“Imagine you are a kid walking by a pair of golden arches and soon after, you start munching on a delicious burger. Later that night, as you’re lying awake in bed in the dark, you might vividly recall these golden arches, then the burger… wait! The arches mean I will get burgers!
What is happening in your brain during this process? We know that sensory experiences activate brain-wide patterns of neurons ...”
Excited about the new paper!
Congratulations to Arthur and everyone who worked on this paper!
Congratulations Dr. Shipley!
Congratulations on defending your thesis Dr. Fred Shipley! Looking forward to celebrating more when we are less socially distant!
New p-p-paper!
Check out the new paper!
Looking forward to looking inward: NIH Director's Pioneer Award!
Congratulations to Mark (and everyone in lab) for being awarded this exciting opportunity to study interoception! “Look Inward: Brainstem and Cortical Circuits for Boosting Interoceptive Attention” will be completed with the support of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
“Mark Andermann is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Dr. Andermann received undergraduate training in math and physics at McGill University, Ph.D. training with Dr. Christopher Moore at MIT and Harvard, and postdoctoral training at the Helsinki University of Technology and with Dr. Clay Reid at Harvard Medical School, where he developed new tools for studying the neural basis of sensory perception using cellular imaging methods in behaving mice…”
Postdoc wins poster competition at Gordon Research Conference
Andrew Lutas was one of the five best posters at the Amygdala Gordon Research Conference at Stonehill College this August for his poster: “State-specific gating of salient cues by midbrain dopaminergic input to basal amygdala.” Great job Andrew!
Postdoc honored with Davis Foundation fellowship
Congrats to Andrew on being awarded a Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Awards Program for Eating Disorders Research.
“The primary goal of the new Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Awards Program for Eating Disorders Research is to support innovative, clinically relevant research that seeks to understand the underlying biology of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, leading to improved patient care...”
Lab member honored with NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congrats to student Rachel Essner on receiving the 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF awarded fellowships to 2,050 students this year, out of a pool of more than 13,000 applicants.
Postdoc honored with award: Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Congratulations to Stephen on receiving the 2019 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award. The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recognizes outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences. Stephen was one of only 13 recipients this year. Go Stephen!