News

Visit our posters at SfN 2024 in Chicago! Read More >

We welcome Noah Verduyn Lunel for his research internship in the lab!

Congrats to Kurt for starting his own lab at University of Minnesota! Read More >

Teambuilding at Sonoma Zipline Adventures Read More >

Congrats to our new graduates: Jenny, Yilin, Hank and Thomas! Read More >

Dr. Gerald Westheimer turned 100! Happy Birthday, Gerald! Read More >

Never too late: We celebrated Jack’s birthday on Feb 23! Happy Birthday Jack! Read More >

Warm Welcome to Our New Undergraduate Researchers: We’re excited to welcome Lilah Durney and Christopher Lee to our research team!

Warm Welcome to Our New Undergraduate Researchers: We’re excited to welcome Victoria Li and Youle Fan to our research team!

We Welcome Anne van den Heuvel for her Research Internship!

Warm Welcome to Our New Undergraduate Researchers: We’re excited to welcome Michael Tanios and Ava Fu to our research team! Welcome aboard, Michael and Ava!

We are thrilled to announce that Petra Mocellin has joined our team as a postdoctoral researcher! Welcome, Petra!

Our new research article is online. We describe two dopamine cell subtypes with sustained or transient activity patterns in both cell bodies and axon terminals and propose that these subtypes represent the parallel encoding of a behavioral state and its temporal dynamics — Congrats to Han! Read More >

Happy Holidays! Lab Holiday Gathering Dec 2023 Read More >

Check out our new protocol paper describing how to achieve central venous access during optical recordings — Congrats to Christine! Read More >

CONGRATULATIONS to Jeroen & Kurt for being selected by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Education & Training Committee as ACNP Travel Awardees for the 2023 ACNP Annual Meeting!

Congrats to Masaya for being awarded a postdoc fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation!

We welcome our new undergraduate researchers Julia Wu and Andy Bi!

Congrats to Odilia for being awarded the 2023 Alper Fellowship in the Neurosciences!

Our new paper on performing a detailed behavioral and computational analysis in the sucrose preference test is online! Read More >

We welcome our new postdoctoral scholar Masaya Harada!

We welcome our new undergraduate researcher Yilin Shi!

Johanna has arrived! Johanna Mankel is a new visiting scholar and MD/PhD student from the Roeper lab! Welcome Johanna!

We welcome our new undergraduate researcher Hank Wang!

We welcome our new undergraduate researcher Mila Zou!

We welcome new undergraduate researcher Jenny Li!

Christine has accepted a postdoc position at UCSF in the lab of Vikaas Sohal. She is supported by an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (K12)! Congrats, Christine!

‘Dips in dopamine say “no” to nicotine’. Excellent preview in Neuron from Alice Servonnet & Saleem Nicola on our recent study! Read More >

Congrats to Jeroen & Christine on receiving a 2022 SfN Trainee Professional Development Award!

Christine & Amanda’s new study is featured on UC Berkeley News! Read More >

Our new paper on nicotine aversion is online now — Congrats to Christine & Amanda! Read More >

We welcome our new undergraduate researcher Jane Lee!

We welcome our new SURF fellow Peridot Park!

We welcome our new HWNI graduate student Odilia Lu!

We have two new PhDs: Congrats Drs. Christine & Amanda!

We welcome our new undergraduate researcher Siyi Gu!

We welcome new undergraduate researcher Thomas La!

Our new review on mesoaccumbal dopamine heterogeneity was published today in Ann. Rev. Neurosci.!

Thank you to the McKnight Foundation for supporting our research with a Neurobiology of Brain Disorder Award! Read More >

Congrats to Neta for being awarded a 2021 NARSAD Young Investigator Award! Read More >

We welcome Manze Zhang to our lab! Manze is a Visiting Student Researcher from the School of Basic Medical Science @ Peking University!

Happy Birthday, Neta! Read More >

New paper online! Congrats to Hongbin et al. !! Read More >

Goodbye to Hongbin and congratulations on accepting a faculty position at Zhejiang University! Read More >

Congrats to Kurt for being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the BRAIN Initiative!

We welcome our new Lab Operations Manager Elaine Tan!

Congratulations on your graduation Lilly, Kaho and Yichen! We are very proud of you! Read More >

We welcome two new lab members: Kurt Fraser (postdoc) and Natalie Bernstein (grad student)!

Stephan got promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! Read More >

Congrats to Iskra on accepting a faculty position at Stockholm University! Check out her lab’s webpage! Read More >

Congrats to Ignas for accepting a Scientist position at Cajal Neuroscience in Seattle!

