We are beginning our 10-week science outreach project with the Samuel Gompers school and Mr. Kelly’s 6th grade class. They will learn about model organisms, sleep, genetics, and college in general.
Congrats to first-year med students Quinn Howe (Suny Downstate College of Medicine), Santino Diana (Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine), and Fredy J. Abboud (Sidney Kimmel Medical College)
New Publication from the Nelson Lab
Congrats Gina, Mercedes, Fredy, Santino, and Anthony!
Santino, Mercedes, and Dr. Nelson in Frascati, Italy
Pre-print from Nelson Lab is up on BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.709123v1
New Book Chapter about the evolution of invertebrate sleep and nervous systems. A collaborative project with Tania Fernández-D.V. Alquicira and Davide Raccuglia
Video Short: Do Worms Dream? And Other Sleep-Related Questions. Anthony Gargani, BS ’26, Biology
Some of the 2025 Science Outreach Team, with Outreach leader Andren Chen.
Nelson Lab @ Sigma Xi Fall 2025
New micropub showing that the toxin indole induces sleep - work was done by Nikki Diya. https://www.micropublication.org/journals/biology/micropub-biology-001738
Nelson Lab receives a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study the mechanisms of stress responses.
Great work by Sanj, currently a PhD candidate in the Jackson Lab at Drexel University
Congratulations Quinn, who will work as a Medical assistant in dermatology before attending Med school in 2026!
Congratulations Caroline, who will attend Wake Forest School of Medicine this year!
Jackson Nelson shadows Nelson Lab alum Dr. Natalie Barrett, Chief Resident of Internal Medicine at Inspira Mullica Hill.
Sigma Xi Symposium @ SJU Fall 2024
Excellent presentation at the SJU undergraduate lightning talks by Nelson lab members Fredy Abboud, Mercedes Pierce, and Santino Diana!
Fall 2024 - The Nelson lab and other SJU students worked with the Gompers School in West Philadelphia on science outreach.
