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Jan 16, 2026
Congratulations
Tao Hong successfully defends his dissertation.
Dec 25, 2025
Publication
Rhesus macaque choices reveal that ambiguity aversion is driven by pessimistic probability estimates, Willa G. Kerkhoff, bioRxiv.
Nov 17, 2025
Publication
A Multimodal atlas reveals the anatomical distribution of medium spiny neuron subtypes and a novel RGS6+ population in the primate striatum, Ghada Abdelhady, bioRxiv.
Nov 16, 2025
Conference
Society for Neuroscience Conference in San Diego, CA.
Aug 22, 2025
Conference
BRAIN-STORRM Neuroscience Boot Camp at UMES.
May 22, 2025
Article
Pitt and CMU Team Create Breakthrough Tools for NIH-Funded Neuroscience Armamentarium.
May 21, 2025
Publication
Machine learning identification of enhancers in the rhesus macaque genome, Jing He, Neuron.
Dec 14, 2024
Event
Stauffer Lab Christmas Party.
Dec 5, 2024
Conference
NIMH Chemogenetics meeting in Bethesda.
Dec 4, 2024
Conference
Armamentarium meeting at Berkeley University.
Nov 20, 2024
Conference
Computational Complexity of Decision Making Workshop in Australia.
Nov 18, 2024
Publication
Basal Ganglia: Uniting circuit logic between matrix and striosome, Willa G. Kerkhoff, Current Biology.
Oct 6, 2024
Conference
Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago.
Sep 7, 2024
Conference
SimCo 2024, Pittsburgh.
Aug 27, 2024
Congratulations
Tao proposed his thesis and passes - Becoming a PhD Candidate.
Jul 22, 2024
Conference
Gordon Research Conference in New Hampshire.
May 10, 2024
Congratulations
Tao Hong wins Outstanding Research Award from CMU Neuroscience Institute.
Feb 29, 2024
Conference
COSYNE, Computational and Systems Neuroscience.
Nov 10, 2023
Conference
Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington DC.
Sep 20, 2023
Conference
SimCo 2023, Chicago.
Jul 24, 2023
Conference
ASAP meeting, San Diego.
May 23, 2023
Conference
Curiosity, Creativity, and Complexity, NYC.
Apr 24, 2023
New Publication
Anterior cingulate learns reward distribution, Tao Hong, Nature Neuroscience.
Dec 14, 2022
Conference
NIMH Genetic Technologies for Systems Neuroscience in Non-Human Primates, Baltimore.
Dec 2, 2022
TEDx
Bill speaks at the TEDxPittsburgh Lineage event.
Nov 28, 2022
Congratulations
Kati successfully defended her dissertation.
Nov 12, 2022
Conference
The lab has four posters at SfN San Diego - Aydin, Jing, Kati, Tao and Willa present.
Mar 17, 2022
Conference
COSYNE, Computational and Systems Neuroscience.
Feb 15, 2022
Conference
Winter Conference on Brain Research (WCBR), Aspen.
Nov 29, 2021
Article
Molecular Fingerprinting of Individual Neurons Paves Way for Cell-Type Specific Therapies
Oct 26, 2021
Article
Placebo-inspired project wins $12 million grant to help parkinson's patients,
Apr 18, 2021
Publication
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences publication on neuronal correlates of rational choices in primate reward signals featuring Bill.
Mar 24, 2021
Publication
Transcriptional and anatomical diversity of medium spiny neurons in the primate striatum, Jing He, Current Biology
Mar 16, 2021
Article
Pitt Neurobiologist Take an Unexpected Detour to Decode Decision-Making
Mar 8, 2021
Publication
Rare rewards amplify dopamine responses, Kathryn M. Rothenhoefer, Nature Neuroscience.
Dec 23, 2020
Publication
Open Resource for non-human primate optogenetics, featuring Bill Stauffer, Neuron.
Apr 8, 2020
Publication
Dopamine Signals Learn New Tricks, Kathryn M. Rothenhoefer, Neuron.
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