Warden Lab

Thank you to our funders, past and present,

who make this work possible.

Current Funding

2022-2027   NIDA R01DA055075

 

Neural circuit regulation of ramping activity in dopamine neurons

 

 

2021-2026   NIMH R01MH127510

 

Lateral habenula circuits for the regulation of goal-directed behavior

 

 

2018-2023   NIMH R01MH083809 (with David M. Smith)

 

Hippocampus, Retrosplenial Cortex and Contextual Learning and Memory

 

Past Funding

2015-2020   NIMH DP2MH109982

NIH Director's New Innovator Award

 

Imaging the Evolving Neural Circuit Dynamics of Depression

 

 

2017-2020   NEI R21EY028391 (with Nozomi Nishimura)

 

Diffuse, Spectrally-Resolved Optical Strategies for Detecting Activity of Individual Neurons from in Vivo Mammalian Brain with Gevis.

 

 

2014-2018   Robertson Neuroscience Investigator--New

York Stem Cell Foundation

 

Prefrontal Control of Neuromodulatory Circuits in Motivation and Reward

 

 

2015-2017   Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

 

Functional Organization of the Neural Circuits Underlying Affective Behavior

 

 

2015-2016   Whitehall Foundation Research Grant

 

Subcortical Neural Circuits for Motivated Behavior and Reward

 

 

2013-2015   NARSAD Young Investigator Award

 

Optogenetic Control and Neurophysiology of the Prefrontal-Dorsal Raphe Circuit in Depression

 

 

2013-pres    Cornell University startup funds

 

Melissa R. Warden, Ph.D.

Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

mrwarden [at] cornell.edu