Santa Fe brings the spice, scientifically and gastronomically

The Lukens Lab and Friends had a strong showing at the southwest’s premier event! The joint Keystone Symposia on Neuroimmune Interactions and Neurodegenerative Diseases in Santa Fe, NM was a week of amazing science, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.

Kristine Zengeler (Lukens lab postdoc), Aman Mangalmurti (Lukens lab graduate student), Josh Samuels (Lukens lab graduate student), Ryan Brown (Gaultier lab graduate student and friend of the Lukens lab), Ana Royo Marco (Lukens lab graduate student), Ava Hollis (Lukens lab undergraduate student), Hannah Ennerfelt (Andreasson lab postdoc and former Lukens lab member), and Jess Thanos (Lukens lab graduate student).

Lukens lab members presented their research and enjoyed exploring the area throughout the week, pictured below.

⭐️ Aman Mangalmurti, poster: “Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency alters cortical metabolism and suppresses Abeta plaque deposition in 5xFAD mice”

⭐️ Ana Royo Marco, poster: “Functional restoration of meningeal lymphatic drainage with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) after TBI improves tauopathy outcomes”

⭐️ Ava Hollis, poster: “The effects of inflammasome activation on seizure propagation”

⭐️ Josh Samuels, poster: “SHP-1 negatively regulates microglial innate immune responses in Abeta amyloidosis”

⭐️ Kristine Zengeler, talk and poster: “Astrocyte inflammasome signaling modulates hippocampal physiology”