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November 2023: Kirsten Cosper joins the lab as a rotation student from the Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome, Kirsten!
November 2023: Charles Griffin joins the lab as a rotation student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Charles!
September 2023: Congratulations to Maria on being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows!
August 2023: Gabriela Padilla joins the lab as a rotation student from the Biomedical Sciences Program. Welcome, Gabi!
![]() August 2023: Sixth annual Fantauzzo lab hike, this year at Royal Arch Trail.
![]() August 2023: Maria and Katie attend the Rocky Mountain Membrane Trafficking Meeting and Maria gets some great feedback on her poster!
July 2023: Cassie Minne joins the lab as a rotation student from the Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome, Cassie!
July 2023: Katie is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
June 2023: Erin Binne joins the lab as a senior laboratory professional, and postdoctoral fellow Lomeli Shull moves into our space and becomes an honorary lab member. Welcome, Erin and Lomeli!
April 2023: Thomas gave an oral presentation and Katie presented a poster at the Rocky Mountain RNA Symposium, receiving some insightful comments on our new data!
February 2023: Thomas gave an oral presentation and Maria gave a poster presentation at the School of Dental Medicine Research Day.
October 2022: Thomas attended the Gordon Research Conference on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration in Oxnard, CA and was awarded a poster prize in the graduate student category!
September 2022: Katie and Thomas attended the 45th Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology Annual Meeting in La Jolla, CA. Thomas presented a poster and Katie won the award for Junior Faculty Best Platform Presentation!
![]() August 2022: Madison Rogers successfully defended her Ph.D. Congratulations, Dr. Rogers!
August 2022: Madison's paper on PDGFR dimer-specific activation, trafficking and downstream signaling dynamics is accepted for publication in Journal of Cell Science!
![]() August 2022: Fifth annual Fantauzzo lab hike, this year at the South Mesa Trail.
July 2022: After a pandemic-induced hiatus, Katie, Madison and Maria were happy to attend the Rocky Mountain Membrane Trafficking Meeting. Excellent talk by Madison and poster presentation by Maria!
July 2022: Congratulations to Thomas on being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows following a perfect score on his application!
June 2022: The lab is awarded an R01 from the NIDCR to examine Srsf3-mediated alternative RNA splicing in craniofacial development.
April 2022: Daniel Fuhr joins the lab as a professional research assistant. Welcome, Danny!
April 2022: Madison and Brenna's methods paper on phosphoprotein analysis in craniofacial settings is published in Journal of Visualized Experiments!
April 2022: Madison gave an oral presentation and Maria and Thomas gave poster presentations at the School of Dental Medicine 37th Annual Research Day.
![]() March 2022: Andrew Neumann joins the lab as a rotation student from the Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome, Andrew!
January 2022: Rachel Sachs joins the lab as a rotation student from the Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome, Rachel!
January 2022: Brenna and Katie are profiled by Zeiss on their use of light microscopy to study the causes of facial clefting: https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/resources/insights-hub/life-sciences/mouse-facial-development-microscopy.html
November 2021: Gemma Martin joins the lab as a rotation student from the Biomedical Sciences Program. Welcome, Gem!
![]() October 2021: Happy Halloween from the lab!
October 2021: Thomas Forman passed his comprehensive exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate!
September 2021: Brenna Dennison successfully defended her Ph.D. Congratulations, Dr. Dennison!
August 2021: Thomas and Brenna's review on RNA-binding proteins in neural crest and craniofacial development is published in Journal of Developmental Biology!
![]() July 2021: Fourth annual Fantauzzo Lab hike, this year at the Beaver Brook Watershed.
June 2021: Brenna's paper on Srsf3-mediated alternative RNA splicing downstream of PDGFRalpha signaling is accepted for publication in Development!
May 2021: Brenna Dennison gave a talk in the Development and Disease Mechanisms Session at the Southwest Society for Developmental Biology Regional Meeting.
April 2021: Thomas Forman officially joins the lab for his Ph.D. thesis work.
March 2021: Thomas Forman joins the lab as a rotation student from the Medical Scientist Training Program/Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome, Thomas!
January 2021: Jessica Patrick joins the lab as a professional research assistant. Welcome, Jessie!
November 2020: Maria Campana joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Maria!
November 2020: Julia's paper on the roles of PDGFRalpha and PDGFRbeta in regulating migration and proliferation in the murine cranial neural crest cell lineage is published in Frontiers in Physiology!
October 2020: Brenna Dennison and Madison Rogers gave lightning talks at the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology 43rd Annual Meeting.
October 2020: Another fun Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development retreat! Madison Rogers gave a great podium presentation and Brenna Dennison won best lightning talk among 5th year graduate students!
August 2020: Sylvia Nunez joins the lab as a rotation student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Sylvia!
July 2020: Congratulations to Madison Rogers on being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows!
![]() July 2020: Third annual Fantauzzo Lab hike, this year at Mount Falcon Park.
