Miguel presenting lab data on stage at the FENS meeting

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Miguel presenting lab data on stage at the FENS meeting, July 2026

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  1. 2026

  2. Paper

    Caitlin Madden publishes her postbaccalaureate work from the NIH in Neuron: An inherited hypomorphic variant in PIEZO2 reveals structural features of mechanotransduction. Congratulations, Caitlin!

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  3. New member

    Grace Phillips joins the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Grace!

  4. Talk

    Miguel presents some of the lab's data at the FENS Forum. Thanks to Drs. Melis and García-Baos for the invitation.

  5. Talk

    The lab hosts Dr. Nicolas Massaly (UCLA) as guest speaker in the Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar Series.

  6. New member

    Caitlin Madden joins the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Caitlin!

  7. Paper

    Miguel publishes the main paper from his postdoctoral work in Cell Reports: Midbrain endocannabinoids actuate dopamine-based action selection.

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  8. Award

    Jeet Patel receives a Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Award (CURA) to study tensor representations in people performing effortful tasks. Congratulations, Jeet!

  9. 2025

  10. Lab life

    The lab records its first neurons. Neuropixels galore.

  11. Lab life

    First lab outing!

  12. New member

    Marie Galindo joins the lab. Welcome, Marie!

  13. Talk

    Miguel gives a talk in Northwestern University's Neuroscience Seminar Series.

  14. New member

    Grace Crespo becomes the lab's first member. Welcome, Grace!

  15. Talk

    Miguel gives an invited talk at the University of Valencia, in his home region of Spain.

  16. Lab life

    The lab opens in the UIC Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.

  17. Lab life

    Miguel starts as Assistant Professor at UIC.