Mira moved to Boston for graduate school to complete her Master's in Clinical Social Work from Boston College. Mira spent the past 2 years working in the field as a psychotherapist for individuals with severe, complex PTSD. During her work as a therapist, Mira became frustrated with the lack of research available for treating individuals with complex trauma which inspired her transition to the research field. When she is not in the lab, you can find Mira hanging around local thrift-stores and coffee shops. 

Rafay is a Junior at Boston University studying Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Machine Learning. He is passionate about Healthcare Engineering and is interested in understanding the ways in which trauma changes brain development and manifests in behavior. He grew up in Madison, WI, where his love for designing and building led him to start a robotics team that competed in the First Tech Challenge in high school, sparking his interest in engineering. In college, he serves as the Outreach Coordinator of BUILDS, an independent hackerspace at BU’s Center for Data Science, and is active in climate change advocacy through Epsilon Eta, an environmental science fraternity. In his free time, Rafay enjoys reading and going on walks, often using these moments to reflect on his studies.

Born in Jackson Laboratories, Baby Black 6 chose to skip the dilly-dallying and get straight to work. Baby Black 6 is super social and desperately needs to hangout with Adult CFW. Unfortunately, Baby Black 6 is not aware of Adult CFW's anger issues which makes his typical social approach a major trigger point in their relationship. 

Suni is a senior at Boston University majoring in neurobiology. She is an international student from Chennai, India who came to the US for college. She is a part of the MMEDIC program at Boston University and will be pursuing medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine in 2025. When she is not at the lab you can find her trying out different restaurants at Boston or practicing kendo (Japanese sword fighting) with her friends.

Born in Charles River Laboratories, Adult CFW spent his youth rolling around in soft bedding and trying to destroy that metal bit on the water bottle in his cage. In early adulthood, Adult CFW became somewhat of a ladies man, leaving him with an unfortunate disdain for other male mice. Due to this, Adult CFW is prone to aggressive outbursts that can be pretty scary for any juvenile male mice in his immediate vicinity.