Minel is presenting a poster at the 4D Cellular Physiology Conference at Janelia!

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Minel’s poster is titled “Mapping brain-wide responses to gut-mediated signals in larval zebrafish”.

Minel on Duke University's YouTube channel!

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Watch Minel’s interview on her psychedelics research on Duke University’s YouTube channel for the Check This Out! video series: https://youtu.be/7nrbgPP-s0Q?si=ZJb5hJMRlNsSOe-N

Whit and Kaitlyn are presenting a poster at COSYNE in Portugal!

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Their poster is titled “A biologically constrained model of motion-processing neuron circuitry in the optomotor response”.

White Elephant in the Lab!

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White Elephant in the Naumann Lab means literally a white elephant! 👀

Elysia is presenting a poster at the ABRCMS in Phoenix!

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Elysia’s poster is titled “Behavioral characterization and whole-brain activity mapping of psychedelics in zebrafish". She has also received a poster award in neuroscience!

Naumann Lab at SfN in Washington, DC!

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Kaitlyn’s poster is titled “Neural circuits underlying optomotor responses (OMR) in larval teleost fish”.

Whit’s poster is titled “Functional and molecular characterization of motion-processing neurons in the larval zebrafish”.

Minel’s poster is titled “Mapping brain-wide responses to gut-mediated signals in larval zebrafish”.

Finally, Eva gave a talk in the Behavioral Individuality as a Neuroscientific Variable Minisymposium. Her talk is titled “Predicting behavioral variability from visually-evoked neural activity across the zebrafish brain”.

Minel is presenting at the NIH Investigator Meeting for Interoception Research in Bethesda!

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Minel’s talk is titled “Mapping the Gut-Brain Neural Circuitry”. She also presented a poster titled “Mapping brain-wide responses to gut-mediated signals in larval zebrafish”.

Minel is presenting at the BIF 16th North America Meeting in Woods Hole!

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Minel presented at her final Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds North America Meeting as a current fellow. Her talk is titled “Mapping the Gut-Brain Neural Circuitry”.

Minel on DIBS Trainee Spotlight!

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Read Minel’s interview on her journey in neuroscience and all things puzzles on the latest Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Trainee Spotlight by Izzy Kjaerulff: https://dibs.duke.edu/news/minel-arinel/

Kaitlyn is volunteering at SciRen!

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Kaitlyn helped organize the SciRen Triangle networking event, where researchers develop and present K-12 lesson plans based on their research to educators. She served as the Logistics Coordinator to work with a team of graduate students from local universities to plan. The event is hosted annually in September at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.

For more information on the SciRen Triangle: https://sciren.org/networking-events/sciren-triangle/

Naumann Lab at the Annual Neurobiology Retreat in Wrightsville Beach!

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Whit’s poster is titled “Predicting Functional Roles of Motion-Processing Neurons in the Optomotor Response in Larval Zebrafish”.

Karina’s poster is titled “Hunger alters neural responses to visual objects in the optic tectum of zebrafish”.

Kaitlyn’s poster is titled “All-optical approaches to perturb functionally identified neural circuits”.

Finally, Minel gave the closing talk titled “Mapping the Gut-Brain Neural Circuiry”. She also presented a poster titled “Mapping brain-wide responses to enteric nutritional stimuli in larval zebrafish”.

Minel is a Guest Lecturer at the Biological Bases of Behavior course!

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Minel gave a guest lecture on Animal Models in Neuroscience at the introductory undergraduate course NEUROSCI 102 Biological Bases of Behavior.

Kaitlyn is presenting at the Janelia Danionella Workshop!

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Kaitlyn’s talk is titled “Neural Circuits Underlying Optomotor Responses in Larval Danionella cerebrum“.

Elysia received the DiSTEM Award!

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Elysia is awarded the Duke Diversity in STEM (DiSTEM) Conference Award, which provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to attend and present their research at a conference aimed towards supporting the scientific development of students from marginalized groups. With the DiSTEM Award, Elysia will attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), a meeting founded “to encourage minority, first-generation, veteran, and disabled students to pursue higher education in STEM”.

For more information on the DiSTEM Award: https://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/duke-diversity-stem-distem-conference-award

For more information on ABRCMS: https://abrcms.org

Elysia and Sarah are presenting posters at the Duke Summer Research Showcase!

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Elysia’s poster is titled “Behavioral characterization and whole-brain activity mapping of psychedelics in zebrafish”. Sarah’s poster is titled “Optomotor Response in Larval Zebrafish vs. Danionella cerebrum, a New Comparative Fish Model”.