Neuroscientist studying midbrain circuits & motivated behaviors 🔎🧠🐭 Neuropeptides | Parental Behavior | Parkinson Disease EMBO postdoctoral fellow PostDoc @UCBerkeley - Lammel Lab PhD @UniBonn - Remy Labhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3mtw45qnrxc2eMy first #Hypo2026 GRS and GRC organized by @endoeartha.bsky.social @yananw.bsky.social @correalab.bsky.social and @neurrriot.bsky.social was a blast ✨ science 🧪, hikes 🥾, and amazing discussions, suggestions, advice Thrilled to announce I’ll be co-chairing the #Hypo2028 GRS! 🧠 See u there!25 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw45qnrxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3msqjg6vskc2kInhibition data is in and I can’t wait to discuss my postdoc project next week at the Hypothalamus GRS & GRC 🤩 If you’re into neuropeptides, parental behavior, and circuits beyond the usual suspects, come check it out! I’ll be giving a talk Saturday 8.50 pm (GRS) and Thursday 11.30 am (GRC)10 Aug 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqjg6vskc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3mojmel7m6k2cLammel Lab team building was lit this year 🔥 Laser tag in San Carlos 👾😎18 Jun 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojmel7m6k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3mfadtebots2bBeautiful work on paternal behavior in mice 🐭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfadtebots2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3metthidezk2nSo excited to be leading this project combining transcriptional reprogramming and cutting-edge optical nanomaterials🧬 🧠 Grateful for the support from @mti-ucb.bsky.social Parkinson's Therapeutics Program as we work to shift the paradigm from dopamine replacement to circuit restoration. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3metthidezk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lrql52tdls2dA new role for my favorite neuronal population ❤️ Food perception increases the activity of MS glutamatergic neurons, independent of palatability. Amazing work from the @sophiesteculorum.bsky.social lab! https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01301-116 Jun 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrql52tdls2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lo4yk3vgrc24Too excited not to share this beauty! #fluorescenceFriday (but a day earlier) TH staining in cyan Virus injection in magenta Zona Incerta is definitely a tough cookie 🍪 but getting there!01 May 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4yk3vgrc24https://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3llf3ii6css2nDon’t miss @handejong.bsky.social latest work at #cosyne2025 this Saturday! Featuring wireless fiber photometry in a brand new foraging task 🪤 and discounted future value modeling in different accumbens subregions! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf3ii6css2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lldh2rrqm22wThe latest work from the Lammel lab is out today! Discover how changes in neurotensin signaling from the NAc Lat to the VTA lead to food devaluation in a mouse model of obesity 🧀🐭 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08748-y27 Mar 2025 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldh2rrqm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3ljpvreueqc2ohttps://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/10103506 Mar 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpvreueqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3liarybohl22fThis looks so so cool, cannot wait to read it! 🤯 “Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization in mouse microsocieties” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.10.637303v1.full.pdf15 Feb 2025 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3liarybohl22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lgvzcwr55s2dDay 5 at #wcbr2025 – don’t miss our panel! Join us at 4:30 PM for a session fully dedicated to the medial #septum : inputs, outputs, and role in #motivation & #cognition. 🧠 Excited to share the stage with @smikulovic.bsky.social, @eliftuncozcan.bsky.social, and Dave Bortz. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬29 Jan 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvzcwr55s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lgqj72rmak23Day 3 at #wcbr2025 - lots of dopamine, acetylcholine, dorsal and ventral striatum, midbrain circuits and motivated behaviors. Learning so much from such a diverse group of scientists from single dendrite in vivo 2P imaging to high density recordings and modeling 🧠🤯 the field is moving so fast!27 Jan 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqj72rmak23https://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lglivgy3jc2gKicked off the first day at #WCBR with an amazing plenary from Suzanne Dickson on #ghrelin, #hunger signaling and its effect on #hypothalamic and #midbrain circuits 🧠 Amazing science in an amazing venue! 🤩25 Jan 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglivgy3jc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lf62agpr3c2qIs #Fluorescence Tuesday a thing? Still trying to improve the staining protocol, but love this pic of SN #neurons 🔬🧠🐭07 Jan 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf62agpr3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3ldh4pgarp22yUseful resource for 2025 neuro meetings! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2024 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldh4pgarp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lczybm5oqk2gThrilled to share that I’ve been awarded an EMBO postdoctoral fellowship to study nigrostriatal axon regeneration and Parkinson’s disease in the Lammel lab at UC Berkeley 🧠🔬 Grateful for this amazing opportunity and excited to join the EMBO fellows community! 🤩11 Dec 2024 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczybm5oqk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lcck3b3v2k2tHelp #neurosky #neuroskyence Are you (or do you know) someone studying the transcription factor Ascl4/Mash4? 🧠 #neurodevelopment #differentiation #neurons #wiring N.b. This is not the same as the acyl CoA synthetase protein ASCL4 I have some questions 💡 Please share! 🙏02 Dec 2024 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcck3b3v2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3lbfdptfny225🦋 Excited to share our newest preprint! 🧠 In this study, we explored the neuronal heterogeneity of the mouse medial septum and diagonal band of Broca using scRNA-Seq + validated our findings by comparing them to a MERFISH dataset from the Allen Brain Atlas. 1/n https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.27.609593v220 Nov 2024 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfdptfny225https://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3layrhs2cxs2oEnjoying #ABRCMS? Interested in zona incerta & VTA? 🧠🐭 Don’t miss @youlef.bsky.social e-poster VB-71 tomorrow at 11 am ET 😁 he’s gonna present our data on mice novelty seeking and exploratory behavior 🗺️🔎15 Nov 2024 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3layrhs2cxs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3laopph6tpc2qI guess it’s time for an introduction✨ I’m a system #neuroscientist at UCBerkeley working on #VTA and #SN in both physiological and pathological conditions #Parkinson Electrophysiologist by training, I use opto, pharmacology, and fiber photometry to study the brain during motivated #behavior 🐭🧠🔎11 Nov 2024 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3laopph6tpc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3kci5ipwpok2aThe day has come! I successfully defended my PhD thesis last week 🎓🇩🇪🎊 Thanks to my PhD supervisor, to the committee members, and to all the beautiful people that joined me in this incredible journey ❤️ Now, call me Dr. Mocellin!24 Oct 2023 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kci5ipwpok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petramoce.bsky.social/post/3k6rwx7y7y223First post on BlueSky! 💙 I finally took the time to read @neurograce.bsky.social's book and it was a real pleasure! Amazingly written, it spans a century of neuroscience experiments and highlights how other fields have contributed to our understanding of the brain. I really loved it!07 Sep 2023 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:zavfcdohk3dzom2sifiy2sr4/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6rwx7y7y223