Excited to share our new work led by Rodrigo Campos-Cardoso, Zephyr Desa, and Brianna Fitzgerald in which we describe a role for the mouse dorsal peduncular cortex in fear memory encoding! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This is a good time to mention we are hiring a postdoc 👀 We have several exciting projects that use cutting-edge approaches to investigate the roles of newly identified circuits of learning and memory. $70K salary ✅ Low cost of living ✅ High-impact projects ✅ Apply now!👇👇

Introducing our GBSO Theme Reps and Executive Board for the new academic year!

Congratulations to our PhD student, Zephyr Desa for winning the best poster award at the Pavlovian Society meeting! Still wondering how I got so lucky with the best team #proudPI

Roadmap Scholar Brianna Fitzgerald Brianna Fitzgerald presented her poster at the 2023 Pavlovian Society Meeting this past weekend! Brianna is mentored by Dr. Kirstie Cummings Dr. Kirstie Cummings. Great job, Brianna!

We are happy to share the revised version of our preprint that uncovers a fear memory encoding role for the mouse dorsal peduncular cortex, led by Rodrigo Campos-Cardoso, Zephyr Desa, and Brianna Fitzgerald: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We had a great visit with our guest speaker Dr. Janet Clark at yesterday's RMS Lunch Meeting! Thank you to Dr. Clark for your inspirational talk to the Roadmap Scholars!

Impromptu eclipse viewing party with Dr. Sofia Beas Billy Marsiglia and @hardawayja labs! Not quite totality in Birmingham, but still beautiful even with a bit of cloud cover

Our first paper is now published in Cell Reports! Here, we provide evidence that the dorsal peduncular cortex is a substrate for fear memory. Congratulations to Rodrigo Campos-Cardoso, Zephyr Desa, Brianna Fitzgerald, and the rest of our team! tinyurl.com/4yudc3hm

Incredible start to the 10th annual UAB Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program NEURAL conference with excellent talks from Lillian J. Brady, PhD 👩🏾‍🔬💊 🧠, @DerianPugh, Lindsay🧠, Brianna Fitzgerald, Nate Harnett, and many others! UAB is really fortunate to have this amazing program.

Super proud of the Cummings lab crew! First, Brianna Fitzgerald delivered a fantastic talk, then Hunter Franks and Zephyr Desa presented exciting posters, and Rodrigo Campos-Cardoso served as an expert judge. I'd say this year's NEURAL conference has been a success!

Congrats Carine, so proud of you! 🥳🥳❤️

We are excited to launch a series highlighting faculty members’ papers in peer-reviewed journals First up: Dr. Cummings shares her findings in Cell Reports on how the mouse model’s dorsal peduncular cortex encodes fear memory Read more: uab.edu/medicine/news/… #neuroscience

Congratulations to our summer undergraduate students, Tashana Hawkins and Victoria Landar! Both performed research in our lab supported by prestigious fellowships. Proud PI here!!

Cummings lab had an amazing time at the Frontal Cortex GRS/GRC 🧠! We met so many brilliant scientists, learned a TON, and Rodrigo Campos-Cardoso, Brianna Fitzgerald, Hunter Franks, and Zephyr Desa represented the lab with 4 exciting posters and 2 outstanding talks 📈🎤

Such a great time GRC Frontal Cortex! Full of amazing science, conversations, and so many wonderful people! Can’t wait for next time! 🥳🧠 Big thank you to my amazing PI and next vice chair🥳 (Dr. Kirstie Cummings) and also the chairs of both the GRS and GRC for allowing me to present my work!

Congratulations to our first PhD student, Brianna Fitzgerald on passing her qualifying exam! I cannot be more proud of the scientist she is becoming! 🎉🙌🎊🥳🔬👩‍🔬🧪