Wright Lab
Scientist and Principal Investigator: Kevin Wright
Congratulations to our early career awardees!
Alejandra Fernandez, Ph.D.
NINDS K01 Postdoctoral Career Development Award: "The role of Pten on primary sensory neuron development"
Jennifer Jahncke
NINDS F31 Predoctoral Fellowship: "Dystroglycan regulates cerebellar synapse function"
Congratulations to Yessica Santana Agreda!
Yessica was named as one of the SfN Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellows for 2021–23. She is a doctoral student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program and a Wright Lab trainee.
Farewell to Dan Miller
After a successful dissertation defense on August 11, Dan Miller, Ph.D., left the Wright Lab and the Neuroscience Graduate Program to head to Harvard. We wish him all the best as a postdoctoral fellow in the Colaiacovo Lab!
Check out his recent paper in Neural Development
Neuronal Dystroglycan regulates postnatal development of CCK/cannabinoid receptor-1 interneurons
Miller DS, Wright KM
Neural Development 2021 Aug 6; 16(1):4
Current lab members
Teva Bracha
Graduate Student
Email: bracha@ohsu.edu
Marissa Co, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint fellowship with O'Roak Lab)
Email: com@ohsu.edu
Alejandra Fernandez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: fernaale@ohsu.edu
Arielle Isakharov
Graduate Student
Email: isakharo@ohsu.edu
Jennifer Jahncke, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: jahncke@ohsu.edu
Nina Luong
Graduate Student
Email: luongn@ohsu.edu
Yessica Santana Agreda
Graduate Student
Email: santanay@ohsu.edu
Frederika Sullivan
Graduate Student
Email: sullivaf@ohsu.edu
Contact information
Lab phone number
503-494-7426
Lab location
Vollum Room 3425
Faculty support
Teresa Newton
Grants/Contracts Coordinator
Email: newtont@ohsu.edu
Phone: 503-494-5458
Mailing address
Kevin Wright Lab
Vollum Institute, OHSU
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Mail code L474
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Shipping address
Kevin Wright Lab
Vollum Institute, OHSU
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Dock 4, Vollum Rm. 3425
Portland, OR 97239-3098
