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August 2026

Scott presents at the Visual Systems Development GRC

Scott recently joined a number of Upstate colleagues at the GRC in Maine and shared our current work on the ECM project, including exciting preliminary data from Jed.

Naomi Meyers presents at SURF session

After 2 months in the lab, Naomi's retinal epigenetics project wraps up at the SURF poster session hosted at Syracuse University. We are happy to have worked with her and are excited to see what she does next!

June 2026

Welcome Summer Research Students!

The lab is thrilled to welcome Naomi Meyers (Vassar College) as our 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) student, alongside summer volunteer Maham Iqbal (Cornell University). We are excited to have them in the lab for the season!

Welcome Graduate Student!

The lab is thrilled to welcome Jed Stephenson as its first graduate student. Jed is a student in the Neuroscience Program and will be working on the eye morphogenesis project.

🎉Welcome Research Support Specialists!🎉

Nour “Sini” Shqair

Completed her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Syracuse University and will be working to understand how missense variants affect transcription factor complex composition and function.

Aidan Craner

Completed his undergraduate degree in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Rochester and will be working on the eye morphogenesis project.

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