Auerbach Lab @ Illinois
News and Announcements
At Auerbach Lab @ Illinois, we’ve been fortunate that the media has published a number of stories about our current research and focus areas. Check out a sample of some of the most recent press mentions and articles below.
Congratulations to Dr. D. Walker Gauthier for his Thesis Defense and passing his Final Exam!
April 20, 2026
Ethan Hong presents his undergraduate work at the Animal Behavior Conference!
March 30, 2026
Manasi presents at AWIS Science Uncorked!
March 12, 2026
Adeleine Cheng presents her undergraduate thesis poster "Rat Rat Revolution", investigating sensorimotor coupling through dance behavior !
December 5, 2025
Sending off Dr. Noelle James
September 1, 2025
We wish the best of luck and continued successes to our previous lab manager Dr. Noelle James, as she transitions to her new postdoctoral position in New Zealand.
We will miss you!
Walker Gauthier Passes the Preliminary Exam!
August 26, 2025
Congratulations!
Beckman Institute Undergraduate Research Fellow Ali Alhaj presents his summer research!
July 23, 2025
Undergrad Research at the 2025 UGRS
April 25, 2025
New Fellowships for Manasi Inamdar, Ali Alhaj, & Rose Olvera
April 22, 2025
We are excited to share that Manasi Inamdar has won a FRAXA fellowship for her dissertation work. Ali Alhaj has also ben awarded a Beckman Undergraduate Fellowship to work on his undergraduate thesis this summer. Rose Olvera will be joining the Illinois’ 2025 Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows where she will be working with Dr. Young Erben over the summer.
Frequency discrimination in FXS (new preprint by Walker Gauthier)
February 20, 2025
Walker Gauthier has a new pre-pring on Altered auditory feature discrimination in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome availible now on bioRxiv.
He presents his findings on frequency discrimination in FXS, finding a trade-off to maintain good sensitivity at the expense of discrimination. This data covers both the auditory cortex (ACx) and the Inferior Colliculus (IC).
New Post Doc: Shang Ma Joins
February 4, 2025
Welcome to the lab, Shang MA! Shang is investigating the contribution of thalamocortical network to auditory processing deficits in Fragile X Syndrome.
New Undergrads:
Kat, Mahum, Aya & Mahi
October 1, 2024
We welcome to the lab a whole group of new undergrads this fall! Kat Dnovan, Aya Moller, and Mahi Patel are all MCB majors. Mahum Rauf is a biochem major. We are excited to have everyone join the lab!