News

September 9, 2024: Undergraduate Researchers Jake, Sophia, and Kayla start in the lab. Welcome to everyone!

August 12, 2024: Kamillia joins the Carlson lab as a research tech. Welcome Kamillia!

August 9, 2024: Cooper’s last day in the lab. We will all miss you and wish you the best of luck!

June 10, 2024: Undergraduate Researcher Kloee joined the lab. Welcome Kloee!

June 3, 2024: Undergraduate Researcher Nate joined the lab. Welcome Nate!

May 28, 2024: Alec joins the Carlson lab as a research tech and animal husbandry specialist. Welcome Alec!

April 29, 2024: Rotation student Cooper started in the lab. Welcome Cooper!

April 23, 2024: Last day in the lab for Kayla! We will all miss you and cannot wait to see what your future holds!

April 22, 2024: Last day in lab for undergraduates Khaalis and Julia! We will miss you both terribly!

March 14, 2024: A collaborative project headed by Luca Jovine’s group, was published in Cell! This project represented labs from three different contintents working together. Rachel, Kayla, and I were thrilled to contribute to these efforts. Congrats to all involved!

March 8, 2024: Graduate student Kayla did a fantastic job putting writing, presenting, and defending her dissertation. Congrats Kayla!

March 7, 2024: Our paper demonstrating that the ORF3a protein encoded by the SARS virus, rescues potassium conductance in yeast lacking endogenous K+ conducting channels, was published! This project was conceived of by Joel Rosenbaum during shutdown.

March 1, 2024: Anne participated in a panel celebrating women in science. Thank you to CODIE for assembling the celebration!

February 29, 2024: Anne met with the Women in Research group at Pitt and chatted about scientific research. Thank you for the invitation!

February 14, 2024: Graduate students Kayla, Crystal, and Jenny all presented posters at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. Congrats!

February 7, 2024: Rotation student Ruth gave a fantastic rotation talk. Congrats!

November 6, 2023: Rotation student Ruth starts in the lab. Welcome Ruth!

November 1, 2023: Congrats to Sarah for a fantastic rotation talk!

August 28, 2023: Rotation student Sarah started in the lab. Welcome Sarah!

August 10, 2023: Kayla and Rachel’s paper on the fast block to polyspermy published in the Journal of General Physiology and highlighted in a Commentary. Congrats to everyone involved!

July 27, 2023: Crystal Lara awarded the Gilliam Fellowship from HHMI. Congrats Crystal!!!

June 22, 2023: A collaboration between the Carlson lab, and the Jovine lab and several other labs across the world, uploaded onto bioRxiv!

June 20, 2023: Olivia’s back in lab for some summer research. Welcome back Olivia!

April 13, 2023: Jenny Miller officially joined the lab! Welcome Jenny!!!

April 12, 2023: Congrats to Jenny and Anu for fantastic rotation talks!

March 22, 2023: Undergraduate Researcher Khaalis Harris was awarded the Albert and Cynthia Chung Research Fellowship to continue her research in the lab this summer. Congrats Khaalis!!!

February 6, 2023: Rotation students Jenny and Anu start in the lab. Welcome!

December 19, 2022: Rachel’s last day in the lab. She has had a profound influence on the lab, which will be felt for many years to come!

December 12, 2022: Anne presented to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and St. Louis University. Thank you to Gabriel Dai for the invitation!

December 5, 2022: Anne presented the lab research to the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western. Thank you to Sudha Chakrapani for the invitation!

December 1, 2022: Rachel successfully defended her Ph.D. Congrats Dr. Bainbridge!!!

November 18, 2022: Kayla gave a fantastic noon seminar. Nice work!

November 17, 2022: Rachel submitted her thesis. Congrats Rachel!

November 3, 2022: Ally finished her rotation in the lab. Good luck to Ally!

September 23, 2022: Crystal gave a fantastic noon seminar. Congrats Crystal!

August 29, 2022: Rotation student Ally started in the lab. Welcome Ally!

July 27, 2022: Kayla was awarded an NIH-Funded T32 fellowship. Congrats Kayla!

July 14, 2022: Latest paper on PIP2 regulation of TMEM16A channels officially accepted for publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Congrats to Wase, Rachel, Crystal, Kayla, and Joel for all of their hard work. Also a big thank you to former rotation student Grant, and our collaborator Jacob Durrant, for their contributions.

June 24, 2022: Dominique’s last day as our fantastic technician. We will miss him terribly!

June 6, 2022: Kayla was awarded a travel award to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction. Congratulations Kayla!

June 3, 2022: Mackensey joined the lab as our newest technician. Welcome Mackensey!

April 18, 2022: Rachel and Kayla gave fantastic posters at the Tri-Repro meeting in Philly. Nice work!

