Lab News

Congratulations to the 2026 Miller Lab Seniors!

Thank you for everything you have contributed. I can’t wait to see where your next adventures take you!

May 17, 2026

Rachel Burke was selected to present a research poster at the National Undergraduate Research Conference held at Brown University!

April 4, 2026

Miller Lab Publishes Paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell!

Link to paper here: https://www.molbiolcell.org/eprint/FWX7CZ5CK8YNHFU3XTME/full

February 25, 2026

Members of the Miller lab had a great time presenting and learning at ASCB 2025 in Philadelphia, PA!

December 2025

NIH S10 Grant Supports Installation of Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope!

Providence College has received an NIH S10 Basic Instrumentation Grant (PI: Dr. Kristi Miller) to purchase a Nikon CSU-W1 spinning disk confocal microscope. This new instrument significantly expands advanced imaging capabilities and undergraduate research opportunities at PC and in the greater RI community!

Photo shows Rachel Burke imaging fission yeast cells using the new spinning disk confocal!!

September 2025

Miller Lab Researchers Share Their Work at the International Fission Yeast Meeting!

Some highlights of the meeting include:

Presented a research talk and posters
Keynote lecture from Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse
Conference Gala
Participation in career panel discussion
A Boston Red Sox game

August 4, 2025

Wrapped up our summer research with 3 fantastic poster presentations at RI-SURS at the University of Rhode Island! So proud of all that these students accomplished this summer!

August 1, 2025

Ended the academic year with a sunny lab picnic! Grateful for this hardworking, curious, and wonderful group of student researchers. Excited to have Ben, Rachel, Caroline, Elena and Pablo continue their work in the lab this summer! (Not pictured – Paige!)

May 4, 2025

A special congratulations to Elena Cabral, who earned an Honorable Mention in the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the ASBMB annual meeting in Chicago, IL!

April 13, 2025

We attended ASBMB in Chicago, where Elena Cabral ’26, Benjamin Kuran ’26, Geraldin Argandona ’26, Rachel Burke ’26, and Pablo Andres ’27 presented their research!

April 12, 2025

Paige Duggan and Dylan Hernandez were selected among 200 undergraduates from 115 institutions across the country to present at the National Undergraduate Research Conference held at Brown University!

April 12, 2025

Elena Cabral has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship – the nations most prestigious undergraduate award in the sciences!

See press release here: https://news.providence.edu/elena-cabral-goldwater/

April 7, 2025

Sad to see the summer end with this awesome research crew! But excited to see what the Fall semester will bring!

August 2, 2024

July 26, 2024

Started summer research this week! Excited to have Rachel and Elena continue their research projects and welcome new students Pablo, Geraldin, and Ben!