Congrats to Shahina and Alison!

Congrats to Shahina Alibekova for receiving a SOURCE Award this summer from Syracuse University on the role of vimentin and lateral line formation. This work is taking off from a great foundation set by a previous undergraduate Alison Gerety, who just won an award for outstanding research as a Biology student! Congrats Alison! Alison was also a previous SOURCE Scholar.

Shahina at work at the bench.

Steve Doxsey-always at the Peri-center of things.

Recently, Dr. Hehnly’s postdoc advisor Steve Doxsey passed. You can read his memoriam that was featured in the ASCB Newsletter here: Link to attached file.

Better late than never—huge congrats to Isabella Morales, who was named a Spring 2025 SOURCE Scholar at Syracuse University!

Isa is tackling some fascinating questions in early embryonic development, investigating how Pericentrin contributes to spindle assembly both before and after the mid-blastula transition. Using a pericentrin null zebrafish line, she's uncovered some striking findings that are shedding new light on centrosome function during this critical developmental window.

Catch Isa and her exciting results this Friday at the SOURCE Research Festival. Way to go, Isa—we're so proud of everything you've accomplished!

Isa working away at the bench!

Earliest of Microscopists workshop! We start them young here at Syracuse University!

Dr. Aljiboury and myself offered a microscopy workshop for Syracuse students between first and third grade. They built their own microscope to take home and got to see some cool organisms up close and personal! You can never get the microscopy bug too early. Watch out world, we got some great scientists coming your way.

Reach out to me or Dr. Aljiboury with the Syracuse BioImaging Center if you would like a workshop at your school!