Morrison Lab News and Fun
Welcome new lab members!
Undergraduate researchers Lexie Ball, Joseph Meyer, and Zadie Worley join the lab in January 2025.
Isabella Linton presents at the WVU Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations to Isabella on a successful poster presentation!
Congratulations to Marissa Nicodemus!
Marissa successfully defended her master’s thesis with flying colors! Way to go Marissa!
Lab semi-annual photo!
New Preprint Alert!
The lab is excited to share a new preprint from first author Laiklyn Luther entitled “Stress during puberty and adulthood pregnancy impact histone acetylation regulators in the hypothalamus”, now out at bioRxiv.
Welcome Makel Galloway to the lab!
Makel join as undergraduate research assistant in Fall of 2024.
Congratulations to Marissa Nicodemus - poster awardee!
Congratulations to Marissa on winning a poster award at the National Conference on Women’s Health and Sex Differences Research! Katie and Marissa had an excellent meeting with leaders in the field.
Congratulations to Laiklyn Luther!
Laiklyn submitted an NSF GRFP application, the first external grant submission by a trainee in the lab!
The Morrison Lab at SfN 2024 in Chicago!
Congratulations to Laiklyn and Marissa on excellent poster presentations!
Welcome Olivia Kraus, Mostafa Foual, and Kendra Maynard to the lab!
Olivia is our newest graduate student, while Kendra and Mostafa join as undergraduate research assistants in Fall of 2024.
Celebrating the successful end to a summer and the start of a new year!
Congratulations to Cyrena, Charlie, and Laiklyn on successful poster presentations and a great summer.
And welcome to new graduate student Olivia Kraus - we are excited to have you join us!
Congratulations to Marissa Nicodemus!
Marissa was selected for a Travel Award for the National Conference on Women’s Health and Sex Differences Research in October 2024 in Colorado.
Congratulations to Laiklyn Luther!
Laiklyn has been granted the prestigious Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development award to support her attendance at Neuroscience 2024.
Summer Lab Fun Begins!
Welcome back to Cyrena King and welcome to Charlie Prior, our visiting students for the summer!
Thanks to our team for a great semester!
The lab celebrated a successful semester and said goodbye to our graduating seniors with a fun afternoon decorating pottery.
Congratulations to seniors Charlie Boone and Kimia Izadinia for successful capstone presentations!
We are proud of you!
Congratulations to lab members who presented at the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Laiklyn ready to get presenting!
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Nev ready for their first poster presentation!
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Laiklyn in action during a busy poster session
Congratulations to Charlie Boone!
Charlie was awarded the Quin Curtis Award for the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in the Psychology Department.
Katie presents at the CAMH womenmind conference in Toronto.
Through this conference, we discussed unique biological and social experiences from puberty through menopause influence risk for - and manifestation of - mental illness and the implications for treatment to create a healthier society. Learn more here.
You can access Katie’s talk here.
Congratulations to Marissa Nicodemus!
Marissa successfully proposed her thesis project in April 2024. Looking forward to a fun summer of experiments!
Welcome Kimia Izadinia, Nina Pipala, and Isabella Linton to the lab!
All three join as undergraduate research assistants in Spring of 2024.
Celebrating the close of another successful semester/year with a lab holiday party!
Thanks to Laiklyn for hosting our lab holiday party!
The Morrison Lab at SfN 2023 in Washington DC!
Laiklyn ready for 4 hours of poster fun
Marissa and Laiklyn made the most out of their trip to SfN
Congratulations to Laiklyn on an excellent poster presentation!
Katie giving a talk representing the work of the lab
Laiklyn, Katie, and Marissa - we made it to the last day!
Congratulations to Laiklyn Luther!
Laiklyn has been granted TWO travel awards to support her attendance at the annual Society for Neuroscience 2023 meeting. Thank you to the WVU SURE Program and the WVU Office of Undergraduate Research for supporting Laiklyn’s work!
