The Pickrell Lab

Established in 2017, our lab focuses on mitochondrial biology and neurodegeneration.

Lab Goes Apple Picking!

The lab took a trip to Doe Creek Farms on September 28, 2024 to pick some in-season apples. We enjoyed the great weather, tons of apples,...

Lab Manager Julia featured in Allen Institute's "Open Science Week"

On September 17, 2024, lab co-manager, Julia Milner, was featured in the Allen Institute's "Open Science Week" for her undergraduate...

PhD candidate Colin Kelly presents in Barcelona, Spain!

Colin presented his research, "Resident-peripheral immune interplay: the potential role of adaptive immunity in dopaminergic neuron...

PhD candidate Sahitya Ranjan Biswas presents at UMDF Mito Med 2024

PhD candidate Sahitya Ranjan Biswas presented his research, Postnatal neurogenic niches are disrupted in the subventricular zone of a...

Colin Kelly's CVCSN Oral Presentation

Colin Kelly gave a short oral presentation at the CVCSN presentation at Virginia Tech on April 27th, 2024. He presented his dissertation...

Lauren and Colin's paper in J Neuroscience is out!

They find that microglial or peripheral immune STING signaling dictates the early immune response after injury dictating outcome. Their...

Winter Brain Conference 2024

PhD Candidates, Colin Kelly and Sahitya Biswas, presented their research at the Winter Conference on Brain Research in Breckenridge,...

Swagatika's paper in Journal of Cell Biology is out!

She finds that NAP1/AZI2, an innate immune protein, is important for mitosis and cell division. Her paper can be found at the link below...

Sahitya Biswas Advances to PhD Candidacy

Congratulations to our now PhD candidate, Sahitya Biswas, on passing his preliminary exam.