On February 17th, the New York Times ran an article about itch. Read it here . The article points out that for a long time itching was overshadowed by pain in research and in treatment. The story of Joshua Riegel, featured in the article, demonstrates how little we knew about chronic itch just five […]
The Ross lab is excited to announce that our paper, Dynorphin acts as a neuromodulator to inhibit itch in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, was accepted by Neuron! The paper was first-authored by Adam Kardon and will be published later this year. When the paper becomes available, we will make sure that it can […]
On Friday January 31st, the lab said au-revoir to Adam Kardon – we all miss you, seriously a lot! For his send off, we had perogies and beer at the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern, Adam’s favorite dive bar. Adam was the first employee of the Ross lab two and a half years ago. Though he was […]
Last Week, the Ross Laboratory was visited by Andrew Todd, our friend and collaborator. Andrew Todd, the World Leader in Neural Circuitry of the Dorsal Horn, and his Research Associate, Erika Polgar visited us from the University of Glasgow. We taught them how to perform intrathecal injections, and they taught us how to label spinal projection […]
The Ross-Wills Laboratory continued its tradition and celebrated Halloween together on Sunday, October 27th at the home of Sarah Ross and Zak Wills! We also celebrated Lindsey & Noah’s marriage as a laboratory! Happy Halloween, from the Ross Lab! Zheng, Zoey, Xiayun & Jane Lindsey & Noah Adam, Beckett & Jenna Cormac, Zak, Beckett & […]
We are pleased to welcome Huizhen Huang to the Ross Laboratory! She is a fourth year (of 8 years) Medical Student from Tsinghua University, China who is on a research rotation. She will be with Ross Lab for two years! We are excited to welcome her to our lab!