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Our latest paper, “An extended amygdala-midbrain circuit controlling cocaine withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement”, was published today in Cell Reports. Check it out here! This paper was a combined effort from the whole lab – congratulations to all!

Congratulations Ghalia and Mehr! We’re proud of you!

From the CNLM: “This award was established in the School of Biological Sciences in 2003 by Carol Joyce Becker McGaugh and James L. McGaugh. The award is presented to an undergraduate student completing his/her 3rd year for outstanding research in the neurobiology of learning and memory. The purpose of this award is to recognize and…

Ghalia Azouz, Mehr Bawa, and Karina Tran presented their Excellence in Research posters today! Congratulations on all your hard work!  

Zhu Z, Hubbard E, Guo X, et al. A connectomic analysis of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. Brain Stimul. 2021;14(5):1226-1233. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2021.08.010

Congratulations to lab superstar Pieter for winning a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award in the Life Sciences – Artificial Intelligence group! The prestigious award will provide three years of funding for Pieter’s exciting work. 🙂 We’re proud of you!!

Kevin won third place during the Kahoot game at the annual Physiology and Biophysics holiday party!  

February 2020: Dr. Beier received a UCI Conte Center Seed grant to identify the neural circuits which mediate increased susceptibility to opiate addiction in individuals who experienced early-life adversity: https://contecenter.uci.edu/seed-grant-winners/ November 2019: Dr. Beier was awarded the NIH New Innovator Award for the project: Sculpting the Brain: High-Resolution Spatiotemporally-Controlled Modulation of Memories. https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/awardrecipients