Awards — HNNA

Best Publication Awards

These awards acknowledge exceptional HNNA member achievements in the past year. The highest quality publication is awarded annually in 3 categories: Student, Early/Mid-Career Researcher, Group Leader.

2023

Student: Rachel Clarke

Identification of a stress-sensitive anorexigenic neurocircuit from medial prefrontal cortex to lateral hypothalamus.

EMCR: James McQuillan

Definition of the estrogen negative feedback pathway controlling the GnRH pulse generator in female mice.

EMCR: Alex Reichenbach

Metabolic sensing in AgRP neurons integrates homeostatic state with dopamine signalling in the striatum.

2022

Student: Chenxu Yan

Peripheral-specific Y1 receptor antagonism increases thermogenesis and protects against diet-induced obesity.

EMCR: Teodora Georgescu

Prolactin-mediated restraint of maternal aggression in lactation.

2021

Student: Soniya Xavier

High maternal omega-3 supplementation dysregulates body weight and leptin in newborn male and female rats: Implications for hypothalamic developmental programming.

EMCR: Claire Foldi

Suppression of corticostriatal circuit activity improves cognitive flexibility and prevents body weight loss in activity-based anorexia in rats.

Group Leader: Andrew Lawrence

Acetylcholine muscarinic m4 receptors as a therapeutic target for alcohol use disorder: Converging evidence from humans and rodents.