Recent Graduates

Effects of Developmental Ethanol Exposure on Cerebellar Microglia and Purkinje Cells

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Investigating the critical <i>in vivo</i> role of neuronal PP1β

Advisor: Houhui Xia, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Neurogenetic Mechanisms Underlying Sexually Dimorphic Behavioral States in C. elegans

Advisor: Douglas Portman, Ph.D.

Tools to Explore the Neural Control of Vision-Guided Reaching Behavior for Dynamic Targets in the Common Marmoset

Advisor: Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D. & Jude Mitchell, Ph.D.

Mechanisms of Cerebellar Microglial Dynamics and Their Influence On Behavior

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

The functional impact of cortical and retinal damage on the parallel processing streams in the early visual pathways

Advisor: Krystel Huxlin, Ph.D. & Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

The role of proinflammatory cytokines in glaucomatous neurodegeneration

Advisor: Richard Libby, Ph.D.

Immunomodulatory approaches to Alzheimer’s Disease

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D.

The effects of microglial adrenergic signaling and microglial renewal on Alzheimer’s disease pathology

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. & Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Structure and Function of Corticogeniculate Feedback

Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

Social processing and underlying language deficits in schizophrenia during naturalistic video viewing

Advisor: Edmund Lalor, Ph.D. & David Dodell-Feder, Ph.D.

Iron deficiency alters inhibitory neuron precursor population dynamics in human ventral forebrain organoids

Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.

c-Cbl Inhibition in Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Pathway Analysis

Advisor: Mark Noble, Ph.D.

Role of mAChR signaling and M-current in EVS mediated responses of mammalian vestibular afferents

Advisor: J. Christopher Holt, Ph.D.

Semantic Language Processing: Insight into Underlying Circuitry and Development using Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging Methods

Advisor: Edward Freedman, Ph.D. & John Foxe, Ph.D.

Linking olfaction and locomotion in mice

Advisor: Krishnan Padmanabhan, Ph.D.

Redox-Fyn-c-Cbl (RFC) pathway regulates O-2A/OPC cell cycle exit and differentiation by thyroid hormone and negative regulation of the RFC pathway during early OPC development

Advisor: Mark Noble, Ph.D.

Linking Attentional Modulation to Neuronal Feature-selectivity in Macaque V1

Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

An Investigation of the Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Homozygous Foxo3-knockout Mice

Advisor: Patricia White, Ph.D.

Now: Postdoc at Munnamalai Lab at Jackson Labs - Bar Harbor Maine

Fluid transport in the brain

Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc

Now: Clinical Residency at Adult Neurology - Univ. Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Assessing Combinatorial Effects of HIV and Cocaine Dependence on Brain Structure and Function: an EEG and MRI Investigation

Advisor: John Foxe, Ph.D.

Amygdala Connections Implicated in Social and Nonsocial Touch

Advisor: Lizabeth Romanski, Ph.D.

Now: Resident Manager at Lifetime Assistance

Cranial irradiation-mediated dendritic spine loss is microglial complement receptor 3-dependent, sex-specific, and associated with cognitive impairment

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. & John Olschowka, Ph.D.

Now: IRTA Post-Doctoral Fellow at National Institute on Drug Abuse

The kinetics of microglial ontogeny and maturation in the adult brain

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Now: Postdoctoral Associate at Stanford University

SOD3 effects on lung-brain coupling and reperfusion injury following acute ischemic stroke

Advisor: Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.

Now: Associate Consultant at Eli Lilly

The Mixed-lineage Kinase 3 Inhibitor URMC-099 Exhibits Broad-Spectrum Activity in Mouse Models of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders

Advisor: Harris Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.

Human herpesvirus 6A latency gene U94A impairs motility and maturation in glial cells and neurons: Implications for neurodegenerative disease

Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.

Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at Sanofi US

Noradrenergic modulation of microglial dynamics and synaptic plasticity

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at Univ. Rochester Dept. Neuroscience

Variations in neuronal population activity across behaviors, brain regions, and disease

Advisor: Krishnan Padmanabhan, Ph.D.

Protein phosphatase 1 isoforms differentially regulate synaptic transmission and plasticity

Advisor: Houhui Xia, M.Sc., Ph.D.

The ins and outs of the primate amygdala: connectivity gradients, development, and early life stress

Advisor: Julie Fudge, M.D.

Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuits Implicated in Expression Perception

Advisor: Lizabeth Romanski, Ph.D. & Julie Fudge, M.D.

Protective mechanisms in Naked Mole Rat CNS: roles of extracellular matrix and astroglia

Advisor: Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D.

Task Modulation of Optic Flow Responses: Neural and Neuronal Mechanisms

Advisor: Charles Duffy, M.D., Ph.D.

Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Penn State Univ., Hershey Med. School

Mechanisms of ATP-dependent microglial process motility

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Modulation of acute inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease pathology by Gas6-Axl interaction

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. & John Olschowka, Ph.D.

Ameliorating Alzheimer’s Disease tau pathology through immunomodulation: A novel role for interleukin 4 and glatiramer acetate

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. & John Olschowka, Ph.D.

Now: Resident at Univ. Rochester Medical Center - Neurology

Functional Brain Network Structure in Focal Embouchure Dystonia and Related Disorders

Advisor: Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D.

Now: Resident, Child Neurology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital