Name: Meenakshi Asokan Hometown: Chennai, India Hobbies: Rock climbing, hiking, skiing Lab: Kay Tye Lab website: tyelab.org  What do you study? Neural underpinnings of empathy. Why do we care so much about the suffering of those we love and identify with, and yet feel indifferent towards some strangers in distress? How do our brains orchestrate […]

Name: Lisa Mitchell Hometown: Lone Tree, Colorado Hobbies: Hiking, yoga, movies, ceramics Lab: Gage Lab Lab website: https://gage.salk.edu What do you study? I study brain development using organoids models. I differentiate stem cells into neurons and pattern them to form an in vitro human forebrain. With this model, we study the impact of specific cell […]