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Dr. Tim Jarome honored for teaching and research excellence
12/25/2023 Welcome new PhD students Yeeun Bae, Phillip Gwin, and Meagan Turner.
11/10/2023 - Kayla’s paper on developmentally regulated sex differences in protein degradation in the amygdala is published in Biology of Sex Differences!
10/4/2023 - Kayla successfully defends her dissertation. She did fantastic and will soon be starting her new position at Revivicor. Congratulations, Kayla!
10/1/2023 - Jean Setenet joins the lab as a PREP scholar. Welcome Jean!
9/30/2023 - The Jarome lab in collaboration with Dr. Sydney Trask (Purdue University) is awarded a 2 year, $433,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study a novel mechanism of age-related memory decline.
7/25/2023 - Natalie Preveza joins the lab as a Research Technician. Welcome Natalie!
6/16/2023 - Dr. Jarome is interviewed by WVTF radio for recent study on sex differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
6/13/2023 - Shaga successfully defends her dissertation. She did an amazing job and will soon be starting her postdoc at Stanford University. Congratulations, Shaga!
6/9/2023 - Morgan & Nour’s review on ubiquitin-proteasome mechanisms of memory formation is published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
6/1/2023 - Dr. Jarome is interviewed live in studio by WDBJ News for recent study on sex differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
5/22/2023 - Dr. Jarome is interviewed live by Fox5DC News for recent study on sex differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
5/17/2023 - Kayla’s paper on a sex-specific role for K63 polyubiquitination in fear memory formation is published in Molecular Psychiatry!
5/12/2023 - Numerous undergraduate students in the lab graduate. Nour is heading to do her PhD at Stanford University. Aubrey is going to be a Research Specialist at Stanford University. Shifa will be a Medical Researcher at Duke University. Amber will be completing her PhD at Virginia Tech. Bella will be working in science policy. Congratulations everyone!
3/27/2023 - Taylor successfully defends her dissertation. She did an amazing job and has been critical for the establishment of the lab’s obesity projects. Congratulations, Taylor!
3/15/2023 - Dr. Jarome is interviewed by WVTF radio for recent grant on bystander post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
3/15/2023 - Kayla and Taylor’s paper on the cell-type specific role of protein degradation in memory formation is published in Learning and Memory.
3/9/2023 - Dr. Jarome is interviewed live by Fox5DC News for recent grant on bystander post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
12/1/2022 - The Jarome lab is awarded a 2 year, $432,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the molecular, behavioral and sex-specific mechanisms of indirectly acquired fear memories.
11/15/2022 - Taylor gives an oral presentation as part of a nanosymposium at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Deigo, California
11/14/2022 - The Jarome Lab attends the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Deigo, California
11/12/2022 - Shaga and Kayla give oral presentations as part of a nanosymposium at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Deigo, California
9/12/2022 - The Jarome lab in collaboration with Dr. Amiel Rosenkranz and Dr. Nicole Ferrara (Rosalind Franklin University) is awarded a 2 year, $432,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study a novel mechanism of age-related memory decline.
9/10/2022 - Kayla is awarded a Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience. Congratulations Kayla!
9/9/2022 - Kayla’s paper on RPT6 functioning as an epigenetic mechanism in the hippocampus of females during memory formation is published in Learning and Memory.
7/26/2022 - Morgan Patrick officially joins the lab. Morgan is finishing her first year in the Neuroscience Ph.D. program. Welcome to the lab, Morgan!
7/22/2022 - The Jarome lab in collaboration with Dr. Kiho Lee (University of Missouri) and Timothy Allen (Florida International University) is awarded a 2 year, $446,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to develop and validate pig models of Alzheimer’s disease.
7/1/2022 - Dr. Jarome is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the School of Animal Sciences.
7/1/2022 - The Jarome lab is awarded a 2 year, $266,000 grant from the Virginia Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB) to study the epigenetic mechanisms of obesity development
6/1/2022 - Aspen’s paper in Behavioural Brain Research is selected as the Editor’s Choice for the July 2022 issue.
5/20/2022 - Aspen’s paper on the sex-specific role of protein SUMOylation is published in Behavioural Brain Research.
5/11/2022 - Kayla Farrell is awarded a Diversity Supplement from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This grant supplement will provide 2 years of support for Kayla to study the developmental regulation of sex differences in protein degradation in the brain while developing her professional skills. Congratulations Kayla!
4/21/2022 - Aspen Gustin successfully defends her Master’s thesis. Congratulations Aspen!
3/14/2022 - Taylor’s paper on the role of proteasome dysregulation in the development of obesity in females is published in Nutritional Neuroscience.
9/29/2021 - Kayla’s, Madeline’s and Shaga’s paper on the sex-specific protein degradation targets in the amygdala during fear memory formation is published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience.
