Our Team
Adam Miller - PI
acmiller -at- uoregon [dot] edu
I am interested in how the brain is assembled and functions. The goal of the lab is to understand the generative rules that are used across time and space to wire the brain. We integrate genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, neural circuit function, and behavior, all to gain insight into how neural networks are created.
Jen Michel - Research Associate
michel -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Biochemist extraordinaire! Jen comes to us with tons of experience with in the biochemistry of scaffolds in signaling pathways and the structural analysis of neurotransmitter receptors. She is focused on the electrical synapse proteome.
Anne Martin - Postdoctoral Fellow
emartin4 -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Anne comes from the world of chemical synapses and is curious how they play with electrical synapses. She is currently focused on Neurobeachin, a master synapse regulator that is required for both electrical and chemical synapse formation.
Rachel Bedford - Postdoctoral Scientist
rlukowic -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Rachel’s work is focused on elucidating life and death decisions during neuronal development and on tool building to create new cell biological tools for in vivo cell biology.
William Crow - Graduate Fellow
wcrow6 -at- uoregon [dot] edu
William is focused on the genetics and cell biology of electrical synapse formation. He is looking into new scaffolds that build electrical synapses, and is aiming to understand how they build synaptic structure and function.
Lila Kaye - Graduate Fellow
lkaye -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Lila is interested in the biochemical basis of synapse formation and function. She is focused on the phase-separation/scaffolding functions of the electrical synapse scaffold ZO1.
Keely Core - Fish Wrangler
keelyc -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Keely manages all that is fish in the lab. She integrates through all projects and is the core of the lab.
Jane Kissinger - Research Assistant
jsk -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Jane is leading our charge on cell adhesion molecules of the electrical synapses. How neurons ‘decide’ to build electrical synapses is unknown. Jane is characterizing mutants for effects on Connexin localization.
Ava Komons - Undergraduate Fellow
akomons -at- uoregon [dot] edu
Ava is working with Jen on the electrical synapse proteome.
SPUR and Summer students
Tiffany Huang, High school student South Eugene, Currently an undergrad at Princeton.
Ava Komons, WICS fellow, UO undergrad
Sophia Lauf, High school student South Eugene, Currently an undergrad at Harvey Mudd.
Mia Michel, High school student Marist, Currently a senior in HS.
Mine Sahin, SPUR Student, Dokus Eylul Medical University, Turkey.
Alum of the lab
Postdoctoral fellows
Dylan Farnsworth, PhD, Postdoc. Currently at PI at SUNY.
Predoctoral fellows
Abbey Lasseigne, PhD, Predoc. After lab position - science writing and food science in New Hampshire.
Research Assistants and Undergrads
Anisha Adke, Honors Biology undergrad. After lab position - PostBac at NIH, applying to MD/PhD programs.
Lisa Huynh, Biology undergrad. After lab position - Med student at Western University of Health Sciences.
Audrey Marsh, Research Assistant extraordinaire. After lab position - NSF Predoc Fellow at UW Madison.
Kati McKinnis, Biology undergrad. After lab position - Scientist with Grain Millers Quality Assurance Lab.
Laura Reich, Honors Biology undergrad. After lab position - Teach for America.
Elisa Trujillo, Research Assistant. After lab position - Predoc Fellow at Rockefeller.
Unofficial Alum - worked directly with Adam during his postdoc in Seattle
Arish Shah, RNA wizard, currently an NSF Predoc Fellow at MIT.
Lisa Voelker, Leader of unicorns, Recently graduated from UW/FHCRC with her PhD!
Alex Whitebirch, Synapse master, Recently graduated as an NIH Predoc Fellow from Columbia with his PhD!