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Teresa Madsen
[tmadsen@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Neuroscience, Grinnell College
- Advisor: Donald Rainnie
- Research Interest: I am investigating the neural substrates of affect and emotional learning, particularly focusing on the role of synchrony and cross-talk between the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). My method of choice is multi-electrode recording and stimulation in freely moving rats.
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Kimberly Maguschak
[kmagusc@learnlink.emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2003
- Degree/School : B.S. in Psychology, University of Scranton
- Advisor: Kerry Ressler
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Amy Mahan
[amahan@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2006
- Degree/School : Biology and Psychology, Trinity University (TX)
- Advisor: Kerry Ressler
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Christopher Makinson
[cmakins@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Biology, Wake Forest
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Daniel Manvich
[dmanvic@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Biopsychology, Tufts University
- Advisor: Leonard Howell
- Research Interest: I am interested in the neurobiological mechanisms underlying addiction and substance abuse. I am currently using behavioral pharmacology
techniques and in vivo microdialysis to better understand how
contextual cues associated with cocaine use are capable of inducing
drug-seeking behavior and relapse.
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Lizabeth Martin
[eimarti@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2003
- Degree/School : B.A. in Biology, Lawrence University
- Advisor: Charles Nemeroff
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Lisa Matragrano
[lmatrag@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Biology and Marine Science, University of Miami
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Jessica McClung
[jmcclun@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2004
- Degree/School : BS Psychology, California Polytechnic State University
- Advisor: Leonard Howell
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Jeanne McKeon
[jmckeon@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Neuroscience, Smith College
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Rebecca Meyer
[rcmeyer@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Biology, Creighton University
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Vasiliki Michopoulos
[vmichop@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Neuroscience, University of VA
- Advisor: Mark Wilson
- Research Interest : Specifically, I am interested in the mechanisms by which psychosocial stress dyregulates the interactions between allopregnanolone and the corticotropic-releasing hormone (CRH) and serotonin systems in the etiology of affective disorders, such as major depression and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. In a broader sense, I am interested in hormones and behavior; how ovarian steroid hormones interact with the stress axis to modulate physiological and behavioral responses.
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Meera Modi
[mmodi@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Biology/Philosophy, SUNY-Binghamton
- Advisor: Larry Young
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A. Kevin Murnane
[amurnan@rmy.emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Biology/Psychology, University of GA
- Advisor: Leonard Howell
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Anlys Olivera
[aolive3@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2006
- Degree/School : Psychology, Florida State University
- Advisor: Andrew Miller
- Research Interest: The innate immune system shows a bidirectional relationship with the brain which allows for the regulation of immune and behavioral responses. I am interested in the mechanisms by which an inflammatory response led by innate immune cells in the periphery and the brain can alter behavioral responses, particularly depressive-like behaviors. My research focuses on the signaling molecule nuclear factor-kappa beta (NF-kB) and the development of novel compounds that target NF-kB. NF-kB plays a key role in the initiation,propagation, and maintenance of an inflammatory response both in the periphery and the brain. By targeting this inflammatory signaling molecule we aim to reverse the behavioral alterations induced by an inflammatory stimulus.
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Adam Orr
[alorr@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2001
- Degree/School : B.S. in Biochemistry, Trinity College
- Advisor: Xiao-Jiang Li
- Research Interest : I am interested in energy production in the brain and its role in neurodegenerative diseases. My thesis project focuses on two aspects of energy production: glucose uptake and glycolysis. Specifically, I am investigating their contribution to energy deficits observed in the inherited neurodegenerative condition, Huntington's disease.
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Kate O'Toole
[Otoole_k8@yahoo.com]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Biology, Northern KY University
- Advisor: Andrew Jenkins
- Research Interest : The GABA(A) Receptor is a ligand gated ion channel that mediates inhibitory fast synaptic transmission in the Central Nervous System. My research investigates the mechanism for ion selectivity and permeation for this cloride conducting channel; through the techniques of site-directed mutagenesis and voltage clamp electrophysiology in HEK cells.
