Posted by: Alex Nectow | June 15, 2022
Three new technicians join the Nectow lab
The Nectow lab is thrilled to welcome three new very talented technicians to the group: Sheri Cheng from Cornell, as well as Darlene Cheong and Nikki Tai, both coming from LEARN MORE 
Posted by: Alex Nectow | May 19, 2022
Christa Akerele is awarded Columbia’s SPURS fellowship
Christa was recently awarded a summer fellowship from Columbia’s Summer Program for Underrepresented Students (SPURS) to continue her work on the DRN. Congrats, Christa! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | January 20, 2022
Marc Schneeberger becomes assistant professor at Yale University
Marc is the newest faculty member of Yale’s Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology. Congrats, Marc! We can’t wait to see the awesome science coming out of your lab. LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | December 20, 2021
Patrick Citrano joins the lab as a Master’s student
Patrick is a Master’s student in the Human Nutrition program here at Columbia. He joins us from the USC, where he majored in Econ, while completing pre-med requirements. Welcome, Patrick! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | December 6, 2021
Brianna Mariotti joins the lab as a Master’s student
Brianna is a Master’s student in the Human Nutrition program at Columbia. She hails from the University of Michigan, where she double-majored in Neuroscience, and Health and Fitness. Welcome, Brianna! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | November 22, 2021
Srikanth Chowdhury is awarded a Berrie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diabetes Research
Srikanth was recently awarded the prestigious Russell Berrie Foundation’s Berrie Fellowship in Diabetes Research. Congrats, Srikanth! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | October 16, 2021
Our review on the role of the DRN in energy balance is out in TINS
In this review, published this week in Trends in Neurosciences, we discuss the key role of the dorsal raphe nucleus in the control of energy balance. Congrats, Varun! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | September 2, 2021
Our lab is awarded a Berrie Program grant in the Neurobiology of Body Weight Regulation
This grant will enable our lab to better understand the mechanisms through which the DRN senses and responds to internal stimuli relevant to energy homeostasis. LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | June 22, 2021
Our lab is awarded a grant from the New York Nutrition and Obesity Research Center
This grant will allow our lab to push forward our molecular and physiology studies to investigate druggable targets with the dorsal raphe nucleus. LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | June 18, 2021
Tasneem Sadok joins the Nectow Lab
Tasneem joins our lab after recently graduating from UCLA, Class of 2021, working in the lab of Lindsay De Biase. Welcome, Tasneem! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | November 8, 2020
Our viral technologies review is published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
This review, in collaboration with Eric Nestler, outlines the key principles and properties of viruses that enable their use as efficient tools for dissecting neural function. LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | October 25, 2020
Nectow Lab receives Addgene’s Blue Flame Award
Addgene’s Blue Flame Award recognizes investigators with a plasmid that has been distributed more than 100 times. The lab was recognized for our vTRAP plasmid, pAAV-FLEX-EGFPL10a. LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | August 27, 2020
Srikanta (Srikanth) Chowdhury joins the Nectow Lab
Srikanth joins us from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh, after recently completing his PhD in Neuroscience with Akihiro Yamanaka at Nagoya University in Japan. Welcome, Srikanth! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | July 23, 2020
Michael Hill-Oliva joins the Nectow Lab
Michael joins our lab after recently graduating from Princeton University, Class of 2020, completing a senior thesis with Danelle Devenport. Welcome, Michael! LEARN MORE
Posted by: Alex Nectow | July 23, 2020
Nachi Kamatkar is awarded a postdoctoral fellowship
Nachi has recently earned a position on an NIH T32 training grant (Training in Arteriosclerosis Research). Congrats, Nachi! LEARN MORE
Posted by: dev_team | October 1, 2019
Nachiket (Nachi) Kamatkar joins the Nectow Lab
Nachi joins the Nectow Lab after recently completing his PhD with Jean Hebert and Matthew Levy at Albert Einstein. LEARN MORE
Posted by: dev_team | July 25, 2019
Our paper on dorsal raphe circuits is published in Cell
Our collaborative team, led by co-authors Marc Schneeberger, Luca Parolari, and Tania Das Banerjee demonstrates a key role for the DRN in regulating energy expenditure. LEARN MORE
Posted by: dev_team | July 1, 2019
The Nectow Lab moves to Columbia University
The Nectow Lab moves to Columbia University’s Department of Medicine, from Princeton University’s Princeton Neuroscience Institute. LEARN MORE