April 15, 2022: Crystal ended her rotation with a fantastic talk and is officially joining the lab!

April 14, 2022: Bea and Paushaly’s last day in the lab. We will miss you both! Best of luck in grad school!

April 11, 2022: Bea defended her B.Phil and gave a fantastic seminar. Congrats Bea!

April 6, 2022: Rachel was awarded the Elizabeth Dillon travel award to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction. Congratulations Rachel!

February 7, 2022: Grad student Crystal started her rotation in the lab. Welcome Crystal!

February 4, 2022: Congrats to Katherine on an excellent rotation talk!

November 17, 2021: Anne presented our fertilization research to the Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology program at Weill Cornell School of Medical Sciences. Thanks to Crina for the invitation!

November 15, 2021: The last day in the lab for postdoctoral fellow (and former graduate student) Wase. We will miss you Wase!

November 9, 2021: Rotation student Katherine recorded her first depolarization. Congrats Katherine!

November 8, 2021: Grad student Katherine started her rotation in our lab. Welcome Katherine!

September 17, 2021: Congrats to Kayla and Beatrice for giving two fantastic seminars today! Kayla’s annual noon seminar and Bea’s undergraduate research fellowship symposium.

September 2, 2021: Congrats to Rachel for receiving the Mary P. Edmonds Graduate Student Award for outstanding publication!!! Rachel received this award for her 2020 PLOS Biology publication.

May 24, 2021: Undergraduate researcher Beatrice starts her summer fellowship in the lab. Welcome back Beatrice!

May 10, 2021: Congrats to grad student Rachel for receiving the Outstanding Presenter award for the 2021 Pitt Grad Expo!

May 2021: Anne was awarded tenure!

April 16, 2021: Congrats to rotation student Rody for an excellent rotation talk!

March 28, 2021: Congrats to undergraduate researcher Beatrice for being awarded a Horowitz Fellowship to support her summer research project!

March 23, 2021: Congrats to Kayla for receiving an Honorable Mention on her NSF GRFP application!

February 16, 2021: Rotation student Rody, joins the lab. Welcome Rody!

February 8, 2021: Congrats to Wase for publication of her rotation project in microPublication Biology!

January 27, 2021: Congrats to Kalya for making her first fast block recording!

December 18, 2020: Congrats to graduate student Rachel for giving another fantastic noon seminar!

December 12, 2020: Anne was elected to be a Councilor for the Society of General Physiologists!

December 2, 2020: Congrats to graduate student Kayla on publication of a commentary in eLife!

November 2, 2020: Congrats to graduate student Rachel on being awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the NIH!

October 7, 2020: Anne presented Wase’s latest work on the PIP2 regulation of TMEM16A channels to the Renal Grand Rounds. Thank you to Tom Kleyman for the invitation to talk!

September 14, 2020: Anne presented recent work to the Department of Biological Sciences. Thank you to everyone who attended!

September 1, 2020: Wase officially became a postdoctoral fellow in the lab! We are thrilled to have Wase continue her research on PIP2 and TMEM16A, start new projects, and serve as an important member of our research team.

August 28, 2020: Congrats to graduate student Kayla for giving a fantastic noon seminar!

July 15, 2020: Our manuscript on the role of extracellular zinc in the protection of nascent zygotes was accepted for publication at PLOS Biology. This massive project was led by former grad student Katie and current grad student Rachel. The research represented a collaboration between several scientists including the Lee Lab, the Nicotra Lab, Kate Buckley, and Dan Bain. Also, 8 undergraduate researchers authors! Congrats to all involved!

April 25, 2020: Undergraduate Meghan Hanson officially graduated from Pitt. Congratulations Meghan! We will miss you!

April 20, 2020: Kayla Komondor officially joined the lab! Welcome back Kayla!

April 14, 2020: Wase gave a fantastic dissertation seminar successfully defended her Ph.D. Congrats to Dr. Tembo!

March 13, 2020: The Carlson Lab, along with the rest of the University of Pittsburgh, closed on campus research. The Carlson Lab has transitioned to analyzing data, writing papers and grants from home. Stay safe everyone!

February 18, 2020: Rachel was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the Mellon Foundation. Congratulations Rachel!

February 18, 2020: Wase was awarded a Student Research Achievement Award from the Biophysical Society. Congratulations Wase!

January 29, 2020: Anne presented our newest research to the Department of Veterinary & Animal Science at the University of Massachusetts. Thank you to Rafael Fissore for the invitation!

January 9, 2020: Undergraduates Beatrice and Pashauly join the lab. Welcome Beatrice and Pashauly!

January 7, 2020: Undergraduates Cameron, Eirlys, and Sarah start in the lab. Welcome!

