ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Debo is a chemist turned neuroscientist. After a PhD in chemistry at the University of Utah, her fascination with the brain led her to the neurosciences for her postdoctoral studies at Baylor College of Medicine. Here she learnt about non-neuronal glial cells in the brain and discovered posttranslational chemistry of epigenetic modifications in glial cells. Debo is interested in the big broad question of how we perceive and respond to the world around us. Towards this, her research will focus on the sensory experience and use the mouse olfactory system as a model to understand how glial epigenetic mechanisms shape sense of smell. Outside of research, when Debo is not thinking about glial epigenetics, she tries to amuse her chemist soul by experimenting with cooking!

SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL

Sarah has a BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Binghamton University, New York. After working as a lab tech at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she moved to Colorado to work at CU Anschutz. Her past admin experience has been significant in getting the Glial Epigenetics Lab set up, and with her research experience in mouse models and molecular biology, Sarah is excited to learn about astrocytes in the lab. Although she is now delving into neuroscience, her secret dream is to become a paleontologist - wish we could study glia in dinosaur brains!

POSTDOC

Igor has a PhD from University of Sao Paulo Brazil. Igor’s past experience in animal surgeries has been key to getting the lab set up to perform mouse olfactory bulb surgeries. During his PhD, he did an internship on DREADD technology in Linda Watkins Lab at University of Colorado Boulder. During this time, he fell in love with Colorado! And is now excited to learn about astrocytes in the lab. Outside of the lab, Igor is an avid ballet dancer!

GRADUATE STUDENT

Quinn has a BS in Cell Biology and Neuroscience from Montana State University. After her undergraduate studies, she moved to California where she worked in Nicola Allen Lab at the Salk Institute, studying astrocyte function in Down Syndrome and astrocyte contributions to animal behaviors. She comes to our lab with a wealth of knowledge on astrocytes and can’t wait to dig into studying astrocyte roles in sensory processing. Outside of the lab, Quinn loves to ski!