The lab has received a Parkinson's Foundation Impact Award!

Together with @poonamthakur.bsky.social, we will explore how dopamine signaling changes in early PD impacts cognition. We are honored and grateful for this opportunity!

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@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

This one is special - through my collaborator Anderson Herculano, we received a special grant from Brazil for collaborations with expat Brazilian PIs like me.

I am beyond thrilled to start working with my alma mater @ufpa.bsky.social on Amazonian research applied to the brain and mental health🥳

Lab Christmas party! Seemed appropriate to celebrate a great year (and our first successful surgeries!) with tasty treats, hot cocoa with marshmallows, and a Secret Santa 😁 I hope the building and learning we all did this year will bear fruit in 2025!

With all the recent commotion, I ended up never sharing the lab's first picnic/hiking trip. We had a blast! 😄

It may seem like a cliche, but having the chance to guide sharp, dedicated, and enthusiastic people is truly one of the best parts of being a PI. So happy to celebrate our fledgling team!

Someone once told me that every lab is a journey that starts in an empty room(s). Yesterday I got mine. So it begins 🧠🐀

I'm excited to present two different stories this SFN, one in a Sunday PM mini-symposium chaired by the great @purely_science, and another in a Tuesday PM poster.
Hop by to talk some science, and if you'd like to join my new lab! - kmcostalab.com