https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-06-29 10:00:002022-09-16 22:45:13Congratulations to Lizzy for being appointed to the NIDA ICAN Training Program in Substance Use and Use Disorders T32!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-06-07 10:00:002022-09-16 22:43:56Congratulations Aly for being awarded the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Excellence in Research award!
Erick was nominated by the School of Medicine for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research! This award is given by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and seeks to recognize a student’s outstanding research accomplishments. UROP will be sharing a video recognizing Erick during the UROP Symposium Engagement Hub and at the in-person […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-18 23:15:552022-05-18 23:15:57Erick is awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
The Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD students is intended to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students who are pursuing a dual-doctoral degree.
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-18 22:46:032022-05-18 22:53:53May's NIH-F30 research proposal was funded! Congratulations!
Mehr was chosen by the Honors Committee to receive a Robert Ernst Prize in Biological Sciences for her 2021-2022 Excellence in Research project. Awardees will be honored at the Bio Sci Honors Convocation on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 6:30PM. Dr. Robert Ernst received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences in 1979 after retirement from a career […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-17 06:02:312022-05-17 06:02:33Mehr is awarded a Robert Ernst Prize in Biological Sciences!
Ghalia was chosen by the Honors Committee to receive a Poster Award for her 2021-2022 Excellence in Research Project. Awardees will be honored at the Bio Sci Honors Convocation on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 6:30PM. As part of the Excellence in Research program, students submitted posters which summarized their work in visual form. The Poster […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-17 06:00:162022-05-17 06:03:13Ghalia is awarded an Excellence in Research poster award!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-03 21:00:002022-05-11 20:02:57Mehr and Ghalia are Excellence in Research finalists!
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!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-03 21:00:002022-05-11 20:06:16Our Cell Reports paper is LIVE!
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 […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-05-02 21:00:002022-09-16 21:23:52Erick Ho was awarded the CNLM Carol Becker McGaugh Award!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-04-18 21:00:002022-05-11 20:01:27Congratulations to our Excellence in Research undergrads!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-03-22 10:00:002022-09-16 22:42:15Congratulations to Aly for being awarded a Vertex Fellowship!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-03-11 02:55:272022-03-11 02:56:11Congratulations Desiree for taking third place in the UCI Grad Slam competition!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2022-01-20 21:11:492022-01-20 21:11:59Desiree made it to the semi-finals for Grad Slam!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-12-07 09:00:002021-12-08 23:09:47Desiree was appointed to the NIH T32 – Training in Translational ADRD Neuroscience (TITAN). Congratulations!
The UCI Public Impact Fellowship Competition was developed to support and highlight academically excellent students whose research demonstrates the potential to significantly improve or enrich the lives of people in California and beyond. Congratulations to Desiree Macchia for being named a Public Impact Distinguished Fellow and to May Hui for being named a Public Impact […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-11-24 09:00:002021-12-08 23:07:28Congrats to Desiree and May for being named UCI Public Impact Fellows!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-11-22 09:00:002021-12-08 23:08:36Congrats to May and Lizzy for both being awarded the Dr. Lorna Carlin Scholar award!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-11-04 09:00:002021-12-08 23:01:33Kevin is a finalist for the inaugural School of Medicine Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Research Award (Basic Science). Congrats Kevin!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-11-04 09:00:002021-12-08 23:03:30May is a finalist for the SOM Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award. Congrats May!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-10-22 09:00:002021-12-14 23:44:07Congrats to Desiree for winning the Judge's Choice award for her poster at the UCISOM Grad Day!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-10-22 09:00:002021-12-14 23:45:17Congrats to May for winning the Audience's Choice award for her elevator pitch at UCISOM Grad Day!
As a CHC Graduate Fellow, Lizzy will hold office hours in the CHC Office and will advise students who are embarking on undergraduate research about the research process, finding a faculty advisor, and how doing research can help you reach your goals. More information here.
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-09-27 09:05:002021-12-08 22:57:48Congrats to Lizzy for being named a UCI Campuswide Honors Collegium (CHC) Graduate Fellow!
