Associate Professor
Lex is interested in basal ganglia function in both normal and disease states. He is also a proponent of open-source hardware for neuroscience research.
Scientific Collaborator
Dr. Meaghan Creed is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology, and her lab investigates synaptic plasticity in the basal ganglia. She is interested in understanding mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity, and leveraging these mechanisms to treat psychiatric disease. meaghan.creed@wustl.edu
Lab Supervisor
Chris has chosen to focus her energies on lab management, while maintaining an interest in cell biology. When not tending to the needs of the lab, Chris spends time with her dogs, maintaining her house and volunteering at a local animal shelter. standerm@wustl.edu
Neuroscience Graduate Student studying how dopamine interacts with calcium in the striatum to control decision making and learning in mice.
Neuroscience Graduate Student
Justin is broadly interested in understanding caloric regulation, and how specific nutrients alter food intake and body weight regulation in mice.
Neuroscience Graduate Student (Rotating)
Yiru is interested in social behaviors and is studying the circadian rhythm of social motivational behavior in mice co-mentored by Lex and Dr. Susan Maloney.
Neuroscience Graduate Student (Rotating)
Research Specialist
Research Specialist
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