Nancy Sey, graduate student in the Won Lab and a NeuroDAC member, was selected as a plenary speaker for the IDEA Plenary Session at WCPG! Conference days are as follows: October 16th (Education Day), October 19-21 (WCPG), and October 22 (PGC Day). Congratulations Nancy!
On July 19th, Jennifer Karin Ocasio Adorno successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Balancing growth: mechanisms underlying cerebellar development and medulloblastoma pathogenesis.” Mentor: Dr. Tim Gershon. Congratulations Jennifer!
On June 12th, Andrew Crowther successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “The role of the 5-HT1A receptor at the intersection of sex, stress, SSRIs, and stem cells.” Mentor: Dr. Juan Song. Congratulations Andrew!
On May 31st, Randall Ung successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Neural Dynamic Adaptation of Extended Amygdala to Stress and Anxiety.” Mentor: Dr. Garret Stuber. Congratulations Randall!
On May 31st, Alexander Carlson successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Infant Gut Microbiome Associated with Cognition, Fear Behavior, and Brain Structure.” Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Knickmeyer Santelli. Congratulations Alexander!
On March 19th, Charles Zhou successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Population Mechanisms of Stimulus-Specific Mismatch Negativity in Posterior Parietal Cortex.” Mentor: Dr. Flavio Frohlich.
On March 11th, Sally Kim (Philpot Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is “Preclinical development to treat Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.”
On December 3rd, Nicholas Boyer (Gupton Lab) defended his PhD Thesis: “A Pair of TRIM Proteins Regulate Axon Guidance in Concert.” Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Gupton
On November 30th, Amber Kline (Kato Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is “Neural circuits underlying temporal integration of sounds and their dysregulation in an ASD model.”
On November 15th, Colleen Lawrimore (Crews Lab) defended her PhD thesis: “The Role of Neurons and Glia in Ethanol-Induced Innate Immune Signaling” Mentor – Dr. Fulton Crews