The Bohórquez Lab
The whole lab on Think Big Day!, December 2022, (minus Eric who was at class at the time of the photo, but he was around for the presentations)
Media
Halloween 2022
The lab’s famous costume contest: Cryptozoology edition.
DOWN UNDER
Diego is invited to present at the Charles Perkins Institute – The University of Sydney, The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation – The University of Queensland, and the XIX Australasian Chemosensory Sciende Meeting in Hamilton Island – Australia. The Bohórquez Laboratory is thankful to all organizers with special appreciation to Dr. Eugeni Roura.
TED IDEAS BLOG
More here…
A scientist explores the mysteries of the gut-brain connection
SPOOKY
Our second halo-gutsy custome competition.
MAYA ROCKING AT CGIBD
Maya presents a summary of her work at the annual competition of the UNC – Chapel Hill Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease.
ULTRA-STRUCTURE IN 3D
Dr. Sara Miller, the director of the Duke Electron Microscopy Facility, led a succesful effort to bring electron microscopy in 3D to Duke University. Our lab was there to help unbox the machine.
#IDEASQUEVIAJAN
“Gut meets brain” at the #ideasqueviajan in Santiago, Chile.
GRASS LECTURE 2017
Diego is invited back to Lecture to The Grass Fellows class of 2017. Thank you to all Fellows with special appreciation to Dr. Jenna Sternberg and soon to be Dr. Alexander Chamessian.
TED TALK
Gutbrains makes it to the annual TED stage in Vancouver…
KELLY WINS AN HHMI FELLOWSHIP
Kelly Buchanan is awarded a Medical Research Fellowship by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Kelly will be teasing apart the electrical networks that link the gut lumen with cranial nerves.
ENVISIONING INFORMATION
Producing data is 50%, converting those into information, is the other 50% of scientific evidence. Attending Edward Tufte’s renowned seminar was a solid intro to the principles of effective data visualization.
MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER
“Gut meets brain” at The Research Seminar Series of the Monell Chemical Senses Center.
THE WRAITH
This mythical machine will help us visualize gut feelings in action.
IDEAS WORTH SPREADING
“What do a gut-brain neurobiologist, a Chinese entrepreneur innovating food delivery, and an investigative journalist reporting on authoritarian regimes in the Central African Republic have in common?…”
OH MY GUT!
Maya and Marguerita win our first Halloween custom competition. Marguerita pays homage to XVI century Julius Caeseri and Maya assembled a human window to the gut… with glowing gut sensor cells 😱
SKYDIVING
We don’t usually get together after hours, but when we do – the sky is the limit.
U.K.
The laboratory is invited to present at The British Society for Endocrinology and King’s College in London.
BRINGING STORY TO SCIENCE
As part of her postdoctoral training, Dr. Kaelberer attends the legendary STORY seminar by Robert McKee. Mr. McKee is one of the most recognized creative writing instructors in the world and a Guru of Story Structure – the most effective form of communicating facts.
GASTRONAUTS
The first Gastronauts symposium on gut brain matters took place on the Duke Campus on September 9 2016. Thanks to a campus wide collaborative effort, this symposium was the first of it’s kind – a platform that brought together thought leaders, scientists, and funding agencies driving forward the exploration of gut brain signaling.