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Program Alumni

First Name Last Name Advisor Thesis Title Year
Daniel Greenberg Miri Identifying Neural Activity That Predicts Decisions to Act 2023
Amelia Stepniak Ahmed Oncometabolite L-2-Hydroxyglutarate Contributes to Stemness Potential in Glioblastoma 2023
Yanqiqi Zeng Gallio T-SNIP: Targeted SyNaptic Interference and Pruning, a transgenic method to prevent the formation of selected synapses in the Drosophila brain 2023
Jiaqi He Caraveo Piso The effect of BASP1 and GAP43 phosphorylation in actin dynamics under physiological conditions 2023
Justin Morgenthaler Zelano Respiratory Linked Neural Oscillations in Human Olfactory Cortex during Sleep 2023
Austin Wen Allada Identifying Molecular Pathways of Tau Mediated Sleep and Circadian Disruption In a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease 2023
Sarah Asif Bozza Analysis of TAAR Enhancer Deletions to Investigate Olfactory Singular Expression 2022
Bisru Bac Disterhof Proteomic Changes Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging in a Transgenic Rat Model and Human Patients  2022
Atousa Nahrami Geula Detection of MAP2K3 Immunoreactivity in the Human Cerebral Cortex and Primary Human Microglia and Loss in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration with TDP-43 Proteinopathy 2022
Lamine Camara Schwartz Retinal Feature Selectivity: In Humans and Machines 2022
Martin Feng Kozorovitskiy Projection-Specific Dopaminergic Activity Underlying Manic-Like Behavior 2022
Zachary Fitzgerald Slutzky/Flint Application of graph theory to identifying critical nodes of the language network in fMRI 2022
Sumiran Kher Gallio The Neurobiology of Adaptation to New Thermal Environments 2022
Linna Lahmadi Ahmed Tryptophanyl tRNA Synthetase Functions as a Cytokine During Chemotherapy in Glioblastoma to Mediate c-MYC Signaling   2022
Spencer Lehmann Zelano Exhaled Breath Proteome in Alzheimer's Disease 2022
Divya Ventarapragada Ahmed Hemotherapeutic Stress Induces Noncanonical Hif-1a Signaling in Glioblastoma Independent from Oxygen Tensions 2022
Zichun Lin Allada CRISPR/Cas9 genetic screen to reveal the mechanism of Abeta-mediated sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in Drosophila 2022
Robert Powell Miller Mechanisms for Gain Control in the Motor System 2022
Maddie Proctor Klein An Examination of Amyloid Beta Oligomers as Potentially Necessary Factors Influencing Avian Retinal Development 2022
Mingyu Wan Schmidt Visual Circuits Modulating Aggressive Behavior in Mice 2022
Samuel Bartley Klein  The Physiological Role of Amyloid Beta Oligomers in the Developing Central Nervous System  2022
Courtney Hruska Klein An evaluation of a potentially new non-transgenic late-onset Alzheimer’s disease model and its ability to differentiate different amyloid beta oligomer proteoforms with pathology induced by risk factor diets. 2021
Manzhao Long Martina Chloride dysregulation contributes to medial prefrontal cortex deactivation in neuropathic pain 2021
Qiwei Dong Miller Use of a markerless pose estimation method in the analysis of somatosensory cortical area 2 neural responses to 3D reaching movements 2021
Danny Kang Klein Immuno-detection of different proteoforms of Amyloid Beta Oligomers (ABOs) in developing chick retina 2021
Iris Liu Balyasnikova Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Migration to Glioblastoma with CCL2 Receptor 2021
Qiaohan Yang Zelano Odor Induces Characteristic Time Courses of Theta, Beta, and Gamma Oscillations in Human Olfactory Cortex 2021
Villia Dedinas Turek The Effects of Blue, Green, and Red Wavelength LED Light on Certain Measures of Growth, Behavior, and Circadian Organization in the Mouse 2021
