The Delventhal Lab
Welcome!
This is the website for the Delventhal Lab at Lake Forest College
You can learn about our research, any news and updates, and general information of the lab activities
Feel free to contact us!
Overview
One major goal of research in the Delventhal lab is to uncover molecular mechanisms that underlie the physiological and behavioral changes observed in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. To do this, we use a model of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) to induce neurodegenerative phenotypes in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. We are interested in measuring the physiological, behavioral, and molecular changes that occur over time following an early-life TBI event. We aim to better understand the kinetics of these TBI-induced changes, and how they interact with aging processes, in the short-, mid- and long-term periods of time following an injury. Furthermore, we hypothesize that brain injury triggers changes that may occur in many common neurodegenerative diseases, and we hope to identify and study how these molecular pathways to the deterioration of the nervous system.
Learn more about our research.
News & Updates
GLC-ASPET Conference '23
Kamden and Majo did an amazing job presenting their research at this year's GLC-ASPET conference at UIC and won 1st and 2nd prize in the undergraduate poster presentation category!
Kamden & Hannah graduate!
Kamden and Hannah have officially graduated Lake Forest College and are moving on to exciting careers in research and medicine! We're going to miss them
Kamden successfully defends his thesis!
Kamden delivers an excellent research seminar to a packed house and completes a thorough, written thesis in April 2023!
Fly Meeting in Chicago
The whole lab went to Fly Meeting in Chicago March 1-5, 2023. Becca, Majo, Kamden, and Daniel presented posters!
https://www.lakeforest.edu/news-and-events/becky-delventhal-and-students-attend-fly-meeting
GLC-ASPET Conference
Majo and Kamden won poster presentation awards at the GLC-ASPET conference on June 17, 2022!