March 2026 – Giger Lab

Giger Lab

Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

Category : Research

Congratulations to lab member Mitre Athaiya for his Certificate of Dissertation Committee Approval
Congratulations to lab member Xiao-feng Zhao on his new publication titled: Diverse and location-specific roles of PlexinA2, PlexinA4, and NCAM in developing hippocampal mossy fibers.
Congratulations to lab member Mammer Almalahi for completing his prelim exam for candidacy!
Congratulations to lab member Matthew Finneran on his publication in Cell Reports Methods, describing AxoMetric, a powerful software tool for unbiased and rapid quantification of regenerated axons.
Congratulations to lab member Ligia Schmitd, Ph.D. on being awarded a two-year fellowship from the Merkin Family Foundation to pursue her studies on peripheral nervous system regeneration.