Lab Manager Kynah Walston receives NIH supplement
Pina Lab manager Kynah recently received a supplement from NIH to study amygdala-projecting dorsal raphe serotonin neurons and their role in modulating binge alcohol intake. Congratulations, Kynah!
Frontal Cortex Gordon Research Seminar & Conference (GRS/GRC): Circuits for Complex Behavior Across the Lifespan
Allison will present her research in a poster titled “The effect of binge-like alcohol consumption on orbitofrontal cortex interneurons”.
Allison received an Early Career Award from the GRC Frontal Cortex. Congratulations, Allison!!!
RSA 2024 - 46th Annual Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) Scientific Meeting
Melanie will co-chair with Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz the symposium “Alcohol and the Serotonin System: Revisiting an Age-Old Problem from a Neural Circuits Perspective”. She will also present the lab’s ongoing work in a talk titled “Dorsal raphe and orbitofrontal cortical serotonin signaling in excessive alcohol intake”.
Pina Lab Graduate Student, Colin Johnston will present his latest research at RSA in the poster “Social dominance relates to ethanol-drinking behavior in socially housed mice”.
MMiN - International Society for Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience
Melanie will present the lab’s current research findings in the symposium “Monkey Business: Novel Applications for Neuroscientific Methodologies in Nonhuman Primates”.
Talk title: Binge alcohol intake induces a cross-species loss of serotonin function in the OFC.
Graduate Student Colin Johnston receives NIH supplement
Pina Lab graduate student Colin recently received a supplement from NIH to study the impact of binge alcohol drinking on interneurons in the orbitofrontal cortex. Congratulations, Colin!
Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2023 Annual Meeting
Pina Lab Graduate Student, Colin Johnston, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Allison Meyers, present their latest research at SfN:
Nov. 11, 2023, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PSTR045.06 - Social dominance predicts ethanol preference in socially housed mice
*C. JOHNSTON , A. MEYERS, M. PINA;
Dept of Neurobio., & Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med. Program In Neurosci., Baltimore, MD
Nov. 14, 2023, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PSTR387.10 - Binge drinking induces cross-species plasticity in the orbitofrontal cortex
*A. MEYERS, C. JOHNSTON, M. PINA
Dept of Neurobio., & Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med. Program In Neurosci., Baltimore, MD
Invited Seminar
Melanie will serve as guest speaker and discuss her research in the Neuroscience Seminar Series at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Invited Seminar
Melanie will present her lab’s developing research in the Seminar Series hosted by the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at George Washington University.
RSA 45th Annual Scientific Meeting
Melanie will chair the symposium “Unraveling the Role of the Insular Cortex in Alcohol Use” and present her research.
USUHS Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Melanie will present new research on serotonin’s role in excessive alcohol drinking and social behavior.
Winter Conference on Brain Research 2022
Melanie will present her research in the symposium “Insular Cortex: The Island of Mis-Regulated Motivational and Affective States”
2021 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 60th Annual Meeting
Melanie will present new work in a talk titled “Binge Intake of Alcohol Results in a Cross-Species Loss of Serotonin-Driven Inhibitory Control in the OFC”, which was selected as a Hot Topic presentation at this year’s meeting.