Welcome, Alex Herard!

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We are happy to welcome Alex Herard to the lab this summer. Alex is pursuing a Master's in Science Communication at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, right here in Syracuse, and will be joining us as an intern for the season.


Working alongside Amy Kolb, Alex will be helping to manage our collection of zebrafish transgenic lines and characterizing them for early developmental defects.

Welcome, Alex — we're glad to have you with us this summer!


Welcome, Jaymes Quinn!

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We're glad to have Jaymes join us this summer from UMass Amherst as part of Syracuse University Biology Department’s MicroFFABS REU program.

Jaymes will be investigating how specific centrosome proteins contribute to the function of the Left-Right Organizer — the embryonic structure responsible for establishing the asymmetric arrangement of the internal organs. It's a fascinating question that sits at the intersection of cell biology and developmental patterning, and we're excited to see where the work leads.

Welcome to the lab, Jaymes — we're glad to have you here!