Current Students
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The Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Rochester recruits and matriculates the highest quality students from around the United States and from all parts of the world. They participate in a rigorous neuroscience curriculum, attend national and international meetings, and contribute to cutting edge research. Many of our students have published manuscripts in high profile international journals and present abstracts at a host of large and small scientific meetings. In addition, our students participate as members of the curriculum, admissions and colloquium committees, and annually present their ongoing research to fellow students and to the neuroscience community as a whole.
Briggs Lab
Research Interest:
Identifying corticogeniculate neurons in extrastriate visual cortex
Mitchell Lab
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Investigating the neural mechanisms of visual processing and selective attention
Gail Johnson Lab
Wojtovich Lab
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The effects of pathological tau uptake by astrocytes on mitochondrial function and the impact on their ability to support neuron health
O'Banion-Olschowka Labs
Research Interest:
Unraveling microglial-intrinsic sex-specific properties and their contribution to Alzheimer's disease pathology
Meeks Lab
Research Interest:
Effects of traumatic brain injury on olfactory circuits
Gail Johnson Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
The role of transglutaminase 2 in mediating the response of astrocytes to injury and their ability to support neuron survival and neurite outgrowth
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Wang Lab
Research Interest:
Age-related histological and neurophysiological changes of auditory processing in a knockout mouse model of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Haptics Lab
Research Interest:
Selectivy of MSTd neurons to optic flow pattersn along curved paths
McGrath Lab
Research Interest:
Develop the micro Sim Blood-Bain Barrier+ for modeling human, adult neurodegenerative diseases
Snyder Lab
Research Interest:
Exploring a casual role of PFC in the selection of information in MT
Hammond Lab
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The role of brain-specific complement inhibitor Sez6L2 in synaptic connectivity during development
Snyder Lab
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Investigating working memory mechanisms in non-human primates via cross-scale electrophysiology
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
Studying neurophysiological underpinnings of cognitive and motor symptoms of movement disorders and further modulation by deep brain stimulation
Fudge Lab
Research Interest:
Microglia's Role in Amygdala Paralaminar Nucleus (PL) Neuron Development in Nonhuman Primates
Libby Lab
Research Interest:
Neurotoxic reactive glia cells in acute and chronic models of glaucoma
First Year
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
Using psychophysics and fMRI to explore how the brain encodes pain
Gelbard Lab
Research Interest:
Elucidating the role of High mobility group box 1 in blood-brain barrier breakdown and neuroinflammation
Sobolewski Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
Understanding the impact of late gestational air pollution exposure on the developing brain
Fudge Lab
Research Interest:
Prefrontal cortex-amygdala circuits underlying social decision-making
Nedergaard Lab
Research Interest:
Immunoprofiling using mass cytometry following peripheral insult
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Research Interest:
Neurophysiology & cognitive-motor integration in children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disability
O'Banion-Olschowka Labs
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Exploring the cellular basis of neuroinflammation and attendant cognitive deficits due to cranial radiation exposure
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Research Interest:
Acute exercise intervention to ameliorate inhibitory control deficits in schizophrenia.
Huxlin Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
Vision‐related quality of life after unilateral occipital stroke
Mayer-Pröschel Lab
Research Interest:
Contribution of secondary insults to neuropathology in rare genetic diseases
Schallek Lab
Research Interest: Structural and functional analysis of alpha smooth muscle actin in the mouse retina (under normal and hyperglycemic conditions
ZVR Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the neurophysiology of cognitive-motor interactions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Research Interest:
Translational neurophysiology and advanced neuroimaging techniques in murine models for diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease, and Lysosomal Storage disorders such as Cystinosis and Batten's Disease.
Garcea Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
The effect of gliomas and their treatments (e.g., neurosurgery, radiation) on neural connectivity and associated cognitive deficits.
Wang Lab
Research Interest:
Mechanism of microglia response to cannabidiol in healthy and diseased states
Briggs Lab
Research Interest:
The functions of corticogeniculate feedback in visual behaviors