The Bergeron Lab is currently seeking graduate students who wish to study genetic and environmental factors that control the development, maintenance, and initial function of central neural circuits for sensory processing in zebrafish. Contact us for more information, and please provide a statement of research interests and your CV including at least 3 references. Click here to apply to the Bergeron Lab in the graduate program in BIOLOGY at WVU.
We also consider highly new undergraduate researchers on a rolling basis with strong interests in molecular biology and neuroscience who wish to pursue basic science and biomedical research in the future. Contact sadie.bergeron <at> mail.wvu.edu for more information, and please send a resume or CV and a brief statement of your scientific interests and future goals.
LAB NEWS:
July, 2018 - CONGRATS to SURE undergrad, Madison Riffe, for her best poster win in the neuroscience category at the WVU undergrad summer research symposium!!
July, 2018 - Lexie Schmidt is awarded appointment to the Research Training Program in Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) T32 - congrats!! Also, a herculean effort by grad student Becca Robich in hosting several WV high school students for the WVU HSTA biomed summer camp week - science fun and learning with zebrafish!
July, 2018 - Sadie hops over the pond to NL to speak at and co-organize a neurological disorders-focussed workshop for the Zebrafish Disease Models Society annual meeting.
June, 2018 - Excited to attend and present our work at the International Zebrafish Conference, back in Madison, WI!
May, 2018 - Graduation day for several of our first undergrad lab members, all onto do GREAT things!! Zoe Dobler is ECAS Outstanding Senior in Biology - well deserved!!
Apr, 2018 - Sadie co-organizes the 1st zebrafish workshop at WVU with the WVU HSC Office of Graduate Research and Education. Special thanks to all of our invited speakers and sponsors including the WVU Biology Department and WV-INBRE.
Apr, 2018 - Madison Riffe passes her BIOL 486 research proposal defense; congrats!!
Apr, 2018 - Zoe Dobler wins best poster at the WVU Spring Undergrad Research Symposium!!
Nov, 2017 - Emma Sherfinski and Samantha Phelix successfully defend their BIOL 486 research proposals... onto experiments!!
Nov, 2017 - HUGE congrats to Zoe Dobler for presenting the best undergrad poster at oSTEM 2017 in Chicago, IL
Oct, 2017 - CONGRATS to Emma Sherfinski for becoming a NASA Scholar for the 2017-2018 academic year!!!
Aug, 2017 - Faculty spotlight by the WVU BRNI: https://neuroscience.wvu.edu/people/spotlights/sadie-bergeron
July, 2017 - Zoe Dobler (SURE) and Lindsay Fadel (SURI, High Point University undergrad) win best undergrad posters at the WVU BRNI retreat - cheers to a productive summer in the lab!
June, 2017 - a busy summer in lab includes undergrad poster presentations and a talk by Sadie at the Midwest Zebrafish Meeting in Cincinnati, OH
May, 2017 - With our collaborators at WVU HSC we found an interesting segmentation phenotype using kinase activating and inhibiting compounds on zebrafish embryos: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28320616
Apr, 2017 - Zoe Dobler successfully defends her undergrad research proposal - let the data collection begin!!!
Mar, 2017 - Rebekah Shephard is accepted to the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at WVU for summer, 2017. Congrats, Rebekah!
Feb, 2017 - Alexandra Rose Schmidt is accepted to the WVU Biology Department graduate program and will begin work towards her PhD in the summer, 2017. Welcome, Lexie!
Feb, 2017 - Sarah Peterson proudly represents the Bergeron Lab at Undergraduate Research Day at the WV state capitol!!
Nov, 2016 - Rebecca Robich is accepted to the WVU Biology Department graduate program and will begin work in the lab in spring, 2017. Welcome, Becca!
Nov, 2016 - Rebekah Shephard and Sarah Peterson successfully defend their BIOL 486 undergraduate research proposals.
Oct, 2016 - CONGRATS to Sarah Peterson for becoming a NASA Scholar for the 2016-2017 academic year!!!
