Keshav crushed the defense of his thesis, titled “Melanin-concentrating hormone neurons and food intake control: neural and behavioral mechanisms”.

The Harry L. Kissileff Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior is given annually for the best postdoctoral oral presentation at the annual meeting. Congrats Anna!

GLP-1 is all the rage these days! Scott shares his thoughts on GLP-1 and brain signaling in The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal, stating that “the brain is a mysterious place”. 😂

Check out the article, here.

Congrats to Cindy (M.S. in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry), Grace (B.S. in Psychology), and Iris (B.S. in Neuroscience)!

This award is given to “the most outstanding Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences at USC”. Well deserved!

MCH neurons promote appetition? Check our new pub out in ‘Publications’.

Congrats to Anna, Linda, and team on our new paper revealing sex-specific differences in how early life low-calorie sweetener consumption yields long-term changes in energy expenditure and sugar preferences. See here, and in Publications.

Check out our new paper identifying a hippocampal-septal circuit that is selective to foraging-related memory, here, and in Publications. Congrats Léa, Clarissa, and team!

Linda’s project revealing cognitive and metabolic impairments associated with early life low-calorie sweetener consumption is now published online at JCI Insight, see here and in Publications. Congrats Linda et al.!!

Naz and John are joining us for the summer through the USC SPIDOR program, and Alicia is our new full-time research technician. Welcome all!

Check out the article, linked here!

…. including Linda (PhD in Neuroscience), Isabella (B.S. in Neuroscience), Alicia (B.S. In Neuroscience and Psychology), and Rita (B.S. in Human Biology).