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Zuckerman Institute in the News

Columbia's Zuckerman Institute is regularly featured in influential news outlets around the world. We invite you to browse a selection of recent news coverage below.

Above: Zuckerman Institute Principal Investigator Rudy Behnia, PhD, being interviewed on camera.

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The Senses May 7, 2025

Scientists just mapped your tongue. It may be the key to helping you lose weight

Understanding how we crave sweet treats could help fight obesity, researchers say.

In the News May 7, 2025

What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?

CEO and Director Daphna Shohamy, PhD, reflects on recent funding cuts for scientists-in-training.

Evolution January 7, 2025

On a Wild Mouse Chase to Understand Parenting, Love, and Fear

Andres Bendesky, PhD, research offers a window into the genetic and neural underpinnings of behavior.

In the News December 29, 2024

The Elephantine Memories of Food-Caching Birds

Dmitriy Aronov, PhD, cited in The New Yorker.

Evolution October 16, 2024

What puts the fight in fighting fish?

New studies by the Bendesky lab combine genetics and neuroscience to offer clues

In the News October 9, 2024

How neuroscience comics add KA-POW! to the field

Q&A with Kanaka Rajan, PhD

Growth & Development September 6, 2024

Epigenetics & The Full Story of Inheritance

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Bianca Jones Marlin on Startalk.

Decision Making August 28, 2024

Your Brain Wants You To Be Curious, Not Anxious

A new neuroimaging study from the Gottlieb lab reveals how brains process curiosity — and points to a better way to approach the unknown.

Disease June 17, 2024

The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body

The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by the Zuker lab.

Evolution May 16, 2024

Some mice have a cheating heart. It’s a hormonal thing, scientists find

Andrés Bendesky, MD, PhD, discusses his research on monogamous Oldfield mice.