What's New
SfN 2023
I will be presenting my most recent data from the subiculum and CA1 during learning. Come check it out!
Job Market Time!
I'm officially going on the job market! I'll be looking for positions to take my research program studying subiculum and CA1 coordination and necessity in learning and memory. I'm currently supported by a K99, and excited to start my own lab using high density electrophysiology and closed-loop optogenetic manipulation skillsets to expand on current knowledge of hippocampal and extrahippocampal coordination. If you have a position and think I might be a good fit, please let me know!
Neurotensin paper is out!
After a long series of reviews, our paper on the role of neurotensin in the valence assignment in amygdala is now published! Get it here!
SfN 2022
I will be presenting my most recent data from the subiculum during learning. Come check it out!
Hawaii Trip!
Nat and I journeyed to Big Island and Maui on a long awaited trip to Hawaii! We had an amazing time and would recommend both islands to any adventurous travelers!
K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIMH!
I am thrilled to anounce that I just received a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIMH! This award will support my research on the coordination of CA1 and SUB over the next two years in Jadhav Lab and support my transition to independence as a principal investigator with my own lab.
Thailand Trip!
Nat and I went to Thailand to visit family and take a much needed break! It was great to meet everyone, and we really enjoyed our tourist time as well.
AdaptAMaze Preprint Available!
Our new paper on our modular automated maze is on the biorxiv site. Check it out here!
M2 Paper Out!
Our new paper on M2 (rat premotor) activity during action planning and execution is now published! Get it here!
Subiculum vs CA1 Preprint Available!
Our new paper contrasting subiculum and CA1 during navigation is on the biorxiv site. Check it out here!
Brandeis ICorps 2020
Our project building a new maze was selected for the NSF ICorps program this spring! We'll be working to learn more about the potential of commercializing our work and some business basics.
New Preprint Available!
Our new paper on M2 (rat premotor) activity during action planning and execution is available on the biorxiv site. Check it out here!
Home for the 4th!
Some important and much needed family time!
T32!
I have been appointed as a fellow on Eve Marder's postdoctoral training fellowship. Honored to be selected and looking forward to the additional oppotunities to grow my computational skills.
I'm joining Jadhav Lab!
Super excited to announce I'll be joining Shantanu Jadhav's lab as a postdoctoral associate. A lot of great people producing great work looking at reactivation and its role in learning. I'll be looking to learn some of these same techniques and apply them to subiculum and related regions.
Alaska!
Nat and I trekked up North to Alaska for Geoff and Emily's wedding. What a great wedding it was, including a chairlift ride to the top of the mountain before the dance party! We got some exploring in as well, checking out glaciers and Denali.
SfN Roadtrip!
After a trip to all of the exciting science of SfN, Nat and I took off from San Diego to drive all the way to Boston! Along the way, we stopped in Kansas for my sister's wedding. It was wonderful to see extended family and celebrate with Becca and Joe! And the car only broke down once.
F32!
Stoked to announce that I just received BRAIN Initiative F32 funding on our work in valence encoding in the amygdala!
Amygdala GRC
Amygdala GRC was a wonderful meeting! I was able to quickly get up to speed on the current state of research and meet lots of great and kind researchers! Excited to be joining the field.
Tye Lab
I'm happy to announce that now that I have finished at UCSD, I'll be moving on to study valence processing in the amygdala and related structures with Kay Tye and colleagues at MIT!
Jacob M Olson, PhD!
After a meandering journey through 2 labs and a break, I'm finally a doctor! Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout out this time. Now, onward!
Axis Tuning in Subiculum Paper Out!
After some helpful suggestions from reviewers, our paper on axis mapping in the dorsal subiculum is now published!Get it here !
New Preprint Available!
Our new paper on axis mapping in the dorsal subiculum is available on the biorxiv site. Check it out here!
FENS 2016
Immediately after iNAV, I will be presenting additional subiculum findings at FENS, the annual meeting of the European Society of Neuroscience. I anticipate this conference will be a great opportunity to interact with labs and researchers I normally have less exposure to. Updates to come!
iNAV 2016
In late June I will be traveling to Bad Gastein, Austria, for the iNav conference, a specialized conference on spatial navigation. I will present our recent findings on spatial representations in the dorsal subiculum. I am very excited about the opportunity to spend the week with fellow researchers interested in this problem and hearing about the most recent research and hypotheses regarding this problem. I'll post about the experience afterward!
KAVLI Institute of Brain and Mind Symposium on Innovative Research
On Saturday, May 7th I presented the results of our research that was generously funded by KIBM this year. The symposium was filled with interesting and novel lines of research being conducted here at UCSD. I was particulary interested in some of the new techniques being researched, including 3D models of individual neurons and nanorobots for neuron targeting and stimulation. Let's hope they advance to the point that we can utilize these techniques!
SfN 2015
I will be presenting my most recent data from the subiculum.