{"id":6934,"date":"2025-11-21T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/?p=6934"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:35:31","slug":"sara-conley-successfully-defended-her-phd-thesis-november-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/sara-conley-successfully-defended-her-phd-thesis-november-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Conley Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis November 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 21st, Sara Conley successfully defended her PhD Thesis: \u201cGlutamate Delta-1 Receptors Influence Tonic and Synaptic Excitatory Signaling in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis\u201d. Mentor: Dr. Zoe McElligott.\u00a0 Congratulations Dr. Conley!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/11\/ConleySara-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 21st, Sara Conley successfully defended her PhD Thesis: \u201cGlutamate Delta-1 Receptors Influence Tonic and Synaptic Excitatory Signaling in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis\u201d. 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