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#TraineeTuesday

Launched on Twitter in January 2022, #TraineeTuesday shines a weekly spotlight on talented trainees throughout Yale's department of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute. Whether celebrating a recent paper, grant or job offer, this initiative seeks to celebrate the graduate students and postdoctoral researchers crucial to our groundbreaking research. This archive will house the blog versions of all our #TraineeTuesday features.

#TraineeTuesday Blog

#TraineeTuesday: Sydney Cason, PhD

This #TraineeTuesday, we introduce Sydney Cason, PhD, a Postdoctoral Associate in the De Camilli Lab! She was recently awarded the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship, a prestigious private award that provides three years of salary and research allowance.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Hongyan Hao, PhD

    This #TraineeTuesday, meet Hongyan Hao, a Postdoctoral Associate in the De Camilli and Hammarlund labs! Hongyan is a recipient of the 2024 Kavli Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Aakash Basu

    This #TraineeTuesday, we introduce Aakash Basu, a graduate student in the Kaye Lab! Aakash recently published a manuscript in Biological Psychiatry exploring the role of norepinephrine in the frontal cortex in encoding a threat prediction signal.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Ray Vaca

    This #TraineeTuesday, we are delighted to introduce Ray Vaca, a graduate student in the Yogev Lab who was recently awarded the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program!

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Lester Rodriguez

    This #TraineeTuesday, we are highlighting Lester, a graduate student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, co-mentored by Kelly Cosgrove and Sarah Yip! Lester was recently awarded the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship, which will provide financial support for the remainder of his graduate studies.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Denethi Wijegunawardana

    This #TraineeTuesday, we are excited to introduce Denethi, a graduate student in the Guo Lab! She has been awarded the prestigious Tom & Joan Steitz Fellowship, making her the youngest and only female graduate student recipient this year.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Vaishnavi Veeranki

    This #TraineeTuesday, meet Vaishnavi Veeranki, a postgraduate associate in the Lim Lab! Vaishnavi was recently accepted into the Neuroscience PhD program at University of California Irvine. There, she will continue advancing her research career in cellular and molecular biosciences.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Gaëlle Talross, PhD

    This #TraineeTuesday, we are introducing Gaëlle Talross, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Carlson Lab! Gaëlle was recently awarded the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Stephanie Staszko, PhD

    This #TraineeTuesday, meet Stephanie Staszko, PhD, a Postdoctoral Associate in the Kaye Lab! Her lab has recently secured funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the noradrenergic mechanisms underlying the innate fear of heights in mice.

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  • #TraineeTuesday: Peng Xu

    This #TraineeTuesday, we are highlighting Peng Xu, a postgraduate associate in the Cardin Lab! He recently got admitted to Yale INP PhD program with a Gruber Science Fellowship to support his first three years of study.

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