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Neuroscience Program Alumni
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| Jennifer Chikar |
| Mentor: Bryan E. Pfingst |
Graduating Class of 2009 |
| Thesis: Novel methods to promote survival and regeneration of the auditory nerve and improve cochlear implant thresholds |
| Current Position: Research Associate, University of Michigan |
| |
| John Perkowski |
| Mentor: Geoff Murphy |
Graduating Class of 2009 |
| Thesis: The role of KvBeta 2 and in neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity, and learning and memory |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at University of Michigan |
| |
| Kristin Arendt |
| Mentor: Jose Esteban |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: PIP3 control of AMPA receptor trafficking at the CA3-CA1 synapse |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at University of Michigan |
| |
| Theresa Bjorness |
| Mentor: Gina Poe |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: REM sleep manipulations: effects on spatial learning
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| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern |
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| Lisa Briand |
| Mentor: Terry Robinson |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Effects of drug abuse on experience dependent plasticity
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| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania |
| |
| Emile Bruneau |
| Mentor: Mohammed Akaaboune |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Acetylcholine receptor dynamics and plasticity in the neuromuscular junction. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at MIT |
| |
| Shlomo Dellal |
| Mentor: Richard Hume |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Structure/Function relationships in the P2X receptor |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA |
| |
| Mary Heng |
| Mentor: Roger Albin |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity in Huntington Disease |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at the University of Michigan |
| |
| Sean Low |
| Mentor: Richard Hume and John Kuwada |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Genetics of network formation and function |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Montreal |
| |
| Timothy Marzullo |
| Mentor: Daryl Kipke |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Accessibility and Manipulation of Brain Signals for Neuroprosthetic Applications |
| Current Position: Research Scientist for NeuroNexus Technologies, Ann Arbor |
| |
| Edwin Oh |
| Mentor: Anand Swaroop |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
Thesis:
How to Make a Rod Photoreceptor: The Role of BZIP Transcription Factor NRL in Retinal Development
|
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan |
| |
| Christopher Pacheco |
| Mentor: Andrew Lieberman |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
Thesis:
Autophagy and Tau in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow with Susan Lindquist, MIT |
| |
| Jennifer Plane |
| Mentor: Jack Parent |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: Factors regulating normal and stroke-induced neurogenesis |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at UC-Davis |
| |
| Rachel Tittle |
| Mentor: Richard Hume |
Graduating Class of 2008 |
| Thesis: P2X2 receptor |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at University of Texas - Austin |
| |
| Tyler Brown |
| Mentor: Jose Esteban |
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: RAB GTPase Mediated Endosomal Sorting and Compartmentalization of AMPA Receptors in the Hippocampus |
| Current Position: Scientific Program Officer at the Medical Foundation |
| |
| Malgorzata J. Ochocinska |
| Mentor: Peter F. Hitchcock |
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: Expression and Function of the Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor NeuroD in the Teleost Retina |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institue of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
| |
| Kwan-Ho Chung |
| Mentor: David Turner
|
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: RNA Polymerase II Expression Vectors for RNA Interference Based on microRNA 155 |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the National Eye Institute (NEI) at NIH, Bethesda, MD |
| |
| Donna Cross |
| Mentor: Satoshi Minoshima
and Rich Hume
|
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: Age Associated Decline in Axonal Transport as Revealed by Manganese Enhanced MRI |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow University of Washington |
| |
| David Scott |
| Mentor: Jon-Kar Zubieta |
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: The Neurobiology of Placebo Analgesia |
| Current Position: Research Scientist, Omneuron Inc. |
| |
