Latest News & Updates
Fall 2025
Recruiting MS Student for Fall 2026
The lab has open positions for research projects on tissue regeneration, behavioral neuroscience, and physiology in highly regenerative rodents, salamanders, and planarians. Students will have opportunities to incorporate laboratory, bioinformatic, and possibly field methods and work collaboratively with other lab members. Learn More
December 2025
Lab Awarded internal grants; PrePI and Mentor Protege
The Varholick Lab was awarded two internal grants. A $19k grant for "Unravelling synaptic resilience: neurobiological mechanisms of enhanced learning and memory in Acomys cahirinus." In collaboration with Dr. Vishnu Suppiramanian and Dr. Erica Holliday. The other is a $3.5k award to study "Exploring neuroanatomy and sensory innervation in polymorphic two-lined salamanders" with Dr. Todd Pierson and students Kellyn Gilligan and Ito Osayi.
Fall 2025
Welcome our First Year Scholars
Stefania and Sienna have been awarded a First-Year Scholar scholarship to work on a project titled, "Uncovering What Regenerates When Skin Nerves Are Injured in Highly Regenerative Animals". Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Fall 2025
The Varholick Lab officially opens at Kennesaw State University
Stop by SC 360 and say hello. Hopefully we'll start antibody staining soon, and have animals next semester.
August 2025
Whisker research presented at ISRB 2025
Prof. Malcolm Maden from the University of Florida presented our research on cutaneous nerve and whisker follicle regeneration at ISRB 2025.
June 2025
New Publication in npj Regenerative Medicine
Here, Dr. Varholick and his team at the University of Florida, showed that Spiny Mice can regenerate their whisker follicles after they are removed from the face alongside regeneration of the muscles and cutaneous nerves with sheathing and all.