Chris Zimmerman
@czimmerman.bsky.social
Neuroscientist | BRAIN K99 Fellow at Princeton 🔜 Assistant Professor at Utah
https://zimmerman-lab.org
https://zimmerman-lab.org
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I’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️
My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
Very happy to share our new preprint (with Alex Pan-Vazquez) about how dopamine generates representations of value in the striatum!
How do VTA DA neurons sculpt downstream representations to reinforce actions? VERY excited about our new preprint (by Alex Pan Vazquez & @czimmerman.bsky.social )
VTA dopamine neuron activity produces spatially organized value representations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.685995v1
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Very happy to share our new preprint (with Alex Pan-Vazquez) about how dopamine generates representations of value in the striatum!
Looking forward to this!
Excited to hear the latest science updates from @czimmerman.bsky.social on Monday, 1-2 pm CST. You can join us too—either on Zoom or in person! bit.ly/3VOJrcy
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Looking forward to this!
This is a great opportunity for aspiring neuroscientists! Recent RAs in the Witten lab have gone on to fantastic PhD programs (Pitt, Penn, Colorado, Princeton, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon).
We're looking for a research assistant to work in our neuroscience lab at @princetonneuro.bsky.social @hhmi.org where we study learning and decision-making circuitry.
Apply here: research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21001/r...
Pls share w/ anyone who might be interested!
Apply here: research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21001/r...
Pls share w/ anyone who might be interested!
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is a great opportunity for aspiring neuroscientists! Recent RAs in the Witten lab have gone on to fantastic PhD programs (Pitt, Penn, Colorado, Princeton, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon).
I’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️
My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️
My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
Reposted by Chris Zimmerman
One bad oyster, lasting brain change 🧠 Princeton neuroscientist @czimmerman.bsky.social reveals how a bad meal creates a lasting foul food memory.
📰: pni.princeton.edu/news/2025/ho...
📰: pni.princeton.edu/news/2025/ho...
How the brain remembers what gave you food poisoning
We've all been there: one bad oyster ruins seafood forever. Now, Princeton neuroscientists have pinpointed how the brain stores memories for these powerful food aversions in mice. The new results reve...
pni.princeton.edu
April 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One bad oyster, lasting brain change 🧠 Princeton neuroscientist @czimmerman.bsky.social reveals how a bad meal creates a lasting foul food memory.
📰: pni.princeton.edu/news/2025/ho...
📰: pni.princeton.edu/news/2025/ho...
How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback - Nature
Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavour representations in the amygdala to support learning from delayed postingestive feedback.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Chris Zimmerman
Ever sworn off a food after a bad experience? Your brain knows what made you sick, even many hours later.
@czimmerman.bsky.social, from @princetonneuro.bsky.social studies how the brain learns from delayed post-ingestive feedback.
Read more in our Q&A:
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/it-mu...
@czimmerman.bsky.social, from @princetonneuro.bsky.social studies how the brain learns from delayed post-ingestive feedback.
Read more in our Q&A:
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/it-mu...
March 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ever sworn off a food after a bad experience? Your brain knows what made you sick, even many hours later.
@czimmerman.bsky.social, from @princetonneuro.bsky.social studies how the brain learns from delayed post-ingestive feedback.
Read more in our Q&A:
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/it-mu...
@czimmerman.bsky.social, from @princetonneuro.bsky.social studies how the brain learns from delayed post-ingestive feedback.
Read more in our Q&A:
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/it-mu...