Lab Look Around with Postdoc Nandu
Take a look inside the Corbin Lab with postdoc Nandkishore Prakash as part of Junior Research Week at Children’s National!
Latest paper alert!
Congratulations to former grad student, Dave Saxon, for his fantastic review “Postnatal maturation of the basolateral and paralaminar amygdala in rodents: implications for social-emotional development on the post natal developmental changes in the amygdala” published in Frontiers Neuroscience!
Dissertation Recognized with Prestigious Glassman Award
Huge congratulations to former grad student Dr David Saxon for being awarded the highly prestigious Glassman Award at Georgetown University. The Georgetown Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Awards honor truly distinguished dissertations in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, with one award available in each of the three broad disciplinary areas.
New members join the Corbin Lab
We are excited to welcome Alice Abbondanza and Lindsey Heier to the lab!
Medial Amygdala Review Featured on Journal Cover
Congratulations to Nandkishore Prakash and Ameair Abu Irqeba, our post-doctoral fellows, whose review is featured as the cover for January 2025’s Trends in Neurosciences! Their paper, “Development and function of the medial amygdala,” explores how this key brain region processes innate social behaviors and how its complex neuronal architecture is established during development. Check out this deep dive into the circuits that shape aggression, parenting, and survival-driven behaviors! [Prakash et al 2025 PDF]
PhD Defense and Graduation Milestone
Yoohoo! Dave Saxon successfully defended his PhD thesis and graduated from Georgetown University! Congratulations Dr. David Saxon!
Collaborative Study Reveals New Insights into the Paralaminar Amygdala
The Corbin lab, in collaboration with the Sorrells lab at University of Pittsburgh, has made intriguing discoveries on the paralaminar amygdala. Kudos to Corbin lab graduate students, David Saxon & Vladimir Butyrkin from the Corbin lab for this fascinating work!
“Delayed maturation and migration of excitatory neurons in the juvenile mouse paralaminar amygdala”. Alderman P et al., (2023). Neuron
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