| Benjamin Singer |
| Mentor: Michal Zochowski
|
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: Spatiotemporal Pattern Information in Neural Systems |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow and 4th year medical student University of Michigan |
| |
| Amy Steffek |
| Mentor: James H. Meador-Woodruff
|
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: An Astrocytic Component to the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Juan F. Lopez, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Michigan |
| |
| Matt Veldman |
| Mentor: Daniel Goldman
|
Graduating Class of 2007 |
| Thesis: Mechanisms Underlying Optic Nerve Regeneration in Zebrafish |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA |
| |
| Rebecca Bernardos |
| Mentor: Pamela Raymond
|
Graduating Class of 2006 |
| Thesis: Muller Glia and Notch Signaling in Zebrafish Retinal Development and Regeneration |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| |
| Hong Cheng |
| Mentor: Anand Swaroop
|
Graduating Class of 2006 |
| Thesis: Between Rods and Cones: The Orphan Nuclear Receptor NR2E3 is a Key Regulator of Photoreceptor Differentiation. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Department of Ophthalmology |
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| Carrie R. Ferrario |
| Mentor: Terry Robinson
|
Graduating Class of 2006 |
| Thesis: Behavioral and Neural Alterations Associated with Extended vs Limited Access to Cocaine Self-Administration |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at RFU, the Chicago Medical School |
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| Nicole Westphal |
| Mentor: Audrey Seasholtz
|
Graduating Class of 2006 |
| Thesis: Stress Free Reproduction: The Role of CRH Binding Protein in the Anterior Pituitary |
| Current Position: Consulting at the interface between science, business and technology in Boston, MA |
| |
| Alison Berent-Spillson |
| Mentor: James Russell
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Protection from Glucose-Induced Oxidative Injury in Sensory Neurons |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, Jon-Kar Zubieta |
| |
| Jennifer Britton |
| Mentor: Israel Liberzon
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: A Social Dimension of Emotion: Functional Neuroanatomy and Individual Differences |
| Current Position: Lecturer in Psychology at Brandeis University |
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| Robert Drake |
| Mentor: Thad Polk
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Neural Mechanisms of Selective Attention: FMRI Studies of the Stroop Task |
| Current Position: Unknown |
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| Valerie Drews |
| Mentor: Miriam Meisler
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Alternative Transcripts of the Sodium Channel SCN8A and Mutation of GRID2 in the Tapdancer Mouse |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, San Francisco |
| |
| Elyse Kemmerer |
| Mentor: Kirk Frey
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Biomarkers of the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Projection in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease |
| Current Position: Postdoc, MBNI, University of Michigan |
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| Susan Kennedy |
| Mentor: Jon-Kar Zubieta
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: An Exploration of Neurochemical Mechanisms Interfacing Stress and Emotion Regulation in Major Depressive Disorder |
| Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, University of Kentucky |
| |
| Robert Kruger |
| Mentor: Kun Liang Guan
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Mechanisms of Signaling for Netrin and Its Receptors DCC and UNC5 |
| Current Position: Editor at Cell, Cambridge, Mass |
| |
| Joshua Krupp |
| Mentor: Rolf Bodmer
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Genetic Analysis of the Neural Selector Gene CUT During Drosophila Wing Development |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Mississauga |
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| Mary Torregrossa |
| Mentor: James Woods
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Regulation of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor mRNA Expression by Delta Opioid Receptor Agonist and Antidepressant Drugs |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at Medical University of South Carolina |
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| Tsu-Wei Wang |
| Mentor: Jack Parent
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Molecular Regulation of Postnatal Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Subventricular Zone-Olfactory Bulb Pathway |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University |
| |
| Jenn-Yah Yu |
| Mentor: David Turner
|
Graduating Class of 2005 |
| Thesis: Small RNAS: Their Applications and Biological Functions in Neural Development |
