#  Emilie Tu 

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**Thesis advisors:** Brielle Ferguson, Michela Fagiolini

**Rotation labs:** Lauren Orefice, Brielle Ferguson, Michela Fagiolini

**For me, home is:** San Diego, CA

**Prior degree(s):** B.A. Psychology - neuroscience emphasis (UC Berkeley)

**Research experience before PiN:** Biological and behavioral impact of autism spectrum disorder risk genes on the mouse striatum (Bateup lab, UC Berkeley); dopamine release in the mouse nucleus accumbens during instrumental learning (Wilbrecht lab, UC Berkeley)

**Current research interests:** neurodevelopmental disorders, biology of behavior

**Interests outside lab:** food/cooking, snowboarding, game nights, dogs, live music (alt rock)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2024-2025](/entry-year/2024-2025)
- ## People
    
     [Student](/people/student)