We’re delighted that Simone Mazzaferro and Tian Tian have started in the lab! Simone is an experienced electrophysiologist who trained at Oxford Brookes and the Mayo Clinic, and will be studying neuronal responses to nutrients, hormones, and drugs relevant to metabolic disease. Tian has experience in developmental biology, electrophysiology, and optical recording of action potentials and is keen to broaden her skills to improve neuronal maturation and pursue forward programming to hypothalamic cell types of interest.