News
Lab Updates and Accomplishments
2025
Congratulations to Gabbie Robilotto on the funding of a 2-year NIH F31 Award entitled “Evaluation of the influence of angiotensin type 1 receptor expression under disease conditions in an autoimmune cystitis animal model”. Based on data she collected while the lab was at the University of Florida, Gabbie proposes to investigate if Ang-II signaling contributes to pathological changes in the bladder in a chronic bladder inflammatory mouse model, with specific focus on AT1R, and how this relates to disease conditions in interstitial cystitis/ bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).
Congratulations to Dr. Firoj Alom (postdoc) on his recent grant award! Dr. Alom was awarded the Imagine More Postdoc Award. His project will evaluate the use of ampakines to improve diabetic bladder dysfunction. Read more about the event here
Congratulations to Bhavana Talluri on 5 Years at MCW. We are so lucky to have you in the Group!
Congratulations to Gabbie Robilotto for winning Top Basic Science Abstract and earning a podium presentation at the 10th Annual Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium (2025) at Duke University!
Congrats to Gabbie Robilotto on winning first place at the SUFU 2025 Basic Science Podium Presentations in Palm Springs, California. Firoj Alom’s abstract won second place with Aaron Mickle presenting.
Our sincerest congratulations to Hannah Anderson. Her hard work has earned her 1st Place in last week’s Three Minute Thesis competition. She now advances to the regionals! We’re cheering for you, Hannah!!
2024
The whole lab attended CAIRIBU 2024 in Milwaukee. Congrats to Hannah Anderson for winning best poster in the contratility section!
Hannah Anderson published her first first-author paper in the American Journal of Physiology-Renal. Her review “Role of Local Angiotensin II Signaling in Bladder Function” evaluates the literature investigating angiotensin II signaling in the bladder. Congrats to all the authors! Read Here
The lab has recently received a notice of award for a new 5-year R01 to study the role of urothelial cells in sensory signaling. With Co-investigators Jim Hokanson and Shahab Vahdat (UC -Riverside), we will start to define a role for the sensory component of urothelial cells in bladder sensation, interoception, and pain. This study will utilize a recently published animal model that enables the isolation of urothelial stimulation using optogenetics. Congrats to the whole team!
Dr. Mickle was recently interviewed for an article on brain bladder interactions and how urine urgency is perceived.
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The Visceral Neurophysiology and Engineering Lab is moving to the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) on July 1st.