Congratulations to Emily for her Poster award at the 2026 Winter Conference on Brain Research!
Melissa, Julianne, and crew win poster award
Congratulations to Melissa, Julianne, and the THC team on winning a poster award from the Cannabis Research Conference!
Recruiting graduate students and professional research assistants
We are recruiting both graduate students in the Behavioral Neuroscience area of the Psychology and Neuroscience PhD program (email me if interested) as well as two professional research assistants to work on projects related to cannabis use and reward/aversion behaviors
Dr. Annie Ly defends her disseration!
Biggest of congratulations to Dr. Annie Ly who defended her dissertation on Friday! We are so proud !!
Emily Prevost awarded predoctoral fellowship
Congratulations to Emily who was awarded a F31 from NIDA/NIH!
This Week feature at The Journal of Neuroscience
See Dillon’s new manuscript featured This Week in The Journal
Hiring a professional research assistant
We are seeking an individual to work with us as a professional research assistant. Please apply here
New manuscripts led by Annie Ly and Emily Prevost
Congratulations to Annie Ly and Emily Prevost on their submission of three new manuscripts currently under peer review.
Annie has identified a unique VGluT3 cell-type within the BNST that is important for reducing feeding as well as identified how BNST GABA neurons regulate a unique form of conditioning
Emily has identified that VTA dopamine neuron function depends on individual subpopulations of DA neurons that either release only dopamine or co-transmit dopamine and glutamate.
We are hiring an electrophysiologist
We aim to hire a senior professional research assistant to perform whole-cell electrophysiology experiments. Please get in touch if interested, apply here: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Senior-Professional-Research-Assistant/60315
Root lab receives another new R01 from NIMH and is recruiting
We are grateful to NIMH for supporting a new project on dopamine neuron subtypes motivated behavior. We’re recruiting at all levels so please get in touch if interested in joining us