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
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-08-13 09:00:002021-12-08 23:10:04Check out our collaboration with Hemmings Wu's lab: "A connectomic analysis of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression", published in Brain Stimulation!
Description of the Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Award: Every two years, we seek applications for awards to early career scientists using fluorescent proteins in their research. These awards help early career researchers attend a conference of their choice while honoring the late Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien who have played enormous roles […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-08-05 09:00:002021-12-08 22:57:49Congratulations to Lizzy, winner of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Award!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-07-15 09:00:002021-12-08 23:10:07Congratulations to May for advancing to candidacy!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-07-01 09:00:002021-12-10 20:05:23Katrina was appointed by the Center for Complex Biological Systems to the NIGMS T32 grant! Congratulations Katrina!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-06-11 09:00:002021-12-08 23:10:11Congratulations to our undergrads Karina Tran, Mehr Bawa, David Cho, and Vivienne Galinato for being awarded UROP and SURP fellowships!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-06-07 09:40:002021-12-08 23:10:13Congratulations to Lizzy for advancing to candidacy!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-06-02 21:00:212021-12-08 22:57:49Congratulations to Desiree for advancing to candidacy!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-05-05 09:00:002021-12-08 23:10:18Congratulations to Desiree for winning the CNLM Jared M. Roberts Memorial Graduate Student Award!
Aly won a UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation fellowship! So happy to see her efforts be rewarded, she’s been doing an amazing job leading our undergraduate lab seminar/discussion course (informally called B-lab 101, now 102). Congrats Aly!!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-05-05 02:22:392021-05-05 02:22:40Aly won a DTEI fellowship!
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!!
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2021-03-17 17:40:562021-03-24 20:27:17Congratulations Lizzy on your poster award!
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
September 2020: Dr. Beier was awarded the One Mind Rising Stars Award to investigate the neural circuits involved in the development of depression: https://onemind.org/rising-star-awards/ September 2020: Dr. Beier received a grant from American Parkinson’s Disease Association to study circuit-level pathology caused by dopamine depletion: https://www.apdaparkinson.org/research/investigators/kevin_beier/ July 2020: Dr. Beier received a Freedman Prize Honorable Mention […]
Congratulations to May on being awarded the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program predoctoral fellowship! This Fellowship will provide three years of support for May’s investigation of the factors driving nicotine addiction. Did you know? Nearly 70% of tobacco users want to quit, but 90% of those who try fail! May’s work will help us understand why […]
https://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.png00kevinhttps://beierlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/blablogo_transparent-300x138.pngkevin2020-06-06 19:22:472021-01-25 18:06:45Congratulations to May for her Predoc fellowship award
Congratulations to Desiree on being awarded the Inclusive Excellence Ambassador’s Fellowship, which will support her work mentoring incoming graduate students!
Congratulations to Lizzy on her receipt of the CNLM Jared M. Roberts Memorial Graduate Student Award! This award will fund Lizzy’s travel to the annual Winter Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Meeting at Park City, UT, where she will present her research investigating how neural plasticity induced by opioid withdrawal contributes to relapse.
Congratulations to Ladan, who was invited to present her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program project investigating long-term memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease at the 2020 Undergraduate Research Spotlight! We are so proud of your hard work this year and excited to see you pursue your future goals!
September 2019: The Beier lab was recently awarded the prestigious NIH DP2 award! https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uoc–urr100419.php https://som.uci.edu/news_releases/Beier-receives-directors-new-innovator-award.asp
January 2nd, 2019 Our paper systematically mapping inputs to different VTA cell types came out today in Cell Reports! We found that cell types defined by neurochemical phenotype (e.g., Cre line) had no impact on the global inputs those cells received, but the output site of the VTA cells did influence input patterns though spatial […]
Congratulations to Lizzy for being appointed to the NIDA ICAN Training Program in Substance Use and Use Disorders T32!
