Celebrations!
April 2026
Sofia was accepted to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Ambassador Program as an Ambassador-Led Panelist!
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Sofia presented her work on “Alcohol Abstinence Effects on Anxiety-Like Behavior, Drinking Behavior, and BNST in Mice”.
March 2026
Catherine and Sofia showcased their work on at the Substance Use Research Event. at UK.
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Catherine wins 2nd place in the postdoc poster competition .
February 2026
The lab publishes our work on how parabrachial-CGRP neurons modulate anxiety-like behavior in alcohol withdrawal in the Frontiers in Pharmacology Journal!
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Catherine was selected to give a talk on her work titled “Projections expressing PACAP from the PBN induce sex-specific changes in ex vivo BNST neuronal activity” at the Gordon Research Seminar: Alcohol and the Nervous System.
January 2026
Audrey joins the Jaramillo lab. Welcome Audrey!
December 2025
Andre is featured by UK Office of Undergraduate Research as part of their 25th Anniversary Student Spotlight!
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The lab pets celebrate their first Christmas!
November 2025
The lab publishes their first research report on how the parabrachial-CGRP extended amygdala circuit is dysregulated after stress-induced anxiety in the European Journal of Neuroscience!
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Catherine was selected to give an oral presentation on her work titled “Projections expressing PACAP from the PBN induce sex-specific changes in ex vivo BNST neuronal activity” during UK’s Neuroscience Clinical-Translational Research Symposium!
October 2025
Sofia won 2nd place in UK’s 5-Minute Fast Track Competition for her work on “Alcohol Abstinence Effects on Anxiety-like Behavior and Drinking Behavior in Mice“!
September 2025
Anel Jaramillo was awarded the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award!
July 2025
The Jaramillo and Turner lab received a Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Substance-Use Research Pilot Award to “Investigate Synchronized Neuronal Transmission in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis”!
June 2025
Dr. Jaramillo gave a talk on the lab’s work titled “PACAP neurons in the PBN modulate anxiety following repeated stress during alcohol abstinence – implications for disrupted BNST activity” during the “Extended Amygdala Circuitry of Alcohol Exposure and Affective Behaviors” session at the Research Society on Alcohol 2025 meeting.
May 2025
Catherine received a post-doctoral fellowship award from UK’s T32 Research Training in Drug Abuse Behavior sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)!
April 2025
Sofia is awarded UK’s Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Summer Fellowship
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Andre is awarded UK’s Office of Undergraduate Research VPR Undergraduate Research Award!
February 2025
The Jaramillo, Venditto, and Saatman Labs received an award from the KY Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust to investigate “PACAP mRNA delivery to treat traumatic brain injury”!
January 2025
Mikala wins 2nd place in the graduate poster competition at UK Substance Use Research Event. She showcased her research on the role PACAP neurons have on anxiety during abstinence. AND is selected as this years UK Office of Technology Commercialization Fellow!
January 2025
Catherine and Mikala publish the lab’s first review on the role of PACAP in substance use disorders in the Frontiers Neuroscience Journal!
January 2025
Sofia was selected to present at the National Undergraduate Research Conference. She will present her research on sex-specific differences in alcohol drinking!
December 2024
We celebrated the holidays at The Mad Potter. Can you guess what who painted what?
December 2024
Brooke is awarded the College of Pharmacy’s Employee of the Year!
October 2024
Fatimah is one of the Top 10 Finalists in UK’s 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition!
October 2024
Dr. Jaramillo shares her path to advancing mental health solutions.
September 2024
Catherine Van Doorn successfully defends her dissertation and officially joins the Jaramillo Lab. Welcome Dr. Van Doorn!
September 2024
Dr. Jaramillo is featured in the Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists.
June 2023
The Jaramillo lab was awarded an R00 Pathway to Independence award from National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to investigate “Neuropeptide-dependent parabrachial control of the BNST during alcohol abstinence-induced negative affect”!
May 2023
The Jaramillo and Turner lab were awarded an Equipment Award from the Office of the Vice President of Research!
