Jan 08, 2025 - New undergraduate students join the lab
We are happy to welcome two new undergraduate students to the lab: Mia (freshman) and Alex (sophomore). They both connected with the lab in the fall and are officially getting started this winter semester. Welcome!
Jan 02, 2025 - Publication with the Burgess lab in J Neurosci
We are excited to see our first collaboration with Christian Burgess's lab published in the Journal of Neuroscience: Melanin concentrating hormone projections to the nucleus accumbens enhance the reward value of food consumption and do not induce feeding or REM sleep. Congratulations to first author Katherine Furman (graduate student in the Burgess lab) and to Limei (in the Mattis lab) for her contributions to this publication. This should be the first of many collaborations between our labs!
Dec 19, 2024 - The lab is granted a competitive renewal of the Research Scouts award
We are honored to have been selected for a competitive renewal of the Research Scouts Award from the University of Michigan. The Research Scouts program is an investment in the "Bold Science" objective of Michigan Medicine's research strategic plan, with the goal of catalyzing new and exciting lines of investigation. Scouts Awards are intended to fund early stage ideas that challenge common dogma and have the potential to be paradigm shifting. Thank you to Dr. Bing Ye, the Research Scout who initially selected our lab in 2023, and to the Bold Sciences Team for believing in us and providing this additional investment in our research program!
Dec 12, 2024 - Joanna gives a talk at UC Irvine
Joanna was privileged to be invited to give a seminar at the University of California, Irvine, Epilepsy Research Center. It was a great experience to visit with faculty and students in the vibrant EpiCenter research community.
Dec 10, 2024 - Anam and Chandni present their work at AES
Anam, Chandni, and Joanna attended the 2024 American Epilepsy Society conference in Los Angeles. Chandni presented her work recording from SNr and PPN neurons in Scn1a+/- mice during seizures. Anam presented her work (a project led by Meiling) recording from noradrenergic neurons in the LC, and measuring norepinephrine release in the hippocampus, during seizures. Both posters were well attended and received very positive and helpful feedback. It was also a worthwhile experience in which we made and strengthened connections with colleagues throughout the research and clinical epilepsy communities.
