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Hong Lab
Neural circuits for sensory-guided behavior
Lab News
Lab receives SFARI Pilot Award to study mechanisms of tactile sensitivity in Autism.
Lab receives SFARI Pilot Award to study mechanisms of tactile sensitivity in Autism.
September 2022
Joseph Shin selected as an Andrew Carnegie Scholar!
Joseph Shin selected as an Andrew Carnegie Scholar!
Selected by the Dean and CMU faculty as one of the best and brightest of graduating seniors, for academic excellence and leadership. We are lucky to have you!
Selected by the Dean and CMU faculty as one of the best and brightest of graduating seniors, for academic excellence and leadership. We are lucky to have you!
September 2022
Lab renovations officially completed
Lab renovations officially completed
Excited for all the discoveries to be made in this space!
Excited for all the discoveries to be made in this space!
March 2022
A warm welcome to PhD student, Sara Caldas Martinez -- happy to have you join the team!
A warm welcome to PhD student, Sara Caldas Martinez -- happy to have you join the team!
August 2021
Back to school:
CMU resumes in-person classes for fall 2021, with vaccination (or weekly testing) and masks required.
Back to school:
CMU resumes in-person classes for fall 2021, with vaccination (or weekly testing) and masks required.
Cartoon by Ed Himelblau and Shannon Odell June 8, 2021, New Yorker Magazine
July 20, 2021
PhD student, Ben George receives the Margaret Carver Award for Research Enrichment! Ben will use the grant to study the brain-wide effects of cortical injury using fMRI in mice. Congratulations!
PhD student, Ben George receives the Margaret Carver Award for Research Enrichment! Ben will use the grant to study the brain-wide effects of cortical injury using fMRI in mice. Congratulations!
May 01, 2021
Welcome Alice Nam, our newest PhD student!
Welcome Alice Nam, our newest PhD student!
March 20, 2021
Congratulations to Joe Shin, for being accepted to the NASA Summer Undergraduate Program!
Congratulations to Joe Shin, for being accepted to the NASA Summer Undergraduate Program!
The fellowship will support full-time research in the lab during the summer of 2021.
The fellowship will support full-time research in the lab during the summer of 2021.
March 01, 2021
Lab receives grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation!
Lab receives grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation!
December 17, 2020
"Kate Hong brings perspective and big plans to Mellon College of Science and the Neuroscience Institute"
"Kate Hong brings perspective and big plans to Mellon College of Science and the Neuroscience Institute"
October 1st, 2020
Welcome to Alex Lammers, joining us as our new Research Assistant!!
Welcome to Alex Lammers, joining us as our new Research Assistant!!
September 1, 2020
Partial lab re-opening with limited capacity
Partial lab re-opening with limited capacity
May, 2020
Welcome Benjamin George, the Hong Lab's first PhD student!
Welcome Benjamin George, the Hong Lab's first PhD student!
May 4, 2020
Joe Shin awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research (remotely) with our lab. Welcome!
Joe Shin awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research (remotely) with our lab. Welcome!
March 19, 2020
Lab shutdown due to Covid-19. Please stay safe, everyone!
Lab shutdown due to Covid-19. Please stay safe, everyone!
January 6, 2020
The Hong Lab opens in the Mellon Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University!
The Hong Lab opens in the Mellon Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University!