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences
National Yang-Ming University |
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| Sarah Clinton |
| Mentor: James H. Meador-Woodruff
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: NMDA Receptors and Associated Intracellular Abnormalities in the Thalamus in Schizophrenia. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. |
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| Susan M. Ferguson |
| Mentor: Terry Robinson
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: On the Mechanism Underlying Drug-Evoked Gene Expression in Striatopallidal Neurons: Implications For Psychomotor Sensitization. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral fellowship with John Neumaier at Harborview Medical Center at the University of Washington, Seattle |
| |
| Dorothy Jones-Davis |
| Mentor: Robert Macdonald
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: Allosteric Regulation of GABA-A Receptors by Benzodiazepines in Status Epilepticus |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University |
| |
| Gina Leinninger |
| Mentor: Eva L. Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: IGF-I Protects Neurons Against Glucose-Induced Mitochondrial Damage and Apoptosis |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral position at University of Michigan with Martin Myer |
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| Jonathan Morrow |
| Mentor: Mark Opp
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: Interleukin-6 Modulates Changes in Non-Rapid Eye Movements Sleep and Body Temperature After Sleep Deprivation and Immune Challenge. |
| Current Position: Resident, Psychiatry, University of Michigan |
| |
| Helena T. Mueller |
| Mentor: James H. Meador-Woodruff
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: Abnormal Expression of the NMDA Receptor NR3A Subunit: A Potential Mechanism for NMDA Receptor Dysfunction in Schizophrenia. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Paresh Patel in the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan in September 2004. |
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| Eunju Seong |
| Mentor: Margit Burmeister
|
Graduating Class of 2004 |
| Thesis: Neuronal and Neurological Function of Adaptor Protein Complex 3 (AP-3) Studied Using Mouse Mutants |
| Current Position: Unknown |
| |
| Mohamed H. Farah |
| Mentor: Stephen S. Easter
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Cell Birth and Death in the Ganglion Cell Layer of the Mouse Retina. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University |
| |
| Shelly B. Flagel |
| Mentor: Terry Robinson
and Delia Vázquez
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Postnatal Manipulations and Vulnerability to Drug Use. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Michigan. |
| |
| David J. Hinkle |
| Mentor: Robert Macdonald
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: GABAA Receptor Subunit Phosphorylation and Modulation Determine Amplitude and Time Course of Neuronal Inhibition. |
| Current Position: Senior Resident in Pediatric Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| |
| Gwendalyn Diane King |
| Mentor: R. Scott Turner
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: The Trafficking and Metabolism of Amyloid Precursor Protein is Regulated by its Cytoplasmic Carboxy-Terminus and by Adaptor Protein Interactions. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. |
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| Amy Lynn Meyer |
| Mentor: Eva L. Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Beta-1 Integrin, Integrin-Linked Kinase, and Caveolin-1: Roles in Neuroblastoma Tumor Biology. |
| Current Position: Customer Support Scientist: Ingenuity Systems, Inc. Redwood City, CA |
| |
| Gary E. Meyer |
| Mentor: Eva L. Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Regulation of Cell Motility and Actin Polymerization in Neuroblastoma Cells by Insulin-like Growth Factor I. |
| Current Position: Senior Analyst, WWMR, Inc., San Mateo, CA |
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| Srijan Sen |
| Mentor: Margit Burmeister
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Identifying Genetic Variants Associated With the Personality Trait Neuroticism, a Marker for Depression. |
| Current Position: Psychiatry Residency, Yale |
| |
| Debra Beth Speert |
| Mentor: Audrey F. Seasholtz
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Novel Functional Roles for CRH-Binding Protein at the Pituitary. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| |
| David Mingdar Wu |
| Mentor: Donald G. Puro
|
Graduating Class of 2003 |
| Thesis: Neurotransmitters as Vasoactive Signals in Retinal Microvascular Networks. |
| Current Position: House Officer, Ophthalmology, University of Michigan |
| |
| Matt Bianchi |
| Mentor: Robert Macdonald
|
