https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/9422ff0f-960b-4147-821a-6187d89bb44b/AnastassovLab_image3.jpeg Anastassov Lab News https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/our-eneuro-paper-has-been-selected-as-a-featured-article monthly 0.5 2023-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/3590243d-5ecc-4aa8-bdbe-901ac457a9a4/Screen+Shot+2023-12-17+at+6.40.08+PM.png Anastassov Lab News - Our eNeuro paper has been selected as a featured article! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/our-eneuro-paper-cover-image-has-been-featured-in-sfns-snapshots-in-neuroscience-blog monthly 0.5 2023-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/d9e20d1a-1f0b-4e8f-b1ff-662a247d2d18/127939_1_cv_art_1_s213w5.jpg Anastassov Lab News - Our eNeuro paper cover image has been featured in SfN's "Snapshots in Neuroscience" blog! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/the-first-paper-from-our-lab-is-out monthly 0.5 2023-10-20 https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/our-first-preprint-is-out-at-biorxiv monthly 0.5 2023-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/78b338c7-15c0-4faf-8c02-e42a763f271e/Screen+Shot+2023-07-01+at+12.43.33+PM.png Anastassov Lab News - Our first preprint is out at BioRxiv! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/graduate-student-yaqoub-yusuf-presented-his-work-at-the-2022-ascb-meeting-in-washington-dc-and-won-an-nigms-travel-grant-to-attend-the-conference-congratulations-yaqoub monthly 0.5 2023-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/be04a0d6-8b24-4a3d-adb4-f3539dde4842/1670624706602.jpeg Anastassov Lab News - Graduate student Yaqoub Yusuf presented his work at the 2022 ASCB meeting in Washington, DC and won an NIGMS travel grant to attend the conference. Congratulations, Yaqoub! - Make it stand out Yaqoub at his poster https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/emma-alvarez-presented-her-work-at-abrcms-2022-and-won-a-poster-presentation-award-in-the-neuroscience-section-congratulations-emma monthly 0.5 2023-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/c674553a-e314-4fe8-9b90-fd88dd252ce2/Picture1.png Anastassov Lab News - Graduate student Emma Alvarez presented her work at ABRCMS 2022 and won a poster presentation award in the Neuroscience section. Congratulations, Emma! - Make it stand out Emma Alvarez https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/congratulations-to-abhiniti-wagh monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/e8bc6680-5bd0-45ab-88f3-7547d443655e/image001.png Anastassov Lab News - Congratulations to Abhiniti Wagh! - Make it stand out Abhi’s defense announcement https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/the-anastassov-lab-hosts-a-research-team-for-a-summer-project-during-the-annual-center-for-cellular-construction-summer-research-internship monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/7fcf9080-2242-4995-b24e-cec7eee75bbb/IMG_9803.JPG Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out The team, from left to right, Victoria Ko, Emma Alvarez, David Umbertus, Nick Chu, Dr. Anastassov, Dr. Hayzelden (on the screen), Sebastian Gomez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/5e2735ff-8d97-4d88-9759-71c420243343/IMG_9748.JPG Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out Remote imaging on the SEM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/4bb46beb-ec4c-403d-970f-1a2f21aa84c9/Image038July21Annotated.png Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out Synaptic ribbon with docked vesicles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/563444ae-ecc8-4438-911b-16a2529cb9be/IMG_9761.jpg Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out More remote imaging under the expert guidance of Dr. Hayzelden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/70534d8c-3971-466e-be73-9d2c8536f10c/IMG_9755.jpg Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out SEM on remote operation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/563fb199-8500-492b-9853-12776c834dd6/IMG_9746.JPG Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out Learning how to make glass knives and section on the ultramicrotome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/16e13419-f573-4a0d-a98c-1202d1fc117f/Image035July21Annotated.png Anastassov Lab News - The Anastassov Lab hosts a research team for a summer project during the annual Center for Cellular Construction summer research internship. - Make it stand out More ribbons and vesicles