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Nora Abduljawad
Markus Adamek
Jacob Amme

Investigating cortical plasticity in the context of naturalistic learning using machine vision and in vivo electrophysiology.
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.
Maryam Azadi
Waleed Babar
Eleonora Bano
Lili Barbar (MSTP in PhD training)

Identifying axon resiliency factors
Kia Barclay
Saul Bello Rojas

Analysis of spinal interneuron development and connectivity in larval 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
Megan Burkhalter
Alexandra Byrne
Sandra Cardenas Garcia
Yu-Hsuan Chang

Chronic pain-induced plasticity on the corticostriatal pathway in mediating altered cognitive behaviors
Sneha Chaturvedi (MSTP in PhD training)

Evaluating genetic and hormonal basis for sex differences in neurodevelopment
Cynthia Chen

Investigating how environmental circadian disruption affects tau pathology
Hao Chen

Signaling in cortical development and disease
Ji-Kang Chen
Juntao Chen

Investigating models of inhibition in the accessory olfactory bulb.
Ruiqi Chen

Statistical, dynamical and theoretical modeling of human brain activity at rest and during cognitive control
Yiru Chen
Heejae Choi
Diana Christian

Understanding the relationship between non-CpG methylation and neuronal function
Sabrina Clemens

Energetic and immunological changes in aging and Alzheimer's disease
Peppar Cyr (MSTP in PhD training)

Individual Motor Outcome Prediction in Very Preterm Children With and Without Brain Injury Using Neonatal Functional Neuroimaging
Kat Czerpaniak

Investigation of neural circuits underlying rodent models of psychiatric disorders.
Miko Dai
Brendan Dang
Emma Danhash

Microglial function in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases
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
Mari Gachechiladze (MSTP in PhD training)

Epigenetic susceptibility factors for seizures in mice
Ruben Garcia-Reyes
Maria Gonzalez
Kayla Hannon

Parsing clinical and neuro-imaging heterogeneity in depression
Junxiao Hou
Virginia Hsu (MSTP in PhD training)

Characteristics of brain NAD+ metabolism during aging and neurodegenerative disease
Miwei Hu
Nimansha Jain (MSTP in PhD training)

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

hormonal regulation of sensorimotor integration circuitry in weakly electric fish
Haley Jetter Jetter
Yizhen Jia
Yuma Kanazawa
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.
Melvin King
Oliver Krentzman
Kelsey Krus (MSTP in PhD training)

STMN2’s role in axonal health and disease
Alyssa Labonte

My research focuses on utilizing precision functional MRI methods to understand functional brain maturation in human neonates.
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

The role of astrocytes in norepinephrine neuromodulation of synaptic circuits
Alex Legaria Macal
Xubo Leng

Studying olfactory processing of pheromones in mating behaviors as a model for social recognition
Shelby Leverett

Understanding biological and environmental factors that influence neurodevelopment during sensitive periods
Chin I Lin

Investigating visual processing of VGluT3-expressing amacrine cell
Joseph Lin (MSTP in PhD training)

Role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 2 in macrophages
Tania Lintz
Luke Long
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)

Uncovering novel mechanisms of neuroimmune communication
Sean McCracken

We study neurodegeneration using the retina as a model system. We want to improve our understanding of retinal ganglion cell differential survival after injury.
Celia McKee

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

Brainstem responses to pain sensation and opioid analgesics
Christian Monroy Hernández (MSTP in PhD training)

Role of ventral arkypallidal neurons in reward consumption
Ana Morales Benitez
Collin Nadarajah (MSTP in PhD training)

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

Mechanisms of synapse loss following Traumatic Brain Injury
Julia Pai

The neural circuitry of how we process uncertainty and how we are motivated to seek out information
Zach Papadopoulos
Jeongjun Park
Jiyu Park
Kay Park (MSTP in PhD training)

Non-invasive characterization of network and metabolism changes in GBM
Hunter Patterson (MSTP in PhD training)

Exploring RNA Binding as a Modulator of TDP-43 Pathology in ALSand Other TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Chas Pfeifer

Role of resident microglia in retinal homeostasis and disease
India Reiss

Evaluating genomic binding patterns of the circadian transcription factor BMAL1 in an astrocyte-specific manner
Rick Reneau

Neural mechanisms behind rapid antidepressants (psilocybin, ketamine, etc.)
Jake Roeglin
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
Jonathon Schofield (MSTP in PhD training)

Impact of inflammatory milieu on MSC-mediated macrophage polarization.
Sarah Schurr (MSTP in PhD training)

Investigating SARM1 interactions with glial and neuroimmune cells
Din Selmanovic
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 by which exercise decreases amyloid beta in the hippocampus
Michael Strickland

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

Elucidating roles of microglial lipid droplets in neurodegeneration