Dr. Abigail Koppes-
Principal Investigator

Dr. Adam Bindas' Paper is Published

Previous graduate student, Dr. Adam Bindas, successfully published his article “Aggregation of alpha-synuclein in enteric neurons does not impact function in vitro” in Scientific Reports. Co-authored by current graduate student, Kyla Nichols, the article investigates the behavior of enteric neurons in response to the Parkinson’s disease marker, preformed fibrils. The article then delves deeper into how this behavior can be influenced by molecules found in the gut microbiome.

Congratulations on the PhD, Dr. Tori Duback!

Tori's terrific T cells targeted tumors so effectively that today she has earned herself a PhD and the title of "Doctor".  Tori joined ABNEL back in the fall of 2022 as a Chemical Engineering Industry PhD student with Sana Biotechnology. While only at Northeastern for...

Bryan Just Keeps Winning – BioEl2025 Student Talk Award

Looking for more of a challenge, ABNEL's PhD student, Bryan Schellberg, headed to Austria to attend the BioEl2025 conference. During this event, Bryan gave a talk titled "In-situ monitoring of cellular function on-chip via automated, non-invasive luminescence sensing"...