July, 2016 - Sarah Peterson wins best poster in the biological sciences at the WVU summer undergraduate research symposium. Congratulations, Sarah!
We also consider highly new undergraduate researchers on a rolling basis with strong interests in molecular biology and neuroscience who wish to pursue basic science and biomedical research in the future. Contact sadie.bergeron <at> mail.wvu.edu for more information, and please send a resume or CV and a brief statement of your scientific interests and future goals.
LAB NEWS:
July, 2018 - CONGRATS to SURE undergrad, Madison Riffe, for her best poster win in the neuroscience category at the WVU undergrad summer research symposium!!
July, 2018 - Lexie Schmidt is awarded appointment to the Research Training Program in Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) T32 - congrats!! Also, a herculean effort by grad student Becca Robich in hosting several WV high school students for the WVU HSTA biomed summer camp week - science fun and learning with zebrafish!
July, 2018 - Sadie hops over the pond to NL to speak at and co-organize a neurological disorders-focussed workshop for the Zebrafish Disease Models Society annual meeting.
June, 2018 - Excited to attend and present our work at the International Zebrafish Conference, back in Madison, WI!
May, 2018 - Graduation day for several of our first undergrad lab members, all onto do GREAT things!! Zoe Dobler is ECAS Outstanding Senior in Biology - well deserved!!
Apr, 2018 - Sadie co-organizes the 1st zebrafish workshop at WVU with the WVU HSC Office of Graduate Research and Education. Special thanks to all of our invited speakers and sponsors including the WVU Biology Department and WV-INBRE.
Apr, 2018 - Madison Riffe passes her BIOL 486 research proposal defense; congrats!!
Apr, 2018 - Zoe Dobler wins best poster at the WVU Spring Undergrad Research Symposium!!
Nov, 2017 - Emma Sherfinski and Samantha Phelix successfully defend their BIOL 486 research proposals... onto experiments!!
Nov, 2017 - HUGE congrats to Zoe Dobler for presenting the best undergrad poster at oSTEM 2017 in Chicago, IL
Oct, 2017 - CONGRATS to Emma Sherfinski for becoming a NASA Scholar for the 2017-2018 academic year!!!
Aug, 2017 - Faculty spotlight by the WVU BRNI: https://neuroscience.wvu.edu/people/spotlights/sadie-bergeron
July, 2017 - Zoe Dobler (SURE) and Lindsay Fadel (SURI, High Point University undergrad) win best undergrad posters at the WVU BRNI retreat - cheers to a productive summer in the lab!
June, 2017 - a busy summer in lab includes undergrad poster presentations and a talk by Sadie at the Midwest Zebrafish Meeting in Cincinnati, OH
May, 2017 - With our collaborators at WVU HSC we found an interesting segmentation phenotype using kinase activating and inhibiting compounds on zebrafish embryos: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28320616
Apr, 2017 - Zoe Dobler successfully defends her undergrad research proposal - let the data collection begin!!!
Mar, 2017 - Rebekah Shephard is accepted to the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at WVU for summer, 2017. Congrats, Rebekah!
Feb, 2017 - Alexandra Rose Schmidt is accepted to the WVU Biology Department graduate program and will begin work towards her PhD in the summer, 2017. Welcome, Lexie!
Feb, 2017 - Sarah Peterson proudly represents the Bergeron Lab at Undergraduate Research Day at the WV state capitol!!
Nov, 2016 - Rebecca Robich is accepted to the WVU Biology Department graduate program and will begin work in the lab in spring, 2017. Welcome, Becca!
Nov, 2016 - Rebekah Shephard and Sarah Peterson successfully defend their BIOL 486 undergraduate research proposals.
Oct, 2016 - CONGRATS to Sarah Peterson for becoming a NASA Scholar for the 2016-2017 academic year!!!
July, 2016 - Sarah Peterson wins best poster in the biological sciences at the WVU summer undergraduate research symposium. Congratulations, Sarah!