August 2024 - Mitra Kulkarni is awarded an Interdisciplinary Environmental Toxicology Scholars Fellowship
June 2024 - Catherine is appointed as Affiliate Faculty in the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
May 2024 - Jessica Rose earns MCB High Distinction honors for thesis research
May 2024 - Niko Corrales receives Berkowitz Research Fellowship from MCB
April 2024 - Robbie Ingram wins the Forebrain Award from the Neuroscience Program
April 2024 - Catherine receives the Faculty Mentor Recognition Award from the Neuroscience Program
March 2024 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded a Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas Research Grant
September 2023 - Remya Rajan is selected for the 2023 American Epilepsy Society Fellows Program
September 2023 - Catherine is awarded the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences
June 2023 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded a collaborative R01 grant from NIH/NINDS (PI: Hee Jung Chung)
May 2023 - Jessica Rose receives Dawn M. Carlson Research Fellowship for Women in Science from MCB
May 2023 - Catie Cutia wins the Dr. Albert Feng Graduate Research Award from the Neuroscience Program
May 2023 - Robbie Ingram wins the C. Ladd Prosser Scientific Achievement Award from the Neuroscience Program
April 2023 - Robbie Ingram wins second place poster award at School of MCB Graduate Research Retreat
May 2022 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded an R21 grant from NIH/NIA
May 2022 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded a collaborative BRAIN Initiative R01 grant (PI: Yurii Vlasov)
April 2022 - Niraj Lawande wins the Howard S. Ducoff Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in MIP
April 2022 - Niraj Lawande earns MCB Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
December 2021 - Catherine is awarded an American Epilepsy Society/Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas Seed Grant
November 2021 - Niraj Lawande wins the School of MCB Research Presentation Award
September 2021 - Christian-Hinman Lab is awarded an R21 grant from NIH/NINDS
July 2021 - Robbie Ingram is awarded an F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship from NIH/NINDS
May 2021 - Catherine is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
April 2021 - Niraj Lawande receives Campus Honors Program Summer Research Grant
April 2021 - Niraj Lawande receives Jenner Family Summer Research Fellowship from MCB
December 2020 - Christian-Hinman Lab is awarded a CURE Epilepsy Continuity Research Fund Grant
December 2020 - Connor Courtney is awarded a Spring 2021 Neuroscience Program Fellowship
August 2020 - Christian Lab becomes Christian-Hinman Lab
June 2020 - Connor Courtney receives a Graduate College Summer Block Grant Fellowship from the Neuroscience Program
April 2020 - Rana Youssef wins the Howard S. Ducoff Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in MIP
April 2020 - Rana Youssef earns MCB Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2020 - Niraj Lawande is awarded a Beckman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship
April 2020 - Manisha Naganatanahalli and Niraj Lawande receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
November 2019 - Catherine is awarded a 2020-2021 Center for Advanced Study Fellowship
July 2019 - Christian Lab is awarded an Administrative Supplement for Research on Sex/Gender Influences from NIH/ORWH
April 2019 - Jiang Li wins the C. Ladd Prosser Scientific Achievement Award from the Neuroscience Program
April 2019 - Shivang Chaudhary earns MCB Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2019 - Rana Youssef is awarded the Erik Haferkamp Memorial Award for Undergraduate Research
April 2019 - Rana Youssef receives MCB undergraduate summer research fellowship
April 2019 - Christian Lab is awarded a Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research from NIH/NINDS
March 2019 - Niraj Lawande receives Campus Honors Program Summer Research Grant
July 2018 - Christian Lab is awarded an R03 grant from NIH/NINDS
April 2018 - Lillian Scanlon and Natalia Wojnowski earn MCB High and Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2018 - Ammar Ujjainwala wins the Howard S. Ducoff Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in MIP
March 2018 - Shivang Chaudhary receives a Carle Neuroscience Institute Undergraduate Research Award
March 2018 - Shivang Chaudhary receives MCB undergraduate summer research fellowship
March 2018 - Christian Lab is awarded an R01 grant from NIH/NINDS
February 2018 - Jiang Li wins the 2018 Epilepsia Open Basic Science Prize
December 2017 - Ammar Ujjainwala earns MCB High Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2017 - Connor Courtney wins first place oral presentation award at MIP department retreat
April 2017 - Natalia Wojnowski is awarded a Beckman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship
March 2017 - Ammar Ujjainwala and Natalia Wojnowski receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
February 2017 - Courtney Sobieski is awarded a Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
May 2016 - Catherine is awarded a Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant
April 2016 - Vincent Abejuela and Jason Lamano earn MCB High Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2016 - Jiang Li is awarded a Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship
March 2016 - Natalie Klein, Rao Li, and Denise Reynish receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
December 2015 - Catherine is awarded a Whitehall Foundation Research Grant
September 2015 - Catherine is appointed as Affiliate Faculty in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
August 2015 - Catherine is awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant
March 2015 - Vincent Abejuela and Jason Lamano receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
