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Aaron joined the Alhadeff Lab in September 2019 where he is investigating the mechanisms through which gut signaling influences hypothalamic neuron activity, as well as the effects of hunger on peripheral inflammatory responses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8a47fda134ca7bdf0a3bc0/1609448622287-3VBYB52V6H9VB587KNXW/IMG_2707.jpg Team Alisha Acosta received a B.S. in Biochemistry at Rowan University. She joined the Alhadeff Lab in 2020 and is investigating gut-brain signaling and the hindbrain control of food intake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8a47fda134ca7bdf0a3bc0/1595615982448-EGZ7P3137H4KPDEIONAH/Heather_Schneps_headshot.jpg Team Heather Schneps was an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Alhadeff Lab from 2020-2023. 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She joined the lab in 2022 and is managing the lab’s transgenic mouse colony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8a47fda134ca7bdf0a3bc0/1626137047665-17PM0J78WQZQM9OPFTHJ/Nick.jpg Team - Make it stand out Nick Hanchak is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the Alhadeff Lab in Spring 2021 and is studying how hindbrain neurons promote satiation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8a47fda134ca7bdf0a3bc0/43b9b459-cfac-4b78-8a04-0fc895fdfdcf/Sam+Bacharach.jpg Team - Make it stand out Sam received his B.A. in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia, and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland where he worked in the lab of Dr. Donna Calu examining the role of endocannabinoid signaling in Pavlovian Learning. 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In the Alhadeff Lab, he is interested in gut-brain effects on in vivo neural activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8a47fda134ca7bdf0a3bc0/4e94e86c-c62e-45f0-af79-edda385f1d66/misgana.jpg Team - Make it stand out Misgana received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She joined Penn NGG as a Ph.D. student after three years of performing research on the neural control of feeding behavior in the lab of Dr. Harvey Grill. As a rotation student in the Alhadeff Lab, Misgana is interested in how different diets influence neural activity and behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8a47fda134ca7bdf0a3bc0/93709984-5013-484c-99bd-6a0b3f83dacf/Mili_2.jpg Team - Make it stand out Miliani is a first-year student at Drexel University. 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