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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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Evolution January 19, 2022

The Cuttlefish Is a Master of Disguise. Tessa Montague Wants to Get Inside Its Head.

Tessa Montague, a postdoc in Richard Axel’s lab at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, studies the neural basis of camouflage in cuttlefish, a cephalopod related to squid and octopuses.

Learning & Memory January 6, 2022

Preparing Kids for Survival

How is it that the experience of stress or trauma can be passed on from one generation to the next, even without contact between them? Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, interviewed by Alan Alda on the Clear+Vivid podcast.

Learning & Memory December 8, 2021

Has Eric Kandel rested on his laurels? No

The Nobel-winning neuroscientist has been studying connections on an ever-grander scale.

Learning & Memory November 3, 2021

Bianca Jones Marlin interviewed on Neuron

Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, talks about overcoming the challenges of the past year—opening a new lab, caring for a young family, and gaining the strength to speak her truth and create the inclusive community academia strives for.

Disease October 21, 2021

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor interviewed on Neuron

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD, talks about the importance of collaboration, humanity and diversity in science.

Learning & Memory October 12, 2021

Ada Lovelace Day 2021: Navigating a career in STEM

An interview with Jacqueline Gottlieb, PhD.

Learning & Memory September 20, 2021

Untangling Transgenerational Trauma

Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, is one of Popular Science's Brilliant 10: The most innovative up-and-coming minds in science.

Why understanding inherited trauma is critical, and what it means for our kids

Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, talks about her work on inherited trauma with The Washington Post.

Evolution July 15, 2021

My Daughter’s First Pet—the Next Big Model Organism?

Andrés Bendesky, PhD, betta fish genome sequencing study featured on The Scientist.

Evolution July 9, 2021

Did a Cuttlefish Write This?

Tessa Montague, PhD talks to the New York Times about her fascination with cuttlefish and their surprising cognitive abilities.