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
On November 1st, Randall Ung (Stuber Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is “Neural dynamic adaptation of extended amygdala and prefrontal cortex to stress and anxiety.”
Randall Ung (Stuber lab), Jesse Niehaus (Zylka lab) and Maria Luisa Torruella Suarez (McElligott lab)