News
September 2026
Undergraduate Researchers join the lab
Undergraduate Researchers join the lab
Gabriella Guzman, Neve Behmer, and Brandon Panza join the lab as undergraduate researchers.
June 2026
Kestle and Zach join the Dombrovski Lab
Kestle and Zach join the Dombrovski Lab
We are delighted to welcome Kestle and Zach as the founding Professional Research Assistants in the Dombrovski Lab.
They will play a central role in establishing the lab, developing experimental workflows, and supporting our research on the molecular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly in Drosophila.
They will play a central role in establishing the lab, developing experimental workflows, and supporting our research on the molecular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly in Drosophila.
July 8, 2026
The Dombrovski Lab officially opens at CU Boulder
The Dombrovski Lab officially opens at CU Boulder
The Dombrovski Lab has officially opened!
Our first week has been focused on building the foundation for the lab - setting up workspaces, organizing equipment, reagents, and Drosophila collection, and preparing for our first experiments.
We are excited to begin our research program exploring how molecular recognition mechanisms assemble neural circuits and shape precise patterns of synaptic connectivity.
Our first week has been focused on building the foundation for the lab - setting up workspaces, organizing equipment, reagents, and Drosophila collection, and preparing for our first experiments.
We are excited to begin our research program exploring how molecular recognition mechanisms assemble neural circuits and shape precise patterns of synaptic connectivity.
November 2026
Zach receives a CU Boulder Core Facility Voucher Award
Zach receives a CU Boulder Core Facility Voucher Award
Congratulations to Zach Mayer on receiving an award through CU Boulder’s Core Facility Voucher Program! This funding will support our studies of activity-dependent gene regulation in the developing neurons. We thank CU Boulder’s Research & Innovation Office for supporting our research.
July 16, 2026
New JoVE methods paper published
New JoVE methods paper published
Our latest methods paper has been published in JoVE.
The protocol describes our approach for combining expansion microscopy with hybridization chain reaction FISH (Ex-HCR-FISH), enabling high-resolution visualization of RNA molecules in the Drosophila nervous system.
We hope this resource will be useful to researchers studying neural development, gene expression, and neural circuit assembly.
The protocol describes our approach for combining expansion microscopy with hybridization chain reaction FISH (Ex-HCR-FISH), enabling high-resolution visualization of RNA molecules in the Drosophila nervous system.
We hope this resource will be useful to researchers studying neural development, gene expression, and neural circuit assembly.
