P3365KN0R9SP6S34ZRB/IMG_9140.JPG Research - MicroRNAs, Mitochondria & Brain Aging Brain aging involves many genes and cascades. This project explores how microRNA34a may promote neurodegeneration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1592511845566-QOJ30G9EXUN6U4BS1Y5V/IMG_9102.jpg Research - Other Liz’s Lab Projects & Collaborations We love our collaborators! Click here to learn more about what we are working on to advance team science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1592511766473-HPNCT92320AZIH1N3CJI/IMG_9111.JPG Research - NIMH K01 Could immune cells affect our mood? Here we assess mechanisms underlying B cell impacts on resilience and susceptibility to stress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1592511890425-O8KAWYSFRU8KVVO4AOJ2/IMG_9089.JPG Research - WVU Research & Scholarship Advancement Grant B Cells as a Predictor for Postpartum Anxiety & Stress Disorders https://www.lizslab.com/nimhk01 daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591443200082-A9QAXNJM0MSWH4PZVQ3N/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+7.32.56+AM.png NIMH K01 Aim 1 will address whether B cells underly stress susceptibility using two models of B cell depletion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591443490349-0GRED7MBDW2X18EHG91U/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+7.36.50+AM.png NIMH K01 Aim 2 will address how B cells modulate the response to stress; we hypothesize they do this by restraining inflammation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591443615542-94194M9ENWFFCC418A1C/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+7.37.48+AM.png NIMH K01 Aim 3 will address where in the body, or the brain, B cells act to impact the stress response https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591482199547-IRUW23XEREITX9LW3BQS/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+6.06.54+PM.png NIMH K01 Selected potential disease states in which the function of the immune system is fundamentally altered and depression is a common side-effect. https://www.lizslab.com/wvu-rsa daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591454667423-B44URZP3WE7IGBWXSCIT/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+10.34.54+AM.png WVU RSA We think that postpartum mood and anxiety disturbances (PMAD) may result from a failure of a properly sequenced immune recovery, particularly of T cells and B cells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591466555720-MG3M0HRNHXFD8DZ1QRD8/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+2.01.29+PM.png WVU RSA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591466706037-LI3O0AAV36CBYI6NLXGZ/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+2.04.40+PM.png WVU RSA https://www.lizslab.com/collab daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://www.lizslab.com/other-projects daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1591486445297-LLKFWW4KSUVHPYGMUVYJ/Screen+Shot+2020-06-06+at+7.33.08+PM.png MicroRNA-34a, Mitochondrial Function, & Brain Aging Proposed schema for how miR-34a overexpression-induced mitochondrial dysfunction may contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s Disease-related Dementia. https://www.lizslab.com/support daily 0.75 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaad83a5d4a651e825547dd/1592596094774-TPUXG3H2DU944WZ99I5M/IMG_9127.JPG