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February 2025: Every member of the lab presented a poster at the School of Dental Medicine Research Day, and Cassie Minne was awarded second place in the graduate student category!
December 2024: Annual 11th floor door decorating contest.
December 2024: Thomas' paper on PDGFRalpha signaling regulation of Srsf3 transcript binding is published in eLife!
September 2024: Cassie Minne passed her Comprehensive Exam without conditions! The lab celebrated at T-street.
September 2024: Evan Brooks joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Evan!
August 2024: Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Forman on a successful thesis defense!
July 2024: Cassie Minne is appointed to the MOLB Graduate Program T32. Congratulations, Cassie!
July 2024: Gabi Padilla and Charles Griffin officially join the lab for their Ph.D. thesis work.
May/June 2024: Eron Davis and Danny Cho join the lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome, Eron and Danny!
May 2024: Katie, Thomas and Cassie attend the Gordon Research Conference on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration in Barcelona, Spain, along with several other members of the Department of Craniofacial Biology. Thomas and Cassie win poster awards at the preceding Gordon Research Seminar!
March 2024: Ilin Joshi and Nadia Wright join the lab as rotation students from the Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome, Ilin and Nadia!
February 2024: The lab celebrates the end of Charles' and Kirsten's rotations at T-street.
February 2024: Cassie Minne wins best graduate student poster at School of Dental Medicine Research Day!
December 2023: Honorary lab member Dr. Lomeli Shull leaves to start her own lab as an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. We wish her all the best!
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.
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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