Graduate student alumni
Month & Year |
Student |
September 2024 |
Hobel, Zachary "The Role of the Basolateral Amygdala to Dorsolateral Striatum Circuit in Compulsive Motor Behaviors" Advisor: Joshue Plotkin |
July 2024 |
Itaman, Sheed "Analysis of Adult Neural Stem Cell Division Dynamics” Advisor: Grigori Enikolopov |
March 2024 |
Kogan, Joshua "Neural Coding of Taste and Taste-guided Decisions in the Mouse Gustatory Cortex” Advisor: Alfredo Fontanini |
March 2024 |
Kim, Thomas "Neurogenesis and blood flow dynamics in Alzheimer's disease mice.” Advisor: Shaoyu Ge |
December 2023 |
Li, Tianshu "Neural Mechanisms for Strategy-dependent Decision-making in the Prefrontal Cortex” Advisor: Giancarlo LaCamera |
December 2023 |
Malgady, Jeffrey M "Adaptations in Cholinergic Signaling in a SAPAP3 Null Mouse Model of Compulsive Motor Behaviors" Advisor: Joshua Plotkin |
September 2023 |
Lang, Liam “Metastable Cortical Dynamics During Taste-based Decision-making” Advisor: Alfredo Fontanini |
September 2023 |
Guo, Alan "Extracellular Factors Acting on Localized Intrinsic Determinants Promote Advisor: Maya Shelly |
May 2023 |
Sokol, Piotr "Geometry of Learning and Representation in Neural Networks” Advisor: Il Memming Park |
May 2023 |
Napoli, Amalia "NMDA Receptors in Neurogenesis and Neural Crest Development: Insights into Neurodevelopmental Disorders” Advisor: Howard Sirotkin |
April 2023 |
Denney, Katherine "Molecular Markers of Sex Divergence in the Rodent Brain” Advisor: Jessica Tollkuhn |
March 2023 |
Arreguin, Andrea "Abnormal Oligodendrogenesis and Myelination in Mouse Models of Muscular Dystrophy” Advisor: Holly Colognato |
January 2023 |
Liang, Tong "Statistical Inference and Mathematical Modeling of Nonlinear Behavior in Stochastic Biological Systems" Advisors: Braden Brinkman & Ken Dill |
December 2022 |
Zoodsma, Josiah "Zebrafish Models to Study NMDA Receptors in Early Nervous System Development and Disease" Advisor(s): Howard Sirotkin & Lonnie Wollmuth |
May 2022 |
Chen, Allen "Striatal dopamine signaling in auditory discrimination and learning" Advisor: Shaoyu Ge |
May 2022 |
Hill, Kathryn "Use of Fully Quantitative PET to Relate Biology to Behavior" Advisor: Ramin Parsey |
May 2022 |
Rupert, Deborah "Auditory Cortex Inhibitory Interneurons and Their Plasticity in the Context of Methyl CpG Ginding Protein 2 Mutation" Advisor: Stephen Shea |
May 2022 |
Talbot, Lillian "Discovery and Validation of Cerebrospinal Fluid RNA Biomarkers of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" Advisor: Joshua Dubnau |
December 2021 |
Conner, Meagan "Exploring Modulatory Roles for Biological Sex and Sex Hormones in Episodic Memory in Health and Parkinson's Disease" Advisor: Mary Kritzer |
December 2021 |
Galbavy, William "Pyramidal Tract Neuro Identity and Function in Sensorimotor Circuits" Advisor: Josh Huang |
December 2021 |
Krupp, Sarah "TDP-43 pathology in Drosophila induces glial cell-type-specific toxicity that can be ameliorated by knock-down of SF2/SRSF1" Advisor: Joshua Dubnau |
December 2021 |
Raudales, Ricardo "Brain-wide distribution and Synaptic Input Pattern of Axo-Axonic Cells in the Mouse" Advisor: Josh Huang |
May 2021 |
Gallo, Nicholas "Shedding Light on the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Governing Chandelier Cell Morphology and Connectivity" Advisor: Linda Van Aelst |
May 2020 |
Chan, Kelvin "Mechanism of Lupus Autoantibodies on NMDA Receptor Specificity and Function" Advisor: Lonnie Wollmuth |
May 2020 |
Keegan, Richard "Intercellular Viral Spread of Drosophila Gypsy" Advisor: Joshua Dubnau |
May 2020 |
Kery, Rachel "The Secret Puppet Master: Unraveling the Anterograde Outputs of the Zona Incerta" Advisor: Shaoyu Ge |
May 2020 |
Swanson, Olivia "Primary Motor Cortex Circuitry in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease" Advisor: Arianna Maffei |
December 2019 |
Chen, Ke "Sensory-Motor Processes Associated with Tasting" Advisor: Alfredo Fontanini |
May 2019 |
Ananth, Mala "Functional Significance of Cortical Cholinergic Circuits Advisor(s): Lorna Role and Ramin Parsey |
