Advanced Biosystems for NeuroEngineering Laboratory

Dr. Abigail Koppes,
Principal Investigator

Lab Social Activities

 

Holiday cookie decorating!

From left to right: Joe (sig. other), Dr. Ryan Koppes, Justin, Kyla, Bill, Katelyn, Selina, David (sig. other), Jess’s left arm, Brent; Picture by Dr. Abigail Koppes

The gang headed to the Koppes household mid-December for cookie decorating and an overdue housewarming party! After Brent was declared the cookie decorating winner (based on number of Slack emoji votes), the group headed to the basement where Bill, Joe, and Dr. Ryan Koppes played some music while everyone else crowded around Clyde the husky to give him some well-deserved pets.

Lab goes on a winter retreat in Vermont

From left to right: Bill, Kyla, Jessica, Katelyn, Selina, and Bryan.

Enjoying a fresh snowfall, the ABNEL and LNNR labs spent the weekend near White River Junction, Vermont. The members split the time playing ultimate spoons, playing in the snow, skiing at Killington, and racing in Mario Kart.

Some members of ABNEL take a photo with a dog!

From left to right: Jessica, Adam, Dr. Doggo, Kyla, and Kirstie. Dr. Doggo’s true name is unknown.

To remember the good times before we ended up on Zoom for awhile, here’s a photo of some ABNEL people with a dog! Dr. Doggo (self-named) was there for a Northeastern graduate student event just soaking in the attention.

LAB-sgiving Party!

From left to right: Jon (LNNR Lab), Kirstie, Clara (sig. other), Jessica, Jacob (sig. other), Bill (LNNR lab), Caroline, Kyla, Katelyn (LNNR lab), and Tess. Not pictured is Adam who had taken advantage of the commotion to grab seconds!

Everyone stuffed into Abby’s apartment and stuffed themselves with food for Labsgiving. While Caroline’s pumpkin pie didn’t quite make the last 100 steps safely into Abby’s apartment (it did make it onto the ground!), the food was great.

Rock Climbing!

From left to right: Tess, Jessica, Dr. Ryan (Koppes), Dr. Abigail Koppes, Jon, Adam, and Bill.

After the camping trip to New Hampshire was cancelled due to poor weather, the lab went indoors to go rock climbing! Everyone managed to make it down safely, but with some sore forearms the next day.

Baseball game at Fenway Park! (Sunburn included)

From left to right: Dr. Abby Koppes, Dr. Ryan Koppes, Adam, Jon (LNNR lab), Bill (LNNR lab), Jessica, David, and Tess.

Jessica’s White Sox lost to the Red Sox (woo!) The White Sox were up at first and looked to be winning it before the Red Sox came back and won. As said by one White Sox fan in the stands near us: “[The White Sox] always find a way to disappoint me”.

 

Abby Featured in Northeastern University Feature Article

Feb 21, 2020

Abby is featured in a News@Northeastern article titled, “If cells could talk … actually, they do. But what are they saying?” Details included below: Abigail Koppes, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is isolating cell groups on tiny plastic chips, enabling her team to observe the specific roles of cells that have gotten lost in the noise […]

ABNEL Welcomes New PhD Students Kyla and Kirstie

Oct 30, 2019

ABNEL welcomes Kyla Nichols and Kirstie Belanger as new PhD students.  Kyla comes from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Biomedical Engineering) and Kirstie is joining on rotation from the University of Maine (B.S. Biomedical Engineering).