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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...

Keilana graduated from The Winsor School in 2024 and is currently attending Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri where she is studying cognitive neuroscience on the pre-medical track. During her time in lab, she performed tissue preparation tasks such as sectioning, mounting, and microscopy...

Ashlin joined the lab in Fall 2022 and is an undergraduate student at Northeastern University, where she is studying Behavioral Neuroscience and Art on the pre-medical track. She is currently engaged in a research project investigating the effects of estradiol withdrawal on thermoregulation, with a...

Cecilia joined the lab in August of 2024 to conduct her undergraduate thesis. She is a Bioscience undergraduate student at Tecnológico de Monterrey. After obtaining her degree, she plans to pursue graduate studies with a focus in either neuroscience or drug development.

David joined the Machado Lab in March of 2023 after graduating from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience at the end of 2022. Previously, David completed his senior thesis in the Stevens Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital, and also spent a summer helping with immunology and...