Congrats to our amazing BioE graduates this year: Eric won the Bioengineering Department Citation and Hasan won the Chair’s Award! Read More >

Congrats to Iskra for being awarded a 2y-scholarship from the Swedish Society for Medical Research!

Check out our new review on aversion hot spots in the dopamine system Read More >

Thank you Takara for celebrating Ignas’ recent paper with us with Sake & Bagels! Read More >

We welcome Jochen Roeper (Goethe University) as the new Visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley and look forward to many exciting interactions over the next months!

Congrats to Ignas on completing his PhD thesis! First PhD of the lab!

Read more about Daniel’s recent paper and his experiences as an undergraduate researcher at UC Berkeley… Read More >

What does a scientist look like? Important insights from Christine on science, art & advocacy Read More >

Read more about our new study on how chronic stress affects the brain… Read More >

New paper online now! Big congrats to Ignas et al! Read More >

SfN 2019 in Chicago Recap! Read More >

25th Music Festival for Brain Health Recap! Please take action & support OneMind.org! Read More >

New paper online now! Big congratulations to Daniel for publishing his undergraduate research project in Nature Communications! Read More >

Congrats to Han for being awarded a prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator Award!

Aleysha Chen joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Aleysha!

Lab dinner “Chengdu Style” on Sept 05, 2019 Read More >

The lab is awarded a One Mind – Janssen Rising Star Translational Research Award. Thank you for supporting our work! Read More >

Yilan Liang from Zhejiang University (Hailan Hu lab) joins the lab for a research internship! Welcome Yilan!

Congrats to Jeroen for being awarded a Rubicon postdoctoral fellowship!

Lilly Tang joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Lilly!

Congrats to our new 2019 graduate Hannah (with honors) Read More >

Congratulations to Jochen Roeper from Goethe University for being awarded a Visiting Miller Professorship. We look forward to hosting him in 2020! Read More >

Congrats to Hasan & Eric for being accepted into the Amgen 2019 program!

Kaho Adachi joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Kaho!

Strahinja is a new visiting scholar and MD/PhD student from the Roeper lab! Welcome Strahinja!

The lab is awarded a research grant from The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation! Thanks for supporting our work!

Check out this video abstract of our recent work made by Christine, Han and Jeroen! Read More >

Read more about our recent work… Read More >

Jeroen Verharen joins the lab as a postdoctoral scholar! Welcome Jeroen!

New paper online now! Congrats Han & Atiyeh! Read More >

Happy Birthday Hannah & Han Read More >

SfN2018 was lots of fun Read More >

Congrats to Han for his SfN Professional Development Award Read More >

Big congrats to Christine on publishing her book on coding and computer science concepts for non-technical readers! It comes out on Nov. 5! Read More >

Sophie Obayashi joins the lab as a research assistant! Welcome Sophie!

Neta Gazit joins the lab as an IBRO postdoctoral fellow! Welcome Neta & congrats on your fellowship! Read More >

Panel Discussion on Caveats and Limitations of Optogenetics Read More >

The new SfN’s Optogenetics Training Series is now available online! Read More >

Merck Innovation Cup 2018 Read More >

Congrats to Han for his “Honorable Mention” Poster Award at the GRC Optogenetics!

Congratulations to Hannah for winning a SURF L&S 2018 fellowship!

Learn more about our recent work including Q&A with Hongbin and artwork by Christine! Read More >

Our recent paper has been recommended on @F1000Prime! Read More >

Congrats to Han for winning an outstanding poster award at WCBR 2018! Read More >

Preview by Pignatelli & Bonci on our recent work: ‘Spiraling Connectivity of NAc-VTA Connectivity’ Read More >

New paper online now! Congrats Hongbin! Read More >

Hasan Ahmad joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

Christine wins the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship to support diversity in science. Congratulations Christine! Read More >

Check out the latest UCB Undergraduate Spotlight, featuring our own Daniel Cardozo Pinto! Well done, Daniel! Read More >

The Lammel lab wins an R01 research award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of chronic stress in the brain. Congratulations!

The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program awards the Lammel lab the 2017 High Impact Pilot Research Award. Congratulations! Read More >

The Lammel lab wins an R01 research award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the effects of drug-evoked synaptic plasticity in the brain. First R01, congratulations!

