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Arianna Cascone Successfully Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis January 18th

January 19, 2024
On January 19th, Arianna Cascone successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Categorical and dimensional investigations of dynamic functional connectivity and behavior during response inhibition in children with and without ADHD”. Mentor: Dr. Jessica Cohen.  Congratulations Dr. Cascone!!

Elissavet Chartampila Completed Qualifying Exam on January 11th

January 17, 2024
On January 11th, Elissavet Chartampila (Diering Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Elucidating the mechanism underlying the developmental vulnerability to sleep disruption”. Congratulations Liza!!

Yuechen Qiu Completed Qualifying Exam on November 27th

November 29, 2023
On November 27th, Yuechen Qiu (Scherrer and Hantman Labs) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Leveraging cortical motor circuits to elucidate opioid mechanisms of neuromodulation”. Congratulations Yuechen!!

Preston Siegler Completed Qualifying Exam on September 14th

September 19, 2023
On September 14th, Preston Siegler (Dudek Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “The Role of Corticosterone in Hippocampal Area CA2 Development and Activity”. Congratulations Preston!!

Joseph Krzeski Completed Qualifying Exam on September 5th

September 6, 2023
On September 5th, Joseph Krzeski (Philpot Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is, “The role of UBE3A isoforms and their respective substrates in Angelman syndrome-associated seizures”. Congratulations Joe!!

Carli Opland Successfully Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis September 1st

September 1, 2023
On September 1st, Carli Opland successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Investigating tau mediated toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease and the protein complex responsible for tau cleavage”. Mentor: Dr. Todd Cohen.  Carli will continue her research as a post-doc in the Cohen lab. Congratulations Dr. Opland!!

Sarah Magee Completed Qualifying Exam on May 5th

May 17, 2023
On May 5th, Sarah Magee (Herman Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Exploring the Impact of Psilocin on CeA CRF1 Neuronal Activity Following Chronic EtOH Drinking and Withdrawal”. Congratulations Sarah!!

Preston Siegler Selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) Fellow

May 9, 2023
Preston Siegler was selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) Fellow.  The NSP provides neuroscience trainees from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds with career development and networking opportunities to help them toward future success.  Congratulations Preston!!

ManHua Zhu Successfully Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis April 28th

April 28, 2023
On April 28th, ManHua Zhu successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Cellular and behavioral effects of nicotine vapor exposure on mouse mesolimbic reward circuitry”. Mentor: Dr. Melissa Herman.  ManHua will be continuing her research as a post-doc at Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine. Congratulations Dr. Zhu!!

Reagan Bullins Awarded NSF GRFP Fellowship Honorable Mention

April 10, 2023
Reagan Bullins received an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), for her research in the Neuroscience Curriculum.  Congratulations Reagan!!