Congratulations Aly for being awarded the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Excellence in Research award!
Erick is awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
Erick was nominated by the School of Medicine for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research! This award is given by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and seeks to recognize a student’s outstanding research accomplishments. UROP will be sharing a video recognizing Erick during the UROP Symposium Engagement Hub and at the in-person […]
May’s NIH-F30 research proposal was funded! Congratulations!
The Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD students is intended to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students who are pursuing a dual-doctoral degree.
Mehr is awarded a Robert Ernst Prize in Biological Sciences!
Mehr was chosen by the Honors Committee to receive a Robert Ernst Prize in Biological Sciences for her 2021-2022 Excellence in Research project. Awardees will be honored at the Bio Sci Honors Convocation on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 6:30PM. Dr. Robert Ernst received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences in 1979 after retirement from a career […]
Ghalia is awarded an Excellence in Research poster award!
Ghalia was chosen by the Honors Committee to receive a Poster Award for her 2021-2022 Excellence in Research Project. Awardees will be honored at the Bio Sci Honors Convocation on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 6:30PM. As part of the Excellence in Research program, students submitted posters which summarized their work in visual form. The Poster […]
Mehr and Ghalia are Excellence in Research finalists!
Congratulations Ghalia and Mehr! We’re proud of you!
Our Cell Reports paper is LIVE!
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!
Erick Ho was awarded the CNLM Carol Becker McGaugh Award!
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 […]
Congratulations to our Excellence in Research undergrads!
Ghalia Azouz, Mehr Bawa, and Karina Tran presented their Excellence in Research posters today! Congratulations on all your hard work!
Congratulations to Aly for being awarded a Vertex Fellowship!
Congratulations Desiree for taking third place in the UCI Grad Slam competition!
We’re so proud of you! Congrats on entering your TED talk era!!
Desiree made it to the semi-finals for Grad Slam!
Good luck Desiree! We’re rooting for you!
Desiree was appointed to the NIH T32 – Training in Translational ADRD Neuroscience (TITAN). Congratulations!
Congrats to Desiree and May for being named UCI Public Impact Fellows!
The UCI Public Impact Fellowship Competition was developed to support and highlight academically excellent students whose research demonstrates the potential to significantly improve or enrich the lives of people in California and beyond. Congratulations to Desiree Macchia for being named a Public Impact Distinguished Fellow and to May Hui for being named a Public Impact […]
Congrats to May and Lizzy for both being awarded the Dr. Lorna Carlin Scholar award!
Kevin is a finalist for the inaugural School of Medicine Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Research Award (Basic Science). Congrats Kevin!
May is a finalist for the SOM Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award. Congrats May!
Congrats to Desiree for winning the Judge’s Choice award for her poster at the UCISOM Grad Day!
Congrats to May for winning the Audience’s Choice award for her elevator pitch at UCISOM Grad Day!
Congrats to Lizzy for being named a UCI Campuswide Honors Collegium (CHC) Graduate Fellow!
As a CHC Graduate Fellow, Lizzy will hold office hours in the CHC Office and will advise students who are embarking on undergraduate research about the research process, finding a faculty advisor, and how doing research can help you reach your goals. More information here.
Check out our collaboration with Hemmings Wu’s lab: “A connectomic analysis of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression”, published in Brain Stimulation!
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 Lizzy, winner of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Award!
Description of the Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Award: Every two years, we seek applications for awards to early career scientists using fluorescent proteins in their research. These awards help early career researchers attend a conference of their choice while honoring the late Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien who have played enormous roles […]
Congratulations to May for advancing to candidacy!
Katrina was appointed by the Center for Complex Biological Systems to the NIGMS T32 grant! Congratulations Katrina!
Congratulations to our undergrads Karina Tran, Mehr Bawa, David Cho, and Vivienne Galinato for being awarded UROP and SURP fellowships!
Congratulations to Lizzy for advancing to candidacy!
Congratulations to Desiree for advancing to candidacy!
Congratulations to Desiree for winning the CNLM Jared M. Roberts Memorial Graduate Student Award!