https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/congratulations-laura-magaa-hernndez monthly 0.5 2023-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/c596660d-4260-4b8c-ad2a-f3f67c949276/Thesis+defense_LMH_06152022.jpg Anastassov Lab News - Congratulations to Laura Magaña-Hernández! - Make it stand out Laura’s defense announcement https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/seven-students-in-the-anastassov-lab-present-at-the-2022-cose-showcase-4daat monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/3152a6b5-27cb-4264-86a5-db0e8f38d569/20220503_142238.jpg Anastassov Lab News - Seven students in the Anastassov Lab present at the 2022 COSE showcase! - Make it stand out Emma Alvarez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/02d8e9b0-56b5-4625-a7b7-fdb16b02d999/20220503_140839.jpg Anastassov Lab News - Seven students in the Anastassov Lab present at the 2022 COSE showcase! - Make it stand out Yaqoub Yusuf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/f0347813-ad67-4c57-8c4a-b149e3e40ab0/IMG_5058.JPEG Anastassov Lab News - Seven students in the Anastassov Lab present at the 2022 COSE showcase! - Make it stand out Daniel Brown and Aya Alazzeh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/63138bc9-3384-453e-8752-265eae8f3025/20220503_135938.jpg Anastassov Lab News - Seven students in the Anastassov Lab present at the 2022 COSE showcase! - Make it stand out Julio Robles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/93d9ac58-164c-4905-a117-a562fedd332d/20220503_140201.jpg Anastassov Lab News - Seven students in the Anastassov Lab present at the 2022 COSE showcase! - Make it stand out David Umbertus https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/national-eye-institute-travel-grant monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/a469d65c-861d-49ab-aff6-bf0f3dc9a873/IMG_9473+2.jpg Anastassov Lab News - ARVO 2022 travel grant awarded to Laura Magaña-Hernandez! - Make it stand out Laura and Dr. Anastassov at ARVO 2022 https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/first-baby-skates-have-hatched monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/2fd6d67a-9aae-41ff-9871-72788249653e/IMG_9173.jpg Anastassov Lab News - First baby skates have hatched! - Make it stand out 3 baby skates out and 5 still to come. https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/the-anastassov-lab-has-been-awarded-a-grant-from-the-nihs-national-institutes-of-general-medical-sciences monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://www.anastassovlab.org/anastassov-lab-news-1/the-anastassov-lab-has-received-its-first-research-grant monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://www.anastassovlab.org/projects daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/0f8ec506-6f0d-402f-b628-449f3c339a27/20241101m_3.png Projects https://www.anastassovlab.org/home-2 daily 1.0 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/f870cd3b-c5f7-4b05-9cf4-5f988dc415d8/IMG_7493.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1592694561950-MREZDZ2X2G1M0RIGPW3N/Biology-logo-horizontal.jpg Home https://www.anastassovlab.org/people daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1593892517174-3BOOF9YGBYRJ8RXWZKIF/20160913c1_mask_ribeye_whole_cell%2Bcopy%2B2.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1603687775148-ZIGPCUQ13TU630T944PU/IMG_6136.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/31dfeb88-d7d8-4b94-b29c-063f17787ac1/Picture1.jpg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/c9296ef1-7e8a-4cc1-a169-67b14acc03ac/1591133347329.jpg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1603680825748-66J2BDH032DG3ILR9BFA/rsz_img_1454.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/487555f8-2154-412d-a168-c85cbb56c091/Picture1.jpg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1603687838641-8UFEDEBL3FD2SQBHVZAT/20200713_131807.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/ee205494-bc6b-483e-8918-919255559aba/1610605294199.jpeg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/3eb4cd0f-90bf-49ca-a694-6a3621d78a8c/Headhsot.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/c2a8c011-70ec-411d-88de-64c43fca7891/1592876084168.jpeg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1604618449701-BZHAPYB5PFZO4U4VJI3O/IMG_6259.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/a399fdc7-718c-405b-b037-5cfc9c194ca2/3.0.png People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/5b189476-ca09-4ac6-852b-5d4e4e3697b9/anastassov+lab+headshot.