October 31, 2024: Department of Neurology Research Retreat
Phenomenal turnout and strong representation by the Chua Lab at the annual Johns Hopkins Neurology Retreat for an extra Halloween treat!
October 23, 2024: JHH Pumpkin Fest 2024
Our lab-themed entry into this year’s Pumpkin Fest faced a bevy of talented and fierce competition from throughout JHH. Although Dr. MUMpkin was unable to bring home a category prize, he was beloved nonetheless. Happy Halloween from the Chua Lab!
View other outstanding entries at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AkcjFWGcU4
October 19, 2024: Baltimore Running Festival
Team Autophage Against The Machine made a strong showing at the 2024 Baltimore Running Festival! Our team ran to raise donations for the Johns Hopkins Pacing 4 Parkinson’s (P4P) Program.
For more information for how you can help support our team and P4P, please visit our Fundraising Page.
October 8, 2024: Sanford Research CoBRE Annual Symposium
Another wonderful opportunity and invited talk to share our latest findings in BPAN and CMT4B3! It was also great to connect with our collaborators in the LJ Pilaz and Jill Weimer labs.
Full details at https://research.sanfordhealth.org
October 4, 2024: National Research Conference at Penn
Congratulations to Matthew on acceptance to present his poster and share our ongoing work in Parkinson disease at UPenn! And thanks to Hetavi for the moral support!
More details at: https://upennnrc.org
September 13-17, 2024: ANA-NINDS Career Development Symposium and 146th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association
A fantastic opportunity to network, set up new collaborations, and share our recent work in Parkinson disease, both as a talk for the Special Interest Group, Neurodegeneration and Cell Death, but also at the poster sessions for both the ANA Annual Meeting and ANA-NINDS Career Development Symposium. Full details at https://2024.myana.org
August 12, 2024: National Research Conference at Penn
Congratulations to Matthew for acceptance to present a poster at the NRCP based on his work and abstract on Parkinson disease! The conference will be held October 4th-5th, 2024 at the University of Pennsylvania.
July 13, 2024: Chua Lab 2024 Summer Outing
Misadventures abound at the Washington, DC International Spy Museum, with a lost-then-found bag, hang-time challenge, Snape sighting, axolotls, scattered USBs, and an accidental non-donation.
June 16, 2024: Neurology Chief Resident Graduation
Congratulations to Sai for completing his neurology residency training, together with a strong start to his R25 research as he takes it onwards into his movement disorders fellowship at Johns Hopkins!
Johns Hopkins Neurology Residency Program: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology-neurosurgery/education/neurology-residency
May 20, 2024: Delta Omega Induction Ceremony
Congratulations to Sarina for her formal induction to the Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society!
2024 Inductees: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/alumni/delta-omega-honor-society/2024-delta-omega-alpha-inductees
May 18, 2024: Parkinson’s Foundation North Capital Area Symposium
This year’s annual regional symposium by the PFNCA for patients with Parkinson disease provides a wonderful opportunity to discuss non-motor complications of PD, including orthostatic hypotension.
More info at https://parkinsonfoundation.org/pfnca-symposium
May 11, 2024: Johns Hopkins Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium
Great turnout by patients from the DMV area, Delaware, New York, and more to hear about updates in PD research from Drs. Chua, Rosenthal, and Mills.
April 26, 2024: Delta Omega induction
Congratulations to Sarina for induction into the Alpha chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health!
Full details at https://publichealth.jhu.edu/alumni/the-delta-omega-public-health-honorary-society-alpha-chapter
April 20, 2024: Chua Lab at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Research Day
Anika representing us proudly with another outstanding poster presentation!
Full details at https://eng.umd.edu/event/19209/mid-atlantic-research-day
April 15-19, 2024: Chua Lab at the 2024 DREAMS Spring Research Showcase
Matthew presented his research updates at this year’s Day of Undergraduate Research in Engineering, Arts, Medicine, and the Sciences (DREAMS) spring symposium, overseen by the Hopkins Office of Undergraduate Research (HOUR).
Full details at https://hour.jhu.edu/present/dreams/#1637678833060-0fac9a99-dfcf.
April 14, 2024: Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Neurology
Excited to present our work on CMT4B3 at the AAN Annual Meeting during session S5 – ALS and CMT: New Therapeutic Approaches.
https://www.aan.com/msa/Public/Events/Details/17220
March 29, 2024: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Gala
Dr. Chua was one of 5 recipients for this year’s AMTRA (Advising, Mentoring, and Teaching) Recognition Awards!
Full details at https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2024/student-assembly-annual-auction-and-bloomberg-gala
March 10-15, 2024: Chua Lab at the GRC on Autophagy
We are grateful to have the opportunity to present our recent work on Parkinson disease and autophagy at the 2024 Gordon Research Conference: Autophagy in Stress, Development, and Disease.
Full details at https://www.grc.org/autophagy-in-stress-development-and-disease-conference/2024/
February 28, 2024: University of Michigan Neurology Grand Rounds
Wonderful opportunity to be invited to the Grand Rounds for the University of Michigan Department of Neurology and present our lab’s research updates in BPAN and CMT4B3.
January 27, 2024: Chua Lab Winter Outing
Some fun with outdoor ice time at Rockville Town Center!
November 10, 2023: Falling for Research
Plenty of outstanding Chua Lab representation at the 2023 Falling for Research Student Poster Symposium at Towson University. Nice work, Hetavi, Donavan, and Anika!
More details at https://acsmaryland.org/falling-for-research-student-poster-symposium-friday-nov-10th-2023/
