Our lab is focused on elucidating the brain circuit alterations that underlie OCD related behaviors, and the mechanisms guiding normal basal ganglia function.

Stony Brook, NY
Joined August 2018
Applications for our BRITE Postdoctoral Seminar Series are open! Apply here: bit.ly/4gYrxQw Applications are due October 2, 2026.
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We are excited to announce that applications for this year's BRITE seminar series are now open! Access the application here: bit.ly/4lTzeWY
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Please share! The applications are open for this year's BRITE postdoctoral seminar series! We are excited to host three postdoctoral researchers to present their work with us here at SBU.
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GPe neurons are uncorrelated, but in PD become oscillatory & correlated, allegedly disrupting independent channels thru the basal ganglia. Our new preprint, w/ the Wilson lab, shows how phase response curves of independent GP neurons driven by sinusoids predict these correlations
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The SATB1-MIR22-GBA axis mediates glucocerebroside accumulation inducing a cellular senescence-like phenotype in dopaminergic neurons biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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🎉 The Thomas Hartman Applications for 2023 are closed! Congrats to our amazing award recipients: Dr. Joshua Plotkin, Dr. Markus Riessland (with Co-Pis Dr. Joshua Plotkin & Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth), Dr. Mary Kritzer (with Co-Pi Dr. Daniel Davis), and Dr. Irene Solomon. #HartmanAward
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Woohoo! Congrats to Felicia Yang for winning Best Poster at the SoM Women in Medicine Research Day! 🎉👩‍🔬 Well done and keep up the great work! #womeninmedicine
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Cholinergic Interneurons Drive Motivation by Promoting Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
Replying to @biorxiv_neursci
Great article! Check out the audio abstract on PaperPlayer Neuroscience pod open.spotify.com/episode/4cW…
Firs talk of the day … @RiesslandLab talking about his collaboration with @lab_plotkin
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Please RT! Unique opportunity for Postdocs: Apply for a seminar in our BRITE (Bolstering Research through Inclusion, Talent and Excellence) Postdoctoral Seminar Series! @AWISNational @SBUResearch
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our latest pre-print: Striatal Neurons Are Recruited Dynamically Into Collective Representations of Self-Initiated and Learned Actions in Freely-Moving Mice @SSRN @cellpressnews Sneak Peek papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Very exciting news (please RT), we are happy to announce that applications are open for this year's BRITE (Bolstering Research through Inclusion, Talent and Excellence) Postdoctoral Seminar Series! The goal is to enhance inclusion in neuroscience research.
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3 postdocs will be invited to give a seminar @SBUNeurobiology. The selection will be based on scientific accomplishments, potential and commitment to diversity/inclusion in neuroscience. Please apply here if you are interested: forms.gle/7MokMssJNXZcvxLa7 @AWISNational
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New Job opening in the Sirotkin Lab! Please apply, if interested: Research Technician stonybrooku.taleo.net/career…
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We are hiring!! Neurobiology and Behavior is seeking a full time lecturer beginning Fall 2022. For more information and to apply, visit apptrkr.com/3089308
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1/4 A toolkit of new GRAB fluorescent neuropeptide sensors from Li Lab! These sensors can detect neuropeptides at nanomolar concentration with a robust increase in fluorescence. #GRABSensors #Neuropeptide
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DA neurons break the rules... again! Great to make a contribution to this exciting work! Huge congrats to Kaeser lab for their beautiful study (Changliang, Pascal, Xintong twitterless) and other collaborators @XOanAxon, @andyrle @yulonglilab @hallii.
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Exciting! It's Brain Awareness Week! Be on the lookout for beautiful framed brain prints in the community! Finders keepers. 🧠 Stay tuned for more!
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