July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Mitochondria function impacts microglial synaptic pruning and sculpts social behavior following early immune activation
Antony Brayan Campos Salazar
Advisor: Staci Bilbro, PhD
Departments of Neurobiology and Cell Biology
2023-2024
Visualization of m6A-modified mRNAs following neuronal activity
Charlie Sheehan
Advisor: Kate Meyer, PhD
Department of Biochemistry
2022-2023
Elucidating the roles of O-GlcNAcylation in neurofilament-light biology
Duc Huynh
Advisor: Michael Boyce, PhD
Department of Biochemistry
2021-2022
The Circuit mechanisms of reward prediction in the cerebellum
Shuyang Jin
Advisor: Court Hull, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2020-2021
The Characterization of the local mitochondria proteomic signature of neurodegeneration
Liam Lewis
Advisor: Romain Cartoni, PhD
Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
The Exploring Forward Models in Speech Perception and Production Using Songbirds
Fabiola Duarte Ortiz
Advisor: Richard Mooney, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2019-2020
The Role of Premotor Corollary Discharge in the Insular Cortex for Pain Relief during Chronic Pain
Paul Thompson
Advisor: Fan Wang, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2018-2019
Network Dynamics of Positive and Negative Valence Systems in Decision Making
Dalton Hughes
Advisor: Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2017-2018
Control of Excitatory Synaptogenesis by Huntingtin
Caley J. Burrus
Advisor: Cagla Eroglu, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2016-2017
Using Songbirds to uncover circuit pathology and recovery in Huntington’s Disease
Jonathan Singh Alvarado
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Richard Mooney, PhD
2015-2016
Thrombospondin-4 Function in Lateral Ventricular Astrogenesis and Cortical Repair after Stroke
Aaron Mitchell-Dick
Advisor: Chay T. Kuo, MD, PhD
2014-2015
Striatal Circuit Reconfiguration in Habit Learning
Justin O’Hare
Department of Neurology and Neurobiology
Advisor: Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD
Deciphering Drug Abuse Induced Mechanisms of Cellular Plasticity
Thomas Pack
Department of Cell Biology
Advisor: Marc Caron, PhD
2013-2014
The circuit basis of autistic behaviors in Shank3 mouse model
Alexandra Bey
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Yong-hui Jiang, MD, PhD
Evaluate the requirements of Rbm8a in the regulation of neurogenesis
Hanqian (Helen) Mao
Department: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Advisor: Debra Silver, PhD
2012-2013
The role of the Huntingtin/α2δ-1 interaction in synaptogenesis
Spencer U. McKinstry
Department of Cell Biology
Advisor: Cagla Eroglu, PhD
2011-2012
Exploring the Cortical Circuits for Numerical Cognition
Nicholas K. DeWind
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Michael L. Platt, PhD
2010-2011
Understanding neural mechanisms underlying verbal dyspraxia using songbirds as a model system
Malavika Murugan
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Richard Mooney, PhD
Identifying the Mechanism of α2δ-1-Mediated Excitatory Synapse Formation in the Developing and Mature
Dominic M. Ippolito
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor – Cagla Erogula, PhD
2009-2010
Influences of oxytocin on social attention and motivation in primates
Rebecca A. Ebitz
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Michael L. Platt, PhD
2008-2009
Transcriptional Regulation of Calcium Signaling and Calcium Homeostasis in Neurons
Michelle R. Tougas
(Grad Student)
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Ann E. West, MD, PhD
2007-2008
Small RNA with great potential: a role form iR-133b, a synaptically enriched microRNA,in the regulation of synaptic development
Mary P. Heyer
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Guoping Feng, PhD
2006-2007
Dopaminergic control of REM sleep in mice
Kafui Dzirasa
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, MD, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of axonopathy and neurodegeneration
Jason J. Yi
(Grad Student)
Department of Neurobiology
Advisor: Michael D. Ehlers, MD, PhD
2005-2006
Uncovering the Pathogenesis of Angelman’s Syndrome through understanding Ube3a
Kathryn H. Condon
Advisor: Michael D. Ehlers, MD, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2003-2004
Learning, Memory and Recognition of Complex Mixtures in the Olfactory System
Dayu Lin
Advisor: Lawrence Katz, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2002-2003
Characterization of the Timing of Complexin Action in Synaptic Transmission
Yulong Li
Advisor: George Augustine, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
2001-2002
The Role of a Novel Mouse Gene, Cordon-bleu, in Neural Growth and Patterning
Elizabeth A. Carroll
Advisor: John Klingensmith, PhD
Department of Cell Biology
Secretory Protein Trafficking in Neurons
April Horton
Advisor: Michael D. Ehlers, MD, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Subcellular Localization of Spastin and Functional Analysis of Spastin Gene Mutations in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Ingrid K. Svenson
Advisor: Douglas A. Marchuk, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
2000-2001
Odor Perception and Coding in the Mammalian Olfactory Bulb
Benjamin D. Rubin
Advisor: Lawrence C. Katz, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Assembly and Cell Surface Trafficking On NMDA Receptors
Derek Scott
Advisor: Michael Ehlers, MD, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
1999-2000
Cloning and Characterization of the Shrunken Head Mutation
Scott May
Advisor: Andrew S. Peterson, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
The Functional Role of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Nerve Terminals
Jennifer Morgan
Advisor: George J. Augustine, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
1998 – 1999
Search for Genetic Modifier(s) for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type I
Jennifer Anderson
Advisor: Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, PhD
Department of Medicine
Neural Patterning Forces and Cortical Feature Map Formation
Justin Crowley
Advisors: Lawrence C. Katz, PhD
David Fitzpatrick, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
1997 – 1998
Exploring the Cellular and Molecular Basis and Estrogen Signaling in the Development and Maintenance
Laura Lewis-Tuffin
Advisor: Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Elucidating the Function of Neurotrophin Receptors in Neural Growth and Degeneration
Talene Yacoubian
Advisor: Donald C. Lo, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
1996 – 1997
ApoE in the Peripheral Nervous System
Stephanie M. Fullerton
Advisor: William D. Matthew, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Neurotrophic Regulation of Cortical Dendritic Growth
Kimberly McAllister
Advisor: Lawrence C. Katz, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Synaptic Rearrangement of Mossy Fiber Sprouting
Mark J. Routbout
Advisor: James O. McNamara, MD
Department of Neurobiology
1995 – 1996
Molecular Interactions Related to Alzheimer’s Disease
David Y. Huang
Advisor: Warren J. Strittmatter, MD
Department of Neurobiology
Regulation of Cholinergic Function by NGF and CNTF in Model Neuronal Cell Lines and Primary Cultured Neurons from Basal Forebrain and Hippocampus
Steven S. Lesser
Advisor: William D. Matthew, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Neurotrophic Regulation of Cortical Dendritic Growth
Kimberly McAllister
Advisor: Lawrence C. Katz, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
1994 – 1995
Molecular Interactions Related to Alzheimer’s Disease
David Y. Huang
Advisor: Warren J. Strittmatter, MD
Department of Neurobiology
Regulation of Cholinergic Function by NGF and CNTF in Model Neuronal Cell Lines and Primary Cultured Neurons from Basal Forebrain and Hippocampus
Steven S. Lesser
Advisor: William D. Matthew, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
