Brad won the McKnight Scholars Award for his project titled “Birdsong Takes Flight: neural evolution and the emergence of complex motor control”. He’s thrilled to join this community!
Frank Rand, a PhD student in the lab, successfully passed his QE! Frankie is doing excellent work on defining the clonal relationships between birdsong-dedicated neurons and neurons supporting other motor skills.
Our latest work examining the gene regulatory networks underlying vocal circuit formation in songbirds is now preprinted in bioRxiv.
Keerthi, an undergrad volunteer in the lab, just won the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award, given to undergrads with stellar research projects.
Postdoctoral researcher Chinweike Asogwa was selected to join the 2026 Hispanic Serving Research University Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.