Graduating Class of 2002 |
| Thesis: GABA A Receptor Properties that Shape Neuronal Inhibition. |
| Current Position: Neurology Resident at Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| |
| J. Dylan Clyne |
| Mentor: Richard Hume
|
Graduating Class of 2002 |
| Thesis: Molecular Determinants of pH and Zinc Modulation of the Rat P2X2 Purinoceptor. |
| Current Position: Postdoc, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology |
| |
| Rita Cowell |
| Mentor: Faye Silverstein
|
Graduating Class of 2002 |
| Thesis: Chemokines and Complement: Understanding Their Roles in Neonatal Brain Injury and Brain Development. |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama |
| |
| Brian James Mickey |
| Mentor: John Middlebrooks
|
Graduating Class of 2002 |
| Thesis: Representation of Auditory Space by Cortical Neurons in Cats. |
| Current Position: Resident in Psychiatry and Assistant Research Scientist at MBNI, University of Michigan |
| |
| Hoonkyo Suh |
| Mentor: Sally Camper
|
Graduating Class of 2002 |
| Thesis: The Homeobox Gene PITX2 Controls Pituitary Development and Cell Specification. |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning November 2002 at Salk Institute. |
| |
| Julie Arenberg Bierer |
| Mentor: John Middlebrooks
|
Graduating Class of 2001 |
| Thesis: Patterns of Auditory Cortical Activation Elicited by Stimulation of a Cochlear Prosthesis |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| |
| Lisa Marie Montney |
| Mentor: Bryan Pfingst
|
Graduating Class of 2001 |
| Thesis: Using Guinea Pig Models to Examine the Relation Between Psychophysical and Neural Responses to Electrical Stimulation of Cochlear Implants. |
| Current Position: Science Policy and Planning Branch at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
| |
| Michelle M. Ostrander |
| Mentor: Terry Robinson
|
Graduating Class of 2001 |
| Thesis: Environmental Context and Past Drug History Interact to Modulate Amphetamine-Stimulated c-FOS mRNA Expression. |
| Current Position: Medical Research Analyst, Hayes, Inc. |
| |
| Merritt Kearny Taylor |
| Mentor: Mike Uhler
|
Graduating Class of 2001 |
| Thesis: Regulation and Inhibition of cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinases and the Design of their Inhibitors. |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University |
| |
| Amy Leigh Miller |
| Mentor: Bryan Pfingst
|
Graduating Class of 2000 |
| Thesis: Effects of Ototoxic Deafening and Chronic Stimulation on Auditory-Nerve Survival and Electrical Hearing in Guinea Pigs |
| Current Position: Chief Resident, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| |
| Michael Brandt Steketee |
| Mentor: Kathryn Tosney
|
Graduating Class of 2000 |
| Thesis: Sensory Growth Cone Guidance, Filopodial Initiation, and a Novel Actin Filament Organizer, The Focal Ring |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Puerto Rico |
| |
| Carrie Ann Zimmer |
| Mentor: Elizabeth Young
|
Graduating Class of 2000 |
| Thesis: Chronic Stress Induced Alterations of the HPA and Serotonin Receptor System in Female Animals: Modulation by Antidepressants and Estrogen |
| Current Position: Pediatrician, Central DuPage Hospital |
| |
| Cynthia M. van Golen |
| Mentor: Eva L. Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 1999 |
| Thesis: The Role of the Type I Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor in Protection of Human Neuroblastoma Cells From Apoptosis |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
| |
| John M. Galasso |
| Mentor: Faye Silverstein.
|
Graduating Class of 1998 |
| Thesis: Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: Mediators of Inflammation in Brain Pathology |
| Current Position: |
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| Kevin F. Haas |
| Mentor: Robert Macdonald
|
Graduating Class of 1998 |
| Thesis: Rapid Kinetic Properties of GABAa Receptor Channel Currents |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Neurology, Vanderbilt University |
| |
| Bhumsoo Kim |
| Mentor: Eva L. Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 1998 |
| Thesis: The signaling pathways of insulin-like growth factor-I in neuronal differentiation |
| Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan |
| |
| Torben R. Neelands |
| Mentor: Robert Macdonald
|
Graduating Class of 1998 |
| Thesis: Characterization of Human Teratocarcinoma NT2 Cell Line GABAA Receptors: Regulation During Differentiation and Properties of Novel Isoforms |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Vollum Institute |
| |
| Shayne Boucher |
| Mentor: Peter F. Hitchcock
|
Graduating Class of 1997 |
| Thesis: Role of insulin-related growth factors in the retina of the goldfish. |
| Current Position: Senior Scientist, New Technologies GIBCO, Invitrogen Co Cell Culture R&D |
| |
| Avril Genene Holt |
| Mentor: Sarah W. Newman
|
Graduating Class of 1997 |
