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Dr. Joey Broussard wins the Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award
Feb. 21, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Broussard for winning the Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award! Sensorimotor deficits commonly occur in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorders and frequently coincide with cerebellar abnormalities. Yet, the exact connections between sensorimotor deficits and cerebellar abnormalities in these…

Dr. Joey Broussard wins NARSAD Young Investigator Award
Aug. 21, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Joey Broussard for winning the NARSAD Young Investigator Award! Dr. Broussard's proposed study will elucidate the cerebellar circuit mechanisms for inhibiting reflexive responses to irrelevant stimuli during learning of a sensory-association task. The inability to inhibit impulsive responses to stimuli is a hallmark…

2023 Cerebellum Gordon Research Conference
Aug. 19, 2023

The 2023 Cerebellum Gordon Research Conference celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the meeting in Lewiston, Maine, featuring a diverse array of sessions, encompassing topics such as evolutionary developmental biology of the cerebellum, cellular and functional diversity within the…

Graduation Dafna Yavetz
May 31, 2023

Congratulations to Dafna Yavetz '23, who received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and successfully completed her senior thesis with high honors in the Wang Lab. Dafna was supervised by Dr. Gerard Joey Broussard and Dr. Sam Wang. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors!

Wang Lab Reunion at SfN 2022
Nov. 28, 2022

The Wang Lab presented seven different posters and talks at SfN's 52nd annual meeting in San Diego this year. Alumni and current members of the lab enjoyed a reunion dinner after the conference to celebrate their hard work and strengthen the ties between multiple generations of neuroscientists trained at the Wang Lab. Looking forward to seeing…

See current work from the Wang Lab at SfN 2022!
Nov. 4, 2022

Wang Lab members will be presenting their new and exciting research findings at the 2022 Society for Neuroscience meeting, in San Diego, CA, between Nov. 12-16th. Make sure to drop by the following posters and talks! 

 

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Congratulations Dr. Esra Sefik!
Oct. 14, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Esra Sefik, who recently joined our laboratory as a postdoctoral research associate and has been selected to receive the C.V. Starr Fellowship in Neuroscience through the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Under the mentorship of Dr. Wang, this award will allow her to kick-start her research on cerebellar contributions to…

Congratulations Dr. Ben Deverett!
June 6, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Ben Deverett, who succesfully defended his PhD today. Ben has been a very valuable member of the Wang lab and the Tank lab. He contributed a thorough understanding of cerebellar Crus1 in a working memory task. His first-author papers can be found
Dr. Joey Broussard wins NRSA postdoctoral fellowship
June 5, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Joey Broussard for news of funding of his submission for the prestigious NRSA postdoctoral fellowship supported by the BRAIN intiative. This award will allow him to unravel the mysteries of cerebellar granule cell encoding of a working memory task.
Graduation Patricia Aguiar and Christina Matl
June 3, 2019
Patricia Aguiar and Christina Matl received their undergraduate degrees from Princeton University today. Congratulations Patricia and Christina! Patricia and Christina did their undergraduate research in the Wang lab, and were supervised by Dr. Kelly Seagraves and Dr. Jess Verpeut, respectively. We wish them both all the best in their future…