This award will fund Desiree’s travel to the annual Winter Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Meeting at Park City, UT.
Aly won a DTEI fellowship!
Aly won a UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation fellowship! So happy to see her efforts be rewarded, she’s been doing an amazing job leading our undergraduate lab seminar/discussion course (informally called B-lab 101, now 102). Congrats Aly!!
Katrina joins the lab!
Katrina Lee Bartas joins us as a graduate student from MCSB! Welcome Katrina!!
Pieter Derdeyn wins the NSF GRFP!
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!!
Congratulations Lizzy on your poster award!
Lizzy’s poster presentation at the 8th annual Conte Center Symposium won a poster award! Drinks on Lizzy!!!
Congratulations Kevin!
Kevin won third place during the Kahoot game at the annual Physiology and Biophysics holiday party!
(Even more) recent awards
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
(More) recent awards
September 2020: Dr. Beier was awarded the One Mind Rising Stars Award to investigate the neural circuits involved in the development of depression: https://onemind.org/rising-star-awards/ September 2020: Dr. Beier received a grant from American Parkinson’s Disease Association to study circuit-level pathology caused by dopamine depletion: https://www.apdaparkinson.org/research/investigators/kevin_beier/ July 2020: Dr. Beier received a Freedman Prize Honorable Mention […]
Dr. Beier’s recent awards
Dr. Beier was awarded the Tobacco-Related Diseases Research Program High Impact Pilot Award and the New Investigator Award
Congratulations to May for her Predoc fellowship award
Congratulations to May on being awarded the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program predoctoral fellowship! This Fellowship will provide three years of support for May’s investigation of the factors driving nicotine addiction. Did you know? Nearly 70% of tobacco users want to quit, but 90% of those who try fail! May’s work will help us understand why […]
Congratulations to Desiree on being awarded the Inclusive Excellence Ambassador’s Fellowship, which will support her work mentoring incoming graduate students!
Congratulations to Lizzy on her receipt of the CNLM Jared M. Roberts Memorial Graduate Student Award! This award will fund Lizzy’s travel to the annual Winter Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Meeting at Park City, UT, where she will present her research investigating how neural plasticity induced by opioid withdrawal contributes to relapse.
March 2020 Pieter Derdeyn joined the lab. Welcome Pieter!
Congratulations to Ladan, who was invited to present her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program project investigating long-term memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease at the 2020 Undergraduate Research Spotlight! We are so proud of your hard work this year and excited to see you pursue your future goals!
May’s beautiful pumpkin cake won the Best Tasting award at the Center for the Neuroscience of Learning and Memory Friendsgiving potluck!
May and Aly presented at the UCI Brain Launch Whiteboard Brainstorming Session
October 2019 May Hui joined the lab
September 2019: The Beier lab was recently awarded the prestigious NIH DP2 award! https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uoc–urr100419.php https://som.uci.edu/news_releases/Beier-receives-directors-new-innovator-award.asp
June 2019 Desiree Macchia, Michael Toledano, Lizzy Hubbard, and Aly Rogers joined the lab.
April 2019 Guilian Tian, Sean Carroll, Jessica Park, Nora Ayache, and Anthony Tran joined the lab.
Check out the press release of our most recent article published in Cell Reports: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoc–usr012419.php
January 7th, 2019 Jessica Oshiro, Nina Aghakhani, and Ladan Bigdeli joined the lab as Bio199 students. Welcome Jessica, Nina, and Ladan!
January 2nd, 2019 Our paper systematically mapping inputs to different VTA cell types came out today in Cell Reports! We found that cell types defined by neurochemical phenotype (e.g., Cre line) had no impact on the global inputs those cells received, but the output site of the VTA cells did influence input patterns though spatial […]
October 29th, 2018 Mary-Ha Nguyen joined the team as a Student Assistant. Welcome Mary!
October 18th, 2018 Rita Shdid joined the team as a Student Assistant. Welcome Rita!