The Pickrell Lab

PhD student Colin Kelly presented his research on traumatic brain injury and Parkinson’s disease at the 10th Annual Southeastern...

Post-bac student Nicole DeFoor was selected for an oral presentation and awarded 2nd place for her oral presentation at the United...

Thanks to the NIA, we were awarded our NIGMS supplement on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias to study how alpha synuclein is...

Senior undergraduate researcher, Leila, disseminates her contributions to the lab's research at the Virginia Tech Office of Undergraduate...

We had a fun lab outing at the local mini-golf course. First-time mini golfer Sahitya ended up being the champ!

We congratulated our senior undergraduates, Leila and Baitong, for graduating this semester by going out to Cabo Fish Taco for some lunch.

PhD candidate, Swagatika Paul, was selected for an oral presentation and awarded with a travel grant to attend the American Society for...

Pickrell Lab 2nd-year graduate students Sahitya Biswas (above) and Colin Kelly present updates on their ongoing projects at the annual...

Theus Lab hosts an annual Christmas get together with Morton and Pickrell Lab where we celebrate the past year. Everyone had a fun time...

Lab Technician Nicole DeFoor presents her ongoing work "COVID-19 treatment drug Remdesivir increases mtDNA copy number, but only causes...

Members of Pickrell Lab enjoy a fall day at Sinkland Farms' Annual Pumpkin Festival. Corn mazes, pumpkin picking, and vendor shopping...

Dr. Lauren Fritsch successfully defends her thesis, "The Role of STING-Mediated Neuroinflammation in Traumatic Brain Injury", after...

SURF-N Student Anna Prater presents her work for Dr. Paul Morton and Dr. Pickrell's joint project on the "Effects of Germ-Free Radial...

The Pickrell Lab and The Olsen Lab go head to head during Trivia Night at Eastern Divide in Blacksburg, VA. The competition was close,...

Fourth-Year Graduate student Lauren Fritsch presents her research, "Microglia and Peripheral Immune Cells Contribute to Neuroinflammatory...

Pickrell Lab students head to Puzzlr Escape Rooms in Downtown Blacksburg. Making it out with 1 minute and 36 seconds left.

Pickrell Lab Graduate student Swagatika Paul travels to Vienna, Austria for the European Molecular Biology Organization's workshop on...

PhD Student Lauren Fritsch was selected for an oral presentation at the 2022 ASN conference in Roanoke, Virginia.

Pickrell Lab receives grant to further studies of mitochondrial decay on chronic illnesses.

Pickrell's post-doctoral research began at the National Institutes of Health and continued at Virginia Tech once becoming an assistant...