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June 2025
Congratulations Dr. Alice Nam for successful defense of your dissertation!
Congratulations Dr. Alice Nam for successful defense of your dissertation!
June 2025
Welcome to summer undergraduate researchers, Catherine Gan and Neha Tummala
Welcome to summer undergraduate researchers, Catherine Gan and Neha Tummala
August 2024
Welcome Hannah Kim, our new Postbac Research Fellow in Quantitative Biology at CMU!
Welcome Hannah Kim, our new Postbac Research Fellow in Quantitative Biology at CMU!
March 2024
Congratulations to Maggie Monahan for being awarded the NASA Summer Undergraduate Fellowship! Maggie will study subcortical mechanisms of plasticity after cortical injury
Congratulations to Maggie Monahan for being awarded the NASA Summer Undergraduate Fellowship! Maggie will study subcortical mechanisms of plasticity after cortical injury
January 2024
Kate Hong and collaborators Timothy Machado (UPenn) and Michael Economo awarded collaborative research grant from RCSA
September 2023
Welcome and congratulations to Baihe ("Lily") Zhang, recipient of the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN).
Welcome and congratulations to Baihe ("Lily") Zhang, recipient of the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN).
August 2023
A warm welcome PhD student, Rawan Fakhreddine! Rawan will be co-advised by Dr. Douglas Weber in the Department Mechanical Engineering at CMU.
A warm welcome PhD student, Rawan Fakhreddine! Rawan will be co-advised by Dr. Douglas Weber in the Department Mechanical Engineering at CMU.
June 2023
Welcome to Morgan Tenney, joining the lab as our Research Assistant!
Welcome to Morgan Tenney, joining the lab as our Research Assistant!
May 2023
Congratulations to Joe Shin, CMU graduation class of 2023!
Congratulations to Joe Shin, CMU graduation class of 2023!
March 2023
Congratulations Sara Caldas Martinez (biology, Hong Lab) and Amanda Merkley (Electrical Engineering, Grover Lab) on receiving the Community Collaboration Award from the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)! Their work will investigate information flow between cortical and subcortical structures during tactile discrimination.
Congratulations Sara Caldas Martinez (biology, Hong Lab) and Amanda Merkley (Electrical Engineering, Grover Lab) on receiving the Community Collaboration Award from the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)! Their work will investigate information flow between cortical and subcortical structures during tactile discrimination.
January 2023
Kate Hong and collaborators Matthew Lovett-Barron (UCSD), and Ben Scott (Boston U) awarded funding from RCSA!
January 2023
The lab welcomes Riya Podder, CMU Masters student in Computational Biology
The lab welcomes Riya Podder, CMU Masters student in Computational Biology
Lab receives SFARI Pilot Award to study mechanisms of tactile sensitivity in Autism.
Lab receives SFARI Pilot Award to study mechanisms of tactile sensitivity in Autism.
September 2022
Selected by the Dean and CMU faculty as one of the best and brightest of graduating seniors, for academic excellence and leadership. We are lucky to have you!
Selected by the Dean and CMU faculty as one of the best and brightest of graduating seniors, for academic excellence and leadership. We are lucky to have you!
September 2022
Lab renovations officially completed
Lab renovations officially completed
Excited for all the discoveries to be made in this space!
Excited for all the discoveries to be made in this space!
March 2022
A warm welcome to PhD student, Sara Caldas Martinez -- happy to have you join the team!
A warm welcome to PhD student, Sara Caldas Martinez -- happy to have you join the team!
August 2021
Back to school:
CMU resumes in-person classes for fall 2021, with vaccination (or weekly testing) and masks required.
Back to school:
CMU resumes in-person classes for fall 2021, with vaccination (or weekly testing) and masks required.
Cartoon by Ed Himelblau and Shannon Odell June 8, 2021, New Yorker Magazine
July 20, 2021
PhD student, Ben George receives the Margaret Carver Award for Research Enrichment! Ben will use the grant to study the brain-wide effects of cortical injury using fMRI in mice. Congratulations!
PhD student, Ben George receives the Margaret Carver Award for Research Enrichment! Ben will use the grant to study the brain-wide effects of cortical injury using fMRI in mice. Congratulations!
May 01, 2021
Welcome Alice Nam, our newest PhD student!
Welcome Alice Nam, our newest PhD student!
March 20, 2021
Congratulations to Joe Shin, for being accepted to the NASA Summer Undergraduate Program!
Congratulations to Joe Shin, for being accepted to the NASA Summer Undergraduate Program!
The fellowship will support full-time research in the lab during the summer of 2021.
The fellowship will support full-time research in the lab during the summer of 2021.
March 01, 2021
Lab receives grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation!
Lab receives grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation!
December 17, 2020
"Kate Hong brings perspective and big plans to Mellon College of Science and the Neuroscience Institute"
"Kate Hong brings perspective and big plans to Mellon College of Science and the Neuroscience Institute"
October 1st, 2020
Welcome to Alex Lammers, joining us as our new Research Assistant!!
Welcome to Alex Lammers, joining us as our new Research Assistant!!
September 1, 2020
Partial lab re-opening with limited capacity
Partial lab re-opening with limited capacity
May, 2020
Welcome Benjamin George, the Hong Lab's first PhD student!
Welcome Benjamin George, the Hong Lab's first PhD student!
May 4, 2020
Joe Shin awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research (remotely) with our lab. Welcome!
Joe Shin awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research (remotely) with our lab. Welcome!
March 19, 2020
Lab shutdown due to Covid-19. Please stay safe, everyone!
Lab shutdown due to Covid-19. Please stay safe, everyone!
January 6, 2020
The Hong Lab opens in the Mellon Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University!
The Hong Lab opens in the Mellon Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University!
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