virtual toast for @djottenheimerto say goodbye as he prepares to leave JHU for his postdoc -- we'll miss you Dr. Ottenheimer!

Congratulations to Dr. Ottenheimer on the occasion of his successful thesis defense!

Optoactivation of VTA, but not SNc, dopamine neurons can unblock learning about reward-paired cues cell.com/current-biology/ful…

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We are so happy for @BenSaunders and @jocelynmrichard as they set off to faculty positions at University of Minnesota. But we'll miss them! One last happy hour before they go...

Today’s lab meeting discussion - a dopamine double header

New lab preprint, from studies led by @RonKeiflin. We show that VTA, but not SNc dopamine neurons promote model-based learning. biorxiv.org/content/early/20…

Happy Holidays from the Janak Lab – at Baltimore, MD

Our data wall is expanding! Most of this is unpublished, stay tuned for some exciting papers!

Today we are hosting the lab lunch for @HopkinsNeuro. Presentations by @djottenheimer @Kurt_Fraser and @RonKeiflin.

In protest of racist policing & brutality against people of color, & systemic racism that enables it #ScientistsTakeAKnee #BlackLivesMatter

New lab paper! Activation of amygdala -> accumbens shell can arrest conditioned & unconditioned alcohol consumption sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Congrats to @djottenheimer for passing his PhD qualifying exam today!!

Look out @SfNtweets #SfN17, Janak Lab is presenting all at once in a row of seven posters in the Tuesday AM session