On June 9th, Christiann Gaines successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “The impact of genetic and non-genetic factors on cocaine locomotor sensitivity in behaviorally divergent inbred mouse substrains: assessing the role of the gut microbiome”. Mentor: Dr. Lisa Tarantino. Christiann will postdoc at UNC in Post Graduate Research. Congratulations Christiann!!
On May 26th, Luis Quintanilla successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Forebrain cholinergic circuits orchestrate the dentate gyrus to support neural stem cell function and spatial memory”. Mentor: Dr. Juan Song. After leaving UNC, Luis will be starting a position with Genentech or Alkahest. Congratulations Luis!!
Congratulations to Ryan Tyler who was selected to present at the University of Utah Rising Stars in Neuroscience Symposium on May 16, 2022. The selection was based on both academic merit and efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia.
On March 30th, Amber Kline successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Neural circuits underlying sensory integration in secondary auditory cortex”. Mentor: Dr. Hiroyuki Kato. Amber will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Hiroyuki Kato. Congratulations Amber!!
On March 25th, Angel Huang successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Perturbing the Neuronal Network Dynamics in the Higher-Order Thalamo-Cortical Visual System”. Mentor: Dr. Flavio Frohlich. Angel is looking forward to applying machine learning in biotech or healthcare. Congratulations Angel!!
On March 24th, Shannon Rhoads (Cohen, Sarah/Cohen, Todd Labs) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Multispectral imaging of organelles in neurodegeneration”. Congratulations Shannon!!
On February 8th, Samantha Chéry (Morrow Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Characterization of neuroimmune actions of (3α,5α)3-hydroxypregnan-20-one in alcohol preferring (P) rat brain”. Congratulations Samantha!!
On March 16th, Rachel Corr successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “The Adolescent Neural Acute Stress Response – Psychosocial Correlates and the Influence of Polyvictimization”. Mentor: Dr. Aysenil Belger. Rachel is looking forward to a career working for a healthcare tech company, doing data analysis or software development, upon graduation this spring. Congratulations Rachel!!
On March 16th, Morrent Thang (Hingtgen Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is, “Combining Induced Neural Stem Cell Therapy and Immunomodulation in Glioblastoma”. Congratulations Morrent!!
On March 3rd, Janay Franklin (Reissner Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, “Investigating cytoskeletal mediators of nucleus accumbens astrocyte structure and cocaine seeking behavior”. Congratulations Janay!!