Fontanini Lab
Lab News
April 2023
Allison George (PhD student) and Vidya Pattisapu (PhD student) join the lab.
February 2023
Liam's paper titled "Temporal Progression Along Discrete Coding States During Decision-making in the Mouse Gustatory Cortex" is published in PLoS Computational Biology.
January 2023
Hillary's paper titled "Experience-dependent Plasticity of Gustatory Insular Cortex Circuits and Taste Preferences" is published in Science Advances. Congratulations to Hillary and coauthors Josh, Maria and Lindsey!
June 2022
Priscilla is selected for the NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award (OSNAP)!
April 2022
Camelia is awarded the 22-23 AAUW international fellowship!
April 2022
John gets his NRSA fellowship funded from NIDCD!
June 2021
Josh and Priscilla both get their NRSA fellowships funded from NIDCD!
April 2020
Camelia Zheng (MSTP student) joins the lab.
April 2020
New paper from the lab titled "Dynamic Representation of Taste-Related Decisions in the Gustatory Insular Cortex of Mice" comes out in Current Biology. Congratulations to coauthors Roberto, Ke, Lindsey and John!
December 2019
Ke defends his PhD. Congratulations Dr. Chen!
August 2019
Jennifer Blackwell (Postdoc) and Siddarth Swaminathan (Master's Student) join the lab.
May 2019
John Chen (PhD Student) and Priscilla Yevoo (PhD Student) join the lab.
January 2019
Ke and Roberto's paper titled "Disruption of Cortical Dopaminergic Modulation Impairs Preparatory Activity and Licking Initiation" comes out in Cerebral Cortex.
September 2018
Alfredo is the new chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and co-Director of the Neurosciences Institute.
September 2018
Roberto joins the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida State University
May 2018
Liam Lang (PhD student) and Josh Kogan (MSTP student) join the lab
February 2018
Roberto and Mel win the AChemS Polak Young Investigator Award, Hillary wins the AChemS Polak Postdoc Travel Award and Ke wins the AChemS Student Housing Award
December 2017
Congratulations to Roberto Vincis for his NIH/NIDCD R21 award!