Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology
We like the smell of french fries sizzling in a deep fryer when we are hungry, but the smell is not appealing when we are completely sated. This phenomenon, that the valence of food odor is determined by the satiety state is observed in other organisms including fruit flies. Our laboratory uses molecular genetic tools, behavioral assays, and calcium imaging and electrophysiology techniques to study how valence is coded in the fly brain. This study would provide insight not only into the basic neurobiological mechanism, but it could also help to develop new treatments for obesity.
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
PhD from University of California, Los Angeles
Neuron. 2021 Jun 16; 109(12):1979-1995.e6
Nature. 2021 May; 593(7860):570-574
Journal of neurogenetics. 2020 Dec 16; 1-11
Neuron. 2019 Dec 04; 104(5):829-831
Nature. 2019 10; 574(7779):559-564
Nature neuroscience. 2019 Apr; 22(4):576-585
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2018 03 20; 115(12):E2829-E2838
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