Manekya Receives Peter G. Glavinos, Jr., PhD Travel Award

Congratulations to Pannita on a perfect Bradford protein assay! This is a rare accomplishment, with only a few BHL members having achieved it over the years. Following a long-standing lab tradition, we celebrated Pannita’s perfect Bradford with a pizza party.

Anika was invited to serve as an instructor at the 2026 CAJAL Course, “The Neurovascular Unit and Beyond – How CNS Border Sites Dynamically Regulate Brain Homeostasis” at the Bordeaux School of Neuroscience in Bordeaux, France. This intensive, two-week, hands-on course brings together early-career scientists from around the world to learn

UKNow featured Valerie and her participation in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging NIH-funded Kentucky Alzheimer’s Disease Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (KYAD-PREP). The program provided Valerie with mentored research experience in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders before beginning her PhD training at UK. Read the full story in UKNow.