Matt receives the March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award!
Kayser lab holiday festivus
A good time was had by all, which explains why all my bourbon is gone.
Welcome Samy and Leela!
We are thrilled to have 2 MD/PhD students rotating with us this fall. Leela made a good impression with rum-soaked baked goods on day 1. Samy just hogs all the incubator space. But we love them both equally.
Hello goodbye
As summer winds down, we are sad to say goodbye to Dave (teaching at Bryn Mawr), Zander (back to Vassar), and Neil (back to Stanford), but very excited to welcome Milan to the lab! Plus a little daytime corn hole and jenga is good for the soul I hear.
Our paper is published in eLife!
Take home message: sleep less --> fight worse --> less game. In flies, anyways.
Accepted paper/goodbye drinks
Celebrating our paper on sleep deprivation and aggression getting accepted to eLife!
...but a few more drinks in, dealing with the sadness of Dave leaving the lab soon, as well as the realization that Ben doesn't know how to frown.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Matt receives the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists!
Moving in...
Over the past few weeks we have been slaving away, and the lab is now up and running! see how busy we've been?
kayser lab space almost ready....
and we all dressed in lab uniform for move in day (dave's idea)
sleep and the metabolome
Matt plays a small part in a new paper on cross-species changes to the metabolome occurring with sleep restriction, published in PNAS . It's all about your oxalate, heard it here first.
Emilia joins the lab...welcome!!
Kayser lab is born...
After toiling for decades in training, Matt has finally been rewarded with the opportunity to pay his entire salary in full and provide indirects to Penn. But he will love every second of it.