Lab News

Congratulation on Hyo Gun’s paper “Adolescent social isolation induces persistent impairments in emotional discrimination and helping behavior”.

Early release: https://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2026/06/23/ENEURO.0441-25.2026 Media coverage: https://neurosciencenews.com/adolescent-isolation-erases-adult-empathy-30958/

July 4, 2026
Congratulations to Yetzi and Jazmin, Class of 2026. We are so proud of you!

June 1, 2026
Congratulations to Hyo Gun on successfully defending his PhD thesis today!

May 11, 2026
Congratulations on Shaorong’s new paper “Targeting insulo-frontal pathway to reduce stress-evoked cognitive rigidity.”

Early release at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72221-1 Media coverage: https://dailyneuron.com/stress-cognitive-rigidity-insula/

April 29, 2026
The 4th Annual Stanford-UCSC Advanced Neuroimaging Course Concluded. See You Next Year!

Media coverage: https://news.ucsc.edu/2026/04/neuroimaging-workshop-brings-leading-scientists-to-uc-santa-cruz/

April 18, 2026
Congratulations to Winnie Chao! She’s been accepted into the CAMP division of UCSC’s STEM Diversity Research Programs. We’re so proud to have her on the team!

April 8, 2026