Estee Wu, 2023 at the UR Undergraduate Research Exposition 2022
Friday, April 15, 2022
Estee's poster featured circuits of the 'other' limbic striatum, a region outside the classic nucleus accumbens. The more posterior 'limbic' striatum gets inputs from auditory and visual cortex, in addition projections from emotional centers such as the amygdala. In higher species, the other limbic striatum may be important in interpreting emotionally relevant visual and auditory cues, such as speech and facial expressions.
Thanks to the SPIN Pilot Program from the Del Monte Institute of Neuroscience for supporting Estee's work!
Ally McHale hits it out of the park with PhD defense
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Ally presents her work on the big screen March 9
Congratulations to Ally McHale after she successfully defended her thesis March 9, 2022! Her work, entitled 'The Ins and Outs of the Primate Amygdala: Connectivity, Development, and Early Life Stress' encompassed a range of primary research on a massive structure that is important for emotional perception. After finishing a few last minute goals, Ally heads to Long Island to reunite with her fiancé, and begin a post-doc position in the lab of Adrianna Maffei at Stony Brook. We wish her all the best, and will miss her.