Community mini med school students visit the lab

The Lukens lab once again hosted some members in the Charlottesville community as a part of UVA’s Mini-Medical School program!

This free community program provides a behind-the-scenes look at the medical profession over the course of 7 sessions held in the School of Medicine. Participants include high school students, UVA faculty and staff, retirees, and more.

During their evening in the Lukens lab and BIG center research spaces, mini-med school participants learned about Alzheimer’s disease and current research methods to study AD mouse models (behavioral analysis, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, etc) from current grad students Josh Samuels and Lexi Johnson and undergraduate student Olivia Campbell.

Click here to learn more about the mini-med school program!