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/d4049fdd-1cee-48ef-98f0-e17e3e360101/011D597C-0906-4192-946F-E83D9383809E.jpeg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anastassovlab.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1593108396022-YRJJ7ERL03SMXCY3U1FV/PhotMix_prcsMix_6+copy.png Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/c6c5071e-8192-4451-a354-e7792d3ac862/pasted-image-1430.jpg Research - Make it stand out A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of mouse retina. The retina is a highly laminated structure, and the different layers contain the cell bodies and synapses of different types of retinal neurons. OS=outer segments of photoreceptors; IS=inner segments of photoreceptors; ONL=outer nuclear layer (photoreceptor nuclei); OPL=outer plexiform layer (synapses between photoreceptors and bipolar+horizontal cells); INL=inner nuclear layer (nuclei of bipolar, horizontal and amacrine cells); IPL=inner plexiform layer (synapses between bipolar, amacrine and ganglion cells); GCL=ganglion cell layer (ganglion cell processes make up the optic nerve). Image obtained during the Fundamental Issues in Vision Research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/90f36343-df4f-49ea-ab2b-fb3ce36dcb40/IMG_5146.jpg Research - Make it stand out A juvenile Little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) in the lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/675c7ba0-f7e1-40ba-9bd3-ab5b0ce7ad53/Untitled-1.png Research - Make it stand out A cross-section of the pure-rod retina of L. erinacea. All visible photoreceptors have cylindrical outer segments (OS), which are a hallmark of rod photoreceptors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/84d696b9-ffbb-45a6-b901-8cce76b886a5/Asset+4-100.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/8f129c75-2860-41e6-ad6e-83af4c354746/NIGMSLogo_lrg-768x172.jpeg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anastassovlab.org/facilities daily 0.75 2022-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1593892856359-ZUB416CX5K27KGRQZESY/20161006c2_Mask_DiI%2Bcell_leica_%2Bcopy.jpg Facilities https://www.anastassovlab.org/teaching daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1594060999084-P7JUO96DK7GV9TX7Z03T/Campus-Logo_cropped%2Bcopy.jpg Teaching https://www.anastassovlab.org/projects-1 daily 0.75 2022-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1593892900684-RIYJ9OZO4840LX4PXLK4/SkateRetina_Pin02_Run01_0796.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/7e54477d-f64d-4e22-b7c3-de41bb87f609/SC2_EM_PrelimData_fig.jpg Projects 3D-EM data from an OPL region of interest. A) Whole volume, rotated for clarity, B) reconstruction of 4 rod terminal endings, C-D) 3D reconstruction of a terminal and a small number of associated ribbons and post-synaptic processes; most reconstructions omitted for clarity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/ee2955fd-9220-47b8-bd63-b026dda1d3ed/08-21-09+%283%29-wc-hc-PP-SP.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/23d8ee7e-8192-4eee-9096-89dcb7ee5a23/RBC_recording.jpg Projects - Make it stand out A clump of dissociated skate rods (top image), with a suction (left) and patch (right) electrodes visible. Clumps, or individual photoreceptors, are ideal for suction recordings. Retinal slice preparations are used for more conventional whole cell recordings (bottom image). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/b4ee516d-d147-4f1d-9230-37a0117a4055/MBL+1-21-10+with+time+series+11.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/eb1033a5-d647-438a-8c50-52ec53ad8034/Screen+Shot+2022-02-03+at+7.28.47+PM.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Live calcium imaging of isolated skate rods; phase contrast image of the isolated cells (top image) and the calcium response of each cell to depolarization (calcium dye change shown in pseudo-color). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/5f44cf1d-d0bf-478d-ac43-1657f2d764aa/IMG_5138.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Skate egg, aka “mermaid’s purse”, with the developing skate embryo inside visible (black dots are the eyes). https://www.anastassovlab.org/contact-dr-anastassov daily 0.75 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1643948473986-XTUORGJXRM76I1LVTVNE/unsplash-image-sVGnruulBcA.jpg Contact Dr. Anastassov https://www.anastassovlab.org/teaching-1 daily 0.75 2020-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0d9667d1691a0001fa9291/1594060999084-P7JUO96DK7GV9TX7Z03T/Campus-Logo_cropped%2Bcopy.jpg Teaching (Copy)