Congratulations to Evan on receiving his funding from the NIH. This will support Evan’s further training and preparation for PhD program. We are so proud of him!

Hearty welcome to Mary Tang on this first week of her PhD work in the Muller Lab!

Watch this space in the next few years to see her contribution to cardiac cell signaling!

We got to spend a little quality time together celebrating Thanksgiving at Grace’s home. Lots of turkey, ham, and lots more of dessert.

We missed Michael, though, who had to miss out last minute.

Hannah begins her lab rotation today. Welcome, Hannah, and we look forward to getting to know you better!

The lab had a great time attending BCVS in July.

Some highlights include attending Women in Science breakfast, having two poster presentations – props to Szymon and Michael – and lunch outings with the Barefield lab and Zaha lab from UT Southwestern

The lab was representin’ at the Chicago Region Cardiovascular Research Symposium on Friday, July 12:

Dr. Muller gave a talk on the lab’s work on PDE1, and Evan presented his work with Michael on the same topic.

We are excited to welcome Purvaj to the lab. Purvaj will be working with cell lines and adding to our studies performed in primary cells!

We are really thrilled to have Xana join the lab as a postdoc. Watch this space for a future exposition of how PDE signaling intersects with yet-to-be-discovered pathways!

Insert a bewildered, deer-in-the-headlights emoji here.

Because the Muller Lab is now NIH-funded! 🎉

We’ve accomplished much this past year:

• New equipment purchases
• Optimization of myocyte isolation protocols for guinea pig and mouse
• First FRET experiments a la Muller Lab
• Establishment of the lab’s first mouse colony
• Coming and going of six individuals (two PhD, two summer, and one hs student; one technician)
• Addition of a new baby and maternity leave for Grace

Among the many ups and downs, we celebrate the small things like this beautiful PCR done by Evan. A year ago, we were only filing paper work so that we could obtain these mice for rederivation. A year ago, we had yet to perform a PCR in the new lab, and an agarose gel was yet to be cast. But here we are, pushing forward and making small progress no matter how incremental.

We are looking for motivated folks to join the lab in the new year. If interested, please inquire with Grace.