Neuroscience Degree Program2024
MaKenna Cealie, PhDEffects of Developmental Ethanol Exposure on Cerebellar Microglia and Purkinje Cells
Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.
Gregory Reilly, PhDNeurogenetic Mechanisms Underlying Sexually Dimorphic Behavioral States in C. elegans
Advisor: Douglas Portman, Ph.D.
Luke Shaw, PhDTools to Explore the Neural Control of Vision-Guided Reaching Behavior for Dynamic Targets in the Common Marmoset
Advisor: Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D. &
Mark Stoessel, PhDMechanisms of Cerebellar Microglial Dynamics and Their Influence On Behavior
Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.
2023
Katherine Andersh, PhDThe role of proinflammatory cytokines in glaucomatous neurodegeneration
Advisor: Richard Libby, Ph.D.
Allison Murphy, PhDStructure and Function of Corticogeniculate Feedback
Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.
Emily Przysinda, Ph.D.Social processing and underlying language deficits in schizophrenia during naturalistic video viewing
Advisor: &
Garrick Salois, PhDIron deficiency alters inhibitory neuron precursor population dynamics in human ventral forebrain organoids
Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.
Neal Shah, PhDc-Cbl Inhibition in Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Pathway Analysis
Advisor: Mark Noble, Ph.D.
Anjali Sinha, PhDRole of mAChR signaling and M-current in EVS mediated responses of mammalian vestibular afferents
Advisor: J. Christopher Holt, Ph.D.
Kathryn Toffolo, PhDSemantic Language Processing: Insight into Underlying Circuitry and Development using Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging Methods
Advisor: Edward Freedman, Ph.D. & John Foxe, Ph.D.
2022
Yunpeng Pang, PhDRedox-Fyn-c-Cbl (RFC) pathway regulates O-2A/OPC cell cycle exit and differentiation by thyroid hormone and negative regulation of the RFC pathway during early OPC development
Advisor: Mark Noble, Ph.D.
Shraddha Shah, PhDLinking Attentional Modulation to Neuronal Feature-selectivity in Macaque V1
Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.
2021
Holly Beaulac, Ph.D.An Investigation of the Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Homozygous Foxo3-knockout Mice
Advisor: Patricia White, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoc at Munnamalai Lab at Jackson Labs - Bar Harbor Maine
Humberto Mestre, PhD, MD, MScFluid transport in the brain
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc
Now: Clinical Residency at Adult Neurology - Univ. Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Kathryn-Mary Wakim-Takaki, Ph.D.Assessing Combinatorial Effects of HIV and Cocaine Dependence on Brain Structure and Function: an EEG and MRI Investigation
Advisor: John Foxe, Ph.D.
2020
Samantha Abbott, M.S.Amygdala Connections Implicated in Social and Nonsocial Touch
Advisor: Lizabeth Romanski, Ph.D.
Now: Resident Manager at Lifetime Assistance
Joshua Hinkle, Ph.D.Cranial irradiation-mediated dendritic spine loss is microglial complement receptor 3-dependent, sex-specific, and associated with cognitive impairment
Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. & John Olschowka, Ph.D.
Now: IRTA Post-Doctoral Fellow at National Institute on Drug Abuse
Monique Mendes, Ph.D.The kinetics of microglial ontogeny and maturation in the adult brain
Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Associate at Stanford University
Kathleen Miller-Rhodes, Ph.D.SOD3 effects on lung-brain coupling and reperfusion injury following acute ischemic stroke
Advisor: Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.
Now: Associate Consultant at Eli Lilly
Patrick Miller-Rhodes, Ph.D.The Mixed-lineage Kinase 3 Inhibitor URMC-099 Exhibits Broad-Spectrum Activity in Mouse Models of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
Advisor: Harris Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.
2019
Jessica Hogestyn, Ph.D.Human herpesvirus 6A latency gene U94A impairs motility and maturation in glial cells and neurons: Implications for neurodegenerative disease
Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at Sanofi US
Rianne Stowell, Ph.D.Noradrenergic modulation of microglial dynamics and synaptic plasticity
Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at Univ. Rochester Dept. Neuroscience