Lab News and Updates
Minhal, Caroline, and Beth win Creative Endeavors Awards!
Congratulations to our amazing undergrads Minhal Ahmed, Caroline Ghio, and Beth Dibiase for each winning funding for their projects through Northeastern's Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors Award! This award provides them with ample funding to both support...
Marissa’s Research Featured at COE Research Expo
Marissa's research on the gut-neural interface was featured at Northeastern College of Engineering's Research Expo for Engineer's Week. See the update here.
Caroline Featured in COE Gazette
Caroline Ghio, BS 2021, was featured in Northeastern's College of Engineering Gazette, where she describes her work in the lab for her Creative Endeavors award. Read the article here.
Minhal Wins Creative Endeavors Award!
Minhal Ahmed has won Northeastern's Creative Endeavors award to fund his project entitled, entitled, "The Gut-Brain-Axis: Exploring the Interface between Enteroendocrine Cells and the Enteric Nervous System." Congratulations Minhal!
Dr. Koppes Wins R21 Trailblazer Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Abby Koppes and Dr. Ryan Koppes for winning an NIH Trailblazer Research Grant for early career PIs for their project developing a body-chip for a humanized gut-enteric axis (hGEA). More information can be found here!

AIP publishes SciLight commentary on recent ABNEL collaboration review
AIP published a commentary on a recent review paper led by Max A. Winkelman and Prof. Guohao Dai in collaboration with ABNEL and LNNR. More information can be found in the link below: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/10.0003794 Original Publication:...

Abby publishes commentary calling to address racial disparities in research funding
Abby was a signatory on a recent commentary published in Cell calling for increased action to address present racial disparities in scientific funding. More details can be found in a news release and the commentary itself. #fundblackscientists