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The Pickrell Lab
Established in 2017, our lab focuses on mitochondrial biology and neurodegeneration.
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Undergraduate Summer Research 2022
SURF-N Student Anna Prater presents her work for Dr. Paul Morton and Dr. Pickrell's joint project on the "Effects of Germ-Free Radial...


Team Powerhouse vs. Team Astros at Trivia Night
The Pickrell Lab and The Olsen Lab go head to head during Trivia Night at Eastern Divide in Blacksburg, VA. The competition was close,...


Neurotrauma 2022
Fourth-Year Graduate student Lauren Fritsch presents her research, "Microglia and Peripheral Immune Cells Contribute to Neuroinflammatory...


Team Powerhouse Escapes!
Pickrell Lab students head to Puzzlr Escape Rooms in Downtown Blacksburg. Making it out with 1 minute and 36 seconds left.


EMBO Workshop in Austria
Pickrell Lab Graduate student Swagatika Paul travels to Vienna, Austria for the European Molecular Biology Organization's workshop on...


Students Present at American Society for Neurochemistry
PhD Student Lauren Fritsch was selected for an oral presentation at the 2022 ASN conference in Roanoke, Virginia.


$1.9 million NIH grant awarded to Alicia Pickrell
Pickrell Lab receives grant to further studies of mitochondrial decay on chronic illnesses.


Dr. Pickrell's study on mitochondrial dysfunction gets published in Cell Reports
Pickrell's post-doctoral research began at the National Institutes of Health and continued at Virginia Tech once becoming an assistant...


Alicia Pickrell named Assisstant Professor
Pickrell joins Virginia Tech's School of Neuroscience, part of the College of Science.
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