{"id":4640,"date":"2015-09-01T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/alex-carlson\/"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:41:46","slug":"alex-carlson","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/alex-carlson\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology-chemistry from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2014. I became interested in the brain and development after working as a tutor with a student on the autism spectrum. I joined the neuroscience curriculum and Dr. Rebecca Knickmeyer Santelli\u2019s lab in the spring of 2015. In 2016, I was accepted to the UNC MD\/PhD program and am currently in the second year of medical school.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 1.3em;\">Research<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>My research in the Santelli lab focuses on the role of the gut microbiome in modulating early brain development and behavior through the gut-brain axis. Specifically, I want to determine how microbial colonization impacts anxious behavior in the developing child and identify signaling mechanisms and neural circuits mediating this relationship.<\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"external-link\" style=\"border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/myncbi\/alexander.carlson.1\/bibliography\/52904010\/public\/?sort=date&amp;direction=ascending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/pubmed.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Activities\/Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Neurobiology Predoctoral Training Grant, 2014-2016<br \/>\nUNC MSTP Training Grant, 2016-2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology-chemistry from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2014. I became interested in the brain and development after working as a tutor with a student on the autism spectrum. I joined the neuroscience curriculum and Dr. Rebecca Knickmeyer Santelli\u2019s lab in the spring of 2015. In 2016, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/alex-carlson\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alex Carlson\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2802,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4640","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Alex Carlson"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Carlson, Alex"],"_upd_last_name":["Carlson"],"_upd_first_name":["Alex"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Lab Name<\/strong>: Santelli\r\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\"><strong>Lab Room #<\/strong>: Med Wing C Rm 355\r\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\"><strong>Lab Phone #<\/strong>: 919.843.9195\r\n<\/span>"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":[],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[],"_upd_phone":[],"_upd_address":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}