News
August 26, 2026
Aleesha Kadri and Ashley Chavez-Munguia present at the ENDURE Symposium!
Congratulations to Aleesha Kadri and Ashley Chavez-Munguia on their great talks at the 2026 ENDURE Symposium!
August 21, 2026
Sofia Colaluca, Nick Ressler, and Ameen Abas present at summer symposia!
Congratulations to Sofia Colaluca and Nick Ressler on their NAPE Summer Undergraduate Research presentations, and to Ameen Abas on his BRIGHT-UP Symposium talk!
August 4, 2026
Todd Appleby and Carlee Toddes publish new bioRxiv preprints!
Congratulations to both Todd Appleby and Carlee Toddes for publishing their preprints this and last week! Major accomplishments for both teams, thank you to all that contributed!
June 5, 2026
Congratulations, Dr. Navarrete!
Jovana Navarrete successfully defended her PhD dissertation today. Congratulations, Dr. Navarrete!
May 22, 2026
Todd Appleby is awarded a NAPE P30 Pilot grant!
Congratulations to Todd Appleby for being awarded a NAPE P30 Pilot grant!
May 19, 2026
Carlie Neiswanger and collaborators post a new bioRxiv preprint!
Congratulations to Carlie Neiswanger and colleagues for posting a new preprint on bioRxiv!
May 15, 2026
Golden and Heshmati lab undergraduates present at the UW 2026 Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Congratulations to all our undergraduates for their presentations at the 2026 UW Undergraduate Research Symposium!
May 15, 2026
Golden lab exceeds EHS Safety Inspection expectations for the first time!
Congratulations to the lab and especially Lukas MacMillen for achieving a new first - we have not only met, but exceeded, EHS Safety Inspection expectations!
April 30, 2026
Sofia Colaluca and Nick Ressler awarded NAPE Summer Fellowships!
Congratulations to Sofia Colaluca and Nick Ressler for both receiving a NAPE Summer Fellowship!
April 10, 2026
Nastacia and collaborators publish in eNeuro!
Congratulations to Nastacia, Pranav Anumolu, and lab undergrad alums Natalie Hoffman, Val Tsai, and Ainsley Barrow, for acceptance of their manuscript on aggression and neuroligin-2 for publication in eNeuro!
March 29, 2026
Minke, Carlie Neiswanger, and Carolyn Diaz present at the AUA meeting!
Congratulations to Minke, Carlie Neiswanger, and Carolyn Diaz for their successful presentations at the Association of University Anesthesiologists meeting!
March 17, 2026
Zoya Hill-Sargizi accepted into the dual BS/MA BioE program!
Congratulations to Zoya Hill-Sargizi for being accepted into the dual BS/MA degree Bioengineering program!
March 9, 2026
Minke is awarded the Judy Su Travel Award!
Congratulations to Minke for receiving the Judy Su Travel Award ($1,000) to present at the IARS conference in Montreal!
March 5, 2026
Nastacia and Carlee Toddes sweep Best Poster awards at the Social GRC Meeting!
Congratulations to both Nastacia and Carlee Toddes for winning Best Poster awards at the Social GRC Meeting - a sweep!
February 20, 2026
Carlie Neiswanger is awarded an F32 grant from the NIH!
Congratulations to Carlie Neiswanger for receiving her F32 grant award from the NIH!
January 16, 2026
Carlie Neiswanger, Minke, and Carolyn Diaz to present at the AUA meeting!
Congratulations to Carlie Neiswanger, Minke, and Carolyn Diaz for acceptance of their abstracts to present at the Association of University Anesthesiologists meeting, March 27-29 at the UW HUB!
January 15, 2026
Todd Appleby's PhD work published in Cell Reports!
Congratulations to Todd Appleby on the publication of his final PhD paper in Cell Reports!
December 10, 2025
Zoya Hill-Sargizi and Nick Ressler are awarded Mary Gates Fellowships!
Congratulations to Zoya Hill-Sargizi and Nick Ressler for being awarded Mary Gates Fellowships this cycle!
December 5, 2025
Minke posts a new bioRxiv preprint!
Congratulations to Minke on her new bioRxiv preprint!
October 21, 2025
Minke's new publication receives press coverage!
Minke's new publication received press coverage via EurekAlert!
October 9, 2025
Nastacia is awarded a WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
Congratulations to Nastacia for being awarded a Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship! Hugely deserved!
October 8, 2025
Minke receives the Anesthesiology T32 award and has her manuscript accepted!
Congratulations to Minke for acceptance of her graduate school manuscript and for receiving the Anesthesiology T32 award!
August 19, 2025
Carlie Neiswanger is awarded the Weil Neurohub Award!
