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Congratulations Kirsty Erikson of the Siciliano Lab for being awarded a NIDA F31 for

"Estrogen receptor regulation of cocaine effects on dopamine terminals"

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Congratulations
Danny Winder, PhD on being awarded Outstanding Mentor of the Year at the 2022 Vanderbilt Brain Institute retreat.


 

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Congratulations
Snigdha Mukerjee of the Siciliano Lab on being awarded Brain and Behavior Foundation NARSAD for

"Protein targets that relay oral chemesthesis of alcohol from the periphery in the brain"

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Congratulations
Nicholas Petersen of the Winder Lab on being an NIAAA F30 for
"Neuron-astrocyte interactions mediating ethanol and noradrenergic modulation of wake-promoting vPAG dopamine neurons"

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Congratulations
Michelle Bedenbaugh, PhD of the Simerly Lab making the cover of JCN.


November 2022 issue
Image showing MC3R expression in a whole mouse brain

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Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter

to serve on

NIAAA's National Advisory Council

The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary, HHS; the Director, NIH; and the Director, NIAAA; on research program and policy matters in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

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