December 14th, 2023: Laboratory Lunch @Eureka!: Celebrating the holidays and collective wins of our team! Grateful for our group.

June 17th, 2023: Congratulations to Drs. Diana Carreño and Michelle Ren for celebrating their doctoral hooding ceremony at the 2023 UC Irvine Commencement ceremonies!

Drs. Frances Leslie and Shahrdad Lotfipour celebrating the 2023 commencement ceremonies on June 17th!

NIDA T32 fellow, Emily Castro, selected as the graduate student honoree at the annual Latino Excellence and Achievement Dinner (LEAD): March 31st, 2023

March 10th, 2023: Diana Carreño’s Ph.D. Defense Celebration: Super proud of everything you have done!!!

February 14th, 2023: Michelle Ren’s Ph.D. Defense Celebration on Valentine’s Day: Very proud of your accomplishments!!!

February 17th, 2023: Laboratory dinner celebration at Puesto Restaurant. Celebrating the completion of Dr. Michelle Ren’s: Ph.D.!

June 30th, 2022: Laboratory lunch get together at Eureka! Restaurant. Celebrating lots of accomplishments and transitions!

Congratulations!!!

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Congratulations!!! 〰️

Congratulations to Dr. Anjelica Cárdenas for winning the Dynamic Womxn Academic Achievement Award as a University of California, Irvine Graduate Student: May 26th, 2022

Congratulations to Antonella Facundo for presenting at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program on May 21st, 2022!

May 19th, 2022:

Congratulations to Antonella Facundo, Senior Pharmaceutical Sciences Undergraduate Student, for receiving the National Science Foundation fellowship. This will enrich her research experience as a post-baccalaureate student.

Recent Graduate

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Recent Graduate 〰️

May 10th, 2022: Congratulations to Dr. Anjelica Cárdenas for successfully defending her Ph.D. as the first graduate student of our laboratory!

Group photo at the dissertation defense of Dr. Anjelica Cárdenas!

Holiday Dinner!

Eureka! December 16th, 2021

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End of Spring Laboratory Group Celebration Dinner 2021!

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End of Spring Laboratory Group Celebration Dinner 2021!

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Congratulations to Michelle Ren, Graduate Student in the UCI Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, for Winning a NIDA T32 Grant, as Part of the Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience

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2019 Laboratory Team Photo

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2019 Dinner Celebration For Graduating Seniors and Research Fellows

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2018 Laboratory Team Photo

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Summer Laboratory Crew and Basketball Team

Anjelica Cardenas Awarded Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Award