Congratulations to Carlie Neiswanger for receiving the Weil Neurohub Award! Huge $$$
August 15, 2025
Carlee Toddes is awarded a Society for Neuroscience trainee professional development award!
Congratulations to Carlee Toddes for receiving the postdoc Society for Neuroscience trainee professional development award!
August 15, 2025
Hallie Lazaro is awarded a Society for Neuroscience trainee professional development award!
Congratulations to Hallie Lazaro for receiving the Society for Neuroscience trainee professional development award!
July 21, 2025
Carlee Toddes publishes a Perspective in Current Biology!
Carlee Toddes published a new Perspective piece in Current Biology this week!
July 11, 2025
Carlee Toddes wins an award for her poster/talk at the International Conference on Narcotics!
Congratulations to Carlee Toddes for her award-winning poster/talk at the International Conference on Narcotics this week!
May 28, 2025
Zoya is awarded an UW 2025 NAPE Summer Fellowship!
Congratulations to Zoya for receiving an 2025 NAPE Summer Fellowship!!
May 22, 2025
Carlee Toddes attends GRC on Social Behavior in Switzerland!
Carlee Toddes attends GRC on Social Behavior in Switzerland!!
May 18, 2025
Preston is awarded a UW 2025 Mary Gates Research Scholarship!
Preston is awarded a UW 2025 Mary Gates Research Scholarship!
May 16, 2025
Golden and Heshmati lab undergraduates present at the UW 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium!
[Click for photo album] Golden and Heshmati lab undergraduates present at the UW 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium!
May 15, 2025
Collaboration with Stuber lab published in Neuron!
Collaboration with Stuber lab published in Neuron!
May 7, 2025
Collaboration with Bruchas lab published in Nature!
Collaboration with Bruchas lab published in Nature!
May 5, 2025
Collaboration with Stuber lab published in eLife!
Collaboration with Stuber lab published in eLife!
April 3, 2025
Collaborative preprint with the Heshmati lab posted on bioRxiv!
Collaborative preprint with the Heshmati lab posted on bioRxiv!
February 19, 2025
Golden lab published editorial for Special Issue in Psychopharmacology!
Golden lab published editorial for Special Issue in Psychopharmacology!
January 28, 2025
Heshmati and Golden labs attend Consciousness GRC in Italy!
Heshmati and Golden labs attend Consciousness GRC in Italy!
September 26, 2024
Sam speaks at SIU Med
Sam was very excited to be hosted by Dr. Jacob Nordman from SIU Medicine in Illinois!
September 2, 2024
Golden Lab highlighted by KING5 news
KING5 Seattle News highlighted some of the work from our lab this week! This highlight focused on ongoing efforts to understand fentanyl addiction, with fantastic views of Jovana, Carlie, Hallie, and others in action!!
August 30, 2024
Congratulations to Kevin Bai for receiving a WRF Levinson Emerging Scholar Award
Kevin Bai, rising undergraduate senior in the lab, has been awarded a prestigious WRF Levinson Emerging Scholar Award! This follows his recent success also being awarded a 3Rs Pilot Grant! Congrats Kevin!
August 28, 2024
Collaboration with Zweifel lab published in Cell Reports
Excited to share work by Jordan Elum from the Zweifel Lab, in collaboration with Eric Szelenyi, published in Cell Reports: "Distinct dynamics and intrinsic properties in ventral tegmental area populations mediate reward association and motivation." See the Publications page for the full citation.
August 28, 2024
Sam teaches at the FENS Summer Workshop in Lausanne!
Sam teaches at the FENS Summer Workshop in Lausanne!
August 14, 2024
Kelsey presents at UW ENDURE Symposium!
[Click for more photos] Kelsey presented her summer work at the UW ENDURE Symposium!
August 12, 2024
Notice of Award for R44 SBIR Phase 2 with Neurolux and Heshmati Lab
We have received the Notice of Award for a collaborative R44 SBIR Phase 2 with Neurolux and the Heshmati Lab. This NIMH award will support the development of BMADs and associated software/hardware through the end of 2026!
August 7, 2024
Carlee presents at IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain in Amsterdam
Carlee Toddes presented at IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain in Amsterdam. Carlee received a travel award to support her trip.
August 5, 2024
ArgiNLS manuscript selected as "Publication of the Week" by Science in Seattle!
ArgiNLS manuscript selected as "Publication of the Week" by Science in Seattle!
August 2, 2024
Nastacia publishes a SimBA Primer at NPP-DPN
Nastacia has published a brief Primer on SimBA at NPP-DPN. This primer is for people who are new to the field of ML behavioral analysis and would like to get an idea of where to start!