Author: Silvia Golumbeanu

I talked to Kaitlyn Dorst, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Steve Ramirez’s lab at Boston University, about her research using optogenetics to study fear and memory.

Dr. Rafael Perez, a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Marina Picciotto’s lab at the Yale School of Medicine, discusses his research on the effects of environmental cues on opioid tolerance.

I spoke with Dr. Emily Newman, a postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Kerry Ressler’s lab at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, about her work studying the neural underpinnings of aggressive behaviors.

Researchers have used mice as a proxy for learning about the human brain for decades. I spoke with Dr. Moriah Jacobson, an expert in the field at Taconic Biosciences, about the challenges and benefits of the murine model in neurobiological research.

Dr. Erin Hisey, a postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Kerry Ressler’s lab at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, talks about her studies on the neurobiological effects of social defeat and early life trauma.

Dr. Yongsoo Kim, an Assistant Professor at PennState, uses 3D imaging tools to build atlases of developing mouse brains, map cell types, and more.