April 2020: Madison's review on PDGFR activation, internalization and signal attenuation is published in Biochemical Society Transactions!
April 2020: PRA Julia Mo will be joining the Genetics & Development Department at Columbia University this Fall for her Ph.D. She will be missed, but the lab is looking forward to seeing her future accomplishments!
February 2020: Congratulations to Madison Rogers for winning 2nd place poster prize at the GRC on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration!
February 2020: Kaiah Fields joins the lab as a rotation student from the Biomedical Sciences Program. Welcome, Kaiah!
January 2020: Congratulations to Brenna Dennison on being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows!
December 2019: Brenna Dennison gave a talk at "An Evening with RNA" at CU Boulder.
November 2019: Hannah Moran joins the lab as a rotation student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Hannah!
November 2019: Damian Garno joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant. Welcome, Damian!
![]() October 2019: Another fantastic Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development retreat! The lab had a lot of fun presenting our work and playing charades.
![]() September 2019: Madison Rogers passed her comprehensive exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate!
August 2019: Madison Rogers gave a talk at the 2019 Rocky Mountain Membrane Trafficking Meeting.
![]() July 2019: Fun lab hike up St. Mary's Glacier! June 2019: Congratulations to Brenna Dennison on being awarded a 2019-2020 RNA Bioscience Initiative RNA Scholar Award!
June 2019: Nkolika Egbukichi joins the lab as a rotating student from the Medical Scientist Training Program. Welcome, Nk!
![]() May 2019: Congratulations to Elliott on completing his third rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! Unhappy with the original setting of the lab celebration, Brenna used her Photoshop skills to transport us all somewhere more exciting. May 2019: Thanks to a thoughtful submission by Brenna, Madison, Ian and Elliott, Katie is nominated for a 2019 Faculty Sponsor Award.
April 2019: The lab receives an RNA-sequencing grant from the RNA Bioscience Initiative.
April 2019: Congratulations to Madison Rogers on receiving honorable mention for her NSF GRFP application!
April 2019: The lab is awarded a K02 from NIDCR to characterize PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the craniofacial mesenchyme.
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![]() March 2019: The lab celebrated Katie's birthday with "Katherine-coated" (as opposed to clathrin-coated) vesicles and cake. March 2019: Madison Rogers presented a poster and Brenna Dennison gave a talk in the Organogenesis Session at the Southwest Society for Developmental Biology Regional Meeting.
February 2019: Elliott Brooks joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Elliott!
![]() ![]() February 2019: Brenna and Madison presented posters on their work at the SODM 35th Annual Research Day. November 2018: Rachel Kilgore joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Rachel!
![]() October 2018: Katie and Brenna attended the 41st annual Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology meeting in La Jolla, CA. Brenna gave a fantastic talk in the 2nd plenary session!
![]() October 2018: Another fantastic Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development retreat with our colleagues in the Department of Craniofacial Biology!
![]() October 2018: Brenna Dennison passed her comprehensive exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate!
October 2018: Now accepting rotation students from the Medical Scientist Training Program!
![]() July 2018: Lab hike up Chief Mountain followed by burgers and shakes. Great conversation and views! July 2018: Madison Rogers passed her preliminary exam and officially joins the lab for her Ph.D. thesis work.
April 2018: Julia Mo joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant. Welcome, Julia!
March 2018: Now accepting rotation students from the Biomedical Sciences Program!
March 2018: The lab is awarded an R01 from NIDCR to characterize PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the craniofacial mesenchyme.
![]() February 2018: Congratulations to Ian on completing his second rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! The lab celebrated at Stanley Marketplace. ![]() February 2018: Katie gave a talk and Brenna presented she and Brandon's poster at the SODM Research Day. Brenna won best poster in the graduate student category! ![]() February 2018: The Department of Craniofacial Biology was very well represented at the Gordon Research Conference on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration in Lucca, Italy. What a great group of colleagues! November 2017: Ian Stancil joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Ian!
![]() November 2017: Congratulations to Madison on completing her first rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! The lab celebrated at Stanley Marketplace.
![]() October 2017: The lab is all dressed up for Brenna and Anthony's wedding. Congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds!
September 2017: Congratulations to Brandon on an excellent presentation at the SODM semi-annual student research competition!
August 2017: Madison Rogers joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Madison! August 2017: Congratulations to Brenna for passing her Preliminary Exam! July 2017: Brenna Clay officially joins the lab for her Ph.D. thesis work. June 2017: Our paper reporting the generation of an immortalized mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme cell line is published in PLoS One: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179078 June 2017: Brandon Rinker joins the lab as a Summer Scholar before starting Dental School this Fall. Welcome, Brandon! ![]() May 2017: Congratulations to Brenna on completing her third rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! The lab celebrated at the Lowry Beer Garden. February 2017: Brenna Clay joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Brenna!
December 2016: Now accepting rotation students from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development and the Molecular Biology Graduate Program! December 2016: Rob Long joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant. Welcome, Rob! |
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