ThE Madigan Lab
Discovering how microbes interact with the nervous system
A surprising number of microbial infections can change functions of the nervous system. How do pathogens cause these neurological responses?
That’s often challenging to determine, because microbes and neurological tissue can occur deep within organs - like the brain - that are difficult to directly examine in a living animal.
OUr goals
Our lab uses the transparent zebrafish to directly observe microbes as they infect neurological tissue.
We look to:
define the mechanisms by which microbes alter nervous system functions;
determine the roles of inflammation in microbe-nervous system interactions;
explore how the nervous system can change the course of infection.
CURRENT NEWS
Tariq Qayum joins the lab! Welcome Tariq!
Sumedha is awarded the excellence in DEI award!
Sumedha becomes a Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar!
Liam Morrill joins the lab! Welcome Liam!
Sumedha advances to candidacy! Congrats!!
Cressida is named an 2021 NIH New Innovator! SO excited for the next 5 years of innovation :)
Sumedha is awarded Best Poster at the UCSD Departmental Retreat! Keep up the good work, Sumedha!
First Madigan Lab Retreat to Joshua Tree
Cressida is named a 2021 Pew Biomedical Scholar! Can’t wait to meet the rest of the 2021 class in person
Sumedha co-founds BUMMP!
Sumedha is awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award at UCSD! Great Job, Sumedha!
Megan is awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Cressida is named a 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Neuroscience Fellow! WOOOO!!
Sumedha is awarded the Ruth Stern Fellowship and NIH T32 Fellowship!
Megan Hayes joins the lab! Welcome Megan!
Sumedha Ravishankar joins the lab! Welcome Sumedha!
Cressida is named a 2019 Searle Scholar
Our new lab at Tata Hall for the Sciences opens at UCSD
Cressida is thrilled to start as an assistant professor in UCSD’s Molecular Biology Section