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My research focuses on the underlying mechanisms by which the brain produces adaptive responses to physiological and behavioral stressors. During my Ph.D., I discovered that stress fever depends upon neurons in the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus that innervate medullary circuits for heat...

Luis obtained his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Sao Paulo, where he investigated the interaction between the immune system and the brain, and how this crosstalk modulates behavioral and endocrine alterations during inflammatory conditions such as sepsis. As a postdoctoral researcher...

Nicole has been working in the Machado Lab since October of 2022. Before beginning with the Machado Lab, Nicole gained experience in neuroscience research through her work with the Kaur lab, where she helped with projects investigating the neural circuitry underlying sleep, arousal and respiration...