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Lindsay is an NRSA Fellow!

Published on March 23, 2022

Congratulations to Lindsay for scoring in the top 3rd percentile (impact score 20) on her NRSA application. To no surprise,… read more

Welcome Susanna!

Published on March 23, 2022

Susanna Zheng joined the lab in the Fall of 2021 and has been a dynamo since joining! She’s submitted grants,… read more

Rikki is awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

Published on March 23, 2022

Congratulations to Rikki Laser for receiving the coveted NSF GRF in 2021! The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and… read more

Santi receives a JEDI Award from the ABS

Published on May 4, 2021

Congratulations to Santi for being selected to receive a Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Award from the Animal Behavior Society… read more

March Mammal Madness 2021

Published on March 8, 2021

Welcome to the Ophir lab (+) MMM21 tournament pool. This year it’s all about bragging rights. But the winner will… read more

2020: The year that slipped away!

Published on February 24, 2021

Holy moly! How did a year with so much happening slip by so fast! There is too much to recap,… read more

Learning It, Doing It, Living It

Published on September 28, 2020

The Lab is brining animal behavior and development experiments to K-12 aged kids though our recently funded Engaged Cornell grant…. read more

2020 March Mammal Madness – Ophir Lab

Published on March 19, 2020

Our lab has a March Mammal Madness pool for the second time! This year, I have even bought an official… read more

Research covered on The Science Show, ABC Radio National

Published on July 15, 2019

In a two part story, The lab’s work on pouchies and on voles was highlighted in interviews with Robyn Williams… read more

Science on Tap with Angela Freeman

Published on July 4, 2019

Angela delivers a stellar public talk on the oddities and wonder of animal behavior research. Great job! One more example… read more

Sailer LL, Haghani A, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Ophir AG, Horvath S (2024) Epigenetic aging studies of pair bonding in prairie voles. Scientific Reports. 14, 17439.

Hiura LC, Lazaro VA, Ophir AG (2024) Paternal absence and increased caregiving independently and interactively shape the development of male prairie voles at subadult and adult life stages. Hormones and Behavior. 164, 105605.

Forero SA, Liu S, Shetty N, Ophir AG (2024) Re-wiring of the bonded brain: Gene expression among pair bonded female prairie voles changes as they transition to motherhood. Genes Brains and Behavior. 23, e12906.

Freeman AR, Arenas S, Lee DN, Singh B, Ophir AG (2024) Characterization of oxytocin and vasopressin receptors in the Southern giant pouched rat and comparison to other rodents. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15, 1390203.

Sailer LL, Finton CJ, Patel PP, Bogdanowicz SM, Ophir AG (2024) Dorsal CA1 lesions of the hippocampus impact mating tactics in prairie voles by shifting non-monogamous males’ use of space to resemble monogamous males. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 18,1355807 (Sailer and Finton share 1^st authorship)

Elson MR, Prior NH, Ophir AG (2024) Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying reproductive decision making across taxa. In: Neuroendocrinology of Behavior and Emotions. Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology, vol 16. (eds: Caldwell HK, Albers HE). Springer, Cham. pp 157-191. (Prior and Ophir share last authorship).