May 2019 |
Monestime, Camillia "Regulation of Zebrafish Neural Development by CoRest1" Advisor: Howard Sirotkin |
August 2019 |
Jone, Alice "Neuregulin 1 nuclear signaling is important for postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis and neuronal development" Advisor: David Talmage |
August 2019 |
Rajebhosale, Prithviraj 'Raj' "Cholinergic Modulation of Learned and Innate Threat Processing" Advisor: David Talmage |
August 2018 |
DiAntonio, Adrian "Sphingosine-1- phosphate in Adult Neurogenesis: A Signaling Lipid Critical to Early Neuronal Development" Advisor: Shaoyu Ge |
August 2018 |
Ferrer Fierro, Rafael Camilo "Maturation and regulation of glutamatergic synapses onto PV interneurons during the visual critical period" Advisor: Lonnie Wollmuth |
August 2018 |
Wang, Shaohua "Cholinergic modulation in the ventral subiculum" Advisor: Lorna Role |
May 2018 |
Ashleigh Lussenden "The Role of CRD Neuregulin 1 in Cortical Neurite Development" Advisor: David Talmage |
May 2018 |
Shannon Loncar "Type lll Neuregulin 1 potentiates TrkA signaling in sensory neurons through activation of src family kinases." Advisor: David Talmage |
April 2018 |
Jesse Levine "Orderly Production and Deployment of Projection Neuron Types in the Cerebral Cortex" Advisor: Z. Josh Huang |
March 2018 |
Sneha Rao "Dendritic Establishment in Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons: Role of Somatic Golgi Apparatus Positioning" Advisor: Maya Shelly |
December 2017 |
Rajapillai L I Pillai "The Role of Serotonin 1A Receptor in Mood Disorders." Advisor: Ramin Parsey, MD |
December 2017 |
Nicholas U. Schwartz "Role and Regulation of Sphingolipids in Neuropathy" Advisor: Lina Obeid, MD |
August 2017 |
Tomlinson, Lyl "The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Oligodendroglia and Myelin Advisor: Holly Colognato |
August 2017 |
Dikecligil, Gulce ('Naz') "Layer and cell type specific functional properties of gustatory cortex neurons" Advisor: Alfredo Fontanini |
May 2017 |
Ballinger, Elizabeth "Phenotypical effects of MeCP2 deletion from Cholinergic Neurons on the recognition memory circuit" Advisor: Lorna Role |
May 2017 |
Haley, Melissa "Synaptic Organization and Plasticity of basolateral amygdala projections to rat primary gustatory cortex" Advisors: Arianna Maffei & Alfredo Fontanini |
May 2017 |
LeDonne, Luisa "Temporal stimulous identification by reinforcement learning in populations of spiking neurons" Advisor: Giancarlo LaCamera |
May 2017 |
McMillan, Nadia "ADAM 10 Regulates Neural Stem Cell Properties via a JAM-C/Rap1 Axis" Advisor: Adan Aguirre |
May 2017 |
Szelenyi, Eric "Imprinted Effects in the Brain: From the X Chromosome to Single Autosomal Loci" Advisor: Dr. Pavel Osten |
December 2016 |
Negron, Ariel "The Role of PTEN Signaling in the Function and Development of the Sexually Dimorphic Kisspeptin System" Advisor: Dr. Maricedes Acosta-Martinez |
December 2016 |
Enmore, Patricia "Neuronal Activation with Gain Modification of Trigeminal Blink Reflex" Advisor: Leslie 'Craig' Evinger |
August 2016 |
Gan, Quan "Alfred" "AMPA Receptor Tetramerization: Structural Mechanism and Modulation by Auxiliary Subunits" Advisor: Lonnie P. Wollmuth |
May 2016 |
Kelly, Sean "Genetic Fate Mapping of GABAergic Neuronal Circuits in Cerebral Cortex and Striatum" Advisor: Z. Josh Huang |
PREVIOUS GRADUATES |
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December 2015 |
D'Agostino, Alexandra "Age Differences in Loneliness: Neural Correlates, Neurogenetics and Functional Connectivity" Advisor: Turhan Canli |
August 2015 |
Liu, Haixin "Gustatory Thalamocortical Pathway of Alert Rats" Advisor: Alfredo Fontanini
Tucciarone, Jason "Genetic dissection of cortical circuits: A prefrontal chandelier cell module and beyond" Advisor: Z. Josh Huang |
May 2015 |
Bronstein, Robert "A Role for HMGB2 in Mammalian Neurogenesis and Stroke" Advisor: Stella Tsirka |
December 2014 |
Huang, Shao-Kuei "Alternate pore isoforms of a mechanosensory ion channel in Drosophila" Advisor: Maurice Kernan
