Lots of exciting things are to come!
April 2026
New funding announcement!!
Catherine received the College of Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from Notre Dame!!

March 2026
We had our first off-campus lab get-together to enjoy the beautiful weather and to celebrate surviving one of the biggest annual snowfalls on record in South Bend! We’ve also been busy at work getting the team trained on new exciting techniques!





March 2026
We’re excited to officially welcome Emely to the lab as a new graduate student! Emely will be exploring injury-induced microglia subtypes and the effect of mimicking the inflammatory environment of mammalian microglia after SCI.
January 2026
The lab welcomed rotation students Hannah S. and Gary and received our first federal funding!


December 2025
The lab got fun and festive with the holidays! We had our inaugural lab Christmas party and entered the BIOS department tree decorating competition!
October 2025
Whoa – what a month! Two new rotation students are joining the team. Welcome, Aditi and Bella! We also welcomed our new Lab Coordinator, Brittney, and Hannah! And Diana has chosen to join the lab officially!


August 2025
We are excited to welcome two new rotation students, Emely and Diana! 🐟🐟 Undergraduate students Catherine, Geirard, and Madeline also joined our team.
July 2025
The Klatt Shaw lab is up and running on Notre Dame’s campus!!


May 2025
Dana is excited to announce that she’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor at Notre Dame in July!