Joseph D. Zak
@josephdzak.bsky.social
Neurobiologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago studying sensory cells and neural circuits. #Neuroscience and #Olfaction.
https://www.zak-lab.org
https://www.zak-lab.org
Chicago is definitely burning. Just not in the way the news wants to portray.
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Chicago is definitely burning. Just not in the way the news wants to portray.
Some campus brutalism to accompany this brutal heatwave.
July 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Some campus brutalism to accompany this brutal heatwave.
What a special place. So grateful for all the friendships, learning, and science that fullfilled my time @harvard.edu.
June 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What a special place. So grateful for all the friendships, learning, and science that fullfilled my time @harvard.edu.
Proud of @nervenkidd.bsky.social (Zach Fyke), a graduate student in our group, for being recognized by @uicbios.bsky.social for both his research AND teaching over the past academic year.
Here are links to some of his recent work:
tinyurl.com/37vw5s5f
tinyurl.com/23zu458t
tinyurl.com/3mmjvw83
Here are links to some of his recent work:
tinyurl.com/37vw5s5f
tinyurl.com/23zu458t
tinyurl.com/3mmjvw83
May 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Proud of @nervenkidd.bsky.social (Zach Fyke), a graduate student in our group, for being recognized by @uicbios.bsky.social for both his research AND teaching over the past academic year.
Here are links to some of his recent work:
tinyurl.com/37vw5s5f
tinyurl.com/23zu458t
tinyurl.com/3mmjvw83
Here are links to some of his recent work:
tinyurl.com/37vw5s5f
tinyurl.com/23zu458t
tinyurl.com/3mmjvw83
One of our new favorite images for #fluoresencefriday. Graduate student, Lindsay Vivona, labeled fibers from each anterior olfactory nucleus hemisphere as they bidirectionally pass through the anterior commissure. #neuroskyence #olfaction
May 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One of our new favorite images for #fluoresencefriday. Graduate student, Lindsay Vivona, labeled fibers from each anterior olfactory nucleus hemisphere as they bidirectionally pass through the anterior commissure. #neuroskyence #olfaction
Very excited to be an instructor this coming summer in the @mblscience.bsky.social Neurobiology Course. The deadline for applications is fast approaching (1/27) - please consider joining us! Any interested students, please feel free to reach out with questions.
January 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Very excited to be an instructor this coming summer in the @mblscience.bsky.social Neurobiology Course. The deadline for applications is fast approaching (1/27) - please consider joining us! Any interested students, please feel free to reach out with questions.
They say that when you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To me every illuminated tree is a neuron. #neuroskyence #fluoresencefriday
December 27, 2024 at 8:15 PM
They say that when you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To me every illuminated tree is a neuron. #neuroskyence #fluoresencefriday
Holiday neuron sculpture. #neuroskyence #neuroscience
December 26, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Holiday neuron sculpture. #neuroskyence #neuroscience
We have a new warning sign for our lab entrance. Kai a postbac in our group is a fantastic artist and scientist heading to a master’s program in medical/science illustration this fall.
December 13, 2024 at 7:14 PM
We have a new warning sign for our lab entrance. Kai a postbac in our group is a fantastic artist and scientist heading to a master’s program in medical/science illustration this fall.
Favorite science images #4. Adult-born granule cells in the olfactory bulb. #neuroskyence #olfaction
December 5, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Favorite science images #4. Adult-born granule cells in the olfactory bulb. #neuroskyence #olfaction
Favorite science image #3 olfactory bulb glomeruli. #neuroskyence #neuroscience
November 19, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Favorite science image #3 olfactory bulb glomeruli. #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Zak Lab doing some neuroscience outreach at the Oak Park STEM fest. Bringing our favorite smell and taste experiments. #neuroskyence
November 16, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Zak Lab doing some neuroscience outreach at the Oak Park STEM fest. Bringing our favorite smell and taste experiments. #neuroskyence
#2 in my favorite science images. Electroporated mitral cells in the olfactory bulb. #neuroskyence #neuroscience #fluoresencefriday
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 PM
#2 in my favorite science images. Electroporated mitral cells in the olfactory bulb. #neuroskyence #neuroscience #fluoresencefriday
New timeline, so I get to share some of my favorite science images again. 1) Sparsely labeled pyramidal cells in cortex. #neuroscience #neuroskyence
November 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
New timeline, so I get to share some of my favorite science images again. 1) Sparsely labeled pyramidal cells in cortex. #neuroscience #neuroskyence
A delightful little door found walking the long way to the lab this morning.
November 11, 2024 at 11:18 PM
A delightful little door found walking the long way to the lab this morning.
A little late for #fluorescencefriday, but here is a beautiful image captured by an undergrad in our group. Activated microglia and astrocytes.
November 9, 2024 at 3:36 PM
A little late for #fluorescencefriday, but here is a beautiful image captured by an undergrad in our group. Activated microglia and astrocytes.
Chicago in the fall.
November 1, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Chicago in the fall.
Zak Lab @SfNtweets. Great to be here with this group and more presentations tomorrow!
October 7, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Zak Lab @SfNtweets. Great to be here with this group and more presentations tomorrow!
Can’t wait to see you all here in Chicago next week!
September 26, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Can’t wait to see you all here in Chicago next week!
Neuron sculpture at Meijer Garden
April 13, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Neuron sculpture at Meijer Garden