9/7/2021 - Taylor McFadden’s recent grant award is featured in VT news (Animal and poultry sciences Ph.D. candidate receives grant to study PTSD differences between males and females | VTx | Virginia Tech) and Neuroscience News (PTSD Differences Between Males and Females - Neuroscience News)
8/30/2021 - Dr. Jarome is interviewed by Quanta Magazine about recent work on the role of double-stranded DNA breaks in memory formation: Brain Cells Break Their DNA to Learn More Quickly | Quanta Magazine
8/23/2021 - The lab welcomes 3 new undergraduates to the lab, Shifa Banani, Aubrey Auerbach and Nour Omar, and our MCB rotation student Kaylee Petraccione.
8/3/2021 - The lab welcomes PREP rotation student Jacobi McGrew. He will be working in the lab for the next 4 weeks, getting valuable research experience. Welcome Jacobi!
7/29/2021 - The lab says goodbye to Madeline Musaus, who joined the lab in Summer 2019 and ended up making some of the most significant contributions, to date. She will now be moving on to pursue what will be a very bright future in medicine. She will be greatly missed. Congratulations on starting the next phase of your career, Madeline!
7/15/2021 - Kiley’s paper on sex differences in the requirement for protein degradation in the hippocampus during fear memory formation is published in Learning and Memory.
7/9/2021 - Madeline’s paper on the sex-specific role of linear polyubiquitination in fear memory formation is published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
6/25/2021 - Taylor McFadden is awarded a Diversity Supplement from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This grant supplement will provide 2 years of support for Taylor to study cell-type specific sex differences in protein degradation during fear memory formation while developing her professional skills. Congratulations Taylor!
4/19/2021 - Kayla’s perspective on the use of PROTACs for treating diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS) is published in Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery.
4/15/2021 - Madeline Musaus is awarded the 2021 College of Science Senior Undergraduate Research Award from Virginia Tech. Congratulations Madeline!
2/18/2021 - The lab publishes a paper on sex differences in fear memory formation in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. This project was led by Rishi, Natalie and Kayla and included contributions from nearly every member of the lab.
1/8/2021 - With some help from several members of the lab, Dr. Jarome’s final paper from his postdoctoral training with Dr. Farah Lubin (UAB) is published in Biological Psychiatry. This paper shows a novel role for histone ubiquitination in memory formation.
11/25/2020 - Shaga’s paper on the role of double stand DNA breaks in memory reconsolidation is published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
11/4/2020 - The Jarome lab is awarded a 5 year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study sex differences in protein degradation during fear memory formation.
8/12/2020 - Dr. Jarome is awarded the 2020 School of Neuroscience Excellence in Research Award.
8/2/2020 - Madeline and Shaga’s review on the role of linkage-specific polyubiquitin modifications in synaptic plasticity and memory formation is published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.
7/20/2020 - The Jarome lab and the laboratory of Dr. Marieke Gilmartin (Marquette University) are awarded a collaborative 2 year, $425,000.00 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study sex differences in cortical DNA hydroxymethylation in fear memory formation.
07/01/2020 - Taylor’s paper on changes in hippocampus protein degradation and impaired spatial memory during the development of obesity is published in Behavioural Brain Research.
05/16/2020 - The lab says goodbye to Rishi Devulapalli, Sabrina Orsi, Jacob Nelsen, Natalie Jones and Hannah Kugler, Virginia Tech class of 2020. Rishi will be moving to Boston to work with AmeriCorps as a 10th grade math and science teaching assistant while we applies to M.D. and M.D./Ph.D. programs. Sabrina will start her Ph.D. studies at the University of Buffalo in the fall. Jacob is applying to medical school programs. Natalie will start her Master’s degree studies at Georgetown University in the fall. Hannah is starting her position as a Research Technician at Georgetown University. Congratulations everyone!
05/05/2020 - The Jarome lab and the laboratory of Dr. David Xie are awarded a collaborative 2 year, $420,000.00 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study epigenetic mechanisms of memory extinction.
04/28/2020 - Rishi Devulapalli is awarded the 2020 College of Science Senior Undergraduate Research Award from Virginia Tech. Congratulations Rishi!
01/24/2020 - The lab is awarded a 2 year, $420,000.00 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the role of linear ubiquitination in memory formation.
01/14/2020 - Ph.D. student Taylor McFadden was selected to participate in the 2020 Graduate Summer Opportunity to Advance Research (G-SOAR) Program at the National Institute of Health (NIH). Congratulations Taylor!
12/13/2019 - Shaga’s review on transgenic and genetic tools available to neuroscientists is published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763419306104?via%3D
10/28/2019 - Lab outing to Puzzlr. Completed the Taken escape room with 9 seconds left!
10/23/2019 - Shaga presents her poster at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting
Shaga presents her poster at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting
10/23/2019
Lab dinner at the 2019 Society for Neuroscience meeting
10/20/2019
Taylor presents her poster at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting
10/19/2019
The lab gets together for the first time since early 2020 for some hibachi.
7/15/2021
10/15/2019 - The Jarome Lab website is officially live!