Vanessa Hernandez Allada Identifying neural circuits that mediate the effects of Aβ42 and Tau on sleep and circadian rhythms 2021
Xin Zhang Kozorovitskiy Dopaminergic activity underlying manic behavior induced by transient total sleep deprivation 2021
Xunhui Wu Gallio Third-Order Neurons Mediate Drosophila Reproductive Behaviors in Response To Temperature Changes 2021
Zuoheng Qin Allada Screening for clock-controlled genes which modulate the circadian and sleep phenotypes in a Drosophila Huntington’s disease (HD) model 2021
Alec Lei Hartmann Computational models of the early stages of neural processing in the rat vibrissal system 2020
Asia Owais Kiyokawa UBE3A/E6AP Mediated Ubiquitination of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Alpha Subunit and Coat Protein Complex I in Neurons 2020
Caley Rincones Segraves Comparative natural image search in Rhesus monkey and human eye movements 2020
Peigen Shu Reber Transfer of implicit sequence learning under perceptual alterations 2020
Fernando Sanz Schmidt
Blocking GABA Synthesis in ipRGCs of Mouse Retina Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System
2019
Hongjie Xia Klein
Alzheimer's Disease-Related Amyloid Beta Oligomers and Phosphorylated Tau are Surprisingly Correlated in Development of Avian Retina
2019
Kristine Watral Swanson
An Analysis of the Expression Pattern and Function of the Human Natural Killer-1 Carbohydrate Epitope in Alzheimer's Disease
2019
Nicholas  Rozema Disterhoft
Amyloid-Beta Oligomer Induced Cognitive Impairment and Validation of an In Vivo Probe Detectable by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2019
Jacob Rayyan Schmidt
A Global Approach and Analysis to Identify Novel Molecular Targets in Therapeutic Resistance to Glioblastoma
2019
Yuejun Liu Kozorovitskiy
Sex Specific Evaluation of Oxytocin Circuit Structure and Body Weight Control
2019
Yulia Lagoutina Voss
The Role of Cortical Thickness Atrophy in Post-TMS Recall Change in Older Adults
2019
Evelyn Ho Klein
The Suprising Expression of Amyloid Beta Oligomers During Development: Transient Expression of AD-Relevant Proteins in Avian Retina
2019
Michaela  Kearney Klein
Development of ABeta Oligomers and Tau Pathology in a 5XFAD Model of Alzheimer's Disease and its Assessment by CLARITY
2019
Peixiong Frederick Zhao Gallio
A Study of Sensory Integration Between Attractive Taste and Aversive Temperature
2019
Damonick Baxter Meade
Reduction of Metal-Mediated Amyloid-Beta Toxicity by Cobalt(III) Schiff Base Complexes
2018
Ling-Kai Shih Allada Discovery of Novel Molecular Pathways Important for the Effects of Amyloid Beta on Sleep
and Circadian Rhythms
2018
Peter Laminette Gallio
Functional Characterization of Invertebrate Temperature Receptors
2018
Zachary Taub Allada
Identifying Robust Behavioral Markers to Quantify Homeostatic Sleep Drive in Drosophila
2018
Michelle Palumbo Dong
Chronic Unpredictable Stress Induced Sex Differences in Behavioral and Biochemical Changes in C57BL/6 Mice
2018
Victoria Smith Wright
Child-like Performance on the Auditory Tone Lag Task in Adults with Dyslexia or
ADHD
2018
Nalini Rao Klein
The Physiological Role of Alzheimer's Related Amyloid Beta Oligomers and Phosphorylated Tau in the Developing Chick Central Nervous System
2018
Weilan Jiang Krainc
GBA and Parkinson’s Disease Characterization of Pathological Phenotypes in Patient Specific GBA Mutant Stem Cell-Derived Dopamine Neurons and Potential Rescues
2018
Riana Lo Bu Klein Characterization of the ABO efffect on NKAa3 2018
Chia-Ching Wu Schmidt Investigation of the Role of ipRGCs in the Development of the Lateral Geniculate Complex 2018
Beryl Valentine Schmidt The Influence of Light and ipRGCs on Metabolism 2017