September 2014 - Catherine joins the Neuroscience Program and Program in Endocrinology, Embryology, and Reproduction
August 2014 - Christian Lab opens
June 2024 - Catherine is appointed as Affiliate Faculty in the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
May 2024 - Jessica Rose earns MCB High Distinction honors for thesis research
May 2024 - Niko Corrales receives Berkowitz Research Fellowship from MCB
April 2024 - Robbie Ingram wins the Forebrain Award from the Neuroscience Program
April 2024 - Catherine receives the Faculty Mentor Recognition Award from the Neuroscience Program
March 2024 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded a Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas Research Grant
September 2023 - Remya Rajan is selected for the 2023 American Epilepsy Society Fellows Program
September 2023 - Catherine is awarded the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences
June 2023 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded a collaborative R01 grant from NIH/NINDS (PI: Hee Jung Chung)
May 2023 - Jessica Rose receives Dawn M. Carlson Research Fellowship for Women in Science from MCB
May 2023 - Catie Cutia wins the Dr. Albert Feng Graduate Research Award from the Neuroscience Program
May 2023 - Robbie Ingram wins the C. Ladd Prosser Scientific Achievement Award from the Neuroscience Program
April 2023 - Robbie Ingram wins second place poster award at School of MCB Graduate Research Retreat
May 2022 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded an R21 grant from NIH/NIA
May 2022 - Christian-Hinman lab is awarded a collaborative BRAIN Initiative R01 grant (PI: Yurii Vlasov)
April 2022 - Niraj Lawande wins the Howard S. Ducoff Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in MIP
April 2022 - Niraj Lawande earns MCB Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
December 2021 - Catherine is awarded an American Epilepsy Society/Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas Seed Grant
November 2021 - Niraj Lawande wins the School of MCB Research Presentation Award
September 2021 - Christian-Hinman Lab is awarded an R21 grant from NIH/NINDS
July 2021 - Robbie Ingram is awarded an F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship from NIH/NINDS
May 2021 - Catherine is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
April 2021 - Niraj Lawande receives Campus Honors Program Summer Research Grant
April 2021 - Niraj Lawande receives Jenner Family Summer Research Fellowship from MCB
December 2020 - Christian-Hinman Lab is awarded a CURE Epilepsy Continuity Research Fund Grant
December 2020 - Connor Courtney is awarded a Spring 2021 Neuroscience Program Fellowship
August 2020 - Christian Lab becomes Christian-Hinman Lab
June 2020 - Connor Courtney receives a Graduate College Summer Block Grant Fellowship from the Neuroscience Program
April 2020 - Rana Youssef wins the Howard S. Ducoff Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in MIP
April 2020 - Rana Youssef earns MCB Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2020 - Niraj Lawande is awarded a Beckman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship
April 2020 - Manisha Naganatanahalli and Niraj Lawande receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
November 2019 - Catherine is awarded a 2020-2021 Center for Advanced Study Fellowship
July 2019 - Christian Lab is awarded an Administrative Supplement for Research on Sex/Gender Influences from NIH/ORWH
April 2019 - Jiang Li wins the C. Ladd Prosser Scientific Achievement Award from the Neuroscience Program
April 2019 - Shivang Chaudhary earns MCB Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2019 - Rana Youssef is awarded the Erik Haferkamp Memorial Award for Undergraduate Research
April 2019 - Rana Youssef receives MCB undergraduate summer research fellowship
April 2019 - Christian Lab is awarded a Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research from NIH/NINDS
March 2019 - Niraj Lawande receives Campus Honors Program Summer Research Grant
July 2018 - Christian Lab is awarded an R03 grant from NIH/NINDS
April 2018 - Lillian Scanlon and Natalia Wojnowski earn MCB High and Highest Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2018 - Ammar Ujjainwala wins the Howard S. Ducoff Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in MIP
March 2018 - Shivang Chaudhary receives a Carle Neuroscience Institute Undergraduate Research Award
March 2018 - Shivang Chaudhary receives MCB undergraduate summer research fellowship
March 2018 - Christian Lab is awarded an R01 grant from NIH/NINDS
February 2018 - Jiang Li wins the 2018 Epilepsia Open Basic Science Prize
December 2017 - Ammar Ujjainwala earns MCB High Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2017 - Connor Courtney wins first place oral presentation award at MIP department retreat
April 2017 - Natalia Wojnowski is awarded a Beckman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship
March 2017 - Ammar Ujjainwala and Natalia Wojnowski receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
February 2017 - Courtney Sobieski is awarded a Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
May 2016 - Catherine is awarded a Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant
April 2016 - Vincent Abejuela and Jason Lamano earn MCB High Distinction honors for thesis research
April 2016 - Jiang Li is awarded a Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship
March 2016 - Natalie Klein, Rao Li, and Denise Reynish receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
December 2015 - Catherine is awarded a Whitehall Foundation Research Grant
September 2015 - Catherine is appointed as Affiliate Faculty in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
August 2015 - Catherine is awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant
