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October 9, 2024

Dr. MacDuffie giving a presentationDr. MacDuffie presents at the International Conference on Newborn Sequencing at the New York Academy of Medicine.

July 19, 2024

Members of the MacDuffie Lab pose for a picture (left); Dr. Macduffie presents at the Pediatric Bioethics Conference (right)

Members of the MacDuffie Lab at the 19th Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference, "Thinking Big, Responding Ethically: Big Data and AI in Pediatrics".

May 17, 2024

Two pictures, each of a woman presentingResearch assistants Esha Patel (left) and Ankita Menon present their work at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congrats Esha and Ankita!

April 30, 2024

A woman in front of a poster talks to a manResearch assistant Abril Beretta presents a poster at the annual Center for Clinical and Translational Research Science day. Congrats Abril!

April 18, 2024

A woman poses in front of a posterResearch assistant Zoë Hale presents a poster at the International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Congratulations, Zoë!

October 2, 2023

 A headshot of Dr. Aurora Washington

Affiliated post-doc Dr. Aurora Washington organizes a fantastic workshop on the science and ethics of In-Vitro Neural Platforms at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Dr. MacDuffie as plenary speaker.

July 11, 2023

Cover of Stem Cell Reports journalThe MacDuffie lab publishes the first data collected on attitudes of biospecimen donors towards brain organoid research in Stem Cell Reports.

May 19, 2023

Lab members at poster presentationSenior Chloe Dahleen presents her poster, “Brain Organoids Versus Mini-Brains: Assessing the Impact of Terminology on Public Perception of Novel Neuroscientific Research,” at the University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congratulations, Chloe!

(Photo info: Erika Versalovic, Kate MacDuffie, Chloe Dahleen, Sara Goering; photo courtesy of Sara Goering)