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In Memory of Dr. Charlotte Ann Boettiger Cooney, Ph.D.

May 23, 2025
The Neuroscience Center, along with all who had the privilege of knowing Dr. Charlotte Boettiger, is deeply saddened by the loss of a remarkable colleague and friend. Dr. Boettiger was widely respected not only for her groundbreaking work in cognitive and addiction behavioral neuroscience, but also for her generosity, mentorship,...

Preston Siegler selected as a 2025 SBN Elsevier Scholar Awardee

May 8, 2025
Congratulations to Preston Siegler for being selected as a 2025 SBN Elsevier Scholar Awardee!! Elsevier and SBN recognizes 5 early-career investigators as Elsevier Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Awardees. Awardees can be trainees such as graduate students, postdocs, or research fellows/faculty, or non-tenure track and pre-tenure principal investigators. The awardee must attend the...

Grace Ross Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis March 31st

March 31, 2025
On March 31st, Grace Ross successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Switching state to stay engaged: The dynamic synchronization of the frontoparietal network in sustained attention”. Mentor: Dr. Flavio Frohlich.  Congratulations Dr. Ross!!

Shannon Rhoads Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis March 27th

March 27, 2025
On March 27th, Shannon Rhoads successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Illuminating neuron and astrocyte physiology through organelle signature analysis”. Mentors: Dr. Sarah Cohen and Dr. Todd Cohen.  Congratulations Dr. Rhoads!!

Miguel Cuevas Melendez Completed Qualifying Exam on March 11th

March 11, 2025
On March 11th, Miguel Cuevas Melendez (Stein Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is, “Engineering synaptic plasticity in advanced maturation cortical organoids harboring an intellectual disability-associated mutation”. Congratulations Miguel!!

Siddhi Ozarkar Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis March 5th

March 6, 2025
On March 5th, Siddhi Ozarkar successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “White matter in neurotypical development and Angelman syndrome”. Mentor: Dr. Ben Philpot.  Congratulations Dr. Ozarkar!!

Blake Fordyce Completed Qualifying Exam on March 4th

March 6, 2025
On March 4th, Blake Fordyce (Roth Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “The nanoscale organization of 5-HT2A receptors”. Congratulations Blake!!

Katherine Degner Completed Qualifying Exam on February 26th

February 28, 2025
On February 26th, Katherine Degner (Won Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Developing Systemic in Vivo Massively Parallel RReporter Assay to Elucidate the Genetic Etiology of Problematic Alcohol Use”. Congratulations Katherine!!

Nicole Ochandarena Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis February 21st

February 21, 2025
On February 21st, Nicole Ochandarena successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Cell type and circuit mechanisms of opioid-sensitive neurons in the cerebral cortex”. Mentor: Dr. Greg Scherrer.  Congratulations Dr. Ochandarena!!

Nicholas Ringelberg Successfully Defended His PhD Thesis February 11th

February 11, 2025
On February 11th, Nicholas Ringelberg successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Circuit Mechanisms Diving Seizure and Behavior in a Mouse Model of Angelman Syndrome”. Mentor: Dr. Ben Philpot.  Congratulations Dr. Ringelberg!