Author Archives: Sue Modlin

On October 29th, Sean Gay (Diering Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is “Investigating the impact of sleep loss on development”. Congratulations Sean!

On October 27th, Arianna Cascone (Jessica Cohen Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is “Categorical and dimensional investigations of dynamic functional connectivity and behavior during response inhibition in children with and without ADHD”. Congratulations Arianna!

On August 24th, Jesse Niehaus successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals novel spinal cord contributions to neuropathic pain”.  Mentor:  Dr. Mark Zylka.  Jesse will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Greg Scherrer.  Congratulations Jesse!

On July 13th, Mason Riley (Philpot Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is “Identity of UBE3A substrates and cause of seizure susceptibility in Angelman syndrome”. Congratulations Mason!

Minna is a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Donita Robinson and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She received her B.S in Neuroscience from the College of William and Mary and afterward, participated in the UNC Post-baccalaureate Research Education program before staying at UNC for...

Nancy, a graduate student in the laboratory of Hyejung Won was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2021 Gilliam Fellow. She participated in the UNC PREP program under the guidance of Donita Robinson after graduating with a BS in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on...

On July 6th, Sally Kim successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Preclinical development of genetic normalization strategies to treat Pitt-Hopkins syndrome”.  Mentor:  Dr. Ben Philpot.  Sally will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Ben Philpot.  Congratulations Sally!

Congratulations to Dr. Bradley Dickerson, named 2021 Searle Scholar for his research topic, Mapping the neural circuits that control precision timing in behavior. The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry...

On May 4th, Carmen Marable (Fry Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is “The Role of the Placenta-Brain Axis in Children’s Neurodevelopment” Congratulations Carmen!

On April 30th, Esteban Oyarzabal successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Detecting brain-wide intrinsic connectivity networks using fMRI in mice” Mentor:  Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih.  Esteban will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih. Congratulations Esteban!