Dorsal hippocampus to nucleus accumbens projections drive reinforcement via activation of accumbal dynorphin neurons (Links to an external site)

Our paper by Khairunisa Mohamad Ibrahim, Nicolas Massaly, Hye-Jean Yoon, Rossana Sandoval, Allie J. Widman, Robert J. Heuermann, Sidney Williams, WilliamPost, Sulan Pathiranage, Tania Lintz, Azra Zec, Ashley Park, Waylin Yu, Thomas L. Kash, Robert W. Gereau IV, & Jose A. Morón, has been accepted in “Nature Communications.”

Our lab has moved to the Neuroscience Research Building

Our lab recently relocated to the new Neuroscience Research Building, an 11-story, 609,000-square-foot neuroscience research building on the School of Medicine campus. The new building brings together more than 100 research teams from across the university focused on solving the many mysteries of the brain and the body’s nervous system.

Congratulations to Julian Abt for winning the Quatrano Prize in Biology

Julian Abt, a senior majoring in Neuroscience, with minors in Medical Humanities and Russian Language and Literature, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded the 2023 Ralph S. Quatrano Prize by the Department of Biology.

Moron-Concepcion appointed to NIH advisory board (Links to an external site)

Dr. Jose Moron-Concepcion, a professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed to the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council for a four-year term, advising on matters related to dental and craniofacial research, with a focus on opioid addiction and pain research.

Congratulations, Dr. Dominika Burek!

On April 19, 2021, our graduate student, Dominika Burek, had her Thesis Examination on “Phenotyping and preclinical meta-analysis of behavioral outcomes from Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-induced inflammatory pain in the rodent hind-paw.” Congratulations Tamara on all your hard work!

Welcome, Tania Lintz!

The Moron Lab is more than happy to welcome Tania Lintz as a Graduate Student! Welcome, Tania!

Congratulations Dr. Tamara Markovic!

On April 19, 2021, our graduate student, Tamara Markovic, had her Thesis Examination on “Dissecting the neural circuits mediating pain-induced negative affect and drug seeking behaviors.” Congratulations, Tamara, on all your hard work!

Welcome back, Yolanda!

The Moron Lab is more than happy to welcome Yolanda Campos as a Post Doc.

Yolanda previously was a visiting graduate student from University of Valencia and will start in the lab to determine how pain influences alcohol seeking after receiving her degree.

Welcome back, Yolanda!

Jose will serve on the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee to enhance pain research efforts and promote collaboration across the government

Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD, has been selected to serve on the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC), a federal advisory committee created by the Department of Health and Human Services to enhance pain research efforts and promote collaboration across the government. The Committee is composed of scientists, physicians, and health professionals who are leaders in the […]

Lab Photo Shoot Day

The Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University has selected our laboratory for a promotional photoshoot day! Here are some of the behind-the-scenes fun science moments we all shared.

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Welcome Jessica Higginbotham!

The Moron Lab is more than happy to welcome Jessica Higginbotham as a Post Doc.

Jessica will start in the lab to determine how chronic pain influences various stages of opioid use and identify neurobiological mechanisms underlying these behaviors!

Welcome, Jessica!