| Thesis: Neuroanatomical Distribution of Enkephalin Neurons Within the Male Syrian Hamster Brain: Regulation by Gonadal Steroids and Behavior |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
| |
| Jennifer Feeley Kearney |
| Mentor: Roger Albin
|
Graduating Class of 1997 |
| Thesis: Functional Analysis of the Effects of Striatal Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Stimulation |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
| |
| Cheryl B. McCullum |
| Mentor: Richard I. Hume
|
Graduating Class of 1997 |
| Thesis: Control of Rectification in the Current-Voltage Relation of the AMPA Class of Glutamate Receptors |
| Current Position: Resident in Psychiatry, University of Michigan |
| |
| David B. Parfitt |
| Mentor: Sarah W. Newman
|
Graduating Class of 1997 |
| Thesis: A Multiple Mating Behavioral Paradigm Reveals Discrete Amygdala Circuitry Regulating Sexual Satiety in the Male Syrian Hamster Brain |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rochester Center for Mind-Body Research, University of Rochester Medical Center |
| |
| Hsin-Lin (Thomas) Cheng |
| Mentor: Eva Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Insulin-like Growth Factor Family in the Nervous System |
| Current Position: Completing a Neurology Clinical Fellowship in Pain at Cornell University |
| |
| William Cho |
| Mentor: Huda Akil
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Dopamine Receptor Structure/Function Studies |
| Current Position: Medical Resident, UCSF |
| |
| David Gamm |
| Mentor: Michael Uhler
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Characterization of Cyclic Nucleotide-Dependent Protein Kinase Isoforms and Their Inhibitors |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin |
| |
| Enrique Massa |
| Mentor: Michael Uhler
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: The Role of B2 Subunit in Function and Regulation of Neuronal L-Type Calcium Channels |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Kingsville |
| |
| Paul Mermelstein |
| Mentor: Jill Becker
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Rapid Effects of Estrogens Within the Striatum With a Possible Role in Female Sexual Behavior |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota |
| |
| Karen Myhr |
| Mentor: John McReynolds
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Modulation of Dopamine-Mediated Changes in Horizontal Cell Receptive Field Organization in the Mudpuppy Retina |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Wayne State University |
| |
| David Rock |
| Mentor: Robert Macdonald
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Polyamine Regulation of NMDA Receptor |
| Current Position: Research Scientist, Pfizer |
| |
| Julie Staple |
| Mentor: Daniel Goldman
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Long-Term Effects of Innervation at the Neuromuscular Junction: Induction of Localized Transcription of Adult-type Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors |
| Current Position: Glaxo Institute of Molecular Biology |
| |
| Claudia M. Testa |
| Mentor: Anne Young
and Michael Uhler
|
Graduating Class of 1996 |
| Thesis: Metaboropic Glutamate Receptors in the Basal Ganglia |
| Current Position: Medical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| |
| Jennifer Knight |
| Mentor: Pamela Raymond
|
Graduating Class of 1994 |
| Thesis: Cell Fate Determination in the Teleost Fish Retina |
| Current Position: Instructor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado |
| |
| Sarah Kollack-Walker |
| Mentor: Sarah Newman
|
Graduating Class of 1994 |
| Thesis: Neuroanatomical Distribution of Mating-Induced C-FOS Expression in the Male Syrian Hamster |
| Current Position: Positiion at Lilly in Indianapolis, IN |
| |
| Sarah Turgeon |
| Mentor: Roger Albin
|
Graduating Class of 1994 |
| Thesis: Development of GABAB Binding Site Distribution and Pharmacology in Rat Brain |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Amherst College |
| |
| John Burrill |
| Mentor: Stephen Easter, Jr.
|
Graduating Class of 1993 |
| Thesis: The Early Development of Retinal Ganglion Cell Projections in the Zebrafish, Brachydanio Rerio |
| Current Position: Research Scientist, Incyte Genomics |
| |
| Xi Lin |
| Mentor: Alfred Nuttall a
and Rich Hume
|
Graduating Class of 1993 |
| Thesis: Studies on the Ion Channels in the Membrane of Isolated Guinea Pig Outer Hair Cells |
| Current Position: Research Scientist, House Ear Institute |
| |
| George Wilmot |
| Mentor: Bernard Agranoff
|
Graduating Class of 1993 |
| Thesis: Properties and Localization of the Goldfish Protein p68/70 |
| Current Position: Department of Neurology, Emory University |
| |
| Eileen Curran |
| Mentor: Jill Becker
|
Graduating Class of 1992 |
| Thesis: Adrenal Medulla Grafts in an Animal Model of Parkinson's Disease: Mechanisms Associated with Recovery of Function |
| Current Position: Research Scientist, Amgen Inc. |
| |
| Riva Marcus |
| Mentor: Stephen Easter, Jr.
