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Lab Fun
Bonfire on Dockweiler Beach, February 2020… Pictured L-R: Chaitra, Leah, Taylor, Ivan, Ahyun, Sandrine, Justin, Jonathan.
Bonfire on Dockweiler Beach, S’mores, February 2020: Pictured L-R: Leah, Taylor, Justin, Lilly, Ivan, Ahyun, Chaitra, Jonathan, Sandrine.
Lab outing mid-Covid
Celebrating Taylor’s MS degree and sending her off in style at Mrs. Fish, DTLA, May 2021.
Aracely, Sandrine, Ahyun, and lab alum Verenice taking a wine tour in Porto, Portugal (July 2022).
Back to the beach, lab bonfire in September 2022, eyes aglow. Pictured L-R: Grace, Jack, Devin, Badruddin, Kieran, Tricia, Ivan, Ahyun, Jonathan, Aracely, Sandrine, Camille, Jasmine, Lindsey, Chris, and Francis.
Lilly on her way to graduation; Sandrine on her way to the lab…, May 2023.
Celebrating Dr. Ahyun Jung’s successful dissertation defense (May 2023)!!!
The newly minted Dr. Jung warily preparing to celebrate (May 2023)!
Ciorana, Sandrine, Lilly, and Aracely presenting Ahyun with a little graduation gift, May 2023.
Kevin and Lindsey with the Rat King, Las Vegas, NV, December 2023.
Science
Sandrine excited about receiving the elusive Maltrin580 (2019).
Last full lab meeting of the Spring 2023 semester. Pictured L-R: Sandrine, Ahyun, Jasmine, Aracely, Lilly, Jonathan, Lindsey, Tricia, Ciorana, Maddie, and Jonathan.
Sandrine et al’s paper establishing a role for glucokinase in taste cells is featured on the cover of Molecular Metabolism, October 2022.
Scientific Meetings
Sandrine wins the Ethan Sims Award at the 2021 meeting of the Obesity Society (Obesity Week)!!!
The Schier and Kanoski lab kicking off the 2022 SSIB meeting in Porto, Portugal. Pictured L-R: Aracely, Lea, Molly, Sandrine, Linda, and Ahyun.
Lindsey, Aracely, Ahyun, and Sandrine celebrating a fun and successful SSIB meeting in Porto, Portugal, July 2022.
Sandrine presenting her work on mediobasal hypothalamic glucokinase and glucose appetition at the 2022 SSIB meeting in Porto Portugal.
Aracely presenting her work on oral enzymatic processes contributing to sugar reward at the 2022 SSIB meeting in Porto Portugal.
Sandrine wrapping up her (and Lilly’s) talk on glucokinase and sugar taste at the 2022 SSIB meeting, Porto, Portugal.
Lindsey, Claire, Scott, and Derek at the Cayman Peptides meeting in St. Kitts, October 2022.
Sandrine presenting her work on sugar intake and hypothalamic glucokinase signaling at Obesity Week 2022 in San Diego, CA.
Sandrine does not stop talking about glucokinase… Obesity Week 2022, San Diego, CA.
Sandrine presenting her work at the 2022 Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute’s annual symposium in April 2022.
Lilly presenting her work on glucokinase and sweet taste transduction at the 2022 DORI symposium.
Aracely presenting her latest work on enzymatic-sensory interactions involved in sugar taste at the 2022 DORI symposium.
Ahyun presenting her work on transgenerational transfer of taste preferences at the 2022 DORI symposium.
Lilly with the big check, 1st place for her poster presentation at the 2022 DORI symposium!!!
Sandrine with the big check, second place for her oral presentation at the 2022 DORI symposium!!!
Views from the Ascona gut-brain meeting, September 2022.
Sandrine’s final DORI presentation, March 2023.
Lilly presenting her latest work on the interactive effects of glucokinase-linked and sweet taste signaling on sugar reward at the 2023 DORI symposium in February 2023.
Lindsey, Aracely, Lilly, Sandrine, Ahyun, and Tricia wrapping up a fun DORI symposium (March 2023)!
Aracely presenting her work on the roles of enzymatic sugar processing in the oral cavity in taste at the DORI symposium in February 2023.
Ahyun talking about the role of the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in sugar preference at the 2023 DORI meeting.
Ahyun's Big Check DORI 2023
Ahyun wins a big check prize for her talk at the 2023 DORI symposium!!!
Tricia giving a talk on the role of glucokinase signaling in taste cells in sugar appetite at the 2023 West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference in Los Angeles.
Badruddin co-presenting our work uncovering a role for the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in taste-guided behaviors 2023 West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference in Los Angeles.
Kieran co-presenting our work uncovering a role for the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in taste-guided behaviors 2023 West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference in Los Angeles.
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