Comings and Goings

Tony Bigelow
They say that the only thing that’s constant in the world is change, and that seems to be the case for us too! With the end of summer on the horizon, it was time to bid a fond farewell to lab manager Tony Bigelow, who recently left the lab to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Washington in Seattle. Tony joined the lab in early 2015 as an undergraduate researcher, and upon graduating in 2016, assumed the role of lab manager. During his time in the lab, Tony made some incredible discoveries that have helped illuminate possible mechanisms by which leeches recover their locomotory abilities following traumatic nerve cord injury, and his findings will form a crucial component of our upcoming publication on the phenomenon. We are sad to see Tony go, but we know that many great things await him as he starts his new journey, and we are excited to hear about all of his future successes!

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Carrie Sheeler
We are also happy to welcome Ph.D. student Carrie Sheeler into the lab! Carrie is a first year student in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, who will be completing a lab rotation with us this fall. Though she will only be with us for several months, we are looking forward to working with her in the lab. Welcome, Carrie!

And last, but certainly not least, we would like to join the rest of the Entomology Department in welcoming our new Department Head, Dr. Sujaya Rao, who will be arriving in Minnesota later this month. Sujaya is an alumna of the department, and upon graduating with her Ph.D., completed a postdoc in our lab in 1992. We are excited to have her back with us, and look forward to working with her to create a bright new future for the department.

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