Sophia Lambert Turek Evaluating the Circadian System as a Mediator for the Microbiome's Role in Stress Resilience 2017
Kelly Marshall Contractor Developmental Characterization of Human Fragile X IPSC Induced Neurons 2017
Jacob Paschall Klein Chemical Stabilization of Amyloid-Beta Oligomer Subpopulations in Vitro and in Vivo by 1,5-Difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DFDNB) 2017
Michelle Ren Schmidt/Turek

The Role of M1 Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Light Induction of
Sleep in Mice

2017
Nadia DiNunno Klein The relationship between ADDLs and tau in the progression of Alzheimer's neuropathology: mechanisms of hippocampal neurotoxicity 2017
Todd Appleby Schwartz Color Opponent Ganglion cells of mouse retina 2016
Sagar Patwardhan Hartmann Rat Whisking Strategies During Object Localizatlon 2016
Samuel Stewart Allada Establishing a model of traumatic brain injury in Drosophila  2016
Jordan Nasenbeny Kozorovitskiy Oxytocinenergic Modulation of Midbrain Dopamine Systems and Implications for Behavior 2016
Samuel Stewart Allada The effects of head-specific TBI on locomotion, sleep, cell death and glial activity in Drosophila Melanogaster 2016
Asia Giammarco Segraves Dynamics of a Receptive Field during a Probe Search Task (working title) 2016
Taehyeon Kim Kozorovitskiy Effects of rapid acting antidepressants, Ketamine and glyx-13 on excitory synapse 2016
Ana Istrate McLean Principles of morphology in the larval zebrafish motor pool 2015
Dietta Chihade Raij Cortical Origin of Frontal Asymmetry for Major Depressive Disorder 2015
Teona Munteanu Schmidt The Role of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in Dopaminergic Amacrine Cell Development 2015
Megan Garvey Klein Immuno-research of Alzheimer's Disease: Using Phage-Display Single Chain Fragment Variable Antibodies to Elucidate Amyloid-Beta Oligomer Binding 2015
Katherine Hatcher Turek Sex differences in circadian influence on alcohol-induced gut leakiness and implications for alcoholic liver disease 2015
Brandon Helm Awatramani Unique Projection Properties of Two Molecularly Distinct Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Subtypes 2015
Emily Berthiaume Segraves Impact of Target Presentation Mode on Frontal Eye Field Activity 2015
Thomas Dichiara Klein AMYLOID-BETA OLIGOMER RECEPTORS: NANODISC TECHNOLOGY AND AMYLOID-BETA OLIGOMER DEPENDENT CO-IMMUNOPRECIPITATION 2015
Karim Farrag Segraves Visual Search Across Semi-Natural Scenes 2015
Michaella Georgiou Klein The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 and Mu Opioid Receptor implication in Amyloid Beta Oligomer Toxicity 2014
Yardain Amar Kraus Developmental Plasticity of the Adolescent Auditory Subcortex: A Longitudinal Approach 2014
Patrick Kearney Gallio Connectivity and Neurotransmitter Phenotype in the Drosophila Thermosensory Circuit 2014
Matthew Marunde Klein Nanodisc Technology and High Throughput Screening for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery 2014
Keya Raychaudhuri Kilman Mushroom Body Gamma Lobe Neurons in Regulation of Sleep in Drosophila 2014
Gaurav Chenji Cang Assessment of Visual Acuity: A Behavioral Model to Study Visual Processing in Mice 2014
Madeline Robertson Woolley Analysis of the Impact of Neurosteroid Estradiol on Seizure-Induced Hippocampal Cell Death 2014
Jennifer Krizman Kraus Stimulus rate and subcortical auditory processing of speech 2009
Himanshi Desai Klein Role of Glial cells in early Alzheimer's disease pathology 2013
Michael Riad Klein Therapeutic Rescue of Amyloid-Beta Oligomer-Mediated mGluR5 Complex Formation 2013
Angelica Marconi Turek Expression of Clock Genes Per1, Per2, Per3 and BMAL1 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Disrupted Sleep and Daytime Somnolence 2013
