April 2024
Eclipse and Crabs for the Venniro Lab!
From left to right: Kim, Antonino, Amanda, Sam, and Sissi (thanks Naru for taking the picture!)
From left to right: Amanda, Antonino, Bronte, and Sissi (thanks Binita for taking the picture!)
March 2024
Welcome Binita to the lab!
March 2024
Collaborative Paper published in Psychopharmacology! Congrats to Samantha and Dr. Leslie Ramsey for expanding a model of volitional social self-administration to male CD1 mice to male CD1 mice.
February 2024
Welcome Samuel and Naru to the lab!
January 2024
Welcome Antonino to the lab!
December 2023
New publication from the lab!! We showed the impact of social odor on social reward & preference. Congrats to Kim for leading the project! Thank you all the co-authors!
December 2023
Bronte has been accepted to her top-choice college! Congratulations!!! We are all incredibly proud of you!
November 2023
The Venniro lab's poster session at SfN2023 was incredible! Thanks everyone!!
From left to right: Amanda, Cody, Bronte, Sissi
September 2023
Welcome Bronte to the lab!
July 2023
Welcome Askia to the lab!
June 2023
Welcome Amanda to the lab!
May 2023
Best poster presentation award for Jonathan at UMCP Neuroscience Day. Congratulations, Jonathan!
May 2023
Kim is accepted to the UMB PhD Program. Congratulations, Kim!
March 2023
Welcome Noury to the lab!
March 2023
The Venniro Lab receive the Yale/NIDA Neuroproteomics Pilot Grant. Congratulations, Alexandra!
March 2023
We are all excited to welcome Dr. Pickard to our lab as Philosopher-in-Residence
March 2023
The Venniro Lab, together with Drs. Bangasser (GSU), Wimmer (Temple U), Briand (Temple U), and Heller-Mesznik (UPenn) received an R01 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse on “Delineating the epigenetic and neural mechanisms by which early life scarcity alter motivated behavior”
December 2022
The Venniro Lab received an R01 from the National Institute on Mental Health to study the “Behavioral and neural mechanisms mediating social motivation in a rat model for ASD”
December 2022
Welcome Sissi to the lab!
September 2022
Congratulations Kim and Jonathan for your presentations at the 2022 MiNDS Program Retreat!
From left to right: Kim, Jonathan
July 2022
The Venniro Lab, together with Drs. Lobo and Ament Labs, received an R01 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the “Genomic profiling mediating the protective effect of social reward on opioid craving”
June 2022
Congratulations to Kim, Carolyn, and Cody for our Venniro lab debut at the EBPS Workshop in Rome!
From left to right: Kim, Cody, Marco, Carolyn
June 2022
Welcome Jonathan to the lab!
May 2022
Welcome Vanesa to the lab!
April 2022
The Venniro Lab, in collaboration with Dr. Li Lab (UMCP), received the MPowering the State Seed Grant Award to study the “Ubiquitin-proteasome system mechanisms underlying abstinence-dependent Meth craving”
March 2022
Welcome Alexandra to the lab!
February 2022
The 2022 EBPS Workshop “Spanning the spectrum of social behavior: towards more translationally relevant animal models” is now live. Join us in Rome, June 24-26!
December 2021
Our “Italian Special Guest” Simone Pennino joined the lab for some lab experience during the holidays!
August 2021
New paper in Neuropsychopharmacology!
August 2021
Welcome Shannon to the lab!
July 2021
Welcome Rosanna to the lab!
June 2021
Welcome Cody to the lab!
March 2021
Welcome Kim and Carolyn to the lab!
February 2021