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Alexander Poplawsky
[ajp419@yahoo.com]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Neuroscience/Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- Advisor: Xiaoping Hu
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Elaine Pranski
[epransk@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Biology and Psychology, Washington College
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Stefanie Ritter
[slritte@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2006
- Degree/School : Neuroscience, Furman University
- Advisor: Randy Hall
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Rebecca Rosen
[rfrosen@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2003
- Degree/School : B.S. in Psychobiology, Yale University
- Advisor: Lary Walker
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Heather Ross
[hross@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Zoology, Michigan State University
- Advisor: Larry Young
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Steven Ryan
[sryan2@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Kristen Sager
[klsager@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Biology, Ithaca College
- Advisor: Allan Levey
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Nikki Sawyer
[nsawye2@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Biology, Clayton State College
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Jesse Schank
[jschank@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Biology/Psychology, University of Virginia
- Advisor: David Weinshenker
- Research Interest:
My research explores how the enzyme dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) is involved
in cocaine-induced behaviors. DBH is the enzyme that converts dopamine (DA) to
norepinephrine (NE) in the catecholamine biosynthetic pathway, and can therefore
control the DA/NE ratio in the brain. Cocaine-induced behaviors that I have
been testing include place conditioning, anxiety, and self administration.
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Nathan Schulteiss
[nschult@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2000
- Degree/School : B.S. in Biology/Psychology, Wake Forest University
- Advisor: Dieter Jaeger
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Rebecca Seaman
[rseaman@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Biology, Union College
- Advisor: Ronald Calabrese
- Research Interest: I am interested in how a small neural network can be constructed to produce stereotyped output. I use the leech heartbeat central pattern generator model system to explore the animal-to-animal variability that is present in the synaptic strengths throughout the network.
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Jacob Shreckengost
[jshreck@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : AB Biology, University of Chicago
- Advisor: Shawn Hochman
- Research Interest: I am investigating presynaptic inhibition in the vertebrate spinal cord. Presynaptic inhibition is generally thought to be mediated through a trisynaptic pathway ending in GABAA receptor activation at axoaxonic synapses onto primary afferents. Our results, however, suggest that a significant portion of presynaptic inhibition is actually mediated through direct negative feedback of primary afferents onto themselves, without the contribution of spinal interneurons. I am also investigating how these mechanisms are altered following spinal cord injury.
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Rachel Stewart
[restewa@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2007
- Degree/School : Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Sharon Swanger
[sswange@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Behavioral Neuroscience, Lehigh University
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Ahmad Sylvester
[asylves@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2005
- Degree/School : Psychology, SUNY, Buffalo
- Advisor: Allan Levey
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Kroshona Tabb
[ktabb@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Biology, Alabama State University
- Advisor: David Weinshenker
- Research Interest :Depression is the most common co-morbid psychiatric condition
associated with epilepsy (especially temporal lobe epilepsy), and
individuals with a history of depressive episodes are at higher risk
for developing epilepsy. I am interested in finding an animal model
that will exhibit both diseases by using depression modeling (e.g.
forced swim test, chronic mild stress) and seizure modeling (i.e.
kainic acid, pilocarpine).
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Suzanne Tydlacka
[stydlac@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Biology/Psychology, Indiana University
- Advisor: Xiao-Jiang Li
- Research Interest :I am studying proteasome function in Huntington's Disease.
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Meagan Ward Jenkins
[mward8@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2004
- Degree/School : BA Neuroscience, Smith College
- Advisor: Amy Lee
- Research Interest: I'm studying calcium channel function and how they are modulated by intracellular proteins.
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Kelly Watts
[kdwatts@learnlink.emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2003
- Degree/School: B.S. in Biology/Psychology, Birmingham Southern College
- Advisor:Mike Davis
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Brandi Whatley
[bwhatle@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Anthropology/Biology, Boston University
- Advisor: Lian Li
- Research Interest : I am interested in the role of ubiquitination in neurodegenerative disease. I am currently investigating new interactors of a novel E3 ligase that may play a role in Parkinson's disease.
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Jennifer Wilhelm
[jlcaldw@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2002
- Degree/School : B.S. in Neuroscience, Davidson College
- Advisor: Pete Wenner
- Research Interest : My interests include synaptic plasticity (changes in synaptic strength and refinement), modulation of GABA and glutamate ionotropic and metabotropic receptors (changes in conductance, opening time, trafficking, phosphorylation, etc), and homeostatic control.
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Anna Wiste
[awiste@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2003
- Advisor: Clint Kilts and Thorgeir Thorgeirsson
- Research Interest : My research interests lie in identifying genetic risk factors for
psychiatric illnesses. I am working at Decode Genetics in Iceland on
a project to identify genetic variants conferring risk for addiction,
focusing on alcohol and nicotine dependence. I am performing
association analyses with a number of genes identified as candidates
through human and mouse genetics, and studying correlations with
comorbid anxiety and depression.
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Terrence Wright
[terrence.wright@emory.edu]
- Year Matriculated : 2004
- Degree/School : MS Biological Sciences, California State University, San Marcos
- Advisor: Ronald Calabrese
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