December 18, 2019: Congrats to our new undergrad researcher Beatrice, recipient of the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

December 11, 2019: The Carlson Lab celebrated four undergraduates moving on: Kavya, Maddy C., Madison B., and Cat! We will miss you all next semester!

November 4, 2019: Anne presented some exciting new data to the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Texas at Austin. Thank you to Eric Senning for the invitation!

November 1, 2019: Kayla finished her rotation in the lab by giving a fantastic talk today. Congratulations Kayla! We will miss you!

October 17, 2019: Anne presented some of our newest research to the Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology at Yale. Thank you to Jean-Ju Chung for the invitation!

September 12, 2019: Anne presented a new project at the International Society for Zinc Biology in Kyoto Japan.

September 5, 2019: Undergraduates Joe and Ethan join the lab. Welcome Joe and Ethan!

September 4, 2019: Annual Pirates game with the Lee lab!

September 3, 2019: Research Assistant Professor Joel Rosenbaum joins the lab. Welcome Joel!

August 27, 2019: Anne wrote a commentary on the role of TrpM channels in Drosophila egg activation that has been published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.

August 22, 2019: Rachel and Anne wrote a commentary on the sperm ion channel CatSper that has been published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences. Congratulations Rachel!

July 29, 2019: Anne presented some research at the Fertilization and Activation of Development Gordon Conference. Thank you to the organizers for the invitation!

July 9, 2019: Research technician Dominique joins the lab. Welcome Dominique!

July 2, 2019: The first manuscript from Wase’s dissertation research has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry! Congratulations to everyone involved: Wase, Katie, and Rachel!

July 1, 2019: Rotation student Kayla began her rotation in our lab. Welcome Kayla!

June 25, 2019: Anne presented our new fertilization work as part of the John G. Rangos, Sr. Research Seminar Series. Thank you to Todd Lamitina for the invitation!

May 20, 2019: Undergraduate researcher Kavya started full time as an HHMI summer student!

April 30, 2019: Graduate student Katie’s last day in the lab. We’ll miss you Katie!

April 30, 2019: Anne presented some of our fertilization research with the Membrane Protein Research Group (GÉPROM) at the Université de Montréal. Thank you to Nazz D’Avanzo for the invitation!

March 27, 2019: Graduate students Katie and Wase both received Outstanding Presenter awards from the 2019 Grad Student Expo. Congratulations Katie and Wase!!!

March 21, 2019: Undergraduate researcher Kavya was admitted into the HHMI summer program. Congratulations Kavya! We are excited to continue working together this summer!

March 18, 2019: Wase and Anne wrote a commentary on TMEM16A channels in the lymphatic system that has been published at the Journal of General Physiology! Congratulations Wase!

March 18, 2019: Anne shared our fertilization work with the Reproductive Endocrinology group at Magee-Womens Hospital. It’s fun to talk science with physicians!

March 13, 2019: Anne presented our fertilization work in the Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology Seminar Series at Cornell University. Thank you to Mariana Wolfner for inviting me out!

March 7, 2019: Anne gave a seminar at the University of Maryland School of Medicine as part of their Training Program in Integrative Membrane Biology. Thank you to Matt Trudeau and Andrea Meredith for the invitation!

March 4, 2019: Graduate student Wase Tembo was awarded a Student Research Achievement Award for her poster and presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. Congratulations Wase!

March 3, 2019: Anne received the Paul F. Cranefield Award from the Society of General Physiologists for our two manuscripts published in the Journal of General Physiology in 2018. Thank you Katie, Wase, and our collaborators Wes Phelps and Miler Lee!

February 25, 2019: Graduate student Katie Wozniak defended! Congratulations to Dr. Wozniak on collecting an impressive amount of data and assembling a fantastic dissertation!

February 22, 2019: Undergraduate researcher Kavya represented the lab well at the 2019 Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Congratulations Kavya!

February 15, 2019: Wase gave a fantastic noon seminar. Congratulations Wase!

November 29th, 2018: Graduate students Katie and Wase were both awarded travel grants to attend the 2019 Annual Meeting for the Biophysical Society. Congratulations Katie and Wase!

November 20th, 2018: Undergraduate researcher Maddey was awarded a Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowship (CURF) for Spring Semester 2019. Congratulations Maddey!

November 2nd, 2018: Graduate student Alex gave a fantastic rotation talk. Nice work!

September 19th, 2018: Anne received a Notice of Award from the NIH for an R01 application! We are looking forward to learning more about TMEM16A channels over the next five years. Thank you to Katie, Wase, and Rachel who collected preliminary data for this application! Also, thank you to Katie and Wase for reading several drafts of the proposal, and providing feedback and input into the proposed experiments.

August 31, 2018: Rachel gave a fantastic noon seminar to the Department of Biological Sciences. Congratulations Rachel!