Michael Bennett Klein Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology: The Role of mGluR5 in ADDL-induced Synaptotoxicity 2012
Nicole Bostic Turek Pathology of Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder: Alterations in Homeostatic Drive and Sleep Quality 2012
Sara Caddigan Segraves Effects of Manipulations of Natural Scene Context on Rhesus Monkey Visual Searching Behavior 2012
Cassandra Dobbins Klein Reduced production and secretion of astocyte-derived insulin/IbF: Potential Contribution to Alzheimer's Disease progression 2012
Jason Patel Klein Characterization of single-chain variable fragments: identification of antibodies that selectively target toxic amyloid beta molecules 2012
Mary Czech Woolley Estradiol Regulates Dense Core Vesicles in the Hippocampal CA1 Region 2012
Eric Behar Linsenmeier A Comparison of Retinal Leakage Across Three Different Strains of Rats using Injected Exogenous VEGF 164 2012
James Sbarboro Klein The Development of Magnetic Nanostructures and their Functionalization with Anti-ADDL as an MRI Contrast Agent for Early-stage Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease 2011
Jared Levine Segraves In Vivo Imaging of Amine Responses in the Olfactory Bulbs of Gene-Targeted Mice 2011
Ren Shuoh Kuo Segraves Rhesus Monkeys Use Contextual Guidance for Visual Search 2011
Daine Stevens Allada RNAi SCREEN AND FOLLOW-UP ON GENES AFFECTING SLEEP IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER 2011
Benjamin Kuhns Klein SMPLs as a platform for high throughput screening and identification of ADDL receptors 2011
Rachel Pantoja Bozza Analysis of Notch-1 Function in the Mouse Olfactory System 2011
Matthew Augustine Turek The interrelation between sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolism in mice: the role of circadian disruption and synchronization in metabolic homeostasis and the implications of sleep as a mediator 2011
James Leake Klein Development of a nanotechnology-based ultra-sensitive ADDL scanimmuno assay for Alzheimer's Diagnostics 2010
Michael Hornacek Klein Development of Hippocampal Cell-based Assays for High-Throughput Screening to find Compounds with Anti-ADDL Properties 2010
Scott Mix Levine Estrogen Mediates Its Protective Role Against High-fat Diet Induced Obesity Through Interleukin-6 and IL-6 Receptor 2010
Jennifer Krizman Kraus Stimulus rate and subcortical auditory processing of speech 2009
Benjamin Banks Wyrwicz Behavioral and Magnetic Resonance and Microscopic Studies of the 5xFAD Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease 2009
Kichul Pak Bozza Identification and analysis of promoters of genes encoding trace amine-associated receptors in the mouse. 2009
Zachary Clark Segraves Behavioral Evidence for Planning Sequences of Multiple Saccades in Rhesus Monkey 2009
Catherine Smith Takahashi Conditional Knock Out of Mus Musculus Fbxl21 2009
Dana Abrassart Bass The Weight of Time: Exploring Physiological and Molecular Links Between the Circadian Clock and Metabolism 2008
Krsna Rangarajan Cang Characterization of Visual Behavior in Two Strains of Mutant Mice Using the Virtual Optomotor Test and the Visual Water Task 2008
Timothy Requarth Allada Understanding Sleep: A reverse genetics approach to the identification and characterization of novel sleep genes 2008
Deanna Williams Turek Beyond Anxiety and Depression: Quantifiable sleep-wake traits as an endophenotype for complex psychological disorders 2008
Matthew Caufield Wyrwicz Evaluation of cationic lipid reagent for the facilitated delivery of Gadolinium-DTPA into glioma cells: A comparison to fluid-phase endocytosis and electroporation 2008
Anup Patel Allada Identifying Sleep/Circadian Genes in Drosophila 2007