Lobo Lab News!
Congrats, MARY KAY and JOE, on being awarded the IGS Pilot Grant!
Mary Kay Lobo and Joe Cheer were awarded in collaboration the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) Pilot Grant under the Spatial Atlas award to perform spatial transcriptomics across reward brain regions during development in cannabis exposure in utero. Congratulations, Dr. Mary Kay Lobo and Dr. Joe Cheer!
Congrats, DANIELA, on being awarded by the MPower Early Scholars Investment Fund!
Daniela was awarded funding from the MPower Early Scholars Investment fund, an initiative designed to recognize emerging scholars and researchers. Congratulations, Daniela Franco!
Congrats, DANIELA, on being awarded a 2026 SNIP Travel Award!
The Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP) offers Early Career Investigator Travel Awards (ECITA) to students and postdocs who will present their research in the field. Congratulations, Daniela Franco!
Congrats, JESS, on being awarded a 2026 BBC Travel Award!
The Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry (BBC) Meeting offers travel awards to trainees dedicated to the research of substance use disorder. Congratulations, Jessica McInerney!
Congrats, GAUTAM, on a successful thesis defense in December 2025!
Gautam successfully defended his thesis in December and became the Lobo Lab's newest graduate of the Program in Neuroscience! He will begin a Postdoctoral Fellowship at NIH/NIDA in 2026. Congratulations, Dr. Gautam Kumar!
Congrats, SAM, on being awarded Bridge funding!
Sam was awarded Bridge funding, a UMSOM initiative intended to support individual investigators, in the fall of 2025. Congratulations, Dr. Samantha Scott!
Congrats, JIMMY, on being awarded the 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence in Mentorship Award!
The GPILS/OPS Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence in Mentorship award honors those who demonstrate an outstanding record of supportive mentorship to laboratory trainees at UMB SOM. Congratulations, Dr. Jimmy Olusakin!
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