Lab undergrads Shayan Shah and Nicole Lesiczka did a fantastic job presenting their posters at the SURE poster session! Also BIG congrats to Nicole for being awarded the best new sophomore award! 🏆🎉 #ProudPI

Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

A big week of firsts for the lab! First big genotyping run of our mice and first immunofluorescence assay and imaging! 🍾🥳

New paper out! We looked into what our favorite beneficial microbe does to gut hormones. We found L. reuteri regulates many gut hormones like PYY and GIP but also vasopressin, which we didn't know was made in the gut. Check it out!

Welcoming postdoc Daphne Weikart! Daphne obtained her Ph.D in Food Science and Clinical and Translational Sciences at Penn State and will be working to understand the role of intestinal oxytocin in behavior.

First lab member! Welcoming Haoyu Jiang who will be our master of all in the lab, managing the lab, the people, the mice, and pushing forward our research!

New Year, New Lab! We're incredibly excited for the start and growth of the lab over 2025!

The formal job ad for our technician position is posted! Join us and help us learn more about oxytocin in the gut! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/237...

Lab opens in 4 months!!!🔬🦠🧪 Wanna study intestinal hormones and microbes with us? Check out our Join Us page! www.dirienzilab.org/join

Welcome everyone! The lab website is up! dirienzilab.org