2025
October – Nate (undergraduate student) joins the lab!
July – Bella awarded the NIH T32 Training Grant in Stem Cell Translational Medicine for Neurological Disorders
May – Angelica (CIRM Compass undergraduate scholar) joins the lab!
May – Briana, Ruben, and Matthew are awarded Excellence in Research in Biological Sciences!
April – Caihao (laboratory technician) joins the lab!
2024
December – Undergraduate researchers Gregory, Ruben, Jiya, and Matthew are selected as UROP fellows!
July – Bella (PhD student) joins the lab!
June – Matthew (undergraduate student) joins the lab!
April – Jiya and Gregory (undergraduate students) join the lab!
2023
December – Hajime got awarded the CIRM Scholars Comprehensive Research Training Grant!
December – The Watanabe Lab won second place for the annual Anatomy & Neurobiology Door Decorating Contest!
September – Ruben and Briana (undergraduate students) join the lab!
May – Andy is awarded Excellence in Research in Biological Sciences!
May – Aya receives 1st place for the UROP symposium under Innovations in Medicine!
April – Caleb (undergraduate student) joins the lab!
April – Yuan-Chen Tsai is awarded for a FRAXA Fellowship!
2022
August – The Watanabe Lab received the RECODE award from the NSF!
June – Faraz graduates and Kenneth, Bret, and Christine join the lab!
May – Momoko received the SOM New Investigator Faculty Research Award.
April – Hajime Ozaki (postdoctoral fellow) joins the lab!
January – Undergraduate researchers Faraz and Aya selected as UROP fellows based on their proposed research projects!
2021
October – Aya Galal Salem (undergraduate student) joins the lab!
September – Yuan-Chen Tsai (postdoctoral fellow) joins the lab!
June – Undergraduate researchers Meliea and Andy are selected as UROP fellows!
April – Meliea Chu (undergraduate student), Andy Pin (undergraduate student), and Kaori Shiraiwa (lab technician) join the lab!
January – Undergraduate researcher Faraz is selected as a UROP fellow based on his proposed research project!
2020
November – Faraz Fardi (undergraduate student) joins the lab!
August – Official opening of the Watanabe Lab!