|
Graduating Class of 1992 |
| Thesis: Intermediate Filaments in the Nervous System of Embryonic Zebrafish |
| Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Skirball Institute, NYU |
| |
| Donna Martin |
| Mentor: Eva Feldman
|
Graduating Class of 1992 |
| Thesis: Insulin-Like Growth Factor-II in Human Neuroblastoma Cell Growth |
| Current Position: House Officer, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan |
| |
| Robert Oakley |
| Mentor: Kathryn Tosney
|
Graduating Class of 1992 |
| Thesis: Contact Mediated Mechanisms of Motor Axon Segmentation and Delineation of Common Axon Pathways by Inhibitory Boundaries in the Chick Embryo |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine |
| |
| Jang-Ho (John). Cha |
| Mentor: Anne Young
|
Graduating Class of 1991 |
| Thesis: AMPA Distinguishes Multiple Types of Quisqualate Binding Sites in Rat Brain |
| Current Position: Staff Internist, Essex Medical Center, Baltimore, MD |
| |
| Ajay Balwant Chitnis |
| Mentor: John Kuwada
|
Graduating Class of 1991 |
| Thesis: Pathfinding by Identified Growth Cones in the Embryonic Zebrafish Brain |
| Current Position: Head, Unit on Vertebrate Neural Development, NICHD |
| |
| Seung Poon Kwak |
| Mentor: Stan Watson
|
Graduating Class of 1991 |
| Thesis: Diurnal CRH mRNA Rhythm in the Hypothalamus: Regulation by Adrenal Glucocorticoids |
| Current Position: Senior Research Scientists, Wyeth Ayers |
| |
| John W. McDonald III |
| Mentor: Michael Johnston
and James Woods
and Anne Young
|
Graduating Class of 1991 |
| Thesis: Pharamacology and Characterization of Excitatory Amino Acid Neurotoxicity in the Developing Central Nervous System |
| Current Position: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine |
| |
| Sharin Yuriko Sakuri |
| Mentor: Anne Young
|
Graduating Class of 1991 |
| Thesis: N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Binding Sites in the Vertebrate Central Nervous System: Characterization Using Quantitative Autoradiography of [3H]MK-801 Binding |
| Current Position: Medical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| |
| Steven A. Thomas |
| Mentor: Richard Hume
|
Graduating Class of 1991 |
| Thesis: Excitatory and Inhibitory Responses Mediated by ATP in Developing Chick Skeletal Muscle |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania |
| |
| Chu-Kuang Chen |
| Mentor: Michael Johnston
and Stephen Fisher
|
Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Ontogeny of Glutamate-Stimulated Phosphoinositide Turnover in the Brain and its Response to Neuronal Injury |
| Current Position: Dept Otorhinolaryngology, Louisana State University Medical Center |
| |
| Beverly Clendening |
| Mentor: Richard Hume
|
Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Regulation of Neurotransmitter Receptors on Embryonic Chick Sympathetic Preganglionic Neurons by Cell Interactions |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Hofstra University, N.Y. |
| |
| Dieter Jaeger |
| Mentor: Wayne Aldridge
and Kenneth Casey
|
Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Primate Basal Ganglia Single Unit Activity Reflects an Active Internal Model of Learned Sensory-Motor Associations |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
| |
| Paresh Dinudhai Patel |
| Mentor: Stan Watson
|
Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Characterization and Regulation of the Rat Hippocampal Mineralocorticoid Receptor Gene |
| Current Position: Dept Psychiatiatry, University of Michigan |
| |
| David Riddle |
| Mentor: Bruce Oakley
|
Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Spatially Ordered, Non-Topographic, Primary Olfactory Projections in Rainbow Trout |
| Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC |
| |
| Robert N.S. Sachdev |
| Mentor: Wayne Aldridge
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Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Effect of Excitotoxic Striatal Lesions on the Discharge Pattern in Globus Pallidus and Entopeduncular Nucleus of the Cat |
| Current Position: Research Associate, Institute for Developmental Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University |
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| Mark Washburn |
| Mentor: Hylan Moises |
Graduating Class of 1990 |
| Thesis: Insights into Muscarinic Cholinergic Actions in Rat Basolateral Amygdaloid Nucleus |
| Current Position: Research Scientist, SIBIA, La Jolla, CA |
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| Jan Ackerman |
| Mentor: Margaret Gnegy
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Graduating Class of 1989 |
| Thesis: Effect of High Potassium on Dopamine Receptor Activity in Bovine Retina |
| Current Position: Dept Physiology, Univ of Mich |
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| Carl Belczynski |
| Mentor: Kenneth Casey
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Graduating Class of 1989 |
| Thesis: Possible Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Cocaine Analgesia in the Rat |
| Current Position: Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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| Dorothy Chu |
| Mentor: A.B. Young
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Graduating Class of 1989 |
| Thesis: Quantitative autoradiographic characterization of GABA[1]B receptors in mammalian central nervous system |
| Current Position: Neurol Kaiser Permanente Clinic, Honolulu, HI |
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