Welcome Nev Snyder to the lab!
Nev joins the lab as an Undergraduate Research Assistant via the RAP program in August of 2023.
Thanks to our summer team for a great summer of research, and welcome new graduate student Marissa Nicodemus!
The lab celebrated a successful summer, said goodbye to our visiting scholars, and welcomed new graduate student Marissa with a fun dinner at Cheat Lake.
Congratulations to our summer researchers for their successful poster presentations!
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Cyrena with her poster
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Cyrena answering questions from a poster attendee
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Anisha with her poster
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Anisha explaining her poster to an attendee
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Laiklyn with her poster
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Laiklyn taking an attendee through her poster
Summer Lab Fun Begins!
Welcome to our visiting students, Cyrena King and Anisha Khan!
Cyrena, Laiklyn, Anisha, and Charlie in front of Woodburn.
Congratulations to Laiklyn Luther!
Laiklyn has been selected for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for the summer of 2023!
Briana Karem did a fabulous job on her capstone project and presented it at the Neuroscience Capstone Session in April 2023.
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Bri presenting her capstone poster to Dr. Penikis.
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Congratulations to Bri on a wonderful presentation!
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Bri with Dr. Katie :)
Welcome Charlie Boone to the lab!
Charlie joins the lab as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in January of 2023.
Congratulations to lab undergraduate RA Laiklyn Luther for completing the Research Apprentice Program and presenting her first poster!
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Laiklyn in action!
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Lab members supporting Laiklyn
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Laiklyn describing the importance of her research to President Gee!
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Making sure Laiklyn is set and ready to go for the poster session
Congratulations to Karissa Gautier and Samantha Higley!
Karissa and Sam graduated in December 2022. We are so proud of you!
Lab fun in San Diego, CA!
The Morrison Lab at SfN 2022!
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Karissa Gautier
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Sam Higley
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Gretchen Pifer
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Bri Karem
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Brittany Elliott
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Rachel Gandee
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Bryan Rodriguez
Welcome Dana Smith to the lab!
Dana joins the lab via the Research Apprentice Program in August of 2022.
Morrison Lab summer interns from the in INBRE, SURE, and NSF REU programs participated in the Summer 2022 Research Symposium. Great job all!
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Serenity Parsell - INBRE
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Briana Karem - SURE
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Rachel Ewanyk - NSF REU
Semi-Annual Lab Photo!
Summer 2022
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Gretchen Pifer, Karissa Gautier, and Katie attended and presented their research at the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society meeting this year in Scotland!
Gretchen Pifer
Karissa Gautier
Congratulations to Briana Karem!
Briana has been selected for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for the summer of 2022!
Morrison Lab Undergraduates Participated in the Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Congrats to Briana for placing runner up in the Health Sciences category!
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Congrats to Karissa for placing first in the Biological Sciences category!
Congratulations to Karissa Gautier!
Karissa has been granted TWO travel awards to support her attendance at the annual International Behavioral Neuroscience Society meeting. Thank you to the WVU SURE Program and the WVU Office of Undergraduate Research for supporting Karissa’s work!
Congratulations to Rachel Gandee!!
Rachel presented her capstone work from the lab and graduated in December 2021. We are proud of you, Rachel!
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Rachel presenting her capstone poster to a judge.
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The most colorful poster of the night!
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Officially a graduate! Congratulations!
Congratulations to Karissa Gautier!
Karissa was awarded a Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award to support her participation in the SfN 2021 Annual Meeting. Congratulations!
New Paper Alert!
The lab is excited to share a new publication entitled “Developmental timing of trauma in women predicts unique extracellular vesicle proteome signatures”, now In Press at Biological Psychiatry.
Kennywood Fright Night
2021
Welcome new lab members and hello Fall 2021!
New graduate students- Fall of 2021
Bryan Rodriguez and Brittany Elliott
End of Summer Celebration!
Some end of the summer lab fun!