Stephan is named a 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. Congratulations Stephan!! Read More >

Stephan wins a research award from the Hellman Family Faculty Fund. Congratulations! Read More >

Iskra is awarded the Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship. Way to go Iskra!! Read More >

Amgen Scholar Jessica Du joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Jessica!

Our newest postdoc starts in the lab. Welcome Iskra Dorocic!

Christine wins $10,000 in Search for Hidden Figures contest. Congratulations Christine! Read More >

Daniel wins Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Congratulations Daniel!! Read More >

Christine wins the 2016 NEB Passion in Science Award for Arts and Creativity! Congratulations Christine!!

We welcome our newest graduate student Amanda Tose! Welcome Amanda!

Hongbin Yang begins his postdoctoral fellowship. Welcome Hongbin!

Ignas wins Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship. Congratulations Ignas!!

Undergraduate research assistant joins the lab. Welcome Vivian!

Spring graduate student begins her rotation in the lab. Welcome Amanda!

Stephan received a grant from the Whitehall Foundation!

Winter 2015/2016 graduate students begin their rotation in the lab. Welcome Tomer and Stefanie!

Happy Thanksgiving! Read More >

Fall 2015 graduate students begin their rotation in the lab. Welcome Irene and Amanda!

First Lab Outing Trip Read More >

Stephan was awarded a 2015 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant. Read More >

Triple Birthday Celebration! Read More >

Stephan received a seed grant from the Brain Research Foundation to pursue addiction research

Stephan received 2015 Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowship Award.

We welcome 3 outstanding undergraduate researchers to our team – Welcome Naveena, Kulsum and Michael!

Christine and Ignas join the lab for a PhD thesis!

Thanks everybody for coming to the Lab Warming Party! Here are some impressions… Read More >

Rotation student Christine Liu receives a NSF Graduate Fellowship Award – Congratulations, Christine!

First postdoc joins lab – Welcome Johannes ‘Han’ De Jong!

First graduate students rotate – Welcome Christine Liu, Adam Hoagland and Ignas Cerniauskas!

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Upcoming Events

We are presenting at SfN2024! Read More >

Amanda, Neta, Jeroen & Han will be presenting posters at the Optogenetics GRC! Read More >

Stephan’s tenure talk at UC Berkeley! Please contact Stephan for a zoom link if you like to attend the seminar!

Neurobiology Seminar at USC Read More >

AARG Neuroscience Seminar at UCSF Read More >

Christine (Oct 19, PM, #X11) and Han (Oct 23, PM, #U38) will be presenting posters at SfN in Chicago! Also, do not miss Christine’s Art of Neuroscience Exhibition!

Han is presenting at a SfN Minisymposium! Read More >

GRC Catecholamines Read More >

CSH Asia: Francis Crick Symposium-Transforming Neurosciences: Questions & Experiments Read More >

Visit our posters at SfN2018 in the Sunday morning session: #KK2-KK4 Read More >

Stephan will present a research seminar at CERVO in Quebec City Read More >

Molecular Psychiatry Meeting: Stephan will chair a session on “New Molecular and Circuit-Level Approaches for Understanding the Effects of Chronic Stress in the Mammalian Brain”. Great speakers: G. Stuber, C. Liston, M. Mameli Read More >

Stephan, Ignas, Daniel & Han will be presenting their work at the Optogenetics GRC! Read More >

Stephan will give a research seminar at the Department of Physiology at Northwestern University Read More >

Please join us for a Special Research Seminar with Dr. Jochen Roeper: “Dopamine Diversity: Tasks, Projections & Channels” Read More >

Winter Brain Conference: Han will present his poster “Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Drug-Induced Changes in Motivated Behaviors” on Jan 18 @ 3:30pm and Stephan will present in the session “Striatum Subregions and Motivated Behavior” on Jan 19 @ 7:30am Read More >

Stephan will be presenting at the ACNP meeting in Palm Springs (Dec. 3-7, 2017). Don’t miss his poster “Nucleus Accumbens Subnuclei Regulate Motivated Behavior via Direct Inhibition and Disinhibition of VTA Dopamine Subpopulations” on Dec. 5 5:30-7:30pm (Board# T267).

Hongbin and Han will be presenting at SfN in Washington on Monday Nov. 13, 2017 (PM session). Board# WW34 and WW40! Also, do not miss Christine’s 2017 Art of Neuroscience Exhibition!

Stephan will be presenting in the “Synaptic Integration Seminar Series” at NIH in Bethesda on Tuesday Oct. 21, 2017 (11AM-12PM). The title of his talk is “Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Motivated Behaviors”.