August 30, 2018: Undergraduate Maddey received Bentley-Kephart outstanding freshman award. Congratulations Maddey!

August 28, 2018: Undergraduate Catherine joined the lab. Welcome Catherine!

August 27, 2018: Graduate student Alex began his rotation in the lab. Welcome Alex!

August 2, 2018: Undergraduate Madelyn completed the HHMI summer program by giving a fantastic poster.  Congratulations Maddy!  We are excited to have you return this fall!

August 1, 2018: Annual Pirates game with the Lee lab!

July 5, 2018: Anne was awarded a Central Research Development Fund grant through Pitt!

June 20, 2018: Former undergraduate researcher Marc will attend medical school at Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine. Congratulations Marc!

June 13, 2018: Two manuscripts from Katie's dissertation research and the Carlson lab-Lee lab collaboration have officially been accepted for publication! Congratulations to everyone involved: Katie, Wase, Wes, Miler, and to Rachel for helping assemble a potential cover image!

June 4, 2018: Undergraduate Madelyn joins the lab. Welcome Madelyn!

May 25, 2018: Former undergraduate researcher Phil will attend medical school at NYU with a full scholarship! Congratulations Phil!

May 15, 2018: Wase was awarded a fellowship to attend the 2018 Center for the Physics of Living Cells Summer School!

April 26, 2018: Rachel recorded her first fertilization-evoked depolarization! Congratulations Rachel!

April 23, 2018: Rachel Bainbridge officially started in the lab as our third graduate student! Welcome Rachel!

April 20, 2018: Wase was awarded an predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Congratulations Wase!

April 20, 2018: Rotation student Grant gave a great rotation talk! Good luck in the Brodsky lab!

April 11, 2018: Anne presented on the signaling mechanisms of the polyspermy block to the Department of Biology at Howard University. Thank you to Anna Allen for being such a welcoming host!

April 9, 2018: Katie won the University of Pittsburgh 3 minute thesis competition. Congratulations Katie!

April 2, 2018: Katie was awarded the 2018 Margaret A. Oweida Fellowship to support her graduate research.  Congratulations!

February 21, 2018: Anne presented the latest research from the Carlson lab to the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of California Berkeley. Thank you to Polina Lishko for being such a gracious host!

February 21, 2018: Wase gave a great (and well attended!) poster at the Biophysics meeting.  Congratulations Wase!

February 10, 2018: Katie and Wase both presented posters at the Annual Women in STEM conference at Pitt and Katie won third place for the poster competition. Congrats Katie!

February 5, 2018: Graduate student Grant began his rotation in our lab. Welcome Grant!

February 2, 2018: Rachel gave a fantastic rotation talk - a great ending to an impressive 10 weeks of data collection.  Way to go Rachel!

January 24, 2018: Rachel made her first gigaohm seal and excised her first inside-out patch.  Congratulations Rachel!

January 12, 2018: Katie gave a fantastic noon seminar for the department.  Great work Katie!

January 12, 2018: Wase was awarded a travel grant from the Dietrich School of Art & Sciences to attend the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. Congratulations Wase!

January 9, 2018: Undergraduate researcher Kavya joins the lab. Welcome Kavya!

December 8, 2017: Wase gave a fantastic noon seminar for the department.  Congratulations Wase!

December 7, 2017: Katie did a fantastic job presenting the teaching innovations that she's been working on for her teaching minor.  Congratulations Katie!

November 6, 2017: Graduate student Rachel starts her rotation in our lab. Welcome Rachel!

July 16, 2017: Katie did a fantastic job presenting her poster at the SSR meeting.  Congratulations!

June 29, 2017: Annual Pirates game outing for the Carlson and Lee labs.

June 28, 2017: Anne presented our most recent manuscript to the HHMI summer undergraduate students.  Sophisticated questions were asked, and the students were engaged - overall an impressive bunch of budding scientists!

June 26, 2017: Katie was awarded a travel grant from the Dietrich School of Art & Sciences to attend the SSR meeting.  Congrats Katie!

June 5, 2017: Undergrad Meli joins the lab as an HHMI summer research student.  Welcome Meli!

May 22, 2017: Katie was awarded the Larry Ewing Trainee Travel Fellowship to attend the SSR meeting.  Congrats Katie!

April 26, 2017: Last day in the lab for David, Ally, and Marc.  Congratulations on graduating!  You will all be missed!!!

March 2, 2017: Graduate student Katie was awarded the 2017-2018 Mellon Fellowship. Congratulations!

February 14, 2017: Undergraduates Monica and Ben awarded summer research fellowships from HHMI.  Congratulations!

February 10, 2017: Undergrads Monica and Ben did a fantastic job presenting their posters at the undergraduate poster session.  Nice work!

February 6, 2017: Graduate student Wes starts his rotation in the lab.  Welcome Wes!