To survive harsh environments, many animals have evolved the ability to decrease their metabolic rate and body temperature and enter states of dormancy, such as torpor, hibernation, and cryobiosis. Siniša Hrvatin studies the biology of these states across model and non-model organisms. His lab focuses on uncovering neural circuits and axes that orchestrate these behaviors and aims to shed new light on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that enable life to adapt to low temperatures.