March 2015 - Vincent Abejuela and Jason Lamano receive MCB undergraduate summer research fellowships
September 2014 - Catherine joins the Neuroscience Program and Program in Endocrinology, Embryology, and Reproduction
August 2014 - Christian Lab opens
Cutia et al., eNeuro 2023 chosen as Featured Research Article on eNeuro website
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MCB Illinois highlight article on Ingram et al., "Increased GABA transmission to GnRH neurons after intrahippocampal kainic acid injection in mice is sex-specific and associated with estrous cycle disruption," Neurobiology of Disease 2022
"New study suggests link between temporal lobe epilepsy and reproductive endocrine dysfunction" link "Sex on the Brain: Reproductive Comorbidities in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy" Epilepsy Currents |
MCB Illinois highlight article on Cutia, Leverton et al., "Phenotypic differences based on lateralization of intrahippocampal kainic acid injection in female mice," Experimental Neurology 2022
"Recent research from Christian-Hinman lab provides foundation for new experimental designs to study epilepsy" link
"Recent research from Christian-Hinman lab provides foundation for new experimental designs to study epilepsy" link
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MCB Illinois highlight article on Li et al., "Seizure burden fluctuates with the female reproductive cycle in a mouse model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy," Experimental Neurology 2020
"Mouse model of epilepsy may yield insights into relationship between seizures and reproductive cycle in women" link |
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"Period Podcast" interview between Catherine and Dr. Kate Clancy discussing epilepsy, the female reproductive cycle, and the use of female mice in research, Oct 2019
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Illinois News Bureau article on Li et al., "Dynamic and sex-specific changes in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron firing activity and excitability in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy," eNeuro 2018
"Effects of epilepsy on neural activity in mice fluctuate with reproductive cycle, study finds" link CURE Research Highlight link |
Cover image selection, Li et al., "Disrupted female estrous cyclicity in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy," Epilepsia Open 2017 pdf
Commentary on Li et al., "Disrupted female estrous cyclicity in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy," Epilepsia Open 2017 pdf
Commentary on Christian and Huguenard, "Astrocytes potentiate GABAergic transmission in the thalamic reticular nucleus via endozepine signaling," PNAS 2013
"Neurobiology: Unrestrained excitement," Nature pdf
Selected commentaries and media coverage on Christian et al., "Endogenous positive allosteric modulation of GABA(A) receptors by Diazepam binding inhibitor," Neuron 2013
"In Search of the Ever-Elusive Positive Endozepine," Neuron pdf
"Two Endogenous Modulators in One," Science Signaling pdf
"Brain Protein May Suggest New Epilepsy Treatment Strategy," JAMA pdf
"A positive for GABA," Nature Chemical Biology pdf
F1000Prime Recommended Article link
"Brain's Own 'Valium' Discovered," TIME
"Brain capable of making its own version of Valium, researchers find," Fox News
"Brain Makes Its Own Version of Valium," Science Daily
"Your Brain Makes Its Own Version of Valium," Popular Science
Commentary on Christian, Glidewell-Kenney et al., "Classical estrogen receptor alpha signaling mediates negative and positive feedback on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron firing," Endocrinology 2008
"Unique Estrogenic Mechanisms for Unique Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons?" pdf
Commentary on Christian and Moenter, "Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide can excite gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a manner dependent on estradiol and gated by time of day," Endocrinology 2008
"Polypeptide May Help Trigger Ovulation," pdf
Cover image selection, Li et al., "Disrupted female estrous cyclicity in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy," Epilepsia Open 2017 pdf
Commentary on Li et al., "Disrupted female estrous cyclicity in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy," Epilepsia Open 2017 pdf
Commentary on Christian and Huguenard, "Astrocytes potentiate GABAergic transmission in the thalamic reticular nucleus via endozepine signaling," PNAS 2013
"Neurobiology: Unrestrained excitement," Nature pdf
Selected commentaries and media coverage on Christian et al., "Endogenous positive allosteric modulation of GABA(A) receptors by Diazepam binding inhibitor," Neuron 2013
"In Search of the Ever-Elusive Positive Endozepine," Neuron pdf
"Two Endogenous Modulators in One," Science Signaling pdf
"Brain Protein May Suggest New Epilepsy Treatment Strategy," JAMA pdf
"A positive for GABA," Nature Chemical Biology pdf
F1000Prime Recommended Article link
"Brain's Own 'Valium' Discovered," TIME
"Brain capable of making its own version of Valium, researchers find," Fox News
"Brain Makes Its Own Version of Valium," Science Daily
"Your Brain Makes Its Own Version of Valium," Popular Science
Commentary on Christian, Glidewell-Kenney et al., "Classical estrogen receptor alpha signaling mediates negative and positive feedback on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron firing," Endocrinology 2008
"Unique Estrogenic Mechanisms for Unique Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons?" pdf
Commentary on Christian and Moenter, "Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide can excite gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a manner dependent on estradiol and gated by time of day," Endocrinology 2008
"Polypeptide May Help Trigger Ovulation," pdf