Lab news!

The Fly Stress Lab (FSL) opened its doors in June 2021 and we've come quite a ways in this time. Here's a list of the exciting and fun things we have been up to! 

Fourth annual lab summer outing!

Aug. 2024, Pins Mechanical Company, Pittsburgh. R to L: Manny, Lydia, Kate, Deepika, Shyama

Dr. Lydia Grmai officially signs an offer with the Department of Comparative Medicine at Yale! 🎊Grmai lab opening Jan 2024 studying stress signaling in inter-organ communication!

Aug. 2024, VegFest, Featuring Lydia & future postdoc candidate, Photo credit: Shyama

Adi is awarded the Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Fall 2024

Jul. 2024, Featuring Adi wielding his microscopy skills

Celebrating Kenza's graduation! 

Apr. 2024, Shadyside, R to L: Kate, Lydia, Manny, Kenza, Deepika, Nina, Shyama

Kenza and Manny are awarded the Presidential membership towards attending their first Drosophila genetics conference where Kenza presented a poster and Manny was selected to give at talk!

Mar. 2024, Washington D.C. Featuring Manny giving his talk. 

Third annual lab summer outing!

Jul. 2023, Presque Isle. R to L: Manny, Lydia, Deepika, Shyama, Narayanan

Manny is selected to give a talk at the Insect Hormone Workshop!

Jun. 2023, San Diego, Featuring Manny giving his talk

Out celebrating Melissa's graduation and starting her Ph.D. at Cornell in the Fall!

May. 2023, Strip District. R to L: Diya, Shyama, Melissa, Deepika, Lydia, Manny, Narayanan, Rajay

Melissa is awarded a Presidential membership to attend her first Drosophila genetics conference, where she was selected to give a talk!!!!

Mar. 2023, Chicago. R to L: Melissa, Lydia, Deepika (not pictured, Deepika's terrible selfie skills)


Lydia is on roll- selected for the prestigious DeLill Nasser award!

Mar. 2023.  


The lab's first paper is on biorxiv!

Feb. 2023


Lydia is awarded the K99/R00 MOSAIC scholar grant!!!!!!!

Feb. 2023, Featuring Lydia carefully apportioning cake for the lab!


Lydia gives an invited talk at ASCB!!!

Dec. 2022, Washington D.C. 


Second annual lab summer outing!
Jul. 2022, Phipps Conservatory, R to L: Iris, Chris, Melissa, Lydia, Deepika


Lydia is invited to give a talk at the Local Traffic meeting!

May. 2022, Pittsburgh, Featuring Lydia giving her talk.

The lab attends the annual Drosophila genetics meeting in San Diego.

Apr. 2022, San Diego, Featuring Lydia at her poster

Lydia wins best poster award at the Rustbelt RNA meeting!

Sep. 2021, Virtual meeting

First annual lab summer outing!

Jul. 2021, The Porch at Schenley, R to L: Chris, Vanessa, Deepika