How do the basal ganglia turn what you see into what you do?
New preprint w/ @kenneth-harris.bsky.social, @flickerfusion.bsky.social & @carandinilab.net: we recorded across striatum, GPe & SNr in a Go/NoGo task. Striatum encodes which stimulus, GPe & SNr encode action. 🧵
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

University of Utah Health Campus at sunset. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

📢📢 My lab at @utah.edu is officially open and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists and postdocs! Our research focuses on the neurobiology of interoception and learning & memory using tools from systems/comp neuro. Please share! 🧠🏔️🏜️

Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions

Neuro grad students! Applications for the 6th annual - Rising Stars in Neuroscience - due Jan 9!

Don’t miss this chance to present research, sharpen science communication skills and connect with peers & faculty. Plus you’ll get to experience stunning Utah!

medicine.utah.edu/neurobiology...

Very happy to share our new preprint (with Alex Pan-Vazquez) about how dopamine generates representations of value in the striatum!

Looking forward to this!

Congratulations, Thomas!!

Thanks, Oliver!

This is a great opportunity for aspiring neuroscientists! Recent RAs in the Witten lab have gone on to fantastic PhD programs (Pitt, Penn, Colorado, Princeton, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon).

Thanks, Jen!!

Thank you!

Thanks, Gabe!

Thanks, Mari!! Excited that we'll be starting our labs (relatively!) close to each other! 🥳

Thanks, Mark! Really excited to be joining this community 😄

Thanks, PNI!

Thanks, Nick! Hope you're having fun at UConn!

Thank you, Karla!

Thanks, Matt!

Thanks, Kara!!

Thanks so much, Ann!! Hope you're enjoying San Diego!

Thanks, Ali!

Thanks, Sebastian!

Thanks, Ishmail!!

Thanks, Jamie!! Can't wait! 😄

Thank you!

Thanks, Ed!

I’m especially grateful to my wonderful mentors — @ilanawitten.bsky.social @princetonneuro.bsky.social and @zknight.bsky.social — for all of their support and guidance over the past twelve (!) years. And looking forward, I’m thrilled to be joining the incredible neuroscience community at Utah! 😃

Research in our lab will bring together tools and perspectives — from systems and computational neuroscience, physiology, genomics, and biochemistry — to study how animals learn from feedback from the gut (and other organ systems). I will be recruiting lab members at all levels!

University of Utah Health Campus in winter. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

I’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️

My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?

Congratulations, Mari!!

Thanks, Jonna!