- Kevin was awarded a fellowship in UCLA's NeuroImaging Training Program, NITP (December 2008)

- Sattar was awarded a position in UCLA's Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program, HHURP (November 2008)

- A new undergraduate, Jessica Jimenez, has joined the lab (November 2008)

- Michelle was awarded a position in UCLA's Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training Research Program, MARC U*STAR, (October 2008)

- The new Portera Lab website is released! (September 2008)

- Sattar and his research are featured in the newspaper (August 10th, 2008)

- Michelle & Sattar are accepted into the Amgen Scholars Program (summer 2008)

- Kevin officially joins the Portera Lab (July 2008)

- The lab space expanded

The Paint Crew fixing up the new space