Jenni Isaac
@jennisisaac.bsky.social
MD PhD candidate at Emory University studying the neuroscience of reward-related behaviors in the Murugan Lab 🧠🐭
So happy to see this out! Check out our work on LS projection populations!
Accepted manuscript version of this paper up on J.Neuro. @sfnjournals.bsky.social . Beautiful work led by @jennisisaac.bsky.social and @soniakarkare.bsky.social with help from @hyma2194.bsky.social characterizing various LS projection populations and their inputs. www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
September 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So happy to see this out! Check out our work on LS projection populations!
Reposted by Jenni Isaac
Beautiful story on the lateral septum!
Our new preprint: 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
We describe how the LS guides defensive responses by forming critical computations built from functionally and molecularly distinct cells and their afferent inputs.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
We describe how the LS guides defensive responses by forming critical computations built from functionally and molecularly distinct cells and their afferent inputs.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Feature-specific threat coding in lateral septum guides defensive action
The ability to rapidly detect and evaluate potential threats is essential for survival and requires the integration of sensory information, with internal state and prior experience. The lateral septum...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Beautiful story on the lateral septum!
Defended my PhD on Friday and couldn’t have asked for a more supportive lab to do cool science in for the past 5 years!
Congratulations on a masterful defense @jennisisaac.bsky.social So incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to mentor you. Can't wait to see all the insanely cool stuff you do. Keep an eye out for Jenni's work on the lateral septum soon
May 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Defended my PhD on Friday and couldn’t have asked for a more supportive lab to do cool science in for the past 5 years!
We’ve been working on this project for several years and it’s finally out on bioarxiv! Check out the anatomical organization of the lateral septum and its connectivity
Lateral septum enthusiast? Interested in learning more about how LS projection populations and their inputs are organized. Check out our preprint in which @jennisisaac.bsky.social and @soniakarkare.bsky.social map out brain wide inputs to 6 LS projection populations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Organization of brainwide inputs to discrete lateral septum projection populations
The lateral septum (LS) is anatomically positioned to play a critical role in directing information from the hippocampus and cortex to downstream subcortical structures, such as the hypothalamus. In f...
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April 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We’ve been working on this project for several years and it’s finally out on bioarxiv! Check out the anatomical organization of the lateral septum and its connectivity
If you’re interested in operant behavior, this is a great protocol for all types of experimental questions
Check out our protocol paper in @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social on operant social reward seeking. Work from @jennisisaac.bsky.social @hyma2194.bsky.social and @soniakarkare.bsky.social
Protocol for the quantitative assessment of social and nonsocial reward-seeking in mice using an automated two choice operant assay #protocol #starprotocols #cellpress
April 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you’re interested in operant behavior, this is a great protocol for all types of experimental questions
Reposted by Jenni Isaac
An exciting day for the lab. @jennisisaac.bsky.social wins the Emory Neuroscience Scientific Achievement award. @hyma2194.bsky.social wins the Mentorship award and @jarildy.bsky.social wins the Leadership award. What rockstars! May congratulations on your well deserved honors.
April 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
An exciting day for the lab. @jennisisaac.bsky.social wins the Emory Neuroscience Scientific Achievement award. @hyma2194.bsky.social wins the Mentorship award and @jarildy.bsky.social wins the Leadership award. What rockstars! May congratulations on your well deserved honors.
Reposted by Jenni Isaac
An absolute honor to be named as a Sloan Fellow. Many thanks to my mentors, colleagues and @emoryuniversity.bsky.social for their support. Biggest thanks to my lab for making the journey fun and worthwhile! Many congratulations to all the other fellows!
February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
An absolute honor to be named as a Sloan Fellow. Many thanks to my mentors, colleagues and @emoryuniversity.bsky.social for their support. Biggest thanks to my lab for making the journey fun and worthwhile! Many congratulations to all the other fellows!
Check out our review paper on the neural circuits of social reward @malu-murugan.bsky.social 🐭🧠
'Interconnected neural circuits mediating social reward'
Review article by Jennifer Isaac & Malavika Murugan @malu-murugan.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Review article by Jennifer Isaac & Malavika Murugan @malu-murugan.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
January 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Check out our review paper on the neural circuits of social reward @malu-murugan.bsky.social 🐭🧠