Kloc, Michelle "Thalamocortical Input to Primary Visual Cortex" Advisor: Arianna Maffei
Xu, Chunsu "The Role of NF1 in Drosophila Appetitive Long Term Memory" Advisor: Yi Zhong |
August 2014 |
Gardner, Matthew “Effects of Expectation on Taste Processing in the Gustatory Cortex”
Advisor: Alfredo Fontanini
Lederman, James "Cholinergic modulation and integration of excitatory inputs to basolateral amygdala" Advisor: Lorna Role
Locklear, Mallory "Assessment of gonadal hormone effects on the glutamatergic regulation of prefrontal cortical dopamine levels and executive cognitive function in rats" Advisor: Mary Kritzer
McClenahan, Freyja "Dystroglycan is a Novel Regulator of Stem Cell Niche Structure and Function in the Developing Postnatal Subventricular Zone" Advisor: Holly Colognato |
May 2014 |
Griffen, Trevor "Plasticity of Cortical Circuit Activation within the Monocular Region of Primary Visual Cortex of the Rat" Advisor: Arianna Maffei
Kahn, Tanvir "Retrograde NGF Signaling in Pain" Advisor: Simon Halegoua
Kazi, Rashek "The Mechanisms of NMDA Receptor Activation" Advisor: Lonnie Wollmuth |
December 2013 |
Cha, Jiook "Neural Underpinnings of Anxiety: Multi-modal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach" Advisor: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi
Horn, Kyle "Exploring the Role of Serotonin on Hypoglossal Motoneuron Excitability and Plasticity Through Postnatal Development Via Mathematical Models" Advisor: Irene C. Solomon
Sinnamon, Justin "Identification and characterization of β-actin mRNA trafficking factors in the nervous system" Advisor: Kevin Czaplinski
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August 2013 |
Rodriguez, Justin "β-catenin Dependent Signaling Regulates the Glial Reaction to Injury" Advisor: Joel Levine |
May 2013 |
Gao, Zhen |
December 2012 |
Helm, Jessica Susan Yan, Qinghong Rasco, Erin |
May 2012 |
Salussolia, Catherine Lourdes Lee, Seong Il |
December 2011 |
Feinstein, Igor |
August 2011 |
Lazarus, Matthew Samuel Fu, Yu |
May 2011 |
Talukder, Lehab N |
December 2010 |
Zanazzi, George John |
August 2010 |
Noreen Bukhari Yang Yang |
May 2010 |
Teresa Aubele Keith Gates |
December 2009 |
Jane Lee-Osbourne Martin Prieto |
August 2009 |
Hsueh-Cheng Chiang Lisamarie LoGiudice Polyxeni Philippidou Monicca Shanthanelson |
May 2009 |
Muzhou Wu |
May 2008 |
Lung-Hao Tai |
December 2007 |
Eugene Lee Meng Wang |
August 2007 |
Sachin Ranade Hatim Zariwala |
May 2007 |
Stefanie Otto |
December 2006 |
Andrew Tan Sarah Zimov |
August 2006 |
Helen Hsieh Victor Luna
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May 2006 |
Nicole Barbarich-Marsteller Fang-Ping Chen |
December 2005 |
Louise Muscat Kendall Van Keuren Jensen Audra Van Wart |
August 2005 |
Bidisha Chattopadhyaya |
May 2005 |
Michelle Gleason Gregorio Valdez Junryo Watanabe |
December 2004 |
Dimple Bhatt Iris Kassem Wynne K. Schiffer |
August 2004 |
Lela Creutz Iva Reichova |
August 2003 | Victor Henriquez "Behavioral and Neural Basis of Modifications of Cornea Reflex Blinks in Rats" Advisor: Craig Evinger, Ph.D. |
May 2003 |
Brian Chen |
December 2002 | Zhijiang Chen "Inhibition of axon growth by oligodendrocyte precursor cells and the NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan" Advisor: Joel Levine, Ph.D. Weiyan Li "Calcium Channels and Synaptic Transmission at Developing Neuromuscular Junctions" Advisor: Paul Brehm, Ph.D. Yvonne Ughrin "Multiple Domains of the NG2 Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Inhibit Axonal Growth and Regeneration" Advisor: Joel Levine, Ph.D. |
May 2002 |
Yufang Shao Jiayuan (James) Tong |
December 2001 |
Tatiana Boiko Zheng Li |
May 2002 |
Yufang Shao Jiayuan (James) Tong |
December 2001 |
Tatiana Boiko Zheng Li |
August 2001 |
Pamela Sue Litvak |
May 2001 |
Zongming Pan Advisor: David McKinnon Ph.D. |
August 2000 |
Cindy Buckmaster Charu Venkatesan |
May 2000 |
Kristin Demarest |
December 1999 |
Deog-Young Choi Sandra Kim Nilay Patel Christopher Thaler |