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Nora Abduljawad
Benjamin Acland

Systems Neuroscience
Markus Adamek
Jacob Amme
Apoorva Arora
Artem Arutyunov (MSTP in PhD training)

Effect of aging on neuroinvasion during West Nile virus (WNV) infection
Shivani Aryal

Understanding the genetics of neurodegenerative disease X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism using patient derived directly reprogrammed neurons.
Eleonora Bano
Kia Barclay
Saul Bello Rojas

Analysis of sensory tuning in the vestibulospinal system of zebrafish.
Sarah Bernhard
Ben Boros (MSTP in PhD training)

Using antisense oligonucleotides to alter protein expression in neurological disease
Rebecca Brady (MSTP in PhD training)

Neonatal Functional Brain Connectivity Associated with Callous-Unemotional Behaviors in Preschoolers
Bobbie Brown
Samuel Brunwasser (MSTP in PhD training)

Representation of free behavior in motor cortex population activity
Alexandra Byrne
Cat Camacho

Mapping affective neurodevelopment in early childhood to elucidate risk for psychopathology
Sandra Cardenas Garcia
Yu-Hsuan Chang
Cynthia Chen
Hao Chen

Signaling in cortical development and disease
Juntao Chen

Investigating models of inhibition in the accessory olfactory bulb.
Ruiqi Chen
Heejae Choi
Diana Christian

Understanding the relationship between non-CpG methylation and neuronal function
Peppar Cyr (MSTP in PhD training)

Individual Motor Outcome Prediction in Preterm Children Using Neonatal Neuroimaging
Anna Damato

Investigating circadian rhythms and the use of chronotherapy in glioblastoma
Emma Danhash
Stephanie Doering

Analyzing tau spatial spread as a metric for Alzheimer's Disease progression and identifying preclinical biomarkers that may influence disease course.
Hannah Edwards
Michael Fitzpatrick (MSTP in PhD training)

Homeostatic Plasticity in Retinal Illuminance-Detection Circuits Preserves Non-Image-Forming Visual Behaviors
Karl Friedrichsen

Reconstructing retinal connectomes by combining functional calcium imaging and serial section electron microscopy
Samuel Funderburk
Mari Gachechiladze (MSTP in PhD training)

Epigenetic susceptibility factors for seizures in mice
Ruben Garcia-Reyes
Maria Gonzalez
Kayla Hannon
Junxiao Hou
Virginia Hsu (MSTP in PhD training)

Role of circadian rhythm disruption in neurodegeneration.
Miwei Hu
Nimansha Jain (MSTP in PhD training)

TREM2 as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s Disease
Martin Jarzyna
Jung Uk Kang

Interhemispheric communication between posterior parietal cortices supporting bimanual and eye-hand coordination
Marlene Kanmogne (MSTP in PhD training)

Investigating Classical Complement Protein Signaling in Viral Neuroinflammatory Responses.
Ilia Katritch

Investigating the role of the circadian clock in neocortex
Melvin King
Jenna Krizan

Contributions of inhibitory retinal circuitry to visual processing and visual system development
Kelsey Krus (MSTP in PhD training)

STMN2’s role in axonal health and disease
Alyssa Labonte
Peter Lambert (MSTP in PhD training)

Modulation of GABAA receptor physiology with neuroactive steroid compounds
Jennifer Lawrence

Studying how the astrocyte circadian clock may regulate neutrophil infiltration into the CNS during different neurodegenerative diseases.
Chi-Chan Lee
Katie Lefton
Alex Legaria Macal
Xubo Leng

Studying olfactory processing of pheromones in mating behaviors as a model for social recognition
Shelby Leverett
Chin I Lin
Joseph Lin (MSTP in PhD training)

Role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 2 in macrophages
Tania Lintz
Lorenzo Lones

Lipid metabolism and neuronal excitability
Adalee Lube

I am studying spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) in midbrain electrosensory neurons and its role in driving changes in neuronal and behavioral responses to communication signals in response to changes in the sensory environment.
Pingchuan Ma

Context-dependent neuromodulation actions in the brain
Jose Mazzitelli Perez (MSTP in PhD training)

The role of neuroinflammatory reactive astrocytes after CNS viral infection
Sean McCracken
Austin McCullough
Celia McKee

Defining clock-controlled astrocyte interactions with amyloid beta
Marwa Mikati
Jamie Moffa (MSTP in PhD training)

Brainstem responses to pain sensation and opioid analgesics
Russell Moore (MSTP in PhD training)

Epigenetic and transcriptomic profiling of distinct neuronal cell types
Collin Nadarajah (MSTP in PhD training)

Interaction between microglial calcium channel and multiple sclerosis pathology
Sabin Nettles
Makenzie Norris
Sydney Oswalt Reitz

Mechanisms of synapse loss following Traumatic Brain Injury
Julia Pai
Zach Papadopoulos
Jeongjun Park
Kay Park (MSTP in PhD training)

Optimizing atlas registration for resting state network mapping in patients with brain tumors
Hunter Patterson (MSTP in PhD training)

Exploring RNA Binding as a Modulator of TDP-43 Pathology in ALS and Other TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Chas Pfeifer
Tzvia Pinkhasov (MSTP in PhD training)

Dissociable roles of dopamine cell activity in adaptive and impulsive reward seeking
Nathan Pomper

microRNA contribution to motor neuron disease
India Reiss
Rick Reneau

Neural mechanisms behind rapid antidepressants (psilocybin, ketamine, etc.)
Olivia Rose
Steven Ryu (MSTP in PhD training)

Connecting molecular, projection-based, and functional cell types in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex across behavioral contexts and tasks
Simona Sarafinovska (MSTP in PhD training)

Characterizing gene regulatory elements underlying social learning in adolescent mice
Din Selmanovic
Pat Sheehan

The bi-directional relationship between the circadian clock and Alzheimer's Disease.
Dylan Stahl (MSTP in PhD training)

Understanding factors that promote or hinder glial bridging and neurogenesis in zebrafish.
Jennifer Stevens (MSTP in PhD training)

The mechanism of axonal damage in multiple sclerosis.
Michael Strickland

Investigating the role of ApoE in Alzheimer's Disease pathogenesis
Travis Tabor (MSTP in PhD training)

Glial transcriptional programs at the interface of tauopathy and amyloidosis.
Lizzie Tilden (MSTP in PhD training)

Exploring the role of PKA in sleep regulation
Gemechu Bekele Tolossa
Jess Tooley
Jiaxin Cindy Tu
Chayla Vazquez
Leo Volkov

Investigating the transcriptional regulation of long-wavelength vision in zebrafish
Binxu Wang

Large scale calcium imaging and analysis of zebrafish forebrain neuronal activity
Justin Wang