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High school interns Kadidja and Jason present their work at the Peabody Museum!

Kadidja Morou and Jason Ortega Muy presented their work on osculum transplants.

Jackson starts PhD program at Harvard!

Jackson Roberts leaves to begin his PhD at Harvard University. Congratulations!

Kejue and Jackson present at PASEDB 2025 Conference

At the Pan American Society for Evolutionary and Developmental Biology Conference in Miami, Florida, Kejue Jia and Jackson Roberts presented posters on their work in the Musser lab.

Vikash Pandey has joined the lab!

Vikash Pandey, PhD, has joined as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome!

Presenting at the Origin of Metazoans Conference in Roscoff, France

Jake, Roy, Dominica, and Kat presented at the Origin of Metazoans Conference.

Welcome Oscar Solberg '28 and Sean Liu '26 to the lab!

Two new undergrads, Sean Liu '26 and Oscar Solberg '28 have joined the lab. Welcome!

The lab goes on their annual retreat

The lab traveled to rural New York for their annual retreat at a lakeside cabin to talk science!

Mah Noor presents her senior thesis

Mah Noor (MCDB '24) presented her senior thesis on "Investigating the role of Ca2+ in freshwater sponge contractility.

Kat, Dom, and Sarah passed their qualifying exams

Kat Hebert, Dominica Cao, and Sarah Morgan are officially PhD Candidates. Congratulations!

Three new PhD students have joined the lab

BBS PhD students Dominica Cao, Kat Hebert, and Sarah Morgan have joined the lab!

Haley Sabol presents her senior thesis

Hailey Sabol '24 presented her senior thesis work on the role and evolution of cell types in sponge regeneration.

Anna de Hostos Barth presents her senior thesis

Anna de Hostos Barth '24 presented her senior thesis work on the role of neurotransmitters in regulating sponge ciliary beating.

Roy Zang awarded Canada Graduate Scholarship

Roy Zang was awarded the Doctoral Program Canada Graduate Scholarship!

The aquatics facility at YSB has officially opened

The aquatics facility at YSB, designed by Iwaki Aquatic, has officially opened!

Jake Musser awarded MBL Whitman Center Fellowship

Jake Musser was recently awarded an MBL Whitman Center Fellowship by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL).

Musser lab welcomes first PhD student

BBS PhD student Roy Zang has joined the lab!