Lab News

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• August 2022 - Chavali Lab opens its doors!

• October 2022 — We were excited to welcome Joshua Page to the laboratory as a postbaccalaureate research assistant.

• June 2023 — The laboratory received its first extramural funding award through the Race to Erase MS Young Investigator Award.

• August 2023 — Iris Farnum joined the laboratory as a postbaccalaureate research assistant.

• September 2023 — We were thrilled to welcome Thad Kunkel to the lab as a postdoctoral fellow.

• March 2024 — The laboratory received an NINDS supplement award in support of the R00 program.

• June 2024 — Isa Maxwell joined the laboratory as a graduate student.

• July 2024 — The laboratory received support from the Laura Fund for Innovation in MS Research.

• October 2024 — Congratulations to Joshua Page on beginning his graduate studies at LMU Munich.

• January 2025 — The laboratory received a Medical Research Foundation New Investigator Award.

• March 2025 — The laboratory received funding support from the Collis Medical Trust.

• April 2025 — Congratulations to Iris Farnum on her acceptance into the PhD program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

• July 2025 — Congratulations to Thad Kunkel, whose NINDS-F32 fellowship application received an outstanding 4th percentile score.

• December 2025 — A major milestone for the lab: our first NINDS R01 application scored in the 3rd percentile after four submissions.

• January 2026 — Exciting news as Thad Kunkel’s NINDS F32 fellowship was officially funded.

• February 2026 — Congratulations to Thad Kunkel on receiving a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

• May 2026 — Congratulations to Iris Farnum on the acceptance of her manuscript in Journal of Neuroscience, which was also selected for the journal cover.

• May 2026 — Congratulations to Isa Maxwell on being awarded an NINDS F31 fellowship.