2025 Lab Highlights
January 2025
The McHenry Lab travels to Lake Tahoe, California, for the 2025 Winter Conference on Brain Research, https://winterbrain.org/
Jenna chairs a panel entitled, “Illuminating Neural Circuits for Diverse Social Behavior States,” and presents a talk entitled, “The Cold Shoulder: Unraveling the Impacts of Social Isolation on Intra-Group Dynamics.”
Olivia presents her poster, “Illuminating the Behavioral and Neural Representations of Diverse Intra-Group and Social State Dynamics in Female Mice.”
Erika presents her poster, “Tracking Dynamic Social Phenotypes Resulting from Shank3 Deficiency in Male and Female Mouse Groups from Adolescence Through Adulthood.”
During breaks from science, the McHenry lab explores the beautiful Lake Tahoe area. Sneak a peek at the chickadee!
2024 Lab Highlights
November 2024
Happy Birthday, Erika!
October 2024
Fall lab outing. Pumpkin carving with goats. The goats helped!
Lab Journal Club Outside:
A dog and dog-themed cup cakes in theme with a dog publication.
Happy Birthday, Olivia!
September 2024
Mia Goodson joins the lab as research associate. Welcome Mia!
Olivia presents her research at the annual Duke Neurobiology Retreat at Wrightsville Beach, NC!
August 2024
Erika Blaine joins the lab as research associate. Welcome Erika!
July 2024
Jenna and Morgan travel to the University of Washington, Seattle for the annual Canine Science Society Meeting, https://www.caninesciencesociety.org.
Morgan presents her talk entitled “Canine Social Preferences Across the Lifespan.”
May 2024
The lab hosts a bittersweet going away party for Polar, a service dog-in-training for Canine Companions who has been trained by our graduate student, Morgan. Polar was part of our research as well in collaboration with the Duke Canine Cognition Center/Puppy Kindergarten (https://evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/duke-puppy-kindergarten). We celebrate and honor Polar with a walk through the Duke Gardens and lots of yummy treats and toys!
April 2024
Olivia Timmermans, 1st year Duke graduate student is awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation, https://www.nsfgrfp.org. Her award is entitled “Illuminating the neural and behavioral representations of intergroup social ties in mice.”
Congrats, Olivia!
February 2024
Polar, service dog in training, hard at work
January 2024
The McHenry lab hosts a Spring Semester Duke Muser (https://muser.duke.edu) research project entitled “Illuminating social behavior phenotypes using machine learning.” This platform fosters an equitable and inclusive undergraduate research experience, with mentorship from graduate students and a postdoc in the lab.