Wow congrats !

Wendy Valencia-Montoya and team uncover thermal infrared as one of the most ancient pollination signals uniting plants and animals. From the field to single proteins.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Two great news today: my second graduate student passed her qualifying exam, and, after two years of overcoming all sort of obstacles, shrews arrived at UCLA 🥳

Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!

The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.

If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...

Yesterday was one of those days that one kid sick for school, one kid sick for daycare, still had to drop off and pick up the not sick one at daycare, husband out for a week for travel, while I rush to make two grant deadlines….🫠🫠🫠

Absolutely thrilled to be awarded the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation grant to support our research! Looking forward to sharing our findings that may ultimately improve human health.

Award reinstated! What a turbulent 2 months …

'Sensory signals for nausea'

Review article by Shiling Hu, Ashley Loureiro & Chuchu Zhang @chuchuzhang.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

Sensory signals for nausea Nausea serves as a protective response against harmful ingested stimuli but can also be experienced as a discomforting aspect of various conditions. R…

Thanks for the invitation to review this topic - sensory signals for nausea - a collaborative effort by lab members! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was a lot of fun organizing a session (pain and nausea) at the Korean Neuroscience meeting with Hojoon. Thanks to speakers @karalmarshall.bsky.social @chuchuzhang.bsky.social who flew all the way to Korea with us! Great to catch up with old friends and make new ones. And the food was amazing!

My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time

www.science.org/content/arti...

Hot ones spicy level competition in the lab. Thanks to Ashley! We documented interoceptive sensations in our gut as spice level increased. The winners, no genotyping for a month.

Grateful for the opportunity and excited to try out some ideas! @hypothesisfund.bsky.social

Thrilled for the Zhang Lab to receive the Whitehall Foundation grant to investigate the neural mechanisms of nausea!

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

Very honored to be selected as a Sloan Fellow. Grateful for my mentors, colleagues, and my lab.

Headshots of 102 women and non-binary scientists who are now assistant professors. At the bottom is the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org

Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊

Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).

You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.

First review from